Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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16 Student Life

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Lett, The Blue Devil rouses spirit. Above, Football captains Chris Cog- netti and Leroy Gallmon introduce the football team. The cheerleaders perform the popular cheer “Color Shout. The co-captains of the girls soccer team predict a winning season for their team. Student Life 15

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 Nickolas Nickleby Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens is the story of a young man in England during the 1800's. After his father's death, Nicholas decides he must take care of his mother and sister. He goes off to a boy's school where he sees the brutality of Mr. Wack- ford Squeers and his wife. Nicholas turns the brutality against Squeers and frees poor Smike, the chief brunt of Squeers' brutality. From here on Nicho- las's mission become righting the wrongs of London. The play is the essence of Dickens's most theatrical novel, a parade of colorful characters: wicked uncle Ralph; stylish Madame Mantalini; de- cayed Arthur Gride, pitiable orphan Smike, the winsome Cherryble broth- ers; lovely Madelaine Bray; scheming Lady Hawk; and the amazing Crum- mels with their seedy theatre troupe. Standing above all the villains is the infamous, wicked Wackford Squeers, who with his horrible wife and daugh- ter, runs his dreadful school with his cane and tablespoons of foul tasting medicine. Nicholas Nickleby is a delightful blend of comedy, mystery, and melodrama with the hero triumphing over the villain as could only have happened in Victorian England. Top; Dan Saeher and Doug Cunningham confront each oth- er. Above. Keith Hertell and Josh Polak moke a toast left: Chris King, Megan Warren, and Ami Shaw gossip. Student Life 17