Passaic High School - Echo Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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JANUARY HISTORY Browsing through the library I was attracted by a large black book, set apart from the others. In bright gold letters was written High School Classes of the Century. I pulled the book down and started leafing through it. On freshly printed pages in the back of the book I found the following: HISTORY of PASSAIC CLASS of JANUARY 1946 The unique character of our class has come from its varied background. In 1943 the culture of the East fWoodrow Wilson Junior Highj blended with the culture of the North fMemorial junior Highj and that of the South fThomas jefferson junior Highj to form the present class. We learned the ropes quickly in those days, tricks of the trade that were to be put to good use in our junior and Senior years. We remember Miss Bates and Latin. Yes, dear old Latin with easily translatable Caesar and the beau- tiful language of the prose sentence. But you must admit, Miss Bates really knew how to make that fudge! The war was on, and to toughen us up, they in- augurated an entirely new system. It consisted of a revamped set of exercises and an obstacle course as a side show. Running became the great body-builder. Besides accomplishing its main objective, the new system did these things: 1. It increased the boys' knowledge of the blocks around the school. 2. It decreased the work of the janitor in clean- the gym floor. 3. It made the nurse more popular. During these years sweaters came into style. Girls went wild! Everywhere you turned, there-was a sweater! One day things got to such a state that even our most conservative member, Dick Honigsbaum, succumbed to the rage. He walked into our English class with the most beautiful sweater. Oh, what a sweater! But all the boys snubbed him. Poor kid, I guess he just didn't have the right PERSONALITY. Arline Wolff says she is still recovering from the shock of seeing boys' bare legs. Paging Mr. Pickett! Summer School came upon us. We remember the getting up earlyg those bumpy 44's, and the crowded 102'sg the cramped quarters of Davy Hanis's truck, and the tightness of Louie Brecher's meat de- livery car. We remember the packed study halls, the rain, and the generosity of Dr. Dales. We remember the huge Mr. Bollerman, the fun of the daily hitch- hike-in limousine or milktruck, and we can't forget the hot sun. Herman Packer led a group of fellows up to see Buck Siegel. They wanted to learn how Buck became Page 38 so successful. Buck drew them around in a tight circle and then in confidential tones he said, Boys, to be a successful businessman you must always treat your customers with courtesy and above all you must always smile. Excursions to New York to see Shakespearean plays were the rule, and while bringing us great cul- tural satisfaction, they brought Vera Zorina into the life of Mitchell Laiks. Laiks just sits by her picture and moans all day long. During the summer George Gaydos was lent by Passaic High School to the Princeton Atomic Re- search Division. He helped them with their more -difficult math, and he had a great deal to do with the development of the Atom Bomb. Lenny Bindelglass has at last found a way to stop his perpetual tardiness. Bindy says it's easy: all you have to do-is graduate. Perhaps you have noticed that Frank Bongiorno always parks his car on a hill. That's Because it can only start on a down roll. They say that the new cars correct this condition. Dave Peres certainly defied all the rules. Accord- ing to some authorities redheads are temperamental and hard to get along with. Dave doesn't think so. Maybe he's a little prejudiced, but when you see him playing around with another redhead, then it's time for him to see a doctor, I know a good one-a certain Dr. Rinzler. The following are the unsolved mysteries of the past year: 1. What was Miss Klug doing in a boys' reforma- tory? 2. What is the meaning of Hubba Hubba? 3. What is the meaning of the sound produced by the clicking of one's tongue? 4. Do people really study in study halls? 5. Who let that dog in school? 6. Was the snowballing of Mr. Clark accidental or premeditated? Saul Ellenbogen has tried to answer these ques- tions too. He doesn't bother with them so much though. That's because he has troubles of his own. There are two young teachers in his life. He doesn't know which to choose. Then there is the matter of the girl in his homeroom who is just as Long as he is. The last word should go to Owen Adler and Ziggy Gallai for they are the last word. Adler is sorry to leave, for he must say goodbye to his sweety- pie, but Ziggy- Ah! Give me freedom! 4- if wk wk I closed the book and lifted it back onto the shelf.

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LAST WILL and TLSTAMLNT We, the first graduating class of this year, 1946, being of sound mind Qdespite the opinions of the facultyj do declare this to be our last will and final testament: To the grandchildren of the present student body and therefore to the present faculty we leave a brand new, shiny school. But for the faculty there is one conditional clause-that the school be built on a higher hillg that seems to be the closest they'll ever get to a raise. In the new high school we leave a large cafeteria with Mrs. Stubba as head cook and Buck Siegel as head dishwasher. For Mr. Brady and his janitorial staff in the new school we leave an immense oil burner. To the many titles which Mr. Kennedy holds and with which we know you are all familiar we add another- The Voice. For Miss Eaton we wish a 25 hour day so she can really accomplish something. We sign up Miss Cunningham and Mr. Ander- son as outfielders for the N. Y. Yankees. They're always running to catch something. , We bequeath Mrs. Mac, who comes from down in Maine, a large sack of the best in the land- Idaho potatoes. We have for Miss Race a floor-to-ceiling portrait of Thomas jefferson, founder of the Democratic party. We leave Miss Kranz a six-day bike race track where she can really speed up class work. We leave Miss fyou can't do math work in herej Schooley a copy of Forever Amber marked Stu- dents Only. For Miss Schutt-a snowstorm in the middle of june-that'll teach her. We leave Miss Messinger an eggbeater to break up the crowds on the third Hoor. We have a radar set on a high stool for Mr. Woods to operate to discover the whereabouts of students who cut classes. We leave to Miss Estey a class that doesn't know the meaning of a crib sheet. For Miss Bates we have a measuring spoon for dividing Gaul into three parts and mizfing Caesar with fudge. We'd like to inform all incoming sophomores of the position of Doctor Dales-we know of a little sophomore who asked her homeroom teacher for a slip to see Doc because she wasn't feeling so well. And for Miss Partridge and him we have separate soundproof shelters. Last but not least we leave the nurse a valuable assistant-a handwriting expert. Page 37

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