Verona High School - Shadows Yearbook (Verona, NJ)

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SHADOWS, June, 1934 3 V. H. S. GIVES PUPUIIIR MUSICAL HII: HIIS IWU UAY RUN: LARUE CRUWII Anne Slaight Stars At the high school operetta, giv- en on March 23 and 24, Anne Slaight played the leading femi- nine role very effectively. Her name was The1'esa. Fred Turn- bull took the part of Richard Stonybrook, or Captain Crossbones as he was later called. The real- ness of their acting helped make the operetta the success it was. The part of Eleanor, an Ameri- can heiress, was taken by Vera Smith. Her good playing was furthered by Wallace Mackey or Captain Bombastio as he was known in the Operetta, His guards were Zim and Zam, who supplied the comedy and kept the audience in an uproar by their antics. Charles Ellis and Katherine Brewster took the parts of The- resa's strict parents, Don Cubeb de Cigarro and Donna Isabella. Their performance was of equal Commendation. The minor parts were taken by Jessie Kautzman, as an old maid tutor, Walter Widmark as Bill Pilgrim, aide to Captain Cross- bones. Marie Krauss as the post- mistress at Captain Crossbone's pirate camp, and Edwin Gage as Anthony Law, a lawyer from the States, The cast was ably assisted by a chorus of forty high school pupils who made a fine showing. The faculty also had a hand in making the show, Miss Hoornbeek, Mr. Pitkin, and Mr. Schill gave their services generously. Our High School Orchestra was a large fac- tor in keeping the show going and their help was much appreciated by everyone. The faithful pianist who came to all rehearsals and ac- companied the singers was none other than Blanche Kaplan, who, though not in the cast, proved to be a most important factor in the success of the operetta. A contest was held in order to secure a scenery design. Frances Kahrs' model was chosen, and looked wonderful. It's too bad Frances was unable to attend the performance and see the scenery after it was made up by the boys of the Industrial Arts Classes. School Play fContinued from page ll Mary Newton , the heroine, secretary to Mrs, Sturgeon , was played by Jeanne Holloway. Jim- my Anderson , the young friend of McCafferty , in love with Mary , was Jack Young. Dr. Tobin , Mrs. Sturgeon's physician, another member of the gang , was played by Richard Donahue. The role of Olga , Countess Di- vani , the so-called brains of the gang , was taken by Nina Palmer. Most of the humor was supplied by Oscar Oop , an almost de- tective, Charles Ellis, and his sweetheart Lucy Betts , Helen Feeley. The play was ably coached by Mrs. Audrey Leonard. The cast, appreciating her efforts, showed their gratitude by presenting her with a bouquet of chrysanthe- mums at the conclusion of the per- formance. P. T. A. Association This year the association WaS very busy. Under the able guid- ance of Cornelia D. Hinrichs many things were accomplished. On Go to School Night the parents followed, through fifteen minute periods, the school day of their bov or girl and were offered an opportunity of discussion With members of the faculty on the par- ticular subject taught in each classroom. The annual banquet, which was in the capable hands of Mrs. John Wood and served by high school girls, was attended by about 125 parents, The association hadlas its guest Mr. Howard Dare Whlte. Assistant Commissioner of Educa- tion in charge of High Schools. Community singing, orchestra and glee club numbers under the direction of Miss Muriel Lewis and Mr. Edmund Schill, added to the pleasures of the evening. In March there was a demon- stration of class activities, the music was directed by Miss Lewis and Mr. Schill, and the art work by Miss Helen Batchelder. A sci- ence exhibit was given by the stu- dents of Messrs. Axel Johnson and Herman Anderson. fContinued on page 283 Vacations Different for 733 and '34 The vacations at Verona High School for the school year past were arranged quite differently from previous terms. Instead of having one-day holi- days, as has been the custom with the school, that plan was abolished and the introduction of a new scheme by which all the day-by- day holidays were gathered into two groups, including the spring vacation, proved to be very satis- factory to the student body. The students heartily approved of the plan because by having their vacations in periods of weeks they were able to go places and see things better than if they had a day here and a day there. From the opinions of the stu- dents, which have come to the ears of various other students, it has been rumored that a change back to the old method would arouse the pupils' indignation to such heights as to make the offense assume the gigantic proportions of a serious crime, Annual Exhibit Held The annual exhibit of the White- horne High School and the Bloom- field Avenue Grammar Schools was held on May twenty-fifth. These exhibits are for the pur- pose of showing the parents, and any other citizens, who may care to attend what the pupils have been doing throughout the school term. A rather large crowd attended the exhibits and saw some mighty interesting sights. .The Art and Sewing Depart- ments kept up their standard of previous years by having an ex- hibition well worth seeing. The In- dustrial Arts Classes displayed many fine objects of metal and wood in their Shop. The showings of the other classes were much thc same as heretofore, Last week a grain of sand got into my wife's eye and she had to go to a doctor. It cost me three dollars. That's nothing. Last week a fur coat got in my wife's eye and it cost me three hundred. Oglivie, after profound thought. wrote this definition of the word spine , at his teacher's request. A spine is a long, limber bone. Your head sets on one end and you set on the other.

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2 , SHADOWS, June, 1934 Anti Speed and Noise-Traffic Committee Students were .once more al- lowed to use the main hall when, in February, through the instiga- tion of the Traffic Committee, the ban was finally lifted by Super- vising Principal, Frederic N. Brown. This ruling was originally established several years ago be- cause of the noise in passing. So far this year, however, the con- duct of the students has been en- tirely satisfactory. An experimental traffic system was used this year in which entire control of traffic was in the hands of this committee. Perhaps it will become permanent in the future. At the dances and the operetta the Traffic Committee handled ex- cellently the supervision of check- rooms, halls, and exits, But, in spite of all this, the com- mittee realizes that there is still much to be done, and in looking ahead to next year, it is hoped that every student will fully co- operate with the Traffic Commit- tee of 1934-1935. This year's committee was sup- ervised by Alice G. Cheney, fac- ulty adviser, and Helen Brombach. the chairman. ,-....1.il-- Faculty Exactly twenty-three members comprise our faculty this year. They are as follows: Mr. Frederick N. Brown, Supervising Principal: Mr. Herman Anderson, Miss Helen F. Batchelder, Miss Aline E. Beck, Mrs. Edith M. Burton, Miss Alice G. Cheney. Miss M. Imogene Cook, Mr. Harold A. Crane, Mr. Paul E. Dimmers, Mr. Maurice K. Dwyer, Miss Margaret Esher, Mrs. Marion S. Foster, Mr. Paul W. Goeltz, Miss Josephine Hoornbeek, Mr. Axel Johnson, Miss Muriel Lewis, Miss Anna L. Markham, Mrs. Mary Merriam, Mrs. Harriet K. Prince, Mr. Edmund A. Schill, Mr. Clar- ence Smith, Mr. Clifford D. Wil- kin and Mrs. Margaret Wood. Many of our teachers have been interested in various things this year including some of our men who have had bowling matches with Verona bankers. The scores were very close, making the con- test thrilling as Well as waist-re- ducing. Verona High School was well represented at the New Jersey State Secondary School Confer- Miss Markham tContinued from page lj Her entire life has been devoted to the teaching profession and her chief desire is to instill in her pu- pils a sense of responsibility and to equip them with as much knowl- edge and skill as is in her power to give. The standing of our grad- uates reflects well the interest and spirit she has shown in her pupils' future. Her pupils, as well as her colleagues will miss her very much as her years of service have been deeply appreciated. We wish her good cheer for her future and ex- press the hope that she will stop in at times to visit us. Verona Trims Caldwell CContinued from page ll ' features of this game were Mike DiBella's one hand shot and Gins- berg's getting away with his dribble to score seven points. This victory was somewhat dampened by Caldwell's defeating Verona at the last game of the season by the score of 18-12. Verona's and Caldwell's second teams provided the excitement that night. The game went into two extra periods and was finally called with the score deadlocked at 10-10. ence in New Brunswick on May 4 and 5, having fourteen members in attendance. The Verona Teachers' Associa- tion is represented on the execu- tive committee by the High School with Mrs. Prince acting for the regular teachers and Miss Beck the specials. She also was treas- urer of the organization for the past two years, Mrs. Marion S. Foster has been taking a special course in Home Economics at Teachers' College, Columbia. Musicians at Atlantic City An event occurred during the past year of which the student body should be very proud. Four members of the High School Or- chestra put in applications for the All-State Orchestra. In this or- ganization at Atlantic City, our boys ranked very high. Sid Macy, head trumpeter, was given first chair in the second trumpets and Charles Marchant, slide trombonist, duplicated Macy's feat by being placed in the first chair of the second trombones. Connie Carpou, Rubinoff to you, showed his mettle by placing sev- enth in the second violins out of a possible fifty-nine. But the great- est accomplishment of all was at- tained by Edward Brombach who placed first out of twenty-five 'cellos. These accomplishments are quite worthy of praise so give the boys a hand for bringing such honor to Verona High. For the coming year four mem- bers of the High School Orchestra have already put in applications for the All-State Organization. They are: Connie Carpou, who hopes to improve his standing of last vearg Dorothy Hodge and Bill Sury, violinistsg and Ed Brombach, who hopes to repeat his excellent standing as first 'cellist. Oglivie Best Actor In place of the customary Public Speaking Contest this year, two plays. Trifles and Sham were presented under the sponsorship of Miss J. C. Hoornbeek, who also chose the characters, Judges were chosen to select the best actors. Charles Oglivie was selected from Trifles as the best. Nor- ris Bollenback, the gentleman thief in Sham , took second place and Beatrice Walters, another character in Trifles , was placed third. INDEX News .........................,...... .. 1-5 Seniors ......,,.....,,..,,.,, ,... ,,.,,,, 6 - 15 Classes ....... 16-17 Activities ...... 18-23 Editorials .....,...... ..,. 2 4-28 Rogues Gallery 26-27 Literary ......,,......, .,,,, 2 9-32 Society ....,,.,,,.,.. 33-35 Amusements ...,... ..... 3 6-37 Sports ......,.,...... 38-41 Autographs ...... .,.,, 4 2-43 Ads ................. 44-48

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4 SHADOWS, June, l934 Weather for J une Northeast U. S, A.: 14-16 clear, then stormy, 17-22 hot, local thun- der showersg clearing warm, 23-24 warm: 25-26 extreme heat, dam- aging thunder showersg 27-30 very hot, becoming cooler. For September 1-3 clear, warm, possibly show- ers, 4-6 pleasant, then warmg 7-9 hotg 10-12 clear, hot then raing clearing warm, 13-14 pleasant, 15- 16 northeast storm, 17-18 agree- ableg 19-21 warmer, 22-23 clear. quite coolg 24-25 rain, clearing mildg 26-27 hard frostg 28-30 cloudy, warm becoming clear. ' June in History 15-Magna Charta sealed, 1215. 16--Great eclipse of 1806, 17-Battle Bunker Hill, 1775. 18-Fine, Fragrant Toilet Waters. 19-War with Great Britain, 1812. 20-First steamboat across At- lantic, 1819. 21-Gauzets have buffed edges. 22-Bank of N. Y. ioldestj started 1797. 23-Grant's Tomb completed, 1897. 24-Henry Ward Beecher born, 1813. 25-Custer Massacre, 1876. 26-Scalps need Rexall Tonic, 27-Battle of Kenesaw Mt., Ga., 1861. 28-Archduke of Austria shot. 1914. 29-Get a Klenzo brush today. 30-Tax on tea, 1767. September in History 1-Calorex Lunch Kits for School. 2-Eugene Field, poet, born, 1850. 3-Labor Day. 4-Manhattan Is'and discovered. 1609. 5-First Continental Congress met, 1774. 6-Battle of the Marne began. 1914, 7-Germany and Austria propose armistice 1918. 8-First Public School in U. S. tVa.J, 1621. 9-California admitted to the Union, 1850. 10-Battle of Lake Erie, 1813. 11-Jenny Lind's American debut. 1850. 12-Fourth draft 18 to 45 years, 1918. 13-John J. Pershing born, 1860. DANCES AND DANCERS INCREASE The number of dances and the number of dancers were bigger for the year of '33 and '34 than ever before. This was due to the danc- ing lessons given during the fif- teen minute periods in the first part of the second term. Here. many students learned how to dance, in five lessons, and some, who already knew, learned the fin- er points. It was great fun and 14--President McKinley died, 1901. 15-William Howard Taft born. 1857. 16-School Tablets, many kinds. 17-Turks massacred Armenians. 1897. 18-Cornerstone of Capitol laid, 1793. 19-James A. Garfield died, 1881. 20-Pens, Pencils, and Inks for school. 21-Wesleyan University opened, 1831. 22-Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. 23-Save with Safety at our bar- gain counter. 24-First newspaper in U. S.. 1690. 25-Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean, 1513. 26-Battle of Meuse-Argonne. 1918. 27-Edwin Booth's N. Y. debut. 1850, 28-First Constitution of Pennsyl- vania adopted, 1776. 29-Refill your medicine cabinet. 30-Fire in Galveston, 1920. Miss 1934 has - Dolly's hair. Mildred's complexion. Dorothy's clothes, Beulah's intellect. Anne Slaight's personality. Chucky's dancing feet. Jessie's vocabulary. Helen Jackson's petiteness. Aasta's smile. Marie Murgatroyd's sense of humor. Helen Bromback's reserve. Dorothy Tobin's generosity. Marie Karuss' friendliness. Gertrude St. Claire's eyes, Marion Teare's nose. When I was up in Montana, said Truex, I saw a mountain lion come right up to the camp one day. It was a fierce beast, but I. with great presence of mind, threw a bucket of water in its face and it slunk away. most profitable for all who attend- ed the classes. Another reason for a large num- ber of students dancing was the excellent music furnished this year, especially the music of the Royal Commanders. The first dance of the year given by the A. A. was held for the benefit of that organization. A crowd of about 200 attended. The decorations were unique. Done in red and white, the stage as the center, the old gym looked mighty dressed up, The 'music was fur- nished by the Olympic Park Or- chestra. The Hallowefen parity was a huge success. The costumes were the cause of a general bubble of merriment as they were displayed in the grand march. Donald Mc- Cance and John Haas were vividly original in their choice of cos- tumes, the two of them making up a giraffe, and how! After the play, dancing was en- joyed by the majority of the audi- ence. The Park Royals served us well musically. And now the social committee dance! An enormous crowd was there, ages six to sixty. The deco- rations fitted the occasion and again, because of their good play- ing, the Royal Commanders fur- nished the music for our enjoy- ment. This was the dance where the learned dancers did their stuff. On Saturday night, after the Operetta, at Grove Avenue School, dancing was again enjoyed. As usual the music accompanying the rhythmic. steps was supplied by the Royal Commanders. The second Social Committee dance was again a success. A good number of people attended. A springlike atmosphere prevailed throughout, with the sweet lilacs twined around the white gate fixed on the stage and the variety of pastel shades used in the clever decorations. The V. H. S. reflec- tion on the ceiling proved to be the cause of exclamations of sur- prise followed by several minutes of animated curiosity, Our faith- ful orchestra did not desert us here, and a good time was had by all. Boys, said Demarest from the corner, I can vouch for the truth of that story. A few minutes after that happened I was coming down the side of the hill. I met this lion, and as is my habit, I stopped to stroke his head. And I'm telling you, his whiskers were still wet.