Netcong High School - Arcturus Yearbook (Netcong, NJ)

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Uur greatest mono -makin project was the Merchandise Club March 27, 1953 Henry Shubert became the super- salesman of merchandise when his sales totaled 3285. The Merchandise Committee chair- man, Duine Bencivenga, assisted by Colleen Murtha and Margaret Smith, collected a total of 82,265.66 for mer- chandise sold by members of our class. Diane paid the company 31,666.20, which netted a profit of 359946. The profit earned by each student was credited to his individual account.

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Mary Lou aclueves Literary Fame .5 ,age 'gy THE CREATION KA Negro Sermonj And God stepped out on space, And He looked around and said, 'Tm lonely- I'll make me a world. Up from the bed of the river Cod scooped the clayg And by the bank of the river He kneeled Him downg And there the great God Almighty, Who lit the sun and fixed it in the sky, Who flung the stars to the most far corner of the night. Who rounded the earth in the middle of His hand- This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own imageg Then into it He blew the breath of life, And man became a living soul. Amen. Amen. March 15, 19 3 WHY MY PARENTS SHOULD VOTE By Mary Lou McConnell Communism is an ever present threat to our democracy. Our great- est tool against this threat is the proper functioning of our govern- ment. The condition our country is in today is not the falilt of the party or the persons with authority in our government. To blame them would be unfair, as the people's votes put them in that office. Eyery citizen who-neglects his right to vote is responsible for the corruption in our government. The United States of America be- longs to the youth of today. Because we are young we profit by the ex- amples of our parents. But what profit do we gain from parents stay- ing away from the polls either be- cause they are too lazy or think they haven't the intelligence to vote. I haven't the time is a poor excuse for letting Socialism creep into our country. We have built a democracy 1 we have watched it grow and wt for us day by day. But in order accept a democracy we must uni stand it involves the placement of individual citizen and his partici tion in his government. The citi: must decide what his governm should and should not do. Our votes must put the good n in office and take the bad ones 0 A citizen of the United Sta should be treated fairly by his g ernment. He has the right to kn if he is going to be drafted, and M he is being taxed. He has the rig to be heard. The most import: means a citizen has of expressing f thoughts is by voting. If our privilc of voting was taken from us, would certainly complain fast enoui Voting is our expression of persol opinions. On November 4th, let us dedica ourselves to protect our country fn socialistic radicals. Every vote coun'

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Au Revozrg Mr Greenleaf April 15, 1953 On April 15, 1953, we bade farewell to Mr. John P. Greenleaf who had taught 41 years at Netcong High School. Mr. Greenleaf is congratulated by Mr. William D. McKelvie, superintendent of Netcong Schools, after having been pre- sented gifts at a dinner in Mr. Green- leaf's honor sponsored by the P.T.A. and the Netcong Board of Education. Mr. Greenleaf, now 65, was born in Hobart, N. Y., the son of the Reverend and Mrs. Jonathan Greenleaf. He attend- ed Blair Academy and enrolled at Am- herst College. Later he transferred to Lafayette College, and was graduated from the Easton school in 1912. He joined the teaching staff at Netcong High School the same year. In addition to instructing the math classes, Mr. Greenleaf has taught Latin, English, and most of the science courses offered at the school. Mr. and Mrs. Greenleaf will spend some time vacationing in Florida and then will make their permanent residence in In- diana. Our class presented Mr. Greenleaf with a gift and wished him much health and happiness in his retired life.