West Essex High School - Milestone Yearbook (North Caldwell, NJ)

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r JA m ■ -V I? mm M ,X L Hi-- m tfipvi mm mm m It was at Warwick Castle, in the Court of King Arthur, that a distinguished gentleman found himself years ago. In this new and challenging world, he shared many exciting events with the people he found there. Our situation is similar to his—we are in a new and challenging world; meeting new people; exploring new fields. Thus, to the parents who built us our West Essex, our Warwick—we give our thanks and in appre- ciation dedicate this book. Read now the adventures of 1961-62 as told in the manner of Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in Kin« Arthur’s Court.

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 Straight off, we were in the country. It g ■ ' was most lovely and pleasant in those sylvan -jff ' solitudes in the early ccfol morning in the first « A freshness of autumn. From the hilltops we saw f. % fair green valleys lying spread out below, . . . -p y, and beyond the valleys we saw the ranges of MJ hills, blue with haze, stretching away in billow) ■ perspective to the horizon, . . .” . . . Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court V

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ftosex (Eaatlf 1961-B2 This was the second year in the history of West Essex High School— the first year in our splendid castle.” On September 6, the Knights crossed the threshold into the school that w'as to become their world. They came—1,198 of them — from the kingdoms of Caldwell Township, Essex Fells, North Caldw'ell, and Roseland. The classrooms, the offices, and the library were, for the most part, completed when they entered. How- ever, there remained the last touches to finish in the cafeteria, the gyms, the auditorium, and the surrounding grounds. For the first months, West Essex students and faculty braved many inconveniences — and braved them well! West Essex High School, as it looked to students in September . . .on the outside 4 . . . and on the inside. Lunches were made at home and eaten in the classrooms. Gym classes were conducted out-of-doors. On rainy or. cold days the gym classes square danced in the cafeteria. No assembly orientation program could be conducted because there was no auditorium. Mud, mud, mud—it covered the parking lots and the courtyards and the playing fields. All football games were held away. We had no athletic fields of our own. The bells were unpredict- able, and at times the changing of classes was signalled by a whistle. But now, as this school year draws to a close, we can look back at all this and smile. Our castle stands complete.