Ridgewood High School - Arrow Yearbook (Ridgewood, NJ)

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In Recognition of 2.5 Years As Publications Adviser The cosmopolitan air of the man the English Department refers to as Our Leader, Julian P. Darby, belies his birthplace of Cortland, N. Y. The polishing probably came at toney Amherst where he was awarded his Bachelor of Arts. More English courses at Cornell and Columbia put enough credits on his transcripts to be awarded a doctorate. This ivy background also accounts for the tweedy coats he hangs on his tall, spare frame. His three years of teaching at a private school in Connecticut probably accounts for his decline from being a highly talented violinist to what he now describes as a bad fiddler. Which isn't true, as can be attested by his duets with his violinist daugh- ter, Susan, music student and secretary of her class at Oberlin in 1963. Mr. Darby's father was a professor of Music at Syracuse University. ln 1927 he came to Ridgewood High School where some 22 years later he was chosen head of the English Department. For 25 years he served as faculty advisor to the Arrow Literary maga- zine, formerly issued three times a year with the fourth issue published as the yearbook. Mr. Darby has no plans on retiring, but his friends are certain that Martha's Vineyard looms large in them. There every summer Mr. Darby catches up on his reading, his rest and the local doings at Vineyard Haven. Whenever any of the family can-wife Barbara from the Ridgewood YWCA iob, son Paul from Ridgewood High School, or daughter Susan from Boston, father Julian from his books- each is 05 and running for the ferry from Woods Hole to the Vineyard. Mr. Darby's organizations include National Council for Teach- ers of English and national, state and local teachers' organiza- tions.

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The I964 Arrow ls Dedicated to FRANK S. FGLEY Not only does he seem a proper Bostonian about to take over an executive suite, but assistant principal Frank S. Foley shows a vigor that makes you think he could take you out on the golf links and run you off the course. And he could. This low-handicap golfer has enough trophies to fill the showcases in the main hall at the high school. This man with the compact, athletic frame first came to Ridgewood from the Winchester, Mass., Country Day School in 1932 to teach Latin and history. The sharp a of New England has not entirely dis- appeared from his speech. Mr. Foley was born in Cohasset, Mass., and later earned both Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees at Boston University, He continued his graduate work in this area at New York University. On leaving Boston University, he taught at the Morgan School'in Clinton, Conn., for a year, managing on that tour of duty to coach all athletic teams in the school. At Ridgewood, he has served as assistant basketball coach, golf coach, advisor to the International Club and the Hi-Y Club, a 15-year job. ln l941 he started the Booster Club, which he presently serves as advisor. From 1946-49 he was principal of the Summer School. ln his guidance office stands a file stacked with letters of thanks from the hundreds of boys he has sent on to prosperous college careers and iobs since he organized the guidance program in 1941. Students young and old still drop in for a visit. ln 1943, as Veterans Counselor and principal of Vet- eran's Evening School, he advised countless hundreds in their educational plans, a task that he continues to this very day. ln 1955 when invited to deliver a maior speech at the annual Colloquium of College Admissions Officers at Arden House in New York, so effective was he that his speech became part of the present College Entrance Examination Board Handbook. ln the editorial field, he was chairman for the Metropoli- tan School Study Council publication, Education for Citi- zenship, a pioneer study of the newer practices in educa- tion. Last summer he was co-editor of the Guidance Hand- book, a complete catalogue of courses for grades 7-12 in Ridgewood, and prior to that was chairman of the Report Card Committee for the Village. During World War ll, he turned his talents to serving the community as chairman of the Ridgewood Salvage Committee from 1943-45 and as member of the Fair Rents Commission, both on appointment by the Mayor. At that time he also organized the Civil Defense Unit which is active today. ln 1955 he became chairman of the Mayor's Commis- sion on Recreation, Local users of the municipal tennis courts have Mr. Foley to thank for all the municipal courts operative today. His group also expanded playgrounds for baseball in the Village. For his work on the commission, former Mayor lnow Freeholderl Robert L. Olson writes: The people of Ridge- wood and their children for years to come will be indebted to Frank Foley for his skill, his kindly interest and his en- thusiastic support of every recreational activity in our Vil- Iage. Mr, Foley retired from the commission in 1962. His plans for the future are indefinite. He may stay in Ridgewood and attempt to emulate his brother Mason, who is First Selectman of Hingham, Massachusetts. He may move to Florida with his wife Peggy. Certain he is to continue his bridge-playing, his bowling and his golf. Page l lim.,

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A FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION -c s L ix. i MISS WILMA J. McVElGH . ,-,N . - -'--..c... ' - Rf.,-,.,,.,,x x D , ...,...-, - .ox ---- ,Q ' QR 1' , -on ps. , -.fo ,dugg g ' 1' v-I-94-.,. --on-un-,, -wa no-omg., mango. A - 9' -5' -musvuupp ' N -:nur ---gd. lull vu-u . .-.on--1 r ..,.....-.-.- .-Y 'z ,f M MRS. MARIE F. CONNAUTON No one has iourneyed further afield in her educational career than Ridgewood's own Arkansas traveler, Miss Wilma J. McVeigh, Dean of Girls. Witness the iaunts of this girl: To Drury College in Springfield, Mo., for her Bachelor of Arts, to the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, for her Master of Arts, to Columbia, New York City, for her graduate work, to high schools in New Mexico, Missouri, and Tennessee, and to the Uni- versity of Wisconsin to serve as house counselor. Mathematics was her field when she started at Alba High School in Alba, Mo., but by the time she arrived in New Jersey at Montclair High School, where she was Dean of Girls, she was in the field of student activities, which she directed from 1940 to 1954. When she retired as Dean of Girls in Ridgewood in I954, the late Dr. Lois B. Knox requested that Miss McVeigh be named her successor. Since the fall of that year, Miss McVeigh has been in charge of girls' guidance in which field her principal concern has been the post-graduation plans of all students. Other activities have seen her serving as secretary to the Village Youth Commission, as a member of the Baptist Church Board of Education, and as president of the New Jersey Deans and Counselors. She has also worked on various committees of the YWCA and on various scholarship committees. Possessor ofa fine contralto voice, the Dean of Girls originally planned to sing in opera. When she turned to education, she kept her music interest alive by singing in groups, including barber- shop ensembles. For a while she sang with the Emmanuel Baptist Church choir here in Ridgewood. Among her hobbies she lists horseback riding and sewing. On retirement Miss McVeigh plans to stay at her home on Cedar Street in Ridgewood and to work with young people in Bergen County. Presently she is working on a commission to set up iunior colleges in New Jersey. The only southern drawl we have belongs to Mrs, Marie F. Connauton, Alabama-born and raised. This clothing stylist was not content with a Bachelor of Science from Ala- bama College though, and she earned a Master of Science from the Univer- sity ot Minnesota. To keep in touch with her world of practical education, she also attended Ohio State Univer- sity, the University of New Hampshire and, here in Jersey, Douglass College. After teaching three years in her native state, Mrs. Connauton ioined the faculty of Beaver College in Pennsyl- vania. Then she taught in six schools y in Cape May County at the request of l the State of New Jersey. It was her iob to set up courses of study in home economics and to structure a course for students not concerned with the academic world. From Cape May she moved half-way north to Princeton, then on to nearby Teaneck, Mrs. Connauton left Teaneck High School in i947 to come to Ridgewood where she taught all clothing classes in both iunior and senior high schools, all three units then comprising 1,671 students. She added two classes in family living to her work. Later she added an interior design class and was chosen to be Supervisor of the Home Economics Department in l955. She presently teaches all family living classes, meeting l l7 girls three times a week. She has also worked with elementary school teachers in the field of nutrition, The tasting parties there enioy a happy reputation, Mrs. Connauton has also taught in the Adult School. ln the tall and spring she works in the Ridgewood camping program with sixth graders, and she assists the girls with their fashion show. She has now revised the home economics course of study for both junior and senior high schools. Mrs, Connauton's major hobby and her teaching interest run side by side. She prizes her collection of Early American dresses. These, along with the antiques she has collected, have her toying with the idea of opening an antique shop. Until she makes up her mind, she is concen- trating on gardening, her fourth field of interest, and keeping house for her sea-captain husband. What may prove an obstacle to her antique shop is her desire to be of service to the community after she retires. She would like to can- tribute either as a Gray Lady or as a member of the Family Coun- seling Service, She is o member of Delta Kappa Gamma, honorary society for women educators and many educational associations.