Scotch Plains Fanwood High School - Culmen Yearbook (Scotch Plains, NJ)

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Class History ln September, 1955, two hundred young beings entered the fleecy portals of Heaven, then located on Park Avenue, and were greeted by Mr. Adams, the keeper, of the celestial palace. With all of the upper classmen wandering around with their heads in the clouds, we were properly awed at our position of being the lowliest creatures there. Our only consolation was the younger students who attended classes in the afternoon. After we became adjusted to our new environment, we decided to take advantage of that well known phrase, Someday we gotta get or- ganized, and so we elected a Freshman Council of Eight which arranged for our Freshman movie, Three Sailors and a Girl. Because our treasury needed some of the root of all evil, we gave the dance, the Sham- Rock, which was the most memorable experience of our freshman year. lt was held on fwhat elsel St. Patrick's Day. But soon our first happy year in high school drew to a close and so began a second year of entering the hallowed halls at the awful hour of 7:45. We began our sophomore year a little older, a little wiser, and no longer the youngest creatures in our little world. The big event of that year was the Sophomore Hop, Hearts and Flowers, our first formal dance. We were really beginning to feel grown-up. For our Junior year we moved a few clouds south into a new celes- tial palace, which was gleaming, resplendent, and truly heavenly. We began the year with no gym or real cafeteria but soon the memories were piling up faster than we could stow them away. Our Junior Play, Strictly Formal, the first play to be presented in our new domicile, was considered the best Junior Play ever by all who attended. We had a

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record crowd even though Friday's performance was held Monday due to a snow storm. Well, the memories kept coming and one of the biggest was the Junior Prom, Bali Hai. The cafeteria was transformed into an island paradise and the light shining through the palm trees made it seem like a tropical night under the stars. After this wonderful night the year's end came quickly, bringing with it the long awaited award assembly. We took the senior seats and then walked out of the auditorium down the halls lined with tearful seniors, and became a bit tearful ourselves. Before the day was over, we had all been through the senior door a number of times. We had finally reached the pinnacle of Heaven as we came in the senior door that first day of school in l958. Dave Snyder, our class president, led us through the last and best year, full of fun, hard work, and all of the privileges that came with our lofty position. During our senior year the evaluating committee came and-evaluated. For three days we were really on our toes! They didn't hear a word of complaint from any of us, and really, there was nothing to complain about except short lunch periods, and early morning f'l:3Ol chorus rehearsals during our junior year. When they left, things got back to normal, and Senior Play rolled around-and a huge success it was! When the Senior Prom came we knew we were at our last dance, and we remembered all the won- derful events of our high school years-the last victorious football game, the Moonglower's theme, the Christmas Dance, term papers, college boards, parties, drivers' licenses, and CULMEN pictures. After an inspiring baccalaureate sermon, graduation day was upon us and we solemnly closed the door on an exciting and wonderful period in our lives. We left for college, business schools, iobs, and marriages, but we knew we would never forget our alma mater and all the wonderful people who made our high school years the best ones of our lives. fwiis' ' 5 N t .flies ,f KW' it . '- fl i it Wt' ' E l Vg ', kj X f fl' 'gi fi .FAD QL f Y ttyl. A ,g i Qing ,QA '51 M 7 ,g LQ w ikxl l -H was fe Q 'M till Q ' . Tiffin ls, , -Y 'fit 1 'N 1 Q K l X MY? -it W .f if Ill XXJAW ' Q 5: 1 il X , Y... W. Qu xc X 5. Q A 6 if . l x2 AZ! if l K Viv? l Q '-G ' W iles iw Ei I, gn . Ny ,ffnil zq 59 Y sl? S .W 'Y t if tl s,,xwi'.7 . if ll l Q4 'if f zxjl . . nik 5 Vx f l S L - x Jai ,I 4 4 0' . C19 'WQ9' 3 -:tllllf jfxif- ,LL fi: M .,?' 4, X. t lfgqrljll Q . gli' ,Q 1 N ii si 7 'l5 l fa? Q40 4' 'ws 'Ai U 8 ' L l l Wai' :Tenge