Weequahic High School - Legend Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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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

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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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Class Ranking. Class ranking at Wcequahic High School is established at the end of the junior year by rating of the grades earned in major subjects during the sophomore and junior years. The freshmen year is not included, since all pupils do not spend their freshman year at Wcequahic. To this preliminary ranking marks of the 4B term are added, and the final ranking is established. The vice principal, with the cooperation of the Mathematics Department, computes the averages. Marks in only major subjects are used; however, minors can be used as a means of breaking tics. An A” is counted as one point, a B as two, a C” as three, a D as four, and an F” as five. To give just credit to those students taking advanced courses, an A in an advanced course is worth half a point, or .5; and a B” is valued at 1.5 in such a course. Each student’s marks are averaged and then placed in order of rank. If tics occur, students arc ranked identically; but the students following do not move up. Thus, if two students are tied for tenth place, the following student becomes number twelve. Beginning with the class of January, I960, the number of majors which the student presents for credit will also effect ranking. In the last half of the senior year the top ten pupils in the first quarter arc published alphabetically. All other members of the class ascertain their quarter standing by asking a member of the guidance department. This information is divulged only to each student about himself. As a rule, the honor speaker at graduation is the person whose rating is highest in the class.—see Top Ten. Cobey, Alice. B.S.. N.Y.U. — sec Business Education Dept. Coburger, Reva, adj. 1. active, as shown by membership in the Fencing club, the Math club and the French club. n. 1. secretary for Mr. Martino, former chairman of General Science and lover of Italian food 2. one. who plans to become a teacher and who at present spends a good deal of her time in Maryland. cogitate, v. to pretend to use one's brain. Cohen, Barry, v. 1. to read; to scrutinize carefully such as Perry Mason mysteries. 2. to sing; to produce musical sounds with the voice, esp ''Finger Poppin Time. 3. to play; to engage actively in golf. 4. to say, Are my eats ready? 5. to eat and drink; to masticate and imbibe pizza and soda. 6. to plan for a career in architecture. SYS. see Cone Bone. Cohen, George, B.S., N.Y.U.—see Business Education Dept. Cohen, Judith Rochelle, n. 1. one who retar)’ of History, Sales, and Guidance Office. 2. a person who is particularly fond of something, e.g. Johnny Mathis, pizza, and Coca-Cola. v. I. to plan to get ahead by working. 2. to enjoy the movies. Color Guard — see Cheerleaders conservative, n. a statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. Contemporary Club The Contemporary club discusses current problems at its meetings. Outside speakers are invited to address the group. New members may join at the beginning of each term. Officers are elected each semester. Cross Country—see Sportt curiosity, n. an objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul. Current Science Club. In order to afford interested students an opportunity to keep abreast u’ith up-to-the-nvnutc events in science, the Current Science dub was organized. Membership is open to all students who are taking or have taken a course in science. Curriculum. Wcequahic High School is an institution of secondary education which attempts to fit into its curriculum subjects designed to meet the varied needs of its students. Hence, a single course of study could not adequately fulfill these needs. Therefore, Wcequahic has evolved three basic study patterns—College Preparatory, Secretarial, and General. In this way, a student is given the opportunity to select a pattern of study best suited to his interests. For example, the College Preparatory course is recommended for persons who have hopes of attending college. It has integrated the necessary college requirements of four years of English, two years of math, a foreign language, and United States History, one year of a laboratory science and general science or world history, four years of physical education, and two and one half years of health, with more specialized elective subjects such as economics, international relations, journalism, and probability and statistics, upon which the student can build a better foundation for college. Foundation is an important word; it is even more important to Secretarial students than to College Preparatory students. Whereas College Preparatory students continue their studies at college. Secretarial students usually discontinue their liberal education after graduation. Thc£-fore, they complete their foundation for the future in high school. Wcequahic has concerted great efforts in an attempt to produce efficient and competent businessmen and women. Within four years, the course of study has been adjusted to include not only English, math, history, and shorthand, but also more comprehensive subjects such as accounting, business law, consumer problems, salesmanship, and machine shorthand, which are considered to be essential for advancement and success. On the other hand, not everyone can make an immediate choice between the College Preparatory course and the Secretarial course. Some students need more time to taste a little of both courses before making their final decision. The General pattern has been designed with their needs in mind. It serves as an interim between uncertainty and certainty. There is no definite study pattern; nor are there specific specialized subjects. There is, instead, a sufficient mixture of College Preparatory and Secretarial courses to aid the student in his final choice. assists, as sec- 14