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It hardly seems possible that graduation will soon be something behind us. “Pomp and Circumstance sounds terrifying at this point, and although we are overwhelmed at the prospect of graduation, we’re just a little frightened too. This feeling is different from the scared feeling we experienced on September 3, 1947, when we first entered New Milford High School as Freshmen. After a few weeks during which we practically made games out of finding the right rooms and of going around the right cops in the halls, we held our first class meeting. How well we remember that first class meeting--when the boys took over the class. Since there was dissension in the ranks of the girls, the boys managed to hold all of the offices. Mike Burdick ran the show, Jim Wells helped him, Ed Keeler was Secretary, and Jim White, Treasurer. Mr. Malonis took the task of advising our class and rumor has it that we wore him out, for he left N.M.H.S. at the end of that year. In April we, the little shots of the school, did our small part to put on a social for the Senior High. An almost unheard of thing occurred at this social -—we, the Freshmen, made money! Coming back to school in September 1948 as Sophomores, we felt much more at ease and quite tempted to look down on the young Freshmen. At our first class meeting we elected the same people, but we shifted some of them around. Jim White became President, Mike Burdick became Veep, Ed Keeler remained as Secretary, and Jim Wells became Treasurer. When Jim left in January, Nancy Lathrope took over the job of collecting money. We elected Mr. Went as class advisor, a job which he has retained for three years. By the time we came back in September 1949, we really felt as if we knew our way around. Upper classmen—wow!!! 28
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Class elections went off smoothly this year , with only one change in officer s. Pat King took over as Secretary, Jim White remained President, Mike as Veep, and Nancy, Treasurer. With Mr. Went pushing us, we came in second in the Magazine Campaign, which meant a much needed addition to our treasury. This year we joined with the Seniors to try something new—a Junior-Senior social. It was a huge success. During the Spring our only topic of conversation was our prom, which was held May 5. We all worked hard on it for weeks beforehand and felt quite proud when we finished the decorating. The Yale-Collegiate Orchestra played for us and the climax of the evening was the crowning of our class Queen, Ruth Day. The only drawback was the fact that financially it was not a success. September 6, 1950, meant the beginning of the last 180 days. It seemed impossible that only three years before we had entered those doors so timidly. Our first class meeting was quite a shock to everyone -- we ACTED like Seniors! When we held elections Pat remained as Secretary and Nancy as Treasurer. John Ploski took over the Presidency, and Jim Wells became Vice-President. To justify Mr. Went’s faith in us, we walked away with top honors in the Magazine Campaign-which meant a sizable addition to our treasury. Hardly had that ended when we were up to our ears in the Senior Play-Through the efforts of all, including many outside the class, “Dear Ruth was very successful. As this goes to press, we are looking forward to our Senior Dance, May 4, Class Night, June 15, and Graduation, June 17. Through the combined efforts of all the Seniors these events will be assured successes. When we depart from N.M.H.S. we will leave behind the Trophy Case—our Senior project. We hope that the classes that follow will take good care of this Trophy Case, for attached to it will be many pleasant memories. Thinking of all these things eases the pain of graduation and takes some of the frightening air from it. “Pomp and Circumstance , here we come! 29
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