Merchantville High School - Record Yearbook (Merchantville, NJ)

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A DAY Al M.H.S. We, The Class oT I947, presenT in This Record a Typical day in MerchanTville High School. Here are our adminisTraTors and advisers, our classmaTes and our Teachers, our class and exTra-curricular acTiviTies, our serious momenTs and our merry ones. As we Turn These pages, however, each one of us will call To mind a diTTerenT seT oT memories. Some aT us will behold in The picTure oT The maTh- emaTics class The scene oT our greaTesT scholasTic Triumphs. OThers will recall wiTh pleasure The day ThaT The characTers oT Dickens or Shakespeare leaped To vivid liTe in an English class. The sTudenT wiTh The giTT oT learning languages will linger over The picTures oT French and Spanish classes and perhaps remember wiTh pride ThaT TirsT real conver- saTion in a Toreign Tongue. For somewhere in The book is a class ThaT each oT us will silenTly claim as his TavoriTe. However, iT would be indeed a disappoinT- ing school day ThaT included only classes. As The bell signals The end aT The eighTh period, we rush OTT To our various acTiviTies. Here again our indi- vidual preferences are revealed as Those wiTh dramaTic abiliTy hurry To play Try-ouTs, while our aThleTes pracTice paTienTly wiTh The hope of win- ning The nexT game. From The audiTorium comes The sound oT The band wiTh all iTs glory oT brass and drums. And somewhere, surely, on This Typical day, several sTudenTs are busily explaining To an adviser oT The Record ThaT They musT aTTend a senior cabineT meeTing or a special rehearsal oT The Drum and Bugle Corps. Then, as our senior year draws To a close, we are summoned To school Tor The mosT imporTanT evening acTiviTy oT our high school careers-grad- uaTion. One by one our names are called, as The Class oT T947 receive Their diplomas. YeT as we leave The school, we Take wiTh us Tor always our memories oT a Typical day in MerchanTville High School, noT only in This book, buT in our hearTs.

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EDWIN A. WILLARD Principal of Merchanlville High School We Iledicate lhe I947 Record lo Edwin A. Willard, principal of Merchanlville High School, because he has been our friend. He has laken lime lo know us as individuals: he has broughl 'ro our problems his genuine inleresl and conslruclive acliong he has demanded our besl in characler and scholarship. Moreover, we deeply appreciale all of Mr. Willard's elforls 'lo fill our school days wilh inleresling and enriching experiences. He has encour- aged bolh leachers and sludenls in a broad program ol exlra-curricular aclivilies. Noi only has he been among The firsl lo oliler assislance when we encounlered diiclicullies in 'rhese aclivilies, buf he has always been quick lo see and lo applaud our successes. On many occasions when our problems seemed in urgenl need ol his allenlion, we have nal hesilaled 'ro coll upon him aller school hours, and we have even invaded 'rhe privacy of his home. We remember wilh gralilude 'rhal he has always found lime 'ro help us. ll is our earnesl wish as members ol lhe Class ol I947 lhal we may conlinue 'ro enioy lhe friendship of Mr. Willard as one of lhe many fine associalions lhal link us 'ro our Alma Maier.