Northern Valley Regional High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Demarest, NJ)

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History longer foreign affairs It s a local affalr Mr Hoyyarth s office the number of each fnrls and boys room, and eyen the names of the teachers who demanded hall passes As part of the uppexclass azlstocracy they jomed the senxors 1n the reffularly scheduled day In the sprmv rxnrf day hnally became a real1ty and for weeks thereafter fflrls and boys allke could hardly bear to take thelr eyes off that fourth finffer Also that sprlng, the more theatrleal mem bers of the junxcr class were memormng l1nes and slavlng at re hearsals 1n order to present the comedy Rmv Around El17abeth There were many suspense Hlled OCCZSIOHS that year such as the assembly yyhen Honor Soclety members were announced the oc Caslon of the announcement of All 'State Chorus and Band selec t1ons and of course the appearances of report cards The only speclal fund ra1s1ng project was the sale of Christmas cards It was obylous that the old salesmanshlp gusto had been dlsslpated One evenmg 1n the SIJI'1HgtlIT1C 1n the beautlfully decorated gyfm cou ples waltzed and l1nd1ed ln a Southern Plantatlon atmosphere That was the occas1on ofthe un1or Prom At the last assembly feyy tears were shed by the jumors as the1r old r1yals the once mlffhty senlors marched out For as quxck as the word go the rush for the front seats of honor began Senzor Durmg semor September l1ttle else was heard except lfVhat d1d you get on your colleffe boards? or XVhere are you applymgp Semors were easlly lclentlhed by thelr colleffe readmg l1sts senlor buttons and dlrty sneakers The first eyent of the soclal year yyas a jam sessxon Eyerybody rocked and the money rolled 1nto the treasury as the recordmq heartbeats of the beat era performed aqamst a background of screams and applause yyhrch orwmated from the fan packed bleach ers A bw syyxtch took place tyylce durmg the year as semors manned the classes They really worked hard to prepare lessons and tests but the yyork yyas not appreclated by the underclassmen who had to toe the mark As the SCHIOFS anxlously yyalted for the ma1lmen seyeral act1y1 tles occupled the1r spare tlme a senlor dance the Sclence Falr a drama mght and a tea for mothers After the class tr1p class nlvht, and baccalaureate the clxmayc of thexr hrgh school years came on Uraduatlon nlght as the SCHIOFS marched tyyo by tyyo doyyn the hlll mto the Stadlllfll 1n thelr caps and gowns to recelye Illell' dl plomas YN hat the future holds for them may be yyrltten by another h1s torlan 75 L at 1 . 9 ', wg L1 Els r 4 4 ,-47'l: f'B 'Q x.f

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L I 2 ui C ass What we call foreign affairs are no Freshmen One fateful September day rn 1936 three hundred and nrnety nrne ffreen freshmen entered the noyy famrlrar doors of Northern Xallty Ftar and uncertarnty showed rn thetr saucer eyes as they wandered through the male of corrrdors clutchrng schedules rn therr hands Occasronally they found themselyes the cause of the guffaws of the upperclassmen as they stuttered requests for drrec t1ons Frrst on therr hrqh school socral calendar was the Freshman Krck Off or orrentatron nrfrht for freshman students and therr parents After the long awarted reyelatron of class officers came entertarnmtnt by some of the more talented members of the group and later dancrne Durrnfr the fall attrred 1n V necked sweaters these same fresh men plavued the eafeterra drners wrth thelr sales prtches for catch phrased pep tags Eyen at the football games the upperclassmen had to contend wrth these brash salesmen who usually chose the more tense moments of the frame to peddle football programs Ap parently salcsmanshrp IS the partrcular preroqatrye of the yery young Returns from the sale of magannes rn the sprrng further substantrated thrs fact Sophomore They had become sophomores at last VVhen the new school year neyy crew neck syymtrrs and ryy league buckled shoes had become undrstrnvfurshablc from therr peers Forgettrng therr tortured first days they ey en teased that year s arrry als The hrst dance that the class sponsored took place ln mld fall Wrth the theme Moulrn Rouge rt was a pleasurable eyent for all the couples yho attended That year drsplayrng therr acqurred salesmanshrp abrlrtv members of the class persuaded unwrllrng customers to buy book coyers beanres and caps So successful were the sophomores that not a book rn school remarned covered rn paper bag brown nor was a head topped wrth anythrng but an YV beame At the years end the class along wrth two others descended upon the sandy beaches the amusements and the przra rce cream and cotton candy booths of Asbury Park As rn the preyrous year the rnyaders returned home burned trred stuffed, and broke' At least they returned to face a better day unzor Examrnatlons were only a memory and those yyho had passed them had become junrors Thrs group renowned rn song for rts so brrety had become truly knoyyledffeable They knew the locatron of 74 X N I ' Y. es nut I .V XL 1 lla.: V f 1 . 'ff yy W u ' ' . Y, , y t t th ' f ,- - - . K I - . - ,- lt si.. r ' I. h . ' ' B 1, X ,. Q . , - . . . . ,L . Z ,, A. . .5 5 l T . D 7 . . 3 - a ' ' ' ' . K . ' , V . . ' . . ' QS' V v ,, . . . ' began in September. it was obvious that the greenhoms of '56, in . 4 .- , L 1 .C r I ' - - Y I I .t U . X t. K K f' as ' be ' Y v : A ,3 5 . r X77 A V 1 I . . l I 1 v ' 1 r v if, A , - I r v y S 'X A ' tt. , 5 5 t . 7 . Niff' P? , ' ,V r 1 -' : : I 1 V . . . , , r . l . if! a . 'I l 1 l xr A Y t - ! - 1.7 f' I V D ' ,l - V

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US X A 5 V .QP 1 1 5, E 5 5 1 A I ck QL I Best Looking .Moxt Sophisticated Mary Keane and David Colvman Linda Gottlieb and Joseph Telan Whatever happens in any ix. Clam Couple Elle:-n Gaynor and Peter Beislcr lf'- 'Qu