Weequahic High School - Legend Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Dedicated to— Miss Miriam Hample Senior Class Advisor 4

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Weequahic Faculty January. 1936 How does a high school mean? Of the seventy-six teachers who taught at Weequahic when it opened its doors in 1933. eight are still here today: Mrs. R. Blum. Miss C Bowerman. Mrs. B. Butler, Mrs. E. Glucksman. Mrs. R. Jcllinek, Mr. E. Kobetz. Mr H. La Penna. Miss L. Stcinholtz. Miss C. Bowerman. our current Vice Principal, who taught English. Latin and Spanish during her years at Weequahic and who. from September 1953 to February 1956. was Acting Principal, remembers: THE THEN AND NOW In some respects, a comparison between the Weequahic of September 1933 and the school of today might lead one to conclude that really there is nothing new under the sun. We are again housed as we were in our infant years and have been, intermittently, throughout the history of Weequahic. in additional classrooms in the Chancellor building; some freshmen are still trying to locale that mythical swimming pool; among our student body, the girls continue to outnumber the boys; the name Weequahic is still being massacred in mispronunciation! And. until this year, when Barringer captured the crown, we were still the newest and the largest high school in Newark. Most of us like to think we are still the best! Perhaps one of the most striking changes over the years has been the increase in the number of faculty personnel. While the total school enrollment in the year 1964-1965 surpasses that of 1933-1934 by fewer than two hundred pupils, the over all size of the faculty has increased from seventy-six to one hundred twenty-seven members. While we do not regard as ideal our present average class size, students of the present-day Weequahic have the advantage of smaller classes than did their predecessors The positions of Administrative Assistant and Head Counselor were unheard of when Weequahic opened its doors In the intervening years, both the office staff and the laboratory as- sistant corps have doubled in number, while the library force has been tripled. Since September. 1933. Weequahic has had five principals: Max Hertzberg (1933 to 1951). Michael Conovitz (1951 to 1955). Julius Bernstein (1956 to 1959). David E. Weingast (1959 to 1961), and Benjamin Epstein (1961 to date). Among our present teachers, twenty-one arc former Weequahic graduates: Mr. G. Barr. Mr. B. Bauer, Mr. M. Bobrow, Mr. L. Dultz. Miss E. Fmkelstein, Mr. B. Finkelstein, Miss M. Hayes. Mr. G. Krotenberg. Miss M. Lemerman. Miss P. Lemer, Miss F. Markowitz, Mr. S. Ostrin. Mrs. R. Attcrmann Septee, Mrs. C. Tucher Parm. Miss M. Piacente. Mrs. B. Schwartz Rice, Miss T. Schulman, Mr. M. Seltzer. Mrs. G- Barr Sommer. Mr S. Sperber, and Mr. S. Weil. A high school means through a continuing tradition of teaching and administrative excellence. 6