Somerville High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Somerville, NJ)

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FACULTY There is a tradition governing the way in which we should express our feelings toward the faculty. VVe should tell of their cooperation and aid in class and out, of their kindness and consideration toward us. Their wisdom, understanding, and forbearance must all be recalled in our writing. VVhat we really want to say would be omitted in a tradition-guided expression of our opinion of the faculty, for we want to talk about their humanness. We pic- ture Mr. Moore, juggling tCSt tubes and crucibles in the chemistry lab-Mr. Smith, laboriously keeping track of his mysterious little bookroom-lyliss Courain, explaining in detail the human criculatory system. YVe see Mrs. Elling looking skyward trying to figure out just how some students can be so tall-lVIiss lliorris. speaking softly and smiling sweetly--lVIiss Lewis, earnestly instructing would-be artists-Miss von Fabrice, pounding away at a type- writer or giving speed tests-Miss Cranston, advising the Valkyrie staff, or dic- tating words from The Readers' Digest -ll-Ir. Remaly, lending a helpful hand to history students. VVe'll never forget-lX'Iiss Hoadley, teaching bewildered students all those French idioms-llir. Bohner, assisting the Student Council-hir. Fenstermacher, telling those, shall we say, jokes ?-llfliss Lux, coaching an excellent junior debating team-lVIiss Eslinger, directing the senior play cast. Often we have found 'lNIr. Durkee working earnestly with his debating squads- lVIiss Plumer, explaining parts of speech to her pupils-Mr. Myers, assisting weary algebra students after school hours-lVIr. Kadel, working with his Valkyrie busi- ness staff-Nliss Van Horn, refereeing a basketball game-lllr. Moyer, working long hours to create a good football team. 8

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PIO EER STAFF The 194.3 Pioneer , the second yearbook of Somerville High School, was pub- lished by a hard-working staff. These students have contributed much time and energy to the completion of the book hoping that it will serve as a pleasant reminder of our school days. The Pioneer was produced under the guidance of Jeanne Clarkson, editor-in- chief, Alice Duryea, assistant editor, and David WVhinfrey, business manager. These three labored long hours over plans, deciding upon arrangements, photography, business management and other details necessary to the production of such a book. In addition to this the editors consumed many hours endeavoring to corral articles from their literary classmates reluctant to give up their thoughts to pen and paper until the bitter enrlg while at the same time the business manager struggled to wrestle advertisements from local merchants, and to extract sums from seniors, willing but slow. If you have enjoyed reading the Feature Articles, it is because of the work of: Doris Opie, Anna Ferretti, VVallace Carlson, Jeanne Daniels, Gloria Van Arsdale, Louise Jasion, Nlarianne Teuhner, llflarion lbfoore, Roseann Corona and Virginia Hudon. Assisting them were Helen Troisi, Alice Kline, Leo Bartolanzo, Dorothy Beekman, Rosalind Scholten, IMargaret Cleary, and Anna Vescovi. If you, are delighted with your individual write up, you are indebted to: Sylvia Hanlon, Bernice Brettschneider, Mary Angelakos, Shirley Conover, Robert Ander- son, Elizabeth Bretz, and Claire Brooks. 'lf you think the business end of the publication has been well managed, you should congratulate: Willis Lebourveau, lliargaret Cleary, Ralph Condo, Evelyn Van der Veer, Ruth Loughlin, George Senecho and Yetta Zagoria. Typists were Huguette Guilbert, Jane Drake, Ethel Dow and Vivian Moore. 7 .

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FACULTY We like to remember Mr. Shappelle, laughingly leading the band or orchestra- M1'. Yohn saying, You remember the rules, fellows -lVIrs. Kaufmann, helping us select good books for our reading pleasure-llrliss Smith, our Betsy Ross, putting fine stitches into our beautiful service flags-llvlr. Conrow, assisting his boys in making model airplanes-llflr. Greiner, teaching us about cube roots or electrons-Mr. Haver, coaching the annual A. A. Play. VVe,ve heard about Mr. Simon and his boys who are going to challenge Joe Louis-hir. Dwulet and his wonderful physique -llliss lVyckoff, and the epidemic of measles-lvliss Haydock, and the Girls' Glee Club-lkiiss Strong, collecting pupils' excuses-lliiss Knight, instructing future secretaries-lllr. Sobol, helping to coach so many sports-llviiss Chamberlain, waving a parting Adios to her Spanish students-Nlrs. Honeyman, and Ego am6 te -lVIiss Roscoe, cuddling her Girl Reserves. How nice it has been to know ll-Ir. Jacobsen, with that magic homeroom 206- Mr. Perrine, and his friendly smile for all-lVIr. Saylor, teaching us the important Problems of American Democracy -llir. Young, daily seen with his brief case- Nliss Veghte, teaching Sophomores' English-llfliss VValler, always so willing to help all students-and the secretaries in both offices who have assisted in the school admin- istrative work-lVIiss Stryker, lN'Iiss Herder, and lVIiss Kunze. VVe want to make special mention of the members of our faculty who have left us during the school year in order to help in the winning of the war-ll-'lr. lylader, Miss Van Riper, and lliiss Stradling. VVe wish them all the luck in the world. These people are our faculty and to them we give our loyalty, affection, and respect. - i 9