Teaneck High School - HI Way Yearbook (Teaneck, NJ)

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An Average Day On the following pages we have endeavored to represent an average clay in the life of a Teancck lligh School senior. We have chosen Ron Battafaramo, president of the Class of '5-1. he- cause we feel that you may hetter he ahle to identify yourself with him and his average clay than any other single memher of your class. . As the day progresses we hope that you will fiml it more and more similar to your own. and that these few pictures may recall for you once again the work. fun and experiences which com- prised your ayerage clay as a Teancck lligh School senior. r I J I J 'U'

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began to make the junior High teams, the girls, after great controversy with their parents, ap- plied their first lipsticks. Parties were born, Fri- day night movies were a must, with girls here- boys there. The same seating arrangement held at parties, at least until refreshment time, when a bottle of Coke served three purposes: refresh- ment, spinning, and deposit. At last it came. XVe had arrived at the top to enjoy traditional freshman privileges. Now we learned the delicate arts of eating in study hall, studying in lunch, and sleeping in class. Girls mustered up courage, said Hin to all the ath- letes, and started going to the Friday night movies again, this time with boys. Soccer and basketball teams went undefeated, even the cheerleaders won a trophy. That winter marked the heyday of the enthusiastic but short-lived junior Student Council Carnival. Boys, and girls' clubs started then, too. Freshman picnic, awards, and Honor Society brought the year successfully to graduation. After a colorful pageant came our Triumphal March, with the boys looking mature in their new blue jackets, the girls trying to bal- ance on first high heels. That summer we tumbled to the bottom of the senior high heap. It was terrible. The two dif- ferent speeds of the Student's Creed clashed in assembly. We were the smallest in the fracas of changing classes. Te-Hi smog-from the combi- nation of Chem lab and boys, lounge,-hid the route to the Aviation room. Feminine screams from the Biology lab punctuated the steady throb of typewriters and groans over geometry tests, and no I. V. game cheer was ever so loud as the roar which followed the smashing of a plate in cafeteria. A plague of exams swept down in january and june, but we all survived. In cele- bration of our prowess we made the sophomore picnic the first and last of its kind. XVe roared into our junior year with an eager- ness only slightly daunted by the record high in homework. Battling Physics, Algebra, and precis- writing, we focused our attention on the newly I. organized Junior Class Cabinet. By now, there was a neck-and-neck race between the Prom date and the boys' seventeenth birthdays. Months of enthusiastic planning and good, hard work cul- minated in a glittering submarine garden. Last minute decorators forgot their exhaustion to crown the queen of the Enchanted Seafi We displayed our shiny class rings conspicuously, hoping to be mistaken for the real seniors, who paraded the halls sporting their graduation caps. As we moaned over source themes, created evil-smelling Chem messes, and endured the pangs of hunger until 1:15, we found that the life of a senior did include work! A few barn dances in the jug's private steam bath, and the cheerful Club ,54 produced by the Cabinet were bright lights in the fall season of scholarship. Not until exams were over did things really be- gin to move. Meticulous prom plans were ex- pertly handled by an experienced crew, the class went continental with the theme A Parisf, WVe made a spectacular night of it: took in Teaneck, New York, and the sunrise over the Hudson, and lost nothing but sleep. After a short month of crossword puzzles and relaxation came a journey recorded forever in our memories and in our teachers, grey hair-the WVashington trip. We spent three days and two nights in our nation's capital and it was fabulous. The wonder of it all is that the trip really was educational. A rest- ful haze of spring fever helped us catch up on sleep lost during the hectic winter. The gay, informal Senior Party and boat ride gave us spurts of energy. College and job acceptances arrived, new romance flourished, while we drifted pleasantly along, finishing up odds and ends of work, waiting for graduation. Finally, it's all over - six long years of preparation, years filled with new friendships, experiences and ideas. Those six years are now behind us, and, strangely enough, we have no regrets. Our fu- ture lies before us, and we accept its challenge.

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Martin T. Abrams 17 Armory Place 11 125 Student Service 10, all Crew 10, 11. 125 StaEe 125 Hi-Way iPhoto-Ed.J Club 105 Math Club when physics school's year- peration . . . he's and always 9 l Bruce Abramson 635 Palmer Avenue Spanish Club 12. One of Teaneck's quieter students, but nevertheless one of its busiest and most important . . . inany activ- ities . . . Bruce's even temper and cheerfulness are not to be denied . . . girls and pop music head his list of favorites . . . he is headed for college. Lois Dorothy Andersen 626 Martense Avenue Red Cross 105 Bowling Club 10. Lois's outstanding characteristic is her quiet manner . . . her frankness and friendliness joins with it to form a perfect companion for anyone . . . would like to work for the Bell Telephone Company next year . . . considers her hobby of collecting match covers a very interesting pastime. Melinda Acosta 351 Griggs Avenue Te-Hi-News 10, 11, 125 Student Council 10, 11, 125 C'1'reas.J, Little Brown Iug fBd. Mgrs.J 11, 125 Hi- Way 12, fCirculation Ed.J. Mel has as many and varied facets to her vivid personality as she has good ideas under that short black thatch . . . beware that impish twinkle in her eye . . . idealist, realist, she's paradoxical . . . in short, a practical dreamer . . . al- ways ready to lend one of her busy hands . . . talented companion, loyal ally, and wonderful friend. Gaye Altobello 274 Sherman Avenue Hi-Way 11, 125 Class Cabinet 11, 125 Red Cross 10, 115 Te-Hi-News 125 Student Service 10, 11, 125 Stu- dent Council 11. Diminutive Gaye is a Te-Hi live wire . . . has beautiful hair and loves to skate . . . popular and peppy, she admits a weakness for sleek convertibles . . . invaluable member of the Hi-Way literary staff . . . a modeling career awaits her. Kenneth Alexander 528 Sunderland Road Football 10 ll, 125 Baseball 11, 125 Senior Class Cabinet 12. Athletically-inclined Alex loves music, especially in the form of a cool jazz band . . . has a decided weakness for figures . . . sharp clothes and an unfailing sense of humor will make him a college stand out. J joan Altamore joanie, peppy and cute, with her tiny nose and the pleasantries as- sociated with a terrific personality . . . will never forget the exciting T.H.S. library . . . she's tiny but has a big heart-ask anybody . . . will enter the business world. 27