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

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MILESTONES OF 1964-65 Key Club's prize-winning turkey float. Permanent Knights, gifts of the Class of '64, grace lobby of West Essex. (Emblem at left was painted by Mr. Earle Kuns) The year of 1964-65 will be best remembered for the Johnson-Goldwater Presidential contest. WE Knights got into the campaign spirit as they participated in a debate and mock election indicative of the student body's strong interest in our political traditions. As election eve approached, excite- ment in the two camps mounted. Most of the students were gathered around their television sets when Lyndon Baines John- son was elected to the office of President of the United States of America by the largest plu- rality (61%) ever garnered by any President. Campaign spirit was not the only spirit present at WEHS. There was something in the air, and it was felt by the entire student body. This feeling was an increased pride in our school, demonstrated by our champion- ship soccer team, our CSD Seniors with their tremendous red and white buttons, the ex- citing Thanksgiving Day float parade, the permanent Knights in our lobby, and the increasing support of sports and social activities. In its fifth year WEHS was still making additions. WE has a new superintendent, a brand- new language coordinator, a new physical education coordi- nator, a new librarian, four marking periods instead of six, a Junior Division Branch of the Student Voice, and five crim- son maple trees planted by local Brownie Troops. The two parties debate campaign issues in WE's Election Assembly. 4

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What is a World s Fair? It is a circus and a classroom, a voyage around the „ world, a look into the past and a peep L show into the future, characterized by coloM excitement, nostalgia, aching muscles' and tired feet, but rarely by boredo j. O The aetjffemic fare of a school offers «Ivariety of goods to be chosen by the careful shopper. Teachers serve as guides to the Universe of Wisdom and Truth as they journey with the students through the Land of Learning. The past is as close as the nearest textbook; the future, but an open door. A student is at once overwhelmed by the awesome- ness of all the knowledge offered him. There are moments of exhaustion, but also moments of great reward. Education, the key to life, opens doors to freedom. To communicate and get along with our fellow human beings at home and abroad, we must have an understanding of their customs, their thoughts, their problems and their be- liefs. Ignorance is the wellspring of misunderstanding; education, the foun- tainhead of truth. Universal peace cannot be achieved until all men are educated in the ways of humanity. The theme of the New York World's of 1964. 1965 is Peace Through,. HkersfandhRj. ft is to this intejma- Qqftt)al 9oab t$at M dediccRW the 196fr- MILESTONE.' 'jl t ' %. —Meryl Sussman '65 , .. at dec ®1961 New York World's Fair 1964 1965 Corpora tion Unisphere presented by United States Steel.

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