Riverside High School - Torch Yearbook (Riverside, NJ)

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Seniors Seize Spirit Week with Western Wciys With the capturing ot the coveted Spirit Week spirit stick, the senior class had otticially won the I972 Spirit Week competition. Beginning a tradition this year, the victor was not announced until thebasketball game on the last Friday night ot Spirit Week. Under the direction ot president Gary Kent, the class ot I972 presented the theme How the West Was Won in their spirit skit and tollowed through with it in their hall decorations, which consisted ot murals depicting an Old West town. Following close behind in all aspects ot Spirit Week competition, the junior class presented Walt Disney characters, the sophomores also had a western theme, and the treshmen, Super-Ram. Serving as judges, Mr. Walter Kani- gowski, Mr. Jesse Welsh, Mr. Lewis Fisher, and Mr. John Ferner gave points tor hall decorations, spirit skits, dress-up days, ath- letic events' attendance, optional, and li- brary bulletin boards. Seniors Gayle Letwinas and Kathy Kanigowski re-paint the faculty parking space numbers in order to receive more spirit week points tor a special service to the school. During a ,pil-if week pgp rally' members Qt the Senior Class chant the cheer, We've got spirit before being awarded with the spirit week tropny. I8 Student Lite

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Junior Ricl1ard.STiclrel enjoys an evening of Tun, dancing To The music of Flack aT Jane CuTiTfa helps Bruce ArmsTrong serve reTreshmenTs To ThirsTy sTu- The annual Cl f'5lm55 dance ln ilie CJYVW- denTs in The ornamenTed girls' healTh room. SanTa's Appearance HighlighTs ChrisTmas Dance , T The ChrisTmas dence, chaperone Mr. William Kelbaugh and STudenT GovernmenT Adviser Mr. ames Osman relaTe Their ChrisTmas wishes To SanTa Claus lDan HarTl. CulminaTing an evenTTul ChrisTmas- Tide season aT RHS, The sTudenTs once again, To The ioy oT needy Tamilies and The surprise of neighboring communiTies. gave a record-breaking amounT To ProjecT SanTa , To raise Tunds Tor The BurlingTon CounTy Times' Give a ChrisTmas pro- gram. Sponsored by The Key and KeyeTTes Clubs, a new acTiviTy was added To The TradiTional lisT. Traveling To an orphanage in Hopewell and a resT home in Delanco, The groups provided giTTs, decoraTions, TreaTs, SanTa Claus Tor The children, and companionship Tor The elderly. OTher yuleTide evenTs included The STudenT GovernmenT Tree, The STudenT GovernmenT dance, and carolers in The halls. STudenT LiTe I7

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Before hearing The resulTs of The vofing, Barbara Mori parTicipaTes in The Maroon Tinale, l'd Like To Teach The World To Sing , while Lianne Hearn marches To The WhiTe opfional. Mr. John Ferner, assisTanT superinTendenT, and Maureen Borger. Maroon Team capTain, offer Their conqraTulaTions To l972 Miss Maroon Barbara Mori during Friday nighT's compeTiTion. Teams Honor Lianne Hearn, Barbara Mori lniTiaTed This year as a new rule in The selecTion of Miss Maroon and Miss WhiTe, The candidaTes could noT be The capTains OT Their respecTive Teams. WiTh This in mind, Miss Barbara Mori and Miss Lianne Hearn were selecTed as Miss Maroon and Wh'iTe, respecTively, by Their parTicipaTing TeammaTes on The basis oT Their dedicaTion To Their Teams. i Barbara served as leader oT a maroon Theme group which dealT wiTh The world's drug abuse problem, using The song Once You UndersTand . ln addiTion, Miss Mori Took parT in opTional and Tug-oT-war. DirecTing WhiTe's opTional rouTine, dedicaTed To The Olympics, served as The main iob Tor Lianne, who also parTicipaTed in The Maroon-WhiTe volleyball game. Lianne Hearn proudly accepTs The Miss WhiTe crown and Trophy Tram WhiTe capTain JeaneTTe Bohner. STudenT i e