Riverside High School - Torch Yearbook (Riverside, NJ)

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if s lllllllfl WRX GOP parTy worker, sophomore Bruce HerbsT, aTTempTs To convince Mrs. Jean Bole To voTe Tor The Republican TickeT oT Nixon and Agnew in The November 7, l972 PresidenTial elecTion. 1 ,,f1' we-f T Q Senior Kafhy Bucher regisTers To voTe aT The Riverside Municipal Building wiTh The help of Mr. Michael Chiaccio as he poinTs ouT various quesTions which she musT answer in compleTion in order To become an oTTicial voler. 1972 Elections ExhclusT Energy ofCc1mpciigners Moclr elecfions, discussing The issues. and learning abouT The governrnenT were major school proiecTs during The elecTion monTh of November. Many hisTory classes wenT inTo greaT depThs, Trying noT only To decide who were The besT men Tor PresidenT and counTy seaTs, buT why. Several classes made posTers depicTing The elecToral college and some sTudenTs porTrayed The candidaTes Themselves. Some classes Took polls To decide which candidaTe The sTudenTs would have voTed Tor if They had had The opporTuniTy To voTe. ResulTs showed ThaT The maioriTy of The school Tavored PresidenT Nixon, Though some sTudenTs supporTed SenaTor George McGovern. 43 fig McGovern supporfer, Elaine Schosman, Telephones neighborhood voTers on November 7. Experiences I5

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RHS Jcizz Ensemble Swings to Europecin Becir RHS was especially proud ro possess an award winning group of music 'ralenl', rhe Riverside Jazz Ensemble. Two music feachers, Mr. Anfhony Femiano and Mr. Edward Zeuner plus six srudenrs, l972 graduales Debbie Conda and Mark Calandrella. senior Paul Grae- beldinger, juniors Ed Grab and David Her- zer, and sophomore Larry Sabel lraveled fo 'rhe Anglo lnrernafional Music Eesrival held af Covenlry College in Covenrry, England during fhe monlh of Augusr. All, combined, rhe ensemble's musical inslrumenls included piano, barirone, fenor, and allo saxophones, 'rrumpet bass lrombone, and drums. Winning a 'rrophy and a plaque of meril for lheir efforrs, 'rhe jazz group cop- ped lirsl place honors in rhe compelirion. London, Paris, Bruges. and Belgium were also freared 'ro a performance by rhe falenied musicians who cerrainly deserve a lol of recognilion for being fine represenr- arives of RHS. Waifing for 'lheir bus, fhe Riverside High School Jazz Ensemble ralks abou? +he day's coming evenrs ar fhe Awards Concert which was held in The Merhodisl Cafhedral in Covenfry, England. During an imprompru concerf, fhe Riverside High School Jazz Ensemble performs upon requesr af fhe Leamingfon Spain, Leamingron, England. I4 Experiences

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Administration Challenges Yule Tree in Library Despife problems arising from an adminis+ral'ion ruling +ha+ 'rhe annual Slu- denl Governmenf Chrislmas iree was a fire hazard while in 'rhe library, il was finally decoraled by senior members aller a weekend of debaling. Rampage sponsored Proiec+ San+a again 'rhis year, helping 'rhe Burlingfon Counly Times reach fheir goal for +he annual Give-A-Chrislmasu program which helped local needy families. In addirion, members of fhe Rampage sfafl dressed up as Sanfa Claus and his elves fo bring fhe Chrislmas spiril alive in fhe elemenlary school. The Chrislmas dance, which was held in The gym on December 22, was lhe cli- max of The yulelide season. , g gyy , 'bg ,M H 9 s M W U Mrs. Claus, lLinda Foxl, asks for gills for needy famif lies from Sanla Claus, lBiIl O'l'lanlonl. I6 Experiences As Debbie Livengood complefes 'rhe frimming of fha 'rop of fha Sfudenf Governmenf Chrisfmas free Nancy Hoffman and Debbie Reynolds pu? The final touches on 'rhe boffom boughs.