Park Ridge High School - Hoot Yearbook (Park Ridge, NJ)

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Key Proni, an annua1 event given a1ternate1y 1Jy 1110 Student Counci1 of one sc11oo1 to the seniors of the ot11er. December fl, 1940 Today our Hrst rea1 campaign work on the Hoot started. Patron s1ips were given out 1iy Mrs. 1V1cKeever, and we rus11cd around for days, peslering tcactwers and parents. We voted lo dedicate 111e year1Joo1c lo Mrs. 1X1cKeever and Mr. Braem. itlufeli 7, 19-tl Because the c1ass 11ad a divided opinion of what we s1'1ou1d do for C1ass Nwigtmt, discussions were 1'1e1d. A vote decided the issue in favor of a variety s11ow. We voted to present a 11ur1esque c1ass tria1 in w11ic11 students would have t11e opportunity of caricaluring their teac1'1ers. April 3, 19-11 Senior Essays due1 After six weeks of research we got to work on Sunday and wrote for hours to get our essays in shape. The same day a 11001 Staff meeting was ca11ed and work was started on the write-ups. func 2, J, -1, J, 19-'11 1'1xams1 To graduate or not to graduate? Two weeks and our sc11oo1 days wou1d be overt 11a11 days started and intensive re11earsa1s occupied the major part ot our time. lime 15, 1941 Bacca1aurealc1 An impressive ceremony. A 1ee1ing o1' awe and appretiension at the pro1a1ems wtiicti are ours. lune 16, 1941 C1ass Nig11t1 A tremendous success. Iune 19, 1941 C1raduation1 Marctuing, speeches, and dip1omasg E111 a hurried maze. Fina11yf-'Goodbye Park Ric1ge1 20 Groizm ,liiieizv RuisiiNs'riiiN SciiwiiN'riiiu.v ZELDA1QUBENS'1'lilN 1':I.lZAl5Ii'l'Il Siliciuuu Arisiiizr Sciiuiirriz Roiiiaizr Simw FEBRUARY SENICRS HE Eve students pictured at t11e right are in ai c1ass lay ttwemsetvcs ca11ed 17e1wruary Seniors. They wi11 not graduate unli1 Feb- ruary, 10-12. This group '11as a second distinction. 11 represents the 1ast 1:e1uruary Senior C1ass a' Park Ridge High. The c1ass has wor1cec under the direction of Mr. De Keyser.

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l:RANi4i.iN Nviius Rixvmono Oi.i.i2v Pain. Niinnixivn Rim cllNEtl.I. Donixrn CJIQESUN Nfxieia PATANH l5ii'i rY l.ou Roni. Liiwis RONM' social year of the Senior Class of 19-110, for whom the Prom was given. lime 17, ia, and 20, 1940 The real climax to this year was Graduation Week during which we, as juniors, acted as ushers on Class Night, Graduation, and at Baccalaureate. Svpleintzer 6, 1940 llere we were. Seniors at lastl A little lrightened, perhaps, lay the taslcs ahead, but ready to tacltle anything. Our lirst project was the selection of a play and hold- ing try-outs. The play selected was Spring Fever, and it was directed lay Miss lflsie lvl. Clarlc. Svplemtvur 16, 19-10 The next vital prohlem to he talcen care of was election of class ollicers. Paul Neumann was re-elected president. Assisting him were Boli Shaw, viceepresidentg Janet Wilscwii, secretaryg and tid Beclt, treasurer. lmmediately after the voting was linished, Mrs. Mc- Keever announced the appointments to the lloot Stall.. Barbara Ann Geih was named editor, Ti Randall, assist- ant eclitor, and Louise Gottcsman, literary editor. November 7, 1940 Spring Fever. When the hnancial reports were in, we discovered that our play had had a larger attendance and had made more money than any play given in the school. November 21, 1940 + No history of our class could he complete without a record of the defeat of Vxfestwood at the hands of our lloothall team. This was a triumph long to he rememhered not only hy the lnoys who played in the game hut, also hy every senior laecause it was the last lqootliall game during our high school careers. Nouernlner 29, 1940 Celebrating the victory a weelc earlier, the seniors journeyed to Westxvood and were leted at the Blue 19

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