South River High School - Oriflamme Yearbook (South River, NJ)

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THE ORIFI-AMME Sveninr Qvmininrrnrr TIME-1954 Last night I found a photograph album of my high school days. The girls all wore sweaters at least six sizes too large, their hair was shoulder- length, with weird rolls and puffs on top of their heads, and their broken- down shoes were disgraceful. The boys were dressed in large plaid designed sweaters, with checked or striped slacks and socks of startling patterns: no two garments matching. A motley gathering almost anyone would say. Now for the first page of the book: Freshman year, how scared we all were and how important we felt, now that we were in high -school. NVe had fun, too, rather isolated as we were over in VVillett school. A nice picture here is of the teachers who deserve great credit for the help they gave us then. llere is our big moment of the year, the Freshman Dance. livery boy and girl is extremely dressed up and shining. On the next page there are some sports photos taken in our Sophomore year. Here are some of the boys who were beginning to show the skill which later they proved. Here is a group of debaters very excited and anxibus about their speeches. Une picture I don't have. It would probably be the most im- pressive of all, too. On December S, 1941 all the high school pupils sat in the auditorium and listened to President Franklin Roosevelt announce the declaration of war. Little did we know then how our futures were to be changed in those few minutes. I turn to the next page-to the pictures from my Junior year. First is one taken of the class officers on the day of their election. XYe chose wisely in that line group of conscientious persons who were instrumental in our highly successful junior magazine campaign. This basketball photograph of junior class players shows those who con- tributed to a successful season for S.R.H.S. on the basketball court. Many baseball players on the next picture were members of the Class of I44. Here is a big picture taken of the auditorium as it was decorated for the Junior prom, which we gave. The South American motif made an attractive display, a satisfactory result of the hours of work devoted to it. The enjoy- ment derived by the dancers gave our class pride in its ability to work hard and to achieve results. Our Senior year pictures show fewer members, for many of our boys had entered the armed services. These football pictures are from our most success- ful season. Pawlowski, Schwartz, and Muller, who made All-County team, are here shown-how proud we were and how enthusiastically we supported our team. This flashlight photograph was taken at the Christmas formalg evidence of a delightful time is displayed in the smiles on all the dancers. These pictures of the R-Natural Singing Group, of the Boys' Glee Club, of the students who were selected for the All-State Chorus and Orchestra, and of the Girls' Captains' Club show how keenly interested was the Class of '44 in supporting school activities. I-Iow unfortunate it is that there are no pictures for the remainder of our Senior year. Film became an essential war commodity and the most important part of our high school life must remain only a memory-a memory which we, the members of the Class of '44, have cherished for the past ten years. 1 9 4 4 G, tm, Page fourteen