Montclair State College - La Campana Yearbook (Upper Montclair, NJ)

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course, Florence Drucker of the Kindergarteners and Edith Freeman of the Jr. C class, which has since been united with us. During the Jr. A term, Helen Leigh and Eleanor Browning were elected as presidents of their respective classes. Dorothy Beecher having proved herself an efficient president during the Jr. B term, was re-elected to the important position of President of our Senior Class. We soon found that we could play as well as work, a fact which was evinced by the number of social events which took place. One of the most pleasant and interesting was the reception which the Jr. B class ga e in honor of the Seniors. Each Junior invited a Senior and acted as her escort throughout the afternoon. Although the Hallowe ' en party of 1917 was in the hands of the former Seniors, the Juniors ' assistance was essential. A pleasing program was given in the Auditorium and many of the witches and ghosts were represented by the latter. Then everyone repaired to the gymnasium, where the more curious might have their fortunes told, while otiiers who were interested in their present-day lives could satisfy th eir longing by par- taking of the abundant supply of cider and doughnuts. In the meantime the Athletic Asociation had sprung into existence and decided to give a musical comedy to entertain the school. Many Juniors were represented in the chorus, in which the acting was said to surpass that of professionals. By this time our career as Junior B ' s had ended, and in becoming Junior A ' s we were advancing one step more in the attainment of our final goal. The social activities of this term were of a different character. Toward the latter part of April preparations were made for the celebration of Field Day, which was to take place in May. The red letter events of this day which still linger in our memory are the famous battle for the banners, and the sudden showei and consequent flight of the audience and performers alike to the shelter of the building. As a result of the entire contest the Seniors won first place and the Junior A ' s second place. Closely following this event, another, equally interesting and important, altho ' far different, took place. The Pageant, Ulysses and Nausicaa, which was given on the campus, was written and directed by Mrs. Humphrey and Miss Fennell. The part of Ulysses was taken by Adelaide Lewinsohn, and that of Nausicaa

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Senior Class History |NE bright day last September the greater part of the class which has since become icnown as tlie Seniors arrived unsophisticated and unsuspecting of the trials and hardships awaiting us. No sooner had we entered the stately halls of M. N. S. than a change seemed to envelop our mental faculties. Pity ' ttSi-. tis true, that we were unaware of Miss MacMulIan, who was to exert upon us a large part of the privilege of mouTdrng us into efficient school-marmsr- First ca me the shock of the conring pelling te.sts. In due time the ominous day arri ed - and Miss MacMullarl stood on the platform uttering worcls of- warning. Then the flood broke, word upon word, thick and fast ! What mental powers we bad Dreviously possessed were now drenched by the deluge, and we forgot what we did know. The results of these comprehensive tests we will leave to the fertile imagination of you, gentle reader. Before proceeding further with this narrative it is meet that we describe in some general way the character of the subject of our efforts — the Class of 1919. We, the historians, having pledged ourselves to write a strictly impartial and non-partisan account of its fortunes, nevertheless are conscientiously forced to confess tiat a more brilliant class never entered the spacious halls of Montclair Normal School. In ac- cordance with this statement, the more thoughful well-wishers of the institution have been secretly known to shake their heads in dire forebodings of the time when the class Cff 1919 having departed, its vitality will cease to enliven the school. In the first place we are all females, having had the honor of but one male student ' s company and this we enjoyed for only a few weeks in the early part of our career. Since that time, however, we have kept strictly to one sex, a fact which, no doubt, has had much to do with our brilliancy. As soon as we became settled in our daily routine we awoke to the fact that we were in need of a class president. For the Jr. B term, Dorothy Beecher was chosen President of the class, taking the general

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by Ruth Keator, both members of our class. Many Greek maidens and nymphs danced and sang. The tine quality of the singing- and dancing, the beautiful costumes and the picturesque surroundings combined to make this a most pleasing pageant. In many ways our career here has been an unusual one. Probably the work of no class has been so broken-in-upon by unusual happenings as has ours. But these are strenuous times and the effects are felt in everything. Years from now we will look back and say, It was during the Great War that we were school girls at Montclair Normal, and we will recount with pleasure the associations that we had with the times. There was the enforced vacation due to the coal shortage and as a result we must needs come to school on Saturday and lose much of our Easter vacation to make up the time. In our Senior B term came the flu vacation, and then that day of all days .... Peace Day. We gained an extra day ' s vacation by the false alarm of peace on the seventh of November. Every- one was so elated that work was out of the question. We all met in the assembly hall to celebrate. By the time we reached home our spirits had abated somewhat, for much to our disgust the report had started that the whole affair was a rumor. Plowever, we still smiled for everyone felt that it was merely a matter of :i few days until it would be true. Much to our delight, our dreams came true the following Monday. Of all jubilant crowds, ours was the happiest. After a short time the whole school disbanded to celebrate to the best of its ability. The cele- brating certainly must have been satisfactory judging from conversations of the following day. One of the unique events of this term was the staging of Miss Civilization, by the Athletic As- sociation. Miss Lewinsohn, our future celebrity, coached and staged the entire performance. We predict in Addie a future Belasco. Hallowe ' en was not what we had hoped it would be. Miss Fennell had planned an elaborate program, but much to our chagrin. flu interfered, and the result was that two-thirds of the program could not be given. The program as it finally was presented, consisted of a most unusual and interesting ghostly procession. Some of our trials were forever consigned to the warmer regions, and our joys found a haven in Jove ' s palace.