Washington High School - Cache Yearbook (Washington, NJ)

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The Unknowns Firs Row: Left to Right—Ray DeBoei (x) , Grace Godfrey (z), Walter Bolmer (y) , Miss Weller (Significant figure), Russell Riegel. Donald Oram, Joyce Heckman, Elizabeth Rupell, June Smith, Betty Calamar. Second Row: Russell Seal. William Martin, Charles Quigley, Edith Roberts. Berker Boyer, Frank Has-semer, William Stevens, Albert DeCresci, Roy Wiseburn, Ralph Castner, Alan Miller, Jack Julian. Absent: Walter Wor-rall, Edwin Simon, Edgar Woolf. Most pupils who have suffered through algebra and geometry will agree that much of the subject matter was unknown. It remained for a group of juniors and seniors, interested in mathematics, to openly label themselves The Unknowns.” This group meets monthly during activity period. Topics discussed this year were mathematical puzzles and recreations, short cuts in arithmetic, and lives and contributions of famous mathematicians. Officers: x-Ray DeBoer; y-Waltcr Bolmer; z-Grace Godfrey; Significant figure, Miss Weller. Ushers Club The members of this club have worked hard throughout the year collecting tickets, selling refreshments, and distributing programs during all athletic events. The Ushers Club is a service organization which does not receive as much credit and recognition as it should. Seated: Left to Right—Patricia Berry, Doris Slater, Edith Roberts, Joan Stevens, Dolores Julian. Standing: Darlene Gaumer, Marlene Blum, Janice Alpaugh. Bernice Smith, Shirley Mayberry, Betty Wintermute. Mildred Quigley. £27]

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La Alianza Espanola First Row: Left to Right—Bertha Sloan, Gladys Simmons, Janet Rupell, Joe Deuchler, Jean Jensen, Joyce Opdyke, Edith Roberts, Carolyn Johne, Dorothy Burd, Bernice Smith. Second Row: Mary Damelio, Verna Ap-gar, David Lance, Catherine May, Rita Ruszczyk, Miss Harle, Kenneth Neidig. Lawrence Smith, Dorothy Fowler, Marlene Blum, Edna Price. ThirJ Row: Angelina Pisaniello, Joan Saldarine, Carl Brenner. Dorothy Henderson, Bernice Quigley, Jack Willever, Mark Ford, Lois Hill, Stuart Zimmerman, Claire Hay, Frank Pulsinelli. Absent: Doris Bolton, Joel Schneider, Robert Hann. La Alianza Espanola, composed of the members of the first, second, and third year Spanish classes, has drawn up a formal constitution. The motto of the club is Cada cual es hi jo de sus obras” (Each one is the son of his works); its flower is the madreselva (honeysuckle); its flag and coat-of-arms are those of Uruguay. Games and social activities such as parties are held at regular monthly meetings. Two technicolor movies were shown. The primary purpose of La Alianza Espanola is to supplement classroom work so as to increase the students’ interest in the subject and to provide various materials which promote efficiency in the language and add general knowledge of educational value. Typing Club The Typing Club, under the direction of Miss Bierman, is composed of students who wish to learn to type but are unable to fit typing into their regular schedules. They meet once a week and learn to type personal material, such as notebooks and themes, as well as business letters. First Row: Left to Right—Joan Cooper. Joan Stevens, Dolores Julian. SeconJ Rou: June Smith, Russell Brown, Beverly Peterson, Lois Spangenberg, Miss Bierman. ThirJ Row: Marjorie Frey, Olive Raben-old, Mary Elizabeth Eckel, Edith Roberts. Fourth Ron: Pauline Becker, Joan Saldarine. Absent: Kenneth Neidig, Catherine May, Joel Schneider. [26]

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Student Council Firs Ron : Left to Right- Robert Hackett, Joyce Sheats, Miss Weller, James Lawyer, Edith Bellini, Pete Perini, Dorothy Fowler, Ray Koestner, Miss H. Stone, Joyce Opdyke, Dick Cook. Second Ron: Beverly Peterson, Connie Renigar, Margaret Hayes, Bertha Sloan, Edwinna Marshall, Edith Roberts, Robert Ford, Anne Fiore, Lois Hill, Jean Sigler, Grace Godfrey, Kenneth Neidig, Margaret O'Dell. Enzo Marinelli, Edna Price, Kenneth Swift, Marion Simone, Third Rou: Morris Potter, Carolyn Hart, David Lance, Jean Howell, Lois Kerkendall, Gloria Shrope, Aldenc Stanton, Jacqueline Delaney, Betty Calamar, Ralph Castner, Jean Walsh, Edmund Bockman, Charles Quigley, Barbara Cooper, Robert McAllister, Donald Sinkway, Albert DeCresci, Stuart Zimmerman. Absent: Walter Worrall, Catherine May, Clarence Mayberry, Murray Cohen, Neal Mowder, George Dennis, Norma Howell, Shirley Fcilbach, Joan Hummer, Mary Eckel, Nancy Nicholas, Wilbur Amerman, Lewis Baldwin, Ray DeBoer, Cellerina Donnini. The Student Council is composed of representatives of all organizations and classes, who, as a group, work for the students themselves. They handle all affairs, activities, and assemblies, striving for the betterment of our school. The officers are chosen by the entire student body. During the year, members of our council met and exchanged ideas Student Council Officers and Advisers Left to Right: Miss Weller, Adviser; James Lawyer. Treasurer; Edith Bellini, Corresponding Secretary; Pete Perini, President; Dorothy Fowler. Recording Secretary; Ray Koestner, Vice President; Miss H. Stone, Adviser. with representatives of the Hackettstown High School Student Council concerning the bettering of relations between the two schools. In November, fifteen of our members attended the Twentieth Annual Convention of the State Association of Student Councils at New Brunswick. Ideas from this convention were brought to the entire council and later published in the school news of The Washington Star. The Student Council is responsible for Hall Sentinels, Traffic Squad, and Fire Squad; it has taken care of the introduction of speakers at assemblies; it has been responsible for improving and changing all locker combinations, and it has patrolled our games to maintain order and to prevent damage to our school. The meetings of our Student Council are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, although Executive Committee meets each Wednesday when there is no regular council meeting. [28]