West Orange High School - Ranger Yearbook (West Orange, NJ)

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CONTENTS YOUTH —Anna Mikulyak ............................ 8 CAMPUS VIEWS ................................Inserts ADMINISTRATION ................................. 9 A PRAYER —Dorothy Hinkley ...................... 12 CLASSES ......................................... 13 SECURITY —Donald Bird .......................... 62 FEATURES: CLASS HISTORY—Jessie Rowan .................. 63 COURT GOSSIP ................................ 67 IF —Winifred Perrin ........................ 70 CLASS PROPHECY—Dorothy Hinkley .............. 71 THE BELLS —Anna Mikulyak ................... 76 SCHOOL DAYS —Edna Fix ...................... 78 ECHOES —Anna Mikulyak ...................... 80 THE CLASS WILL—Louise Anderson .............. 83 GUIDANCE —Jeannette Trippett ............... 86 ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES .................... 87 SPORTS .....:................................... 109 THE FAREWELL—Anna Mikulyak ..................... 116 LITTLE BOOK—Dorothy Hinkley .................... 117 AUTOGRAPHS ..................................... 118 Page Seven

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FOREWORD THREE years have pleasantly and quickly passed since we, the class of 1934, first entered West Orange High School in September, 1931. Each day, filled with its busy activity, has had its new joys, its new experiences, its pleasant memories. It is with deep regret that we find that we must now leave our Alma Mater, our teachers, and our classmates. And as we say farewell , we find it difficult to express our deep appreciation and sincere thanks to the principal and the teachers for their patient and unselfish as- sistance, rendered during this difficult, although happy, span of our youth. In memory of the pleasant years, spent in West Orange High School, we, therefore, publish the 1934 West-O-Ranger as a permanent record of the class of 1934 and its activities. This year, in honor of the 80th Anniversary of the birth of that famous artist and literary friend of children, Howard Pyle, the staff of the West-O- Ranger has chosen Robin Hood, one of Pyle's favorite subjects, as the theme for their 1934 yearbook. Although the legends of Robin Hood have been retold many times, it is the shrewd artist Howard Pyle, who alone can carry one into the cool, green depths of Sherwood Forest, there to smell the smoke of campfires, to taste the scorched venison, to hear the twang of the long bow, and to watch the grey goose shaft as it cleaves the glistening, willow wand or brings down one of the king's proud buck. Only Howard Pyle could have created so great an interest in and love for the prince of outlaws, Robin Hood, whose character exemplifies ideals that have sent people to enlighten the dark places of this world and to render an impartial justice and a freer life to the downtrodden. In the compiling of this book, we have striven to produce an annual that will bring joy and lasting memories to all of you in after years; and if in some distant tomorrow, its pages recall a moment of gay comradeship, the smiling faces of absent friends, or the quiet satisfaction of work well done, it will not have been created in vain. And may you— • When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream— —Yeats. ROBERT IDEN, Editor-in-Chief of 1934 West-O-Ranger . Page Six

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YOUTH In the regal forest's weirdness, In the blackness of the night, There's a startled buck a-tearing, Thrashing, plunging in his fright. His leaps are all uncertain, And his eyes are scared and wild; But he pauses for a moment Like a 'wildered, timid child, Twisting, tugging mighty antlers, In a reckless, aimless sway, To unloose them from the bough That is a barrier to his way. Then straight off again he thrashes Through the tangled forest maze. Like a lost buck in a forest, Madly seeking for the light, Is my soul, tense and o'erburdened, Twisting, striving through the night. Page Eight