Weequahic High School - Legend Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Cheerleaders. The cheerleaders lead the students in songs and cheers to support our school team. Cheerleaders arc chosen by elimination in a chcerlcading gym class. The first two eliminations are done by the present cheer-leading squad; the faculty advisers make the final selections. The girls are chosen on skill, poise, and pep, providing that they possess and maintain the required scholastic average. Cher LIN, Mary, B.A., University of Chicago. Biology Lab Ass't.—sec Science Dept. Chess Club. The chess club is open to beginners as well as advanced players. Its purpose is to develop reasoning and concentration in addition to fostering an interest in one of the oldest world-wide hobbies. The club engages in intcrscholastic competition as well as school championship tournaments. Choir — see Music Department, and picture, under Band and Orchestra. Chosney, Eugenia. A.B., M.A., Montclair.—see English Dept. Class Adviser One person who plays a major role in one's life at Wecquahic is your class adviser. Interviewing students to help them plan their school program for the following term is one of her major duties. Since she cannot see every student in the grade personally, other teachers arc assigned to assist her. The grade adviser and her assistants also serve on the faculty guidance council. In addition, the adviser handles special problems students may have. She also confers with parents who arc concerned about their children's school careers. The adviser delegates the responsibility for specific events to various homeroom teachers in each grade. In the senior year the duties of the class adviser multiply, for she is responsible for the total graduation program. As college approaches, it is the grade adviser who is asked to prepare many of the letters of recommendation.—see Weinstein. Louise Af. and grade adviser. Class Council. In its 3B term, every class is officially organized, and. in the eyes of the school, first attains recognition as an entity. From this term on, event such as the 3B picnic, 3A square dance, 4B Hop, and 4A Prom are sponsored by and for class members. In order to organize and arrange these events, a council is formed and officers are elected from the members of the class. The Council consists of the officers and two representatives from each homeroom in the class. The grade adviser, representing the school administration and faculty is present at all council meetings. This body directs the arrangements for special class events and attends to all official class business. Members of the council report the events of meetings to their homerooms and convey popular opinions and feelings to the council.—see illustration. Class History 1957 February: . . .Class of January 1961 arrives at the Wecquahic High School Annex or Madison Junior High School for first day of the ninth grade. .. .First full day of high school at the Annex: First high school homework assigned. . .. First of many high school tests. CLASS COUNCIL. First Rou. left to r,ght: Alberta Handel-man, Judy Price. Sue Arons, Roz Morris. Judie Port. Sue Gonzer, Camille Miragliotta. Phyllis Gordon. Sharon Gabel. Second Rou: Gary Harris, Martin Moskowjtj, Jared Falek, James Horton. Eugene Elson. Paul Karwell, Gerald Lynn, Gary Berenfeld. March: . . .First cycle of high school ends: First high school report cards issued. April: . ..First dropout from class of January 1961. May: .. .Sheldon Isaacs arrives at the Annex in Bermuda shorts. June: ...Final report cards of term issued: Wecquahic High School Annex is closed forever. September: ...School reopens: Class of January 1961 is split three ways. Madison 9B's become 9A's at Madison; 9B's from the Annex arc split again. One part goes on to • Wecquahic High School main building, the other part becomes the first graduating class at the newly opened Clinton Place Junior High School. . ..First full day of school at Wecquahic: amid the confusion of construction, Wecquahic begins its first day of double sessions. IB to 2B homerooms meet in the auditorium for homeroom. Periods run from 4 to 10, and the day terminates at 4:06. Grades 2A to 4A have schedules as usual. December: ... Days now so short that Weequahic members of the class of January 1961 walk home in the twilight. 1958 January: .. .Final issuance of report cards: the last day of the freshman year for the members of the Class of January 1961. February: . . .Sophomore B term begins: The entire Class of January 1961 is convened for the first time in one place. Annex acquaintances are renewed. Madison graduates are greeted. Double sessions arc once again in effect. Full schedule is followed. March: . . . First day of spring, strangely coincident with the issuance of first cycle report cards—we take the bitter with the sweet. .. .First biology dissection. June: .. .School year ends: last day of double session at Weequahic. First marks to be used in computing class ranks are issued. July: .. .Central Summer High School opens for the ambitious and the unfortunate: Oh those two-hour-long classes! . . .First half term report cards issued. August: ... Summer school ends. 12

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A wide choice of courses is offered. Included are stenography, typewriting, and office machine practice. There arc others. Although there arc no A.P. courses in which advanced credit is given, there are advanced courses offered, which are undertaken by many able students. Newly instituted is a course in alphabet shorthand. This course is primarily for college-bound seniors. It is of great use in note-taking, and can also be of advantage in part-time or summer employment. The department's only complaint is that more college-bound students arc not taking advantage of the business courses offered. Typewriting, for example, is a skill that one can use throughout life, while other courses in the department arc extremely helpful to those students who will major in business administration in college. Butter, Bertha, B.S., Mary Washington; M.A., N.Y.U. —see Business Education dept. Butler, Lois Theresa, graduate of Central Evening High School C, c, n. (pi. C's, c's, Cs.cs), 1. the third letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek gamma, a borrowing from the Phoenician: see alphabet, table. 2. a sound of C or c: in English, the sound is (k) before original back vowels (a, o, u), before all consonants but h, and at the end of words; it is (s) before original front vowels (c, i, y), and in words ending in -ce or their derivatives: ch and medial -o'- have come to symbolize (ch), IPA ( ), and (sh), IPA ( ), as in church, vicious. 3. a type or impression for C or c. 4. a symbol for the third in a sequence or group. adj. 1. of C or c. 2. third in a sequence or group. C, n. 1. an object shaped like C. 2. a Roman numeral for 100: with a superior bar (C), 100,000. 3. in chemistry, the symbol for carbon 4. in education, a grade third in quality: as, a C in biology. 5. in mathematics, a symbol for constant. 6. in music, a) the first tone or note in the scale of C major, or the third in the scale of A minor, b) a key, string, etc. producing this tone, c) the scale having C as the keynote, d) the sign for 4 4 time, e) contralto. 7. in physics, the symbol for coulomb. 8. in phonetics, a) the voiceless, palatal stop of the International Phonetic Alphabet, b) with or without an inverted superior caret, a common linguistic symbol for the voiceless affricate (ch), IPA ( ). adj. shaped like C. AGENTS — N. Y TIMES Ac CALUMET Fini Row, left to right: Michael Fried, Leon Osterweil, Judi Price, Martin Moskowitz, Marc Rubenstein. Second Row: Jared Falek, Paul Karwell, Howard Rauchberg. cannon, n. an instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries. cafeteria, n. a collection of space, tables, chairs, students and food. adj. noisy. Cafeteria Manager Mary Ida O'Neill Cafeteria Service. Students work in the cafeteria as cashiers and as dispensers of milk and candy. Free meals arc offered as remuneration, but no O.B.A. credit is granted. Calumet. The Calumet, our school newspaper is published monthly and is composed of four chief literary’ departments: nfcws, editorial, feature, and sports. Its business affairs are managed by the circulation and business staffs. An editorial board comprising the editor-in-chief, page editors, and their assistants decides the important issues that may arise in connection with any phase of the editorial section of the paper. Cartledge. Richard, B.F.A., Museum College of Art.— sec Fine Ar.ts. Cascella. Joseph. B A., Montclair. Honor Society adviser. —see Social Studies dept. Chasen, Simon, B.A., C.C.N.Y. Hebrew and Greek Club Adviser.—sec Foreign Lwguage Dept. 11 CHEERLEADERS Left to Right: Alberta Handelman, Ina Marcus, Ronnie Schulman.

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September: ...Class of January 1961 reconvenes for its 2A term: Construction is now complete: double sessions are history: full day's schedule is followed on first day. October: ...First cycle report cards issued, Trcndcx notes a sharp decline in TV usage in Wecquahic section of Newark. November: ... Hillside High School ties Wecquahic 14-14 in the last two minutes (the longest in the memory of most Wce-quahicites) of the game 1959 January: .. Class of January 1961 finishes its sophomore year. February: ... 3B Class Council convenes for the first time. ...Class elections are held: results are as follows: Mark Birnbaum. president; Rose Marie Toyas. vice president; Judie Port, secretary; Susan Arons, treasurer. March: ... Wccquahic’s basketball team defeated by Camden High School in the final round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group IV Tournament. May: ... 3B Class Picnic is held in South Mountain reservation: festivities are terminated by a drenching thunderstorm. September: .. .Wecquahic High School reopens: Class of January 1961 begins its 3A term: As part of an exchange program between Wecquahic and the Lycee Mixte du Rainey in France. Alain de Fontcnay, a former student at Le Rainey arrives at Weequahic to take the place of Sue Arons, former class treasurer, who is studying in France. Weequahic greets Dr. David E. Wcingast, its new principal. ...3A Class elections are held: results are identical with the 3B election results except that Marc Bresslcr is elected Treasurer. November: ... 3A Square Dance is held. 1960 January: ...Last day of 3A term. Final report cards for the term are issued. February: ...First day of 4B term for the Class of January 1961. At long last we are seniors? Chemistry l’s meet Mr. Martino. .. .Class elections are held. Results are identical with 3A results, with the exception of vice president; Rose Marie Toyas, now a 4A, is replaced by Roslyn Morris. Now making the lineup: Mark Birnbaum, president; Roslyn Morris, vice president; Judie Port, secretary; Marc Bressler, Treasurer. March: .. .Weequahic's basketball team once again defeated by Camden High in the finals of the NJSIAA Gr6up IV Tournament. May: ...Torch Day Ceremonies arc held. Mark Birnbaum accepts torch for the Class of January 1961 from Lewis Kampcl, president of the Class of June I960. June: .. .4B Hop is held in girls' gym: theme is Blue Hawaii. ...Final 4B report cards arc issued—the last marks used to compute final class ranks. School closes for the summer. Alain dc Fontcnay bids our class farewell. September: ...Weequahic High School reopens. Class of January 1961, now the 4A class, reconvenes for its final term. Sue Arons returns to Weequahic. January 1961 Legend staff, under the guidance of Mr. Edward Tumin, begins work. .. .4A Class elections arc held. Results arc identical to 4B election results except that Sue Arons is once again elected treasurer, Marc Bressler having gone to college. November: ... Announcement of Top Ten shows Susan Arons. Michael Fried, Alberta Handelman, Carole Kohn, Barbara Levine, Martin Moskowitz, Leon Osterweil, Sanford Rems, Howard Silver, and Robert Singer occupying the coveted positions. ... Principal Legend staff positions are announced. ...Wecquahic smashes Hillside in football, 26-6. December: .. .4A Prom is held. Ah! 1961 January: .. .Torch Day Ceremonies are held. Mark Birnbaum passes torch to Bruce Feldman, president of the Class of June 1961. ...Commencement Exercises arc held in the Weequahic High School Auditorium for the Class of January 1961. .. .Final 4A report cards arc distributed—the last day of public education for the Class of January 1961. Class Officers. Class officers are elected in the 3B term for the first time. These officers are the president, the vice president, the secretary, and the treasurer. The president of a class presides at all council meetings. He supervises the work of the other officers. On Torch Day the president of the 4A class hands the torch affixed with the class seal, to the president of the 4B class. This ritual involves only the senior students. The vice president, commonly known as the Veep, presides at council meetings in case of the president's absence. She is the chairman of the committee planning class events. The secretary keeps the minutes of all council meetings and notifies the delegates of any future meetings. She handles all correspondence. The treasurer supervises the collection of class dues in the homerooms. She works with faculty adviser who is in charge of dues. Officers of the 4A Gass arc: president, Mark Birnbaum. vice president. Roslyn Morris; secretary, Judith Port; treasurer, Susan Arons.—see illustration— see Birnbaum. Morris, Port and Arons. CLASS OFFICERS. Left to right: Sue Arons, Treas., Mark Birnbaum. Pres., Roz Morris, V.P., Judie Port, Sec. 13