Riverside High School - Torch Yearbook (Riverside, NJ)

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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.

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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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You Can 'f Take If Wifh You Wows Crowd ix . Adress Sharon MacWrigh'l, as Alice Sycamore, The female lead of +he play, fhoughffully arranges the flowers as she dreams of her boyfriend Tony Kirby, porfrayed by Wayne Eveland. 3' i Senior Doi DeS+e'fano applies srage make-up fo acfress Marianne Klumpp before tfhe final performance of You Can? Take lf Wifh You. Wi+h 'lhe guidance of faculiy adviser Mr. William Moser and sludeni direcior Carylanne Tracy, ihe Riverside High School Drama Club presenfed ifs solo performance of The year, You Can? Take ll' Wirh You, in February. I As The plol wenl, Alice lSharon Mac- Wrighfl fell in love wifh her boss' son lWayne Evelandl. When his high-sociefy parenls paid an unscheduled visi'r +o Alice's parenls and grandfafher lKei'rh Mohrmann, Maryann Klumpp, and Gary Pagel, 'rhe chaos 'rhal' ensued had ihe audience rolling in The aisles. This year, 'rhe Drama Club's officers were comprised of four senior girls. They included: Dawn Makin, presidenip Cary- lanne Tracy, vice-president Karin Maher, secrelaryg and Dol' DeS+elano, lreasurer. Realizing fhai fhey have arrived one nighi early for dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Kirby lLarry Sabel and Cynfhia Kimblefonl regisfer surprise. Vfix