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

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|j l MONTCLAIRION I gp S£s SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS In the Topaz W ' e feel just like the seers of o!d Who gazed in their crystal ball ; When deep into the Topaz we look And days at M. N. S. recall. We see a meeting held June 2, 1924, in Montclair ' s big assembly hall, where the class of ' 26 first met to take those gruesome things — entrance exams. What a relief when two weeks later we find that we have managed to get by ! Ah, now we are a part of M. N. S. and are ready for action — it is September. We are kept busy for a time getting acquainted with our entirely new atmosphere, but it does not take us long to learn to love our school and make up our minds to work for it. We have the honor of having Mr. Sprague come to our school al the same time we do. We get together for our first class meeting and elect our officers. Lee Canniff, Mae Ann Janiga, Flo Smith and Alice Cross pulled up through many a tight pinch in our first term. For the remainder of those first autumn months we are kept busy chasing bugs, gathering leaves and flowers, running up and down the soccer field, and other such work. It was during thi.-. season our ' 26 boys began to shine in basketball; the girls in soccer; the Up-

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g | MONTCLAIRION to-Date Club and Library Council in their activities ; the sororities in card parties and the Dramatic Club in plays. Do you wonder our Junior B days flew by so fast? And now we are Junior A ' s. Dotty Lane, Emma Osmun, Flo Smith and Dee McLean are our capable officers. We start out with lots of hard work, star- gazing and studying psychology and pedagogy far into the night and early in the morning. But that does not stop our Dramatic Club from continuing to give us some fine plays nor does it stop the boys from initiating the new boys into the Men ' s Club. Soon, too soon, we are giving a party and play as a farewell for Dr. Monroe, ' for, though we hate to see him go, he has decided to retire to his home in Ver- mont. Mr. Finley has arrived now to teach us psych and we do our best to make him feel at home by giving a party in his honor. During the spring months we have many well-known people instruct and entertain us — John Martin, little Richard Yeoman, Herman Haggerdorn and others. Are we not very lucky people? At this time, of course, all our activities are as lively as ever, boys ' and girls ' basketball and baseball and all club activities. We are now seen at various times digging gardens — how proudly we care for that precious handful of lettuce, onions, beans and sweet alyssum ! Maytime is here and, best of all, May Day. Milly Pierson makes just the right kind of a queen. A dainty play is being given out on our beautiful lawn and we entertain our parents and friends with folk dances and songs, and the boys surprise us with some tumbling stunts which their hard work and constant prac- tice made possible. The Topaz grows a little brighter, we have spent one happy year together and are now looked up to as those important beings — Seniors. Under the able leadership of Bobbie Lintner, Vera Truex, Ruth Ward and Elsie Kallen we are introduced to the new system of Ins and Outs. We look around and try to fathom it out because it ' s in awhile, out awhile, in awhile, out awhile or out awhile, in awhile, out awhile, in awhile. We miss our Dirty Man ' s these days, but the Clean Lady ' s proves a good substitute. Soccer, tennis, basketball, club activities, parties, and the usual gay times continue, and before we realize the fact the Outs are in and the Ins are out, and, then, in all too short a time Senior Week is upon us. We start that off with the faculty tea, at which we give a little schoolroom play, some music and new novelties to the teachers — organdie bouquets for the ladies and pongee hankies for the men. Another important feature of Senior Week is Class Day. If we do say so ourselves, we make a good crew of Gobs for the good ship M. N. S. The credit for our Class Day success is due to the committee headed by Shen Somers and our peppy Lookout, Dot Gulick, and all our songwriters. The Topaz turns a little misty because the Senior farewells are being said, but the class of June 1926 refuses to say Good-Bye — they leave dear M. N. S. with Au revoir.