Sayreville War Memorial High School - Quo Vadis Yearbook (Parlin, NJ)

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Metal working is a trade to be mastered. Ed Baszak is using the lathe to finish his project. Except when repairs are needed, a senior's best friend is his car. Larry Lazo makes some final adjustments on his Volkswagon. A technological advance notable in SWMHS is the popularity of light-refracting contact lenses. The task of inserting his contacts is a part of Brett Klaproth’s homeroom routine. Computers are pointing toward the future and this one is all for Sayreville War Memorial High School. Introduction 11

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TECHNOLOGY- Science Of Life Modern lab sciences help to enhance the college bound students view of future higher education. The bunsen burner helps these students to see the light . Minnie Louise Haskins best ex- pressed man’s desire to learn and create when she wrote, “Give me light that I may tread safely into the unknown.” It is man’s quest to learn and apply his knowledge that brings to SWMHS such standard items as the bunsen burner and contact lens, and every student’s favorite academic pastime, the computerized testing programs. From the cars and buses which carry us to and from the building, to the erasable ink pen which saves many in-class essays from near disaster, technology touches the daily lives of each and every one of us. Ex- amples of man’s technological achievements are found everywhere we look in school, and while it is not commonly thought about, their achievements affect us more than any compilation of facts presented in a Physics or Chemistry class. So praise the loudspeaker, the locker, the pay telephones and the soda machine. They may not always operate correctly, but they are always there to remind us that technology is the science that governs the quality of modern life. Typing is a useful skill today and more and more people are taking the course. Karen Kuciel reads the copy while trying to increase her typing speed. 10 Introduction

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A Time To Deflect It was none other than Theognis who said, “Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.” Chances are, Theognis never attended high school, so he pro- bably never realized how well his statement applies to the experience. Nevertheless, the thought fits ideally, as what we thought would be a lifetime in SWMHS seems to have passed faster than we could sound out Sayreville War Memorial High School. It seems only yesterday that we stumbled through the halls in our first attempts at locating the correct classrooms, and endured unending confusion over where we were headed with our classmates as well as our futures. Now, however, the prospects of college and careers loom over us though they were arriving tomorrow. Fortunately, high school has guided us along an intricate path into the future, opening new doors each mile, and ultimately leading to a promising light at the end of a long and winding tunnel. RIGHT: In an almost private moment. Regina Michalik and Lou Ford share their passage through the halls of Sayreville High. BELOW: Early morning light floods an unusually empty hallway as Jim Stavola begins his passage through another school year. 12 Introduction