Panzer College - Olympia Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR CLASSES we r acquainted with the ' college custor s -d -dit,ons Class elect,ons followed Robert O ' Connell was chosen president Lois McCarthy, vice president- Harold Lefkowitz, treasurer; and Lena D ' Alessio secretary Vir- na Cemarada became Student Council representative -dC--ne Gior- dano and Marilyn Judis Athletic Council ePJ- f - ' X ,,. ' ! , °o r S r nell was called to military service along with James Walling, Bob O Connor, and Bert Engeike, Lou Peragallo was elected president. With the coming summer, we left for the Aquatic School at Narrows- burg This was really an experience we will never forget Some students Returned to summer school while others took playground and camP positions When we entered our sophomore year, the class was increased through the enrollment of veterans. Class officers remained practically the same aL though Muriel Armistead became vice-president, Andy Nazzari, Student Council representative, and Peggy Pons, Athletic Council -pres-tative After handling freshman initiation in a very humanitarian way, we gave our Hallowe ' en Party, which proved to be quite an exciting affair. In February 1946 our class was broken up into sophomore and junior groups as a result of the elective accelerated course, but we stay together fn spirit which includes our classmates who left college to do their part for ultimate victory. FRESHMAN CLASS The class of 1948 has the privilege of being the largest freshman class in the history of the college. The enrollment of sixty-five students included thirty veterans, representing all branches of the service. Incredible as it may seem after three years of feminine dominance, men outnumbered women in September, 1945. Our introduction to college life was given in the form of a dance, where we met all the faculty, a large number of upperclassmen, and the parents of our classmates. The program of dances and dramatics presented by the upperclassmen proved very entertaining. Later on we got to know one another. The officers chosen were; Don Robertson president; Betty McManus, vice-president; Rosalie Bryan secre- tary and RKhard Foster, treasurer. Members-at-large elected to the Student Council were Frank Hahnenfeld and Flo Jakiel. Captain James Ayre and Eleanor Webb were elected to represent the class on the Athletic Council. As the months passed by, we participated in teas, dances and theatre parties Every member endeavored to participate in as many extracurricular activities as possible. So far the class of 1948 has kept its group spint and has demonstrated its leadership in college life. 19

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First row; Claire Addario, Jean Sullivan, Frank Proietti, Ruth Twombly, Dean Creenawalt, Rita Ferguson, Fred Hulme, Ida Thomson, Jeanne Simonet. Second row: Robert Swanson, Hallie Talbott, ' Barbara Fox, Muriel Armistead, Louis Peragallo, Margaret Pons, Zenobia Wyatt, Virginia Cemarada, Joseph Talamo. Third row: Andrew Nazzari, Doris Vivian, Harold Lefko- witz, Selma Neuman, Fred Peterson. Fourth row: Peter Nigro, Carmine Giordano, Albert Cohen, Ernest Brosang, Allen Beaman. • ]: Front row Leiia Filippi, Florence Jakiel, Eleanor Webb, Dorothy Creulich, Jean Friedman Louise Cruelich juanita White, Antoinette Seruto, Rosalie Bryan, Grace MacClymont. Second row Lucille Stahl Dorothy Hines, Barbara Munder, Eileen Flynne, Betty MacManus, Beatrice Gallini Ruth Roemer, Bianca Vignone, June Brickman, Charlotte Koehler, Lila Burpee, Miss Hazel Wacker, Adviser. Third row: Richard Forster, Donald Robertson, Raymond Zantecki, Robert Mullan, John Festa, Thomas llaria, Harold Walters, William Cunningham, Ogilvie John Hartman, Donato DelGuercio. Fourth row: Philip Lowy, Sidney Feins, Hahnenfeld, John Butynes, Charles Serpone, David Roderick, Paul Hausser, Carl Fischer, Bruce Frank

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STUDENT COUNCIL ACTIVITIES The Student Council is the governing body of the student organization. It works in cooperation with the faculty and has promoted excellent student- faculty relationships. Arranging the budget, planning and conducting the social and extracurricular program are some of the activities of the Council. Each class is represented on the Council by the president, vice-president, and two members-at-large. Officers for 1945-1946 are: Renard Rossi, president; Claire Meyers, vice-president; Virginia Cemarada, secretary; and Louis Peragallo, treasurer. One of the most important activities of the Council is the publication of the student newspaper, The Springboard. This was published monthly during the war as a mimeographed bulletin, but in 1946 printed copies once more made an appearance. Miss Wacker was adviser for the first term and Mrs. Drumm for the second. Panzer men and women in the service, as well as civilian alumni, have received the Springboard regularly through the years of war. Many were the letters of thanks, which the editor-in-chief, Claire Meyers, received from the recipients of this mail. In these letters the Panzer servicemen included information concerning their whereabouts and experi- ences. This was reproduced in the Springboard, so that all readers might be kept posted. Another activity sponsored by the Council is the Folk Dance Group. The number of members was depleted by the graduation of seniors in 1945. However, a large influx of freshmen brought new enthusiasm into the Club. The study of Hawaiian dancing under Huapala continued. Russian dances, taught by Edward Michnevich, were added to the repertoire. Mrs. Beach instructed a group of men in a novelty dance, the Scarecrow, and some of the women students learned novelty tap dances. In the fall, recitals were given by the group at the Convention of the New Jersey Association for Health and Physical Education, and for the Christmas Festival at the College. In the spring, the group gave programs in Plainfield, Montclair and Glen Ridge Public Schools, Elizabeth Women ' s Club, Dover Women ' s Club, the Kiwanis luncheon, the Patron ' s Card Party, and for the Henry Snyder High School in Jersey City. Virginia Cemarada is president. The Glee Club, this year, assumed a new character. Additions to the tenor and bass sections added to the quality of music and to the size of the Club. Christmas carols, religious and Indian music were studied during the year. The quartet, composed of Claire Meyers, Horace Roden, Richard Forster and Louise Creulich, has contributed variety to the program. Dolores Cordisco is the president of the Club, and Horace Roden, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Sylvia Brainen, director of music, conducted an interesting program for the Club. Performances were given at the College for the Christmas Festival, the Patron ' s Card Party, the Jersey City Junior Women ' s Club, and for Commencement. She also arranged recitals by artists for assembly and chaperoned the Club to the opera. The Modern Dance group lost most of its members in the June gradu- ation, but received a large number of enthusiastic freshmen. The Club, under the direction of Mrs. Beach, started at once to work on an original dance composition for the Christmas Festival. The dance theme followed the thoughts in an original poem about Christmas. The story was narrated by Valarie Campbell to the accompaniment of accordion music. Each scene of the narration was danced by various groups in the Club, led by Ruth Twombly, president. For the Patron ' s Card Party, the Dance Group is work- ing on an Indian theme. The Glee Club is preparing a choral accompaniment. In raising its curtain on the 1945-1946 season the Panzer Dramatic Club disclosed to view an unusual wealth of good talent. Consequently, a • 20