Metuchen High School - Blue Letter Yearbook (Metuchen, NJ)

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made this book possible. The staff dared to revolutionize the year book of Metuchen High School by putting the Seniors in the middle of the book and running a narrative straight through it. We only hope you like it. The Photography Club was made up ofa group who went to work and actually took, developed, and enlarged their own pictures! President Bill l.iebeck and Vice President Bob Wickberg attempted to find new ways ot' taking their photographs. The Secretary-Treasurer, Virginia Peters, got some actual experience taking photos of the Christmas play. Miss Cook, the faculty adviser, gave sev- eral interesting talks of the structure of the camera and how to make big- ger and better pictures. The girls, to prove the equality of the feminine sex decided to throw themselves around a bit. The Tum- bling Club functioned without the benefit of officers, a purely demo- cratic arrangement. The members practiced new stands and flips while Miss Crowell and Miss Crocs stood by ready to catch the girls if they slipped. The Library Club played an invisi- ble part keeping the library of the school in order. President Eva Siro and Vice President Joe Thac assisted at the desk, did typing, filing, shelv- ing, and mending of the books. Sec- retary Elsie Farrell and Treasurer May Ca1'ver treated the club to a Hal- loween and Christmas Party, and col- lected the profits from their George Washington Noon Dance. The club. under the leadership of Mrs. Cooke. sponsored an essay contest, and gave an assembly program on Book Week. The Junior High School didn't have many clubs but the ones they did

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the girls took full advantage of the opportunity offered them. President Ruth Wuest, Vice President Ann Ger- ber, Secretary Jean Tompkins, and Treasurer Shirley Sorg helped the club gain a greater recognition in both the town and the school by their loyalty. The Hi-Y, as a part of the national organization, helped to swear in the new officers of the Perth Amboy Hi-Y. President Bob Wright sent four of the members to the State Conference at Jersey City. The boys, who had replaced Mr. Bailer with Mr. Lawrence as faculty adviser, organ- ized a bowling team which had a grand time throughout the year. These Lone Rangers, through a bright idea of Vice President Dick Hale, managed to raid their mothers' clos- ets successfully enough to fill a Christmas basket which Secretary Bill Fraser took to a poor family. He- sides this very noteworthy deed the fellows, led by Treasurer Hill Mc- Laughlin, built a new bicycle stand for the Y , of which they are very proud. A club which was brought more and more to our attention this past year was the Reviewers. Their ad- viser, Miss Haitsch, led them in in- teresting and critical discussions of the latest books, plays, and movies. The group, under the general lead- ership of Ruth Jensen, Presidentg Helen Pastor, Vice President and Marie Scarpelli, Secretary-Treasurer, kept informed on their everyday sur- roundings by means of round table, discussion speakers, and a trip to a stage production. Of course, we mustn't forget to mention the Blue Letter Staff, which

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have were good. Miss Sparkes, the teacher we left behind us, was the adviser of the Math Club. President Dora Waring, Vice President Flor- ence Leis, Secretary Gloria McLaugh- lin, and Treasurer Jack Edwards joined the club in playing Math games and having a general good time. To those of us who intensely dis- to school but cut all our classes and had the most marvelous time! We got there just after the late bell had rung and left our coats on the radiators in the hall. As we were walking past Mr. Spoerl's office, we tripped over a huge line extending out into the hall. Having never been tardy ourselves, it took a little in- quiring to discover that here was the Better late than never like writing letters, the Correspond- ence Club was made up of remark- able people. Their inspiration may have been in the form of Miss Mundy, their faculty adviser. As if just writ- ing letters wasn't enough, the mem- bers, under the leadership of Presi- dent Gloria McLaughlin, Vice Presi- dent Marjorie Bien, and Secretary Mary Lou Kramer, wrote letters to students all over the world. One sunny morning early in Janu- ary we caught a terrible case of spring fever. We decided to play an entirely new type of hooky. We went Page 'mrccn i Y. s .lf Boo! late line. Then we scurried around the corner and decided to see what the classes were doing. The first classroom we peeked into was the Freshman general science class. Miss Cook was actually help- ing them to take Oscar apart. It gave us such a queer feeling to see sections lying on the table that we hurried away before the Freshmen started on us! Horrors! There went the passing bell and here we were just strolling around without any books or any-