Weehawken High School - Zenith Yearbook (Weehawken, NJ)

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'11lThunL-- Am.. ,- --li MR ELVI N FERRIS For three xears the C lxss of l9xl has been pI'lXllC0CLl to hlxe X11 Ferris IS cllss lclX1SCI rle cune to XX cchlxxlxen the dax lf nrst opened IIS doors ID September ot 1976 txxentx nxe xeals wo I-Ie completed 'ill academic course at Hoboken Hum School md hlce mmx ot the xoung men of the present dax entered thc xrmx lfter 011du1t1on to sclxc for txxentx months untll hls dlSf.l11I'0C after thc emerffencx Ox er 1 pCll0Cl ot x ezrs he h IS talcen courses to extend h1s cduc H1011 HS 1nd Xl A devlccs If N X L and has contlnucd his studies at Columbu xl0!1ILl'1lI','lI1Ll0IllCl collcges 1-hs mun ax ocltlon IS Il IX chnv md he has continued this pastnne xx hcnexcl SUld1CS haxe pClll1lIICLl Llllllxi. mlnx of us, he xxould count 1 trip to Xelloxxstonc Xlflfllhll Pzrlc IS thc experience of 1 llfetnne X11 Ferrls xx as husmess manwcr of the orxfflnal 7en1th xx hen nt xx IS pubhshed flllll tnnes annuallx as 1 mwvmc 1nd xx as also afflhated xx nth II xx hen If later becamc the school xearboolc Our ndxlser IS not onlx 1 teacher ot commercxal sublects he IS a counselor ID our ttslc of hx mfr each dax and encourages us to use our best and fullest ab1l1tx 7 Q T - ff if - I 0 I If -I . llx ,4 1 .1 1 .1 1 2 , 2.1 1 U1 2 1 . 1. .1 1.1 1 2 1 -, ' -1' .' ' 2 .1 1' ' ' ' 'D X' . . 1 ' . R D . ' 'Y L. . 5. .1 ,A 1 1 CW 1 1 ' A 2 5 . ' ' D ' 1 ' 1 S, 23 . ' ' 5 J J . ' 'L . and at the present tune has the equlvalent of six x'ezu's ot' eollge. He reeexved his .cl. 1 . .. . 311121 1 l 1. 1. l. 4 1.1 1 1 ' .1 1 .1 1 12, . ' 11 4 '1 ' ' .. 11 4 ' 12 1 12 1 1 5,1 1.1 1 I . .1 ' 1 .1 4 ' D 4. 1. I 12,1 . .1 1 . 1 L '1 '.1 1 1521. x. 1 1 1 4 .1 ' 1 'L ' .1 ' .1 . ' 2.1 ' 1 O 1 iv 1

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i ff,,, ' X ggi E X 0 'Ns af-we XX 'Bfe -'A X fx 'f -56 ljglllu ,f gr! Z ,ff X ff f ,- P Leuerx A wtf lxllxl 5 'M 'Dlfxfl xii 7 Ours IS the txx entv Hfth graduatlnv class to go forth from the hlgh school of the Toxx nshlp of VVeehaxx ken to make our xarlous marks 1n the four corners of thls embattled globe ks we lo so none are so keenlx axx are as xxe of the help the guldance and the mfimte patlence extended to us by our honored facultx xXf1fh0llf them there could haxe been for us no educatxon no graduatlon no Zemth nor a hlgh school ID Weehaxxken for the past twenty fixe years To be sure they are human and therefore falhble but xxe remember them all the more fondlx for lf Un pleasant as xxe thought the1r asslgnments to be vxe knoxx 1n our greater xx 1Sd0l'Il that xx e are better men and xx omen thanks to our teachers -Xnd so xx hat better dedlcatxon xx hat more fitting trlbute than to here honor those Hxe esteemed teachers xx ho haxe had a share 1n carx mg upstandmg cltllens out of the raxx materlal of all txx enty fixe classes xvho have been w1th Weehawken s1nce ltS xerx begxnnmg 1n 1926 If these flxe xx ere rexered bv the Llass of 26 as much as by that of 51 then ours are not the first thanks offered them and there shall be more To xou xvho have long gxven unstlntmglv of yourselves we the Semors In Profound gratltude dedxcate thls book Wlth slncerest xxlshes for xou to FCINRIII a shmmg example to xouth for manx x ears hence 6 ,ff x M 'I' x N5 f F 'af f , gf' Q s of f 714' 'Y lp it TU tr! g , , 1 X fr Z - 1 fl nw, - u ' ll 'lf lx... I , I f Ml' lyk x ' l N Dedication Ib i ll - - , fl f X Q , .I lf 'J F l Xl lm . f , ' 'I l X ld X X ' ' ,- 7 . U, , , 5 , Y '

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MR G HAROLDBILLINGI-IAM In September of 1924 Mr Bill mgham entered the XVeehawken school system As the only male teacher he xx as prnileged to sit on the platform with the Board of Lducation at graduations A student of the Umtcd States lNax y Officers Training School in 1918 and the recipient of his BS degree from the Unix ersity of New Hampshire Market New Hampshire Evening School while stlll a Senior ln col lege' Mr Billmgham has had many avocations throughout his life and has achiexed many honors along with them He has been college checker champ Lastern Inter Col legiate tu o mile championship ree ord holder captain of the unde feated New Lngland Championship Cross country team and Hudson County table tennis champion to mention but a few of his many ac comphshments He has also had over eighty articles on engineering subiects published VVhen asked about his special hobbies a broad grin lights his face and he proceeds to mention his three children X MISS MARGARET HOGAN Though at present Supervisor of Instruction, Miss Hogan's long career at XVeehawken has also in- cluded the teaching of the commer- cial subiects. She attended New York University and there received her BS. and M.A. degrees. XVhile teaching at Kearny, New jersey, which at that time xx as also a new school 'Xllss Hogan xx as observed by Mr johnson the principal of our old school She thought he was a book salesman but at the end of the day he made known the fact that he had come to offer her a position at W eehawken During her sabbatical leave she has traveled to Canada Mexico and to various parts of the United States In 1941 a family illness prex ented hcr from completing a trip to I-Iawau If she had been able to leave conditions at that time might have prexented her return I-Ier flou er garden one of her faxorite pastimes seems a poor comparison with her own sunny cheerful personality .9-fr? ,- ff .J ,I . ' buf I I' . 1 . ' ' 1 ' . . , X . . H I f . . . t I ' f he became principal of the New X 'X . . 1,45 l : , - I Q. , I ' X 8