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

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 iviMon The Drama Department is under the direction of Mr. Charles Gauntt. The Knights in Drama I learned the basic skills of producing, make-up, acting, and analyzing plays. Drama II students acted and directed I Remember Mama. In Theater Arts, classes read, analyzed, and studied the well-known plays in the history of drama. New to the West Essex Music Department is Mr. Jack Ovitt. He is the director of the West Essex Choir; he reorganized the Junior and Senior Choruses and a Glee Club. These were seen performing at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The West Essex Band led by Mr. John Sielski partici- pated in the Clifton Band Pageant. Tickets were sold for this colorful display, and the amount received was put toward new equipment for the Band. The Band played at all football games and pep rallies. Mr. Jack Ovitt directs choir. The stage not only serves for productions but for a setting for reality, as the West Essex seniors prepare to graduate.

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STANDING: Mrs. Ruth Meors, Mr. Jack Ovitt, Mr. John Sielski, Mr. John Nace, Mr. Charles Gauntt. ON THE FLOOR: Mr. James Hawthorne. ART - DRAMA - MUSIC SENIOR AND JUNIOR DIVISION ART The artists in the Junior Division experi- mented with many varieties of two and three dimensional drawings. Mobiles were designed by the Eighth Grade art students as well as three dimensional posters. In Art I the Knights worked on anatomy and their skills in drawing. The Knights in Art II worked feverishly on design and placement in their drawings. The students in Art Survey studied all forms of human communication. In a year they examined art, music, literature, drama, and dance, so as to gain an insight into these different forms of art. Knights in Advertising Art learned the tech- niques used by commercial artists and people in the advertising business. The students in Arts and Crafts made designs, then transferred the designs into collage. Behind the Scenes'' (during the New Jersey Symphony Concert) 14

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STANDING: Mrs. Gloria Everett, Miss Isabel Kcppel. SITTING: Mr. Harrison Goodall, Mr. James Young, Mr. James Wall. HOME ECONOMICS Future homemakers of America Mrs. Harriet Kean The Home Economics rooms of West Essex High School saw a new teacher walk through the door this year. She is Miss Irene Keppel, the Junior Division Home Economics teacher. Under her guidance, the Junior Division girls planned meals, and made skirts, blouses, and jumpers for themselves. The girls in Senior Division Home Economics cooked meals for themselves, tried new recipes, learned about different cuts of meat, and also made some of their own clothes. Mrs. Gloria Everett left West Essex High School at the end of the first semester to practice homemaking in her soon-to-be-enlarged new home. At this time Mrs. Harriet Kean came into West Essex for the remainder of the year.