Ridgewood High School - Arrow Yearbook (Ridgewood, NJ)

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'HFTER THE FI The home team has triumphed fairly and the crowd is going home when a pair of rival spectators exchange a few stinging remarks. Words turn to blows, more spectators join in, and now in place of the quiet stadium and healthy competition there is a madhouse of uncontrolled reasoning and confusion. The only part most of us in the class of '46 took in the war was that of spectators. But now that it is over and we are settling down to peacetime ways, would it be to much to suggest that we might become part of another lost generation, considered as surplus as- pirants to college or inexperienced workers seeking employment, a group not knowing where or to whom to turn? AL GU D But with the hard-won victory accom- plished would that be the way to return to peace? We and the country would 'be far bet- ter off if we could keep our minds clear, meet each problem as it appeared, and take it upon ourselves to become benefactors to society. The occupation forces and newly developed industries need youth as much as youth needs them. There is a place for us if we can see the way to it. The class of '46 in Ridgewood High School has had fun, but it has always been a sober and purposeful class. Let us continue to exer- cise our sound judgment so that we may take our places as respected, useful citizens of the country and of the world. NORMAN GREEN' MORE- T HAM T WICE- T OLD TALE Down through the years it has been the custom for the editor-in-chief of the Arrow to take his pen in his hand and fill up a half of a page of the yearbook, either with a self- satisfied pat on the back of the senior class for its achievements in RHS., or with a few well-directed but little-heeded words concern- ing the great battle for existence on this over- grown cantaloupe which we call Earth. In many cases the editor has stolen the thunder of this year's futuristic theme and has raised his field glasses to his eyes and gazed into the future, uttering such well corned warnings as the weight of the world rests on your sl1oulders,', etc. E 16 The many achievements of the senior class are already well known, and most members of the class of '46 are fully aware of the re- sponsibilities which lie ahead of them at the onset of the atomic age. They realize the difficulties which they will have to face in order to get into a jam-packed college, or get a job in a country which is already beginning to feel the curse of unemployment. Never- theless, every graduating student of RHS. would do well to adhere to the oft-repeated warnings of the past editors-in-chief, and to follow Longfellow's direction: Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear, and with a manly heart. JOHN BROWN l

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CLA ,ST OFFICER President 'Vice-President JRMAN W. GREEN BEVERLY A. MACELHINNIJI Secretary Treasurer BARBARA CLARE DIPPEL JAMES EDWARD SIMPSONA ' Editor-iw Chief JOHN HENNING BROWN Managing Editor Managing Editor J4SSiSfdHf WGN-dying 5dif01' J. WALTER JOSEPH ALLAN RANDALL BRICK PATRICIA D. SOLMS