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

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be made as formal as possible. It was a pleasant shock to see all the girls we had noticed for days racing up and down the halls with theii hair flying, waltzing around very se dately with tidy locks. Oh, yes, out respective teachers were there, too. They appeared surprised that even their backward pupils were able to show genius when it came to deco- rating. Talent must he in fields other than math. We splurged and con tractcd live Temple and his orches- tra to play for us and found that we were well in the clear after the dance. The Seniors really came through with the Senior l'lay. lt was a mystery thriller and nearly the whole class had something to do with The liast Warning . Dur- ing the last week ol' rehearsals, lid llisler and Kay Stonaker were asked by Mr. llailer to take the parts ot' Alex Fletcher and Kay Malan. There were really some spooky parts in the melodrama and And they're here froni as far back as lftlib. ye fi4'r'1llu-Iwo we were scared. lt was just like a real Broadway production! The Alumni llance was held on March first and sponsored by the Cabinet. The gym was decorated with beautiful palms. A book was left at the entrance with pen and ink where the alumni were asked to put their signatures. Copies ot' the Alma Mater were passed out. Jimmie Martin and his orchestra played the school song while we sang. Many of us gulped down our lunches and rushed to pay our nickels for the weekly noon dances. Contrary to popular opinion, the dances brought out the best in us as proved by the fact that most ot' the dancers preferred the slower type of music. This year has been the most successful, according to rec- ords, for receipts and enthuisasm. Long liye the Noon ltancel ln the spring someone had the grand idea of holding Sunset Dances. The whole school sat up and cheered while Francis Meany went scurry- ing around looking for orchestras. These were to be no ordinary dances. The lucky afternoons came at last.

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son were Hill Thornall, whose height and skill enabled the team to score many points, Ed Risler, who could usually be depended upon to get the ball off the backboard, and Don lflreen, who divided the scoring hon- ors with llill in many a game. Has- ketball got a backing more than ever this year. This may have been due to the cheerleaders. They seemed to be in a second childhood doing some of their cheers. In one of them they had the sudden urge to join in a game of leap frog. They looked as if they were having so much fun! They just checked themselves in time, re- membering that someone had to up- hold the dignity of Seniorsl The inspirations for most of the students during their darkest hours were the many social events which were held during the year. All the dances were conceived, organized, advertised, and decorated by the stu- dents themselves. We were even sur- prised to see some of the fellows from the check-room dancing at the risk of some tips. We ce1'tainly had a time, Miss Farrell. scraping up enough money to go to all the events! Of course. if one didn't t-fo to every dance, play. and concert one just wasn't popular! We didn't want anything like that thought of us, so at the risk of our bank account we went to everything! llerein lies the reason for tired eyes and unfinished homework. Although the Twilight Sing made more work for the Glee Club and Mrs. Saville, the students were certainly proud ot' the concert. We were surprised to find so many tal- ented soloists in our midst and were more respectful to them following that night. The students recognized many of their old favorites such as Roll, Jordan, Roll and Sylvia , We left with the tune of Now the Day Is 0ver ringing in our ears and felt that the evening had indeed been well spent. We, the Seniors, had a grand time planning our dance this year. We called it t'The Senior Winter Dance and then proceeded to make it win- tery. The decorations really were good, if we do say so ou1'selves. with two big snowmen on either end of the stage and tl'60S which were cov- ered with snow in the corners of the room. With the fancy decorations and all the dancers in evening gowns Knot the boys, of courseli. we felt very grown up. It seemed only nat- ural that the Senior Dance should

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All of us h'1d a xx onderful tlme d'1nc mg lllblll thl ee to ilxc Illtl thc n 1l1Nll mg home to do thc fatal homework I'he Junlols met thelr real test when thew g1xe thell tlrst dance The Junlol Sxxlng Dmce lhe w1lls ot the gxm were LOVeltd wlth b IIN llltl notes whlle the b 1skets were mule lnto dlLlf!1S xxlth the hlts of the d 1x pllllted on the backboards The lllt ot the dallce was the grand 0lCh9Stl 1 VS 1llx Hlcks 1nd Hls Llet C lub Orcl1estr1 The clecoratlons were almost as good as o11rs w ele last yeal ' The worrles ot a Junlor glrl at thls tlmc wele leallx llltelestlng Thls ls the l lfe IN dQNCllD6d bx Ann Gel bel who reallx o11ght to know Whx does evel x thlng h lve to come at once' Imaglne It onlx thllteen dollars and tlttx cents and the Junlol D 1nce onlx thlee dax s off And th It dl um would h1ve looked so lllce Ill the doorw 1X We m1x not ex en h1ve a dmce' But on second thought we decldcd we h 1d better look Olll best After all one doesnt go to dances xery often Monex lust seemed to loll ln the next txxo daxs and bx l+lld1x the exclted JLIIIIOI' class had sllctx dollars The thex cleared the huge sum of twentx thlee dollals The Hl X Trl Y Dance popped 1lound as usual thls xear 1nd lt xxas declded to glxe the gllls a chance The I e1p Xen D1l1ce xx ent otf beau tllllllx xxhlch DIOXLN that some wolk must haxe been done stl 1nge 1s lt seems Both clubs clalmed all the credlt fol thell succesa anywax The orcllestra commlttee pulled a new one out of the hat a man by the name ot lflank Lehman and hls orchestra The Carnlw 1l w IS 1 red letter event on Olll soclal c xlend ll thls x e 11 Neal A L,lll'l1pS0 of our carnlx 11 lv exely actlvltx 111 the school made a sldeshow speclaltv lts goal, and the olchestrl 1nd glee clubs combined to pl IX and Slllg' 1pplopr1ate songs 'lhf themc 'ihoxx boat , xx as chosen xxlth 1 le1l melodl lma lll the Olllllg 'Io entel the school the patlons had to go up 1 gangplank The st 1ge xx IS decolatcd to represent the prow of 1 boat Each floor of the school was C0llX6ltCd lnto a deck xx lth portholes Qlclcshows and lefreshmente We hope that thls may folm another tr 1 Clll,l0I1 ln thls school of ours lllll 'h11 xxc m1x haxe 1 c11n1x 1l LVLIX I rlqc fn enfy three 1 1 I 1 - ' ' '12 2 '1' - I 1 1 A 1 Y I l I X II 1 1 l ' A X Y 1 v yI1 II 1 L L 1 ' , H ' 1 1' , ar r1 C 1 12 K1 ' -1 1 i , .X ' 2'1'i 1' ' 21' 'J ' , 1 5 I I 1 vI I , I x K I I I V41 1 1 -1 1 -. 7. 1 ' 1. '1 ' ' 1 1, 1 I 1 1 1 7 ' 1' z. 1 ' 1' 1 1 1 . X , Q Y. Q '. ,, . 1 I ,,I 1 QI fn 1 1 A l 1I 1 -I ' X1 v 1 Y if Y U 1 ' 1 1 11 ' 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 I I v In 1 9 , ' III v 1 W I 1 1 1 . lv 1 1 1 . 1 z 1' 'H' T aj. 1. 1 1 . ' Y II J . 1 1 1. , 1 ' 1 1 1 y 1 . 11 1 'Q' , 1 ' J .K . '11 I '11 1 1I ' 1 1 . .1 . . . Wh b. . 1 ' ' 'E dance xxent oxel xxlt a ang, anc 1 1. 1 . .- 1 L V 1 , 1 11 11 1 1 . ' ' 1 ' 11 1 -1 K ' v 1, I' 1 1I 1 71 JI I I - y - ' , , 1 1 C I 1 K I X1 11 I x, 1 11 ' , 1 UL 7 7' 1.51 A1 1 1 1 '11 1 1 v 1 - l Ac c 1 1 .1 1 z 'z 'z - - 1 1 '. 1 1,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 11 1 1 1 1 , . 1 , 1 1 . 11 1: K ' 1 x S1 1 k , ' 1 '1 1 1 1 1 v I HI 1 1 1 1 1 ',1 I . 1, , I 1 a 1 Y , 1 11' '1, 1 1 1. T Tu. 1 1 A 1 , 1 1 . .' , . K . . 1 2, Iv1 111 II I Iv 1: v 1 L 111 1 1 11 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1' v , v I 1 'z a -- 11, 1 ' zu' 'z , 1