Verona High School - Shadows Yearbook (Verona, NJ)

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qContinued from Page sp homework, lessons, ad infinitum, this joy- ful, and rather airy feeling left over from Summer life was trod into the dust by the sardonically grinning teachers. As the fall wore on and we were worn down by care- fully conserving our remaining energies we were able to enter many of the extracur- ricular activities V.H.S. offers. Athletics, music, drama, and art would hardly have succeeded without our help. CI can hear all the alumni who were seniors turning over in their graves and muttering 'Ch yeah. j The newly-formed football team was sup- ported by the abilities of several of our classmates. Donald Graham was re-elected president for a third term, lack DeCamp served as vice-president, and Betty Coleman as secretary-treasurer. The class, now lun- iors, followed the time-honored custom in V.H.S. and spon red the famed Iunior Prom. Inm r fo ear in V.H.S. we came into fin ta'e in the metamorphosis ie 'gh oohtudent. Might I digress o ex l n s metamorphosis for the bene- lit future seekers after the truth who n ck specific examples. This biological nge is accompanied and identified by four sta es in the methods of arriving at school, dlasses, or any appointment. Fresh- men, when late, run their very legs off Cthereby becoming prospects for Mr. .iSmith's track teamj, in order to arrive at their destination on time, the Sophomores shaving seldom actually been late, and hav- ing become more sophisticated, slow down to a mixed slow, very slow, lope, the Iunior, thoroughly inured to the vicissitudes of time, no longer attempts to force his now work- worn and debilitated form beyond the rate of a walk. The climax of the course of the change is found in the form of the Senior, who, thoroughly at home, and on the good side of the teachers and Mr. Crane the hopcsj does not even try to hurry. In fact he does not even try to arrive. He simply turns around and contentedly ambles home. After getting down to business in our class meeting under the watchful and slight- ly disgusted eye of Miss Howell, our ad- viser, we elected Warren Schleicher pres- ident, Mike Tucci, vice-president, and Claire La Rue secretary-treasurer. Around about Christmas time we sponsored a Semi- Formal dance. Many seniors contributed to the play, The Lady Electsf' sponsored in Ma by the Dramatic Club. In addition to filling many of the posts behind the scenes sev- eral seniors added their acting abilities: Warren Yates and Imogene Carrett starred, supported by many others, of whom the fol- lowing were from our class: Don Peck, Scott A Burnett, and Albert Kaplus. The presidlent of the club was none other than the charming and popular Mary Lou Con- over. Many of the other positions requiring executive ability were held by Seniors, who, if we might pat ourselves on the back, rac- tically ran the school, with some small as- sistance from teachers and stray members of the other classes!! One of the outstanding accomplishments of our class was the founding and publish- ing of the White Hornet, the first printed newspaper V.H.S. ever boasted. After the idea was first conceived of by Hyde and Krohn, our Damon and Pythias, almost all the work was carried on by the seniors on the paper staff who labored long and hard to make the venture the success it was. An- other publication which was sponsored in 1941 by members of the Senior class was the literary publication The Bookworm. Page Twenty-five

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