Verona High School - Shadows Yearbook (Verona, NJ)

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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.

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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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24 SHADOWS, June, l934 SHADOWS Published Annually, Including Leap Years, By Whitehorne H. S., in Verona, New Jersey JUNE, 1934 SHADOWS STAFF Editor-in-Chief-Alan Truex, '35 Literary Editor-Irene Elphick, '35 Art Editor-Herbert Johnson, '35 News Ed.-Norris Bollenback, '35 Bus. Mgr.-Eugene Feracane, '35 Circulation Mgr.-Janet Oates, '35 Adv. Mgr.-Nina Palmer, '35 This publication is insured against gossip and libel. Re- print and quote at will. A. R. N. No, this isn't the Blue Eagle flying backward nor does it repre- sent any other administration or corporation from Washington, D. C. what it does mean, it simply means A which we, the Sha- sincerely hope that this type of Yearbook is. Putting the Shadows out in newspaper style enables the Staff to give to you, the student body, more news of your school life. Also, we have more pictures than in past years. In this issue of 'tSha- dows there is a Writeup about every major event and also many minor ones so that you will not for- get this year in High School. You wonder perhaps. Well, Real Novelty , dows Staff, . The Staff owes the idea of pub- lishing Shadows in this different style to its Literary Editor. We hope that you like this de- sign for our Yearbook. Board This spring the election of a new board took place. As a result, the new holders of positions are as follows: Miss Maud Conway, president, Mr. Paul Zingg, vice- presidentg Mr. Frank Moore, Dis- trict Clerk. Other members are: Mr. Harry Brown, Mr. John Culp and Mr. Frederick Purdy. Love is blind, but marriage is an eye-opener. To Any Student in V. H. S. Sir-Do you know what you're headed for? What you should do, where you should go. No book can tell you this, no, not even the most eminent vocationalist. Then, you ask me, a simple tutor, to answer it without even a glimpse of your face. Do you really want to know who can tell you so? Well, then look around and discover yourself. Some people spend years in search of this knowledge yet have not discovered themselves, have not realized their abilities, and have lost them for good! You might not need an education be- decked with the refinements of modernity to win, but you DO need cooperation from yourself. You must learn to work in harmony with your physical and your men- tal abilities, therein lies your suc- cess. Are you a, leader or a follower? Must you always be dependent on others? I am sure none of us wants to be classed as followers. No, we want to be the boss. Yet out of the tremendous population only a comparative few shine forth as leaders. Few indeed are those who have stepped ahead to lead. The task is hard, the road to suc- cess is long, and many fall by the wayside. School is not easy, it is hard. But would you sharpen an ax on a velvet grindstone? No, the grind- stone must be hard. School must be hard or our creative powers will never be sharpened. Therefore I say, stick to school as long as you can, and you will come out on top, better prepared to do the things you want to do. But if you become a leader do not let success turn your head. Do not try to let the world know you are a leader. They will find out soon enough. If you divert your attention from your work on hand. you will fail. Success depends upon absolute attention to the job on hand. So use your powers of con- centration more, and you will suc- ceed. I hope I have been able to show you where to look. You must do the rest. If you by any chance think this does not apply to you. does not matter to you, read it again and think hard, CONCEN- TRATE. Sincerely yours, Professor Wiseman, QWm. Butt, '35.J 'fYes, I know fish is brain food, but I don't care so much for fish. Hain't there some other brain food? Y Well, there's noodle soup. At the time when petroleum be- gan to be used instead of whale oil for burning in lamps, Adele Meehan was deeply perturbed by the change. What , she wanted to know, will the poor whales do now? 54:00 and Bust W i Z 1 if 'ii K l lwt issk liiillli ll lillli fi K XEGSQ WH! he I D ' . 9 ibis, '., . 'lfllu iri ff fi 'lif xis N hw, WMU lf- ll I, X Ilfjffkjf-,'l. -u H, vf' N ,. II l j l 14 , 5 ,ff .- 'll WH!! 1, . g I M I 1.4 Ill, XGVOQ ,lui X 1 if 6 ogg? llf X f Qf ,qw-lff zfiw I V ,' f -Q0 I l l X WH! ij ',lf'lI19TY-:N .iql , ll S 'If' y f M'ffi4l r!fl.l 'vf'1p 'ff'f 'lt K If ill! X '4 ' ,VI '. 'W i'fo'l1 . ,, . 1 I 11,1 N nfu'l,,f H131 ,,,,,.,,,, ,., ,,,.,,,,,