Panzer College - Olympia Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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Prophecy As I gaze into my crystal ball, and peer into the vastness of the future, I behold magnificent portals opening upon the edifices of the world ' s most famed physicial education school — Panzer College. Can this be the Panzer College I knew? Can this be that diminutive refuge for the ardent followers of physical education. I gaze deeper into my crystal ball. Here I see people — alumni, to be sure — but, how different from that day back in ' 45 when student became graduate! Here in 1960 as they stroll along the paths of the spacious campus, I see Jeanne Nunnink and Kay Schaeffer (who are living on Helen Rowe ' s WAC retirement fund) talking of having attended the latest performance given by Mickey Foti, who made her professional debut as Marguerite from Faust at the Met. She was superb , they say. And who is that leaping over yon bench? I recognize the figure to be that of Joe Troiano executing his aesthetic Fire Dance and tossing high in the air his famous dancing partner, Jo Martone. Incidentally, these well-known artists have just taken on the Doris Humphrey-Charles Weidman studios. Sue Leiwant, world-wide explorer who recently gave a lecture on her expeditions in the jungles of Africa is sitting by the edge of the swimming pool telling the freshmen how she met Sadie Burreci. Sadie has been attempting to civilize the natives of this dark continent by instructing classes in Boogie- Woogie. She also met Bernie Muncy in Australia. Bernie has been coaching the internationally famous Australian Cadets in baseball. Our class could never quite figure out this sudden interest in professional ball!!!! Louise Anthony and Beatrice Linke, who are performing a brilliant piece of work in conducting a school for physiotherapists in Rhode Island, are look- ing over the new Panzer physiotherapy wing. They think no one is looking, but I see them copying the design! — And what ' s all the excitement over here! Newspaper headlines. My crystal ball brings it nearer — Ah! It says — Eunice Eilau ' s Whereabouts Still A Mystery . Eunice, we read further, has been lost for almost six months. It is reported that she is situated somewhere in Iceland searching for the ideal environment to set up her own summer camp. Looking deeper into my ball of the future, I see splendid removable bleachers which fold into the wall and when opened give ample room for the thousands who attend the basketball game. There, sitting on the top row are Selma Rosenstock and H. Rogers Muse, newly appointed basketball coaches, chatting about their world renowned teams, while Mrs. Beach and Prof. Gorton are in the third row from the bottom pepping up the alumni. Selma is finding it hard to outdo the reputation Marion Wessels has earned for her basketball coaching. Marion is bringing out the finer points of the Mid- western Amazons at the Garden. Who is that swinging on yon trapeze? It is the famed trapeze artist Shirl Goldman who just finished a ten-week run at Radio City. Shirl ' s seven and one half turn around flip flop has been said to make the women faint and the men turn pale. The images are getting blurred now, the crystal ball is cracking — the strain has been too great — I can see no more. Shirley Goldman, Class Propbc

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Cath erine Marie Schaeffer kay Barringer High School 5 3 North 7th Street, Newark, N. J. ' ' Life is short and care will come, So have a good time while yon are young. Accelerated; Phi Delta Pi Fraternity 1,2,3, Recording Secretary 3 ; Olympia Staff, Assis- stant Editor-in-Chief; Student Council 2,3, Secretary 3; Class Vice-President 2; Spring- board 2,3; Intersorority Council 3; Varsity Basketball 1,2,3; Modern Dance Group 2,3; Glee Club 1,2,3; Folk Dance Group 1,2,3. Charter member of the Pot Club . . . accen- tuates the positive . . . prefers the Navy men . . . mind of her own . . . type of person to have as a friend. Joseph Troiano joe Bayonne High School 100 5 Broadway, Bayonne, N. J. ' ' He isn ' t big, he isn ' t small. But nevertheless, he ' s liked by all. Accelerated; Olympia Staff; Springboard 2,3; Athletic Association 2,3, Vice-President 3; Basketball Team 2; Glee Club 2. Easy come and easy go . . . Panzer ' s Frank Sinatra . . . jitterbug . . . happy, carefree temperament ... a laugh is worth a hundred groans . . . miniature Atlas ... a good sport in every sense. Marion Nathalie Wessels WES Hillside Senior High School 227 Ryan Street, Hillside, N. J. She is the best friend one can find. The laughing, joking dependable kind. Accelerated; Phi Delta Pi Fraternity 1,2,3, Treasurer 2, Corresponding Secretary 3; Olympia Staff, Editor-in-Chief; Athletic Association 2,3, Treasurer 2, President 3; Springboard 2,3, Sports Editor 3; Varsity Basketball 1,2,3; Glee Club 2. Everybody ' s friend . . . enthusiastic lover of sports . . . basketball, her pride and joy . . . rich in wisdom . . . happy when helping others . . . loves a gay time . . . cheerful and charming.

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Senior Class History In 1941 the present classes at Panzer became involved in the accelerated program and since that time have encountered many worth-while experiences and problems. A few of the girls in the class entering in 1941 did not take the accelerated program and so are graduating with the accelerated class which entered in 1942. The war took many of our men out of college and by the time we reached our senior year most of them had entered various branches of the service. In September 1942, we entered Panzer as bewildered freshmen. Our official welcome began with the orientation program. Later we were wel- comed by the upper classmen at the Freshman Reception. However, we were welcomed unofficially, so to speak, by the sophomores who initiated us into college. As freshmen, our main events were the famous Initiation Court and the Big Sister Tea, while between times, teas, theatre parties, and other college affairs took care of our social life. In June we bid adieu to college for a month and were off to National Red Cross Aquatic School at Narrowsburg, New York, returning in July ready for our first experiences with the summer term of the accelerated program. The following year as sophomores we played host to the freshmen and initiated them with due ceremony. Our Hallowe ' en Party turned out to be the highlight of the year. In May, some of us went to Aquatic School while others took a course in professional camping at National Life Camps, Inc., in Sussex, New Jersey. In September 1945, our class elected Domenica Foti, president; Josephine Martone, vice-president; Eunice Eilau, secretary-treasurer. In January we started student teaching and thoroughly enjoyed the various experiences and our own evolution as teachers. At graduation time our thoughts and recollections centered not only around the Class Dinner, and Commencement Exercises but extend to those classmates who might have been with us but who are doing their duty in the service of our country.