William Paterson University - Pioneer Yearbook (Wayne, NJ)

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Nystroms! What a night! - that Irish singer-that wonderful come- dienne, Berg-the Andrews Sisters II fBerg, Bogert and Schwehmj -and Van Duzer as the game leader. as ae ae ae Mfmmmm! Ummmm! Good spaghetti dinners at the Tree Tavern. And of course, those friendly chats were very interesting, eh, Dr. Baker? as as as wk Mercedes Kessel leaves us-decides library work is the job for her. wk :sf as an Marion Keine leaves to take on a new name. She decided that a man is more interesting fwe agree!j an af a: ak May has arrived! We are Seniors .... GEE! Accelerates stayed on for summer school while Regs went home for muck needed rest.. wk as as wk WE STILL REMINISCE TOGETHER SENIOR YEAR Bulletin board was forever covered with the sign SENIOR CLASS MEETINGH. We surely needed them-to pound our heads and hgure out ways to make 31,000 for the yearbook. Really used our brain and brawn to earn money-chances, boosters, patrons, ads, noontime dances, Christmas cards, shoe shines, ear rings, and minstrel. ik an af :ie Bang, Push! Scratch! Ouch! That's only the Senior girls rushing to get a seat in the social room. fEspecially after it was redecoratedj That wall- length mirror really solved a big problem! as wk as af Nick resigned the class presidency. Alice Bogert, the tiny but dynamic leader, takes over. af :of af as Wow!! October is here already. Our first six week practice period over- takes us. We sadly agree that we have much yet to learn. Christmas arrives and we breathe a sigh of relief-the stress and strain of practice is over . . . 'til February 19th. ac HF :ie as The greatest problem of all was How to get the whole class out to minstrel rehearsal? -Not to mention that we had to find time to read 8 to 24 books for children's literature course and one extra assignment for each of the units in Dr. Karpls reading course. - Yes, we all have our LITTLE problems! as as wk :re The second practice period and we almost all succumb! Oh! for March to be over! an at as PF And then our last stretch--classes, practice for the Latin American pag- ent, rush jobs to get in all late work, great anticipations for the future, inter- views for positions, etc. ae as :ie as Ah, yes - we'll always remember graduation practice. It's that time when we all started to reminisce together about our happy days as college debs . We started to get a little sentimental then, too. wk ac as as Graduation night-the real thing! 45

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loads of fun with them on the trip to Palisade Park, at the Roller Skating Party, and on the Shaffer Day boatride to Indian Point Qeven if the weather wasn't perfect that day. At least a few braved the weather and went swim- mingj :if as as Pk End of year. Already!!-Class was much smaller--many boys had gone to serve for Uncle Sam. af ak as :ie Vacation started in Mlay-are you kidding? What vacation-do you mean that week-end? Half of us ventured into the accelerated program and started summer school right away. We struggled through twelve hot la- 'borious weeks of study fand fun, tooj and before we knew it September rolled around. We jumped to the rank of being juniors. Bright, weren't we? as as ae af VUE REMQINISCE-TOGETHER QREGULARS AND ACCELER- ATESQ JUNIOR YEAR To unite or not to unite? That is the question! Regulars ask, Shall we have those accelerated 'kids' with us P - Oh, well ,why not? as a: :ie ak Who's the president? What a SILLY question! Who do you think- THE,' male-Nick Romanski. Many a sympathy card did he receive-no wonder-managing 32 girls is no fool's play! as as as wk Then came the acquaintance with many repeated phrases: Ready for standing-1, 2, B. Now here we have a problem! North of 60. -fLet's go there, girls.j You must always erase the boards straight up and down. Watch how you raise those shades. Let's have some air. This room is like the 'Black Hole of Calcutta. Read the assignment back to me-you left out an :r as as a: Schwehm and Bogert proved to be friends in need. Spent lots of time tutoring the rest of us to pass Mrs. Mloneypenny's music course.-Harmonic scole, melodic scale, etc. QI give up., ik vs as as Oh, yes-that Palmer Method! just lead me to that guy who is respon- sible for all our troubles. I, 2, 5, 4, 5, 6, slide paper. -Oh, that familiar phrase- Will I ever, ever, ever pass that penmanship ? 1: af ak as Then came that progressive education idea in Dr. Unzicker's classes. Well-enough said about that! Units! Units! and MORE Units! Don't you professors ever get tired of reading our papers? :ie ac wk Pk The class ring. . . Which shall we have? fWe almost needed a first-aid kit at those meetingsj .... Do you mean to say that welve finally agreed? Hurrah! as ae ae af Now who's carrying Dr. Baker's picture around? Oh-so it's you, Bigg and Gehringer. Sigh-who wouldn't? i 44

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