Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-03
Interesting Notes
On Fine Year At
Englewood High


of the last guest last Tuesday night,
the most notable year in Englewood
High Schools history came to close.
By the word notable is meant re-
markable record both in mental and
physical sports.
Three Big Social Events
Three big social events this week
wound up the school year of 1914
1915 at Englewood. On Monday night,
the Seniors held their Class Day at
Liberty Auditorium, Liberty Grammar
School. Here the Class Phrophecy,
Will, Poem, and History were read,
and the Glass Song sung, as parts
of a very interesting playlet. On
Wednesday night, the annual Senior
Dance took place upon the large floor
of the new Armory. Here the merry
couples whiled away the hours mer-
rily until one o'clock Thursday morn
ing, the hour set by the Board of
Education. This is always the big
dance of the year, and completely
overshadows all the smaller hops.
The events of the year were wound
up last night, when Commencement
was held within the doors of the
Englewood Lyceum. Many happy
Seniors received their diplomas be-
fore cheering schoolmates and smil-
ing parents, and serevel members of
the High School Chorus rendered two
well received vocal selections.
Largest Enrolment Year
The school opened in September
1914, with the largest enrolment
since its founding in 1888. Over four
hundred students were on the books
and the facilities of the institution
were taxed to the utmost. But order
was soon obtained out of chaos, and
the school started upon the most sue
cessful year in the memory of "the
oldest inhabitant."
| along the scholastic lines. The stand
ard set by the various classes was
in most cases higher than that previ-
ously recorder. The annual Senior
Junior Debate, held on the evening
of December 8, 1914, was productive
| OF some of the most interesting study
| and research since the establishment
of the custom of holding the debates.
| The question, "Resolved: That the
Government Should Own and Operate
the Railroads." was earnestly con-
tested by both sides. The Juniors
had the affirmative and put up re-
markable argument in their initial
speeches. The Seniors, supporting
| the negative, came back strong in the
rebuttals, however, and outclassed
! their opponents, thus winning the
judges verdict. Later in the year
the Freshman Glass presented the
play "Mr. Bob" farce in two acts;
the Omega Rho Alpha Society and the
Pickwick Club combined to produce
the two one-act farces, "a Proposal
Under Difficulties" and "My Lord in
Livery; and the Senior Glass out.
did themselves in the production of
the four-act comedy, "An American
Citizen" A very interesting Fresh
man debate was held this spring upon
the question of the country's military
condition.
Fine Athletic Year
The school had a most remarkable
year in athletics. 1t captured no less
than four championships: boys basket
ball, baseball, track and the singles
in tennis. The girls basket ball team
did not win its pennant and Engle
wood was not represented on the foot
ball field. The season was started by
| the wonderful basket ball team, which
after 1T lost the first game by a
margin of two points, won twenty
two games in a row, won the Cham
pionship of the Northern New Jer-
| sey lnterscholastic League, laid claim
to the title of "Interscholastic Cham
pions of New jersey" and defeated
the New Britain, Conn.,, High School
aggregation for the Championship of
that state. The base ball team was
the next one to distinguish itself. 1t
won every game played, fourteen in
all. This included the eight League
games, and gave the school the record
of having sent two teams in one year
through the League schedule without
losing a single contest. Then came
the track team. A one mile relay
team finished fourth at the New
York University games, and the same
team, with the exception of one man,
took fifth place at the Pennsylvania
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put up a good battle in the Annual
Track Meet of the Princeton Alumni
Association of Northern New Jersey,
finishing in draw with Passaic for
the point trophy with thirty-one
points apiece. The Ninth Annual
Track Meet of the Northern New Jer-
sey Interscholastic League was won
handily by the athletes wearing the
maroon and white, Englewood run
ming up a total of forty-fve points
and her nearest competitor, Ruther-
ford, obtaining twenty-eight. Donald
Allen, of Englewood, defeated Nc
Clean, of Passaic, in the finals of the
tennis singles, thus bringing that
title to Englewood.
Many social events enlivened the
season and helped to take the weari-
ness out of the school routine. In
addition to the debates and plays al
ready mentioned, the Senior Class
held three informal dances, and, in
conjunction with the Juniors, a Hal
lowe'en party; masquerade was held
by the members of the Omega Rho
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