Pompton Lakes High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Pompton Lakes, NJ)

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Plgl 6 HARRY H PRATT PRINCIPAL The fuonccrs Irom tht tolomcy pushcd vyutvyard mth an IIldOlT1lI.iblL Splflf 'Ihe wlderncsy was tonqutrtd and ththtultmy vytrt oytrtomt Today thc. Vyut and all su H0118 ot thc tountry lhl1llxS to tht p1o11tLrx tontr1hutL 111 IHJI-ylDj,f thtsc y,rLat and power ful Lmttd btatu Tht Larly ytudtnty ot Pompton Laku H1311 Sthool PIOHLLFCL1 IU found 1n our Amemtan hutory boob Thn tory ot thc trad1t1o11s and attomphshmcnta ot the students ot Pompton Lakes Hugh bthool from 1ty PIOIICLIIIU, day: to the prucnt IN rctordnd IU tht annual P1onctr Today vyc art proud ot our ythool and our Amcrua and vy1lI tarry on mth tht yamt L1I1CODqL1L1'.lblt Plfll ot thobc who haw made. pomble thc. unsurpasbcd oppOrru111t1u 111 our Amtruan Dtmotraty Harry H Pm!! 1 ' I V K- l A 'A L A, . ..k' .P I fl v . 1 -4. yutnng hugh ytantiards anti worthy' trathtiony, The story' of thc toIon1aI pionccry is to be - 1 . , ' ' ' ' . , ' y V- .S , .I , . 1 , A - I A 1 x ' I . I , . I A -.'

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l0IllWllIlll In 1849 one hundred years ago the discovery of gold in Calrforma brought the greatest mflux of cnrlrzatron rn our hrstory to the West Our forefathers braxed the heat and thlrst of the great southern desert and the penetratmg cold of the tovsermg Rocky Mountarns or the steammg drsease rxdden yungles of Panama rn frantrc effort to End fame and fortune rn Callforma Although many sought fevl found gold Thousands settled rn the West to bulld homes and farms and busmesses The land Thomas effcrson thought would take 600 years to settle was unbelles ably pros perous rn a decade' As we look back we cannot but be msprred by the example of these rough and ready men and women who went to a strange land to burld new lrves In a sense we too are Forty Nmers We stand on the threshold of Llfe We go out to seek our destmles rn an adult world forergn and strange to us Howexer we do not shrmk from our herrtage We face the world w1th stralght backs open eyes ready hands and firm hearts We too are Proneers' Tummg I' Campbell IZIINIINIS CHAPTER ONE DISCOVERY OF THE POMPTON LODE The Admxmstratzon and Faculty CHAPTER TWO STAKING OUT THE CLAIMS CHAPTER THREE WORKING THE CLAIMS The Sophomores CHAPTER FOUR HARDENED PROSPECTORS The Iunzors CHAPTER FIVE LIFE ON THE POMPTON MINE PROPERTY School Lzfe and Actzwtzes CHAPTER SIX-COMPETITION WITH OUR NEIGHBORS Athletzes CHAPTER SEVEN SOME STRUCK IT RICH The Sensors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 51 67 Page 5 . . . -. . I . at - ,.......,.,,,.....,. 7 - ...... .....,.............,..r,.s.,.... I 3 The Freshmen - .....,,. .................,.,..........., I 7 -- ...... r...r...,.r.,.......,........... 2 3 ... .......,., 31

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ll llllll Concernlng the clzscovery o Iompton Ioce S ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY Through the thrrty tvyo members of our faculty we haue accumu lated much of vyhatcyer knowledge we possess They haye taught us farthfully to be good crtrzens good sports and good scholars We remember that not by books alone do we learn but also by precept The example these teachers haye establrshed for us IS an admrrable one and the enyy of many schools At trmes vue may not haye been rn complete accord but as we look back vue realrze that they haye done the rxght thrng as they saw rt and as a rule therr oprnxon was best Faculty members haye taken a great rnterest rn the progress of students not only rn class but also rn extracurrrcular actry 1t1es Therr sound adyrce helprng hand and deep Interest rn our projects haye feel therr concern for our success and therr desrre to see us ads ance rn cyer way Because of these sterlrng qualrtles of helpfulness encouragement partxcrpatlon IH our extracurrlcular actmtnes and thelr hxghly rated teachmg abrhty we feel that our teachers too are worthy of the trtlc Pxonecrs fx '3r X X P , I . . . It brought them closer to us ahd our problems. Students in our school t f ff Q' A l I - Z . l . y y 5 Q! 1 l ll X T y K ,I J, W ,wreck