Westwood High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Westwood, NJ)

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EUGENE HALL W , I 'R WILLIAM TUERS DAVE KEENAN CARL PFRANGA GENE HALDERMAN THOMAS FORD DONALD RUDE RICHARD BOGERT 0 RICHARD DE YOUNG WILLIAM REIKEL CHARLES MUSCHELL BARNEY COX CHARLES MATHER MERSEILES CLENDENNY EMMETT FITZPATRICK ROBERT HOWE LE ROY VAN VALEN F RAYMOND EISIMONT x VERN PHILIPS JULIUS KRUSE LOUIS SCHROER HERMAN ORFINI Our Classmates in Service

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Helen Wehber The confidential secretary, efficiency plus. Spanish Club 25 Intramurals l, 2, 3, 4. Jack Wellenkarnp Aqui se habla espanol? Mechanic Club I. Marjorie Whitely I Count on her for the winning points. Intramurals l, 2, 3 4, Riding Club 3, 4, Sportsfvtanager 45 Student Council I. Gloria Wilson Men prefer blondes, even the Jack O' Hearts. Znoir l, 25 Spanish Club 2. CLASS COLORS . CLASS MOTTO . Cl b 4, ' ' e ce Cl as-lome Roowce lglydsidegxl 1, Frances Winters For a certain sailor on a certain ship. Intramurals 3, 4, Phenix 3, Car- dinal Staff 3. Lloyd Wittenberg A voice that will thrill thousands. Band 2, 3, 4, Orchestra I, 2, 3, 4, Glee Club 3- Choir 2, 35 Dance Band 3 45 Home Room President I, broadcasting Club lp Phenix lg Hi-Y 45 At Your Service I, 2, 3, 45 Track 2, 3, 4. 171 G .Mila M a' my.. Footbalw. 4 5 ' TraYQf'4p Glee ,- 5 X50 Q9 oo . Red and White Deeds not words

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The Seniors. Remember THE seniors have spoken many times of the absent members of their class who would have gradua-ted with them in June were it not for the war. These classmates are now at various foreign stations. The winter in western Europe has been severe, requiring as much effort to overcome as the enemy. The South Pacific is the other weather extreme, steaming iungles with .their constant threat of fever and disease, ripping Coral reefs sharp as razors, poor drinking water, and a more fanatical adversary. A number of those who will graduate in June will be called upon to face some of these hardships. May 1945 be the year of final victory and a speedy return home. Summer-1944 4 The summer evening lies before my eyes Stretched out and cool with greeness, while the sun Fades down behind the far off hills. Above me, stained and mottled is the sky With colors. ln the darkening corners of my land The flowers dim and make their presence known. Not bright with brazen colors of the day But delicate their fragrance here is fanned By evening wind. How sweet it is this summer, and how fleet. Now that our world is threatened by the blast of heavy guns And by the thump of heavy booted feet. BETTY ANNE PASSMORE Mitchell Field, August 1944 Gone to the Colors The kid has gone to the colors And we don't know what to say, The kid we have loved and cuddled Stepped out for -the Flag today. We thought him a child, a 'baby With never a care at all, But his country called him man-size, And the kid has heard the call. He paused to watch the recruiting, Where, fired by the fife and drum. He bowed his head to Old Glory And -thought that it whispered: comel The kid, not being a slacker, Stood forth with patriot joy To add his name to the roster- And God, we're proud of the boy! The Kid has gone to the Colors, lt seems but a little while Since he drilled a school boy army ln a truly martial style. Bu-t now he's a man, a soldier, And we lend his listening ear, For his heart is a heart all loyal, Unscourged by the curse of fear. His dad, when he told him, shuddered, His mother-God bless her!-cried, Yet, blest with a mother nature, She wept with a mother pride. But he whose old shoulders straightened Was granddad-for memory ran To years when he, too a youngster, Was changed by the Flag to a man! -MAJ. WILSON, '19, lHow apropos this poem, printed in the 1919 Cardinal, is today.l