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

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CHEERLEADERS The school spirit in evidence on the foothall field and at the haskethall games should he credited to the cheerleaders, who have tried their hest to promote more school spirit, When our team was losing, they helped the hoys to finish the game, still fighting hard. Vwfhen our team won, they, with the players, conducted the vie' tory rallies. Before we played the games, they conducted pep rallies in the auditorium which the junior high, as well as the senior high school pupils attended. The Senior Varsity squad consisted of four cheerleaders: Esther Nielsen, Florence Roxhury, Agnes Smith, and Shirley White. The Junior Varsity Squad consisted of eight cheerleaders with Doris Reminsnyder, Captain, Betty Bedell, Ann Baumann, Betty Hickman, Dorothy Hollenf der, Louise Risler, Margaret Terhune, and Muriel Vafeinherger. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL The Junior Varsity foothall team this year consisted of a group of hoys who played hard and refused to he defeated hy any team unless it was hetter than their own, Every game they played was hard fought and exciting. We think their performance has heen quite good for hoys who are playing their first year of organi:ed foothall. They won one game, lost one, and tied three. The team lost to the Sayreville invasion by a score of 1443, The next three consecutive games were W0 ties, giving proof to the fact that the team was almost impenetrable, It is gratifying to recall that they defeated their rival, Highland Park, in the last game of the season. Mr. George Harrison and Mr, John Almond coached, and Bruce Drysdale captained the fel' lows, among whom will he some promising ma' terial for varsity teams in the future.

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SENIOR PLAY The Senior Class of '42 presented Laugh Clown a mirthquake in three acts, on December 12 in the Van Kirk Auditorium. Under the direction of our neverfto-befforgotten sociology teacher, Mr. Paul W. Schmidtchen and Assist' ant Coach, Ann Thompkins, the seniors donned grease paint for one memorable evening. The School orchestra played under the supervision of Mrs. Eugenia Saville. With the help of the stage, property, and wardrobe committees and all those who cheerfully volunteered their services in helping to make this play a success, the cast gave their all to entertain a goodfsized audience. The plot consisted of many laugh situations CHRISTMAS PLAY On December 23, 1941, the Footlighters, un' der the direction of Miss DeFrates, presented The Other Wise Man, by Henry Van Dyke, as the program for our Christmas Assembly. The presentation was different from last year's in that it was a serious religious play, and called for superior acting on the part of the class, and many hours of work on the part of Miss De' Frates and all the backstage committees. The play concerned a fourth wise man, who was prevented from finding the Christ Child because he stopped three times in his journey FOOTLIGHTERS The Footlighter's Club, with Miss Isobel De Frates as faculty adviser, held weekly meetings this year under the direction of their president, Betsy Price. Besides being interesting, these meetings gave club members a chance to take part in or criticize some dramatic activity, to discuss current plans and presentations, and to learn the art of make-up and the technique of acting. Last year they presented Dickens' Christmas Carol, and with the money received, they paid provided by Uncle Jake Qoe Kohnj, who got mixed up with ghosts, Aunt Sue fFlossie Thompf sonj who said she would marry Jake if he had 85.50, and Fritz Benton flrwin Kornblattj, an exfburglar and Danny's pal. The mystery centf ered around Danny Polling fLars Ehnebuskej, who got mixed up with jail, Dale Terrance fLois Lander, and Dr. Pratt fDavid Mossj, a stylish doctor. The romantic leads were Patricia Hurley fElinor Crowellj, Danny Polling, Arthur Hur' ley fGeorge Barabutesj, Pat's brother, and Gall' agher Sparling fBetsey Pricej, Arthur's buddy, Once again the Seniors put over their play with great pride and success. from Persia to Jerusalem to help the needy. Meanwhile, the famous three Wise Men had found the babe in the manger and had travf eled on. The fourth died without this reward, but with the knowledge that he had pleased God. Those who took part were: Fred Rolfe fthe other Wise Manj, Josephine Smith, Dean Miles, Donald Wernick, Robert Runyon, Henry Bruno, Harry McKeown, Pierson Orr, Richard Swords, Mary Ann Peins, Ernest Leis, Marion Davis, and Marilyn Woodberry. for a fully equipped hospital bed to be sent to England. For the Christmas Assembly of 1941 the club presented a play entitled, The Other Wise Man, under the direction of Miss De Frates and assistant coach, Sally Crowell. The narrator was Josephine Smith. The Footlighters held picnics, hotfdog roasts and other fun-fests, usually at Roosevelt Park. They also went to New York to see Broadway productions and to Upsala College to see Knickerbocker Holiday.