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

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LITERACY DEPARTMENT

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Helen Abbot w rli e d wilh patience vihlch means almost poiDer. General. A. A. Red Cross. Alice M. Castner A qulel darl{-haireJ girl whose Is steadfast l{ept from day lo das General. A. A. Red Cross. Glee Club. Christinas, Jr. C, Jr. A. Solo Concerts, Jr. C. Pageants, Jr. C, Jr. A. -Ethel Horn 5peec i is great, but silence li greater. Kindergarten. Red Cross. Chapel Pianist. Thomas Hutton Alpha Who comprehends his trust and to the same Keeps faithful mith a single- ness of aim General. A. A. Red Cross. Pageant, Jr. A. Soloist, Thanksgiving. Agnes McCurry A lovely being, finely formed and moulded, A rose Tvith all its sweetest leaves unfolded. General. A. A. Red Cross. Pageant, Jr. A. Hallowe ' en, Sr. B.

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Kt rarg irpartm tit CLASS HISTORY ts«pt2jd ET us open our history book, classmates, and glance over its pages for a quick tJl 3(i review. No, it is not McLaughlin ' s School History this time; neither is it Btj ' iSM Our Ancestors in Europe nor Hart ' s Contemporaries. It is a record oi our joys and sorrows, our smiles and tears since we came to Montclair. Here on the first page is an account of the first day of school. Will we ever forget it? From various points all over the state we had come to assemble here in the auditorium. Each one looked around upon that sea of faces all so new, so strange ; and, consequently, everybody felt lost. Miss Marshall, with her gentle words and explicit directions, set us aright and endeared herself to us for all time to come. Turn the pages; but why dwell upon these — the stories of our dififerent classes, some of them pleasant, some otherwise? The pleasant ones vve ' ll always remember; the otherwise ones we wish to forget. Oh, yes ! Here we are, that day we took a trip to the woods to get acquainted with one another. It didn ' t take long for that ! Peace Day ! It came soon after our career here had begun and when our intense joy and excitement had somewhat abated, we came to the inspiring realization that it was at a particularly opportune time we were entering upon a great and patriotic work — that of commanding the second line of defense. Probably our first big part in any of the school social activities was at Christmas when we entertained the Seniors. It was then folks began to see how much pep ' ' and originality there was in the Junior B ' s, and since then we have had a brilliant career. Let us pass over the record of our marks at the end of January — letting bye- gones be bye-gones — and go on to the history of our Junior A term. This is an interesting chapter. Let us review its main topics and see to what a large extent the glory of the school rested in the hands of the Junior A ' s. The first big event was the A. A. minstrel show, and although given under the auspices of a school society, the majority of the members of the cast were from our class. The show was a success from beginning to end, and everybody enjoyed the snappy jokes and songs of our clever end men, the dance of the pickaninnies, and the splendid chorus. And then came the Junior A dance ! The gym was decorated with our beautiful crimson and silver ; bright shone the lights o ' er fair women and brave men ; the music was the best, that means the jazziest, ' of course, that could be secured, and everybody was happy. The clock cheated us though, for there couldn ' t have been more than thirty-five minutes in every hour, and closing time came all too soon. One of the red letter days of the term, and what was reallv one of the red letter days of our lives, was the twenty-fifth of March when Dr. Chapin closed school and let us go over to New York to welcome home our heroes of the 27th Division. Mont- clair Normal was well represented there that day, and our cheers were added to those of the millions as we slowly made our way through the vast surging throngs, or stood on soap boxes and garbage pails to catch a glimpse of the marching soldiers. We came home that night thrilled as we had never been before. It was after weeks and weeks of hard work on the part of Miss Fennel! and Miss McKinley that the Japanese pageant, The Two Gifts, was presented. The