Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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The class organized with Wilma Barr as president, Betty Eckels, secretaryg ,lack Shaffer, treasurer. These officers with their committees successfully handled the activities of the year, including two social events. The study hall was beautifully decorated with balloons for the first party-even the Seniors admitted it was one of the finest socials of the year. For the second party, the study hall was decorated in St. Patrickis green and white. The Irish and all others had one grand time! Except for these socials, our Junior year was quite uneventful. Time passed and the end of the year came bringing with it the final exams. We were looking forward to the last milestone on the road of high school learning. Thus we left for another vacation. 1933--19341 At last our time of dictatorship arrived. We were nearing our goal . . . GRADUA- TION. One of the most outstanding happenings during the year was the NRA parade. All the high school students participated, making up a small section of the 25,000 people who took part in the demonstration which lasted four hours. We were in the best of spirits when the parade started. By the time it reached Eleventh avenue, our steps were lagging and we were tired. When the end finally came, we were footsore and weary but, at least, we had done our partf' Concerning the football season, little can be said, the boys had hard luck and lost the championship. However, we stood behind our team, whether it won or whether it lost. The first business meeting of the Senior class was held in the auditorium on October 4. Candidates for offices were introduced and plans were made for the Senior election, which took place a few weeks later. An able staff of leaders, who have brought us successfully through the year, was chosen. The socials were entertaining and enjoyable. All too quickly, May came with the final exams, then June, with a banquet at the Jaffa Mosque and . . . graduation. The year is over, the goal toward which we traveled for twelve years has been reached. We remember part of Mr. Gilbert's welcome to us when we entered high school: 'cThe Altoona High School of 1934 will be what you will have made itf' We have done our best. It is so much easier to look back over what has been than to look ahead to what is to be. The world in which we live is not prosperous or settled. Some must face adversity, this should not be made an excuse to shirk responsibility. As you strive toward your goal, remember the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes: To reach the port of Heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it-but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor? Twenty one

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Senior Class History NCE more a class of Seniors must depart from Altoona High School. It seems strange that it is we, ourselves, who make up that class. The years that weive studied together have passed much too quickly. Now we part, each to go his own way. Whatever the future may bring, may every graduate of the Class of 1934- cherish pleasant memories of high school days. With these thoughts in mind, we record a brief history of our three years together. 1931-1932 The Class of ,34 had its beginning in September, 1931, when we entered Altoona High School as Sophomores, some of us from Roosevelt, others from Keith-a group of 1,350. To outsiders our entrance was an ordinary event, but to us it was a supreme moment. We were high school students! However, this superior feeling soon van- ished under the strict rules of upperclassmen and the faculty. Still, we enjoyed more privileges in Senior High than had been granted in Junior High. After a few diffi- cult days, we settled down to our scheduled routine and worked with a zeal which won the respect of upperclassmen as well as that of the faculty. A small part of our class made up the Carnegie group of students whose aim it was to strive for high scholarship. During the Sophomore year, the group took several interesting trips, including one to State Farm Show at Harrisburg. During an excellent athletic season, Altoona cheered for a real football team that walked off with the championship of the Western Pennsylvania District. The basketball team won eight out of fourteen games played. The track team broke former records and won seven first places. The time soon came for a class election which made Bob Hite the president. The biggest event of the year, for us, was the Sophomore social, held on February 28, 1932. Such a big party was quite thrilling to us, who were just youngsterslv Following this one social activity, our initial year passed rapidly and we waited impatiently for the time when we would no longer be the Hlowestn class. Final 'iexamsi' came, then a well-earned vacation. The Seniors paid their tribute to us through the words of ,lean Shaner: 66 ' 9 T hrs years Sophomore class was a swell one and the green didnit stick on them very longf' 1932-1933 After a pleasant vacation, we once more turned our thoughts toward the spacious hall of learning. We were now Juniors, enthusiastic and ready for work. We took advantage of all situations in which we dealt with Sophomores. Perhaps we were a bit supercilious, but wasn't it our privilege? Hadnit we been treated with scorn by other classes? However, the Sophomores probably enjoyed the fun UD as much as we did. The Carnegie Foundation group continued its work. During football season, we again saw a mighty team play. Once again our team won the championship of the Western Pennsylvania District. Twenty

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ANNA J. ABDALLAH CGAnn93 ACADEMIC Entertainment Club 13 Go- to-College Club 2. March 26 LILLIAN ADELMAN CCLil75 CARNEGIE Mushball Team 23 Enter- tainment Club 3. November 9 DAVID T. AJAY Dave CARNEGIE Intramural Sports 1, 2, 3. November 30 WAYNE F. ALEXANDER Alec', . CARNEGIE Geology Club 2. September 15 CATHERINE E. ALLISON CGKay?7 GENERAL Botany Club lg Dramatic Club 2: World Friendship Club 3. September 15 LUCILLE H. ANDERSON C5 95 Sunny GENERAL Dramatic Club 13 Vice President, Home Room 2, 3. October 8 DOROTHY M. APPLEBY 6GD0t77 COLLEGE PREPARATORY World Friendship Club 33 Hall Patrol 3. September 4 JOSEPH R. ARMSTRONG GIJoe!! GENERAL Secretary, Home Room 15 Secretary, Track Club 35 Mountain Echo 2, 3, Dra- matic Club 33 Vice Presi- dent, Home Room 2. January 3 Twenty-two WILLIAM I. ACKER CCHappy99 GENERAL Hi-Y Club 1, 2, 33 Squad Leaders' Club 2, Band 1, 2, 33 Dance Band 2, 3: Orches- tra 3: Vice President, Home Room 2. August 11 MONTGOMERY C. AINSWORTH GKMOMBD VOCATIONAL Aviation Club 1. February 15 GLADYS R. AKERS Cfcladyn GENERAL Secretary, Home Manage- ment Club 2, 3. March 21 LOUIS J. ALLEMANN, JR. GGLOILSQ GENERAL Ushers' Club lj Track Club 2, 3, Track 25 Presi- dent, Home Room 35 Deco- rating Committee 13 In- tramural Sports 3. February 12 SHIRLYNE R. AMMERMAN Shirlyne,, GENERAL Entertainment C l u b lg Mixed Chorus 2, 3: Chapel Choir 1. August 21 RUTH E. ANDERSON Ruthie', CARNEGIE World Friendship Club 2, 33 Social Service Club lg Horseshoe Staff 35 Hall Pa- trol 3g Secretary, Home Room 2. November 7 VIRGINIA ARDIRE CCGinny97 COMMERCIAL Accounting Club 3, Sec- retarial Club 3. February 14 ETHEL M. ARROWSMITH Ethel,, GENERAL Social Service Club 1, 3. September 11