Verona High School - Shadows Yearbook (Verona, NJ)

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22 SHADOWS, June, 1934 H1-Y The Hi-Y, one of the foremost Clubs of the High School, was re- sponsible for the reorganization of the School Council. It has been impeded in its school activities by the great progress of the School Council but nevertheless has en- couraged and cooperated with any form of beneficial endeavor. This organization has tried to keep relations friendly with other schools by getting in contact with other Hi-Y clubs. Following this endeavor, they had Mr. Frank Crilley, the noted diver, address a group of our Hi-Y members and some from other schools. During the football season last fall the Club sent representatives to attend games and lectures at Princeton and Lafayette colleges. The president of the Club was sent as a delegate to the State Hi-Y convention at Paterson. The Hi-Y also sent Ellwood Cockefair to the Friendly Relation Banquet at the Montclair Y. M. C. A. All members of the Club feel that it has been very successful during the past year, and they are looking forward to a successful fu- ture. The officers of the Club for the year were: President, John Jac- queth, Jr., Vice-President, Howard Beams, Treasurer, A. Charles Ellis, Jr., Secretary, Jesse A. Boy- ette. School Council The School Council this year has twenty members. It hasn't taken them long to learn their duties, only a school term. The members are as follows: the Senior Rooms have, Marchant, as president, David Purdie, Jeanne Holloway, Stanley Taub and Helen Bromback. The Juniors are repre- sented by Joe Duffy who is also vice-president, Nina Palmer, Alan Truex and Janet Oates. Sopho- more delegates are Frances Kahrs, secretary, Orman Valentine, Paul Busse, Bette Taggart, Mary Lou Culp, Connie Carpou, Pell Hol- lingslhead, Katherine MacDonald and Clifton Lewis. The Freshmen stand well represented with Rus- sell Graham, Constance Neumann Rhoda Richards, Mildred Watt, William Cartmill and James Hughes. Paul Busse was secretary at the beginning of the term but he resigned and Frances Kahrs was elected. During Frances's ab- sence this winter, Jeanne Hollo- way was appointed secretary pro tem and handled the duties of her office very effectively. The members of the Council who were committee chairmen are: Marionette Club, Puppet Makers Have Good Year The Marionette Club which is made up of ten High School boys and girls was organized in the middle of the year. It met after schoo. every Tuesday. Its aims are to improve the methods of building our marion- ettes and to give a show before the end of the year. A few out- standing accomplishments so far are a cat, a marionette with a mouth that opens and closes, and several unique costumes. A The stage which was designed and built by Edward Johnson and Jerome Leavitt is the best one that has been built in the Verona Schools. Quite a bit of research work was done in selecting the plays that are to be given in the near future. Several books of plays were read by the members. Finally two plays were chosen, which are At the Stroke of Twelve and On the Shelf , the latter one being chosen by Jerome Leavitt. With the as- sistance of Ruth Sellick he had copies typed for each member of the club. Traffic Comm., Helen Brombackg Frances Kahrs, Finance Com.3 Nina Palmer, Social Com., Janet Oates, Election Com., Alan Truex, Civic Com., Orman Valentine, Publicity, Russell Graham, Dra- matic, Constance Neumann, Lunch Room, Jeanne Holloway, Budgetg Bette Taggart, White Hornet. 3

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SHADOWS, June, 1934 21 Science Club The Societas Scientae is the first science club ever to be or- ganized in Verona High School. The club is composed of twenty- two students interested in science as it applies to the fields of biol- ogy, physics and chemistry. The following held office this year: Jesse Boyette, presidentg Louis Kocon, vice-president, and William Gordon, secretary. The faculty advisers were Mr. Johnson, teacher in general science and chemistry, and Mr. Anderson, teacher in biology and physics. Meetings this past year were held the first and third Wednes- days of each month. At each meet- ing an interesting program of eith- er experiments or informative talks was presented by members of the club. An interesting program of experiments was performed both before the students of the school and later before the Parent-Teach- ers' Association. La Cocarde Tricolore The inquiring reporter has run down his prey. It is Jeanne Hollo- way, secretary of the French Club. Let's listen to the conversation. Hello, Jeanne, I came to see you about the French Club. Can you tell me something about it for Shadows? Surely, You're lucky, for we are just about to hold a meeting. Suppose you ask me questions while we walk, and I'll try to ans- wer them. What is the purpose of the club? You see, French students some- times feel a little timid about us- ing French in their conversation in order to perfect their pronuncia- tion and remember their vocabu- laryg so, in the French Club, the students are given a chance to ex- press themselves in everyday con- versational Frenchg to acquaint themselves with certain phases of French life and backgroundg to ac- quire for themselves the ability to think in French, to help acquire a feeling for the language, and to acquaint themselves with the well- loved French folk songs. Well, here we are, but before we go in, I must warn you that all conversation from the time the meeting is called to order until the adjournment must be in French. I did not know so many people were interested in French. There are, let's see, twenty-eight here. That is the largest number of members ever present. Who is that girl over there? That is -Marion Teare, the pres- ident. She is going to call the meeting to order. Now she is ask- ing for the minutes of the last meeting to be read. That's my job. I must attend to business, and then I'll join you again. Now that the roll call is taken, Jeanne, can you tell me what it is that they are passing out now? Those are the song sheets. Miss Cheney will announce the song now. It is 'Au Claire de la Lune'. Can you understand it ? Not very well. I wish I knew enough French to join in. Here is Alanette. If you want to, you can join in. No, thanks. Now we'll go into a group for discussion of a certain topic which Miss Cheney will give us. We will have five minutes to dis- cuss it and each one will take part. When we have finished that, we'll sing 'La Marseillaise' and then the meeting will be ad- journedf' Well, I think, Jeanne, that your club is certainly one of the best in the school! Wherewith our inquiring report- er wended his way to sweat over his typewriter. To Leavitt The manager of a touring the- atrical company wired to the prop- rietor of the theater in a small town where his company was due to appear: Would like to hold re- hearsal next Monday afternoon at three. Have your stage manager, carpenter, property man, electri- cian and all stage hands present at that hour. Four hours later he received the following reply: All right. He will be there.

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SHADOWS, June, 1934 23 66SOCIALISM SANS CARL MARX INVADES SCHOOL Social Committee The Social Committee, one of the main committees of the School Council, made a great attempt to arouse the interest of the whole school to live more happily togeth- er and to stimulate school spirit. The chairman, with the aid of a faculty advisor, selected a good group of workers, who had the in- terest in our affairs as well as for the students. These members are as follows: Wallace Mackay-Junior. Mildred Davis-Sophomore. Julie Ann Barber-Sophomore. John White-Freshman. Francis Sims-Freshman. Janice Lance-Freshman. This group with the aid of the other committees helped to make our Dance of Feb. 2nd a success. The decorations were red and white. Punch was served later in the evening. The admission was 25 cents. The publicity was taken care of by Hobart Earle, the deco- rating by Wallace Mackey, and posters were made by a few mem- bers of the Social committee. In- vitations were sent out to patron- esses. The Royal Commanders furnished enjoyment for the stu- dents who did not dance as well as for those who did dance. Early in the year letters were sent out to different schools to find out the way they carried on their social affairs. Having found that the large parties usually giv- en by us in other years were not successful affairs, a calendar of events was prepared to avoid con- Hicts in dates with other events going on throughout the year in order that they might have a bet- ter chance to make their affairs successful. The Committee again met on April 2nd to plan for a dance to be given on May 11th. The color scheme this time was in the pastel colors. The rest of the work was as before. At the School Operetta the com- mittee acted as ushers for the oc- casion. Some other students helped during the nights that a few mem- bers could not attend. Here's hoping the committee next year will have as much en- joyment planning for the school as we have had. I Budget Committee The Budget Committee will in- troduce a plan next year by which a student may purchase a ticket, or a series of tickets, and be ad- mitted to all school functions. A plan has been worked out by them so that they will be able to quote the following estimated figures to the student body. If a subscription list of 270 of the student body can be realized, a subscriber will be able to obtain the following for the sum of 354.003 Admittance to either the Senior, Junior, Sophomore, or Freshman parties, admittance to the High School Play and Operetta, the an- nual issue of Shadows , all pub- lications of the White Hornet, ad- mittance to soccer, basketball, and baseball home games, four dances given by the Social committee, ad- mittance to the Hallowe'en party, and maintenance of the School Council. Without this ticket, or series of tickets, a student will pay 857.79 to be admitted and obtain all of the above. A saving of 33.79 will be realized by the student if he sub- scribes to this new plan. This plan, while entirely new in Verona High School, is used in many other high schools and has proven quite popular. The members of the committee are: John Stocks, Pauline Geib, Irene Elphick, Eugene Feracane, Helen Perry, and faculty advisors, Mrs. H. E. Prince, and Mrs. Wood. Lunch Room Committee Hey, get back in line you, here comes Mrs. Wood. Oh, go on, don't be such a squealerf' These are the conversations one would hear frequently, as the noisy students of Verona high would form in line for their lunch in spite of the fact that the mem- bers of the Lunch Room commit- tee, Constance Neumann, Dorothy Davenport, Catherine Coslick, Jean Feltham, Richard Donahue, and Valeska Jacobsen were supposed to keep order at all times. With the so-called cooperation of the stu- dent body and faculty the com- mittee tried to improve our lunch Finance Committee Very Helpful As a new organization, the Fi- nance Committee has proven very successful in the handling of the financial side of the school activi- ties. The committee has handled the distribution of tickets and the collection of money realized on their sale. Receipts obtained by the major organization of the school, and expenditures made by them, have been handled by this committee. This work was done by the school office, previous to the existence of the committee. The members of the committee are: Francis Kahrs fStudent Coun- cilj, Helen Garrabrant, Irene El- phick, Eugene Feracane, Joseph Duffy, Jesse Boyette, and Alan Truex fVolunteer Assistantj. The affairs handled by this committee, from a financial stand- point were: School Play, School Operetta, Class Rings, Shadows , Fund, School Council Fund, Ath- letic Association Fund, Senior Class, Gifts' Fund, High School Locks Fund, Funds for '34, '35, '36, and money for the dances of February 2, and May 11, 1934, and White Hornet. Fire Fighters A new committee introduced in- to school life this year, is the Safe- ty Committee, and although not so very well known to the student body, has played an important part in the safety of the school. Its duty is to take care of all safety measures but its most im- portant task has been with fire- prevention and fire drills. The chief is David Purdie, the fire fighter is John Jacquethg and fire commissioner, Mr. Johnson. They were elected from the School Council. They arranged two fire drills a month during the past year and supervised them. Regular inspections of the fire extinguish- ers and fire bells have also been part of the duties of the commit- tee. This committee is a good ex- ample of the added part which the students have taken in the manag- ing of the school the past year. room, but it seemed that the stu- dents could not eat without the noise, confusion and gyping . Thus we leave our lunch room hop- ing to find it a little more orderly next year.