Danville High School - Le Tresor Yearbook (Danville, PA)

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20 ORANGE AND PURPLE President's Address By THOMAS S. EVANS We, the class of 1917, have, after four years of arduous labor, reached the climax of our High School career, and as we look back on these fond years we can well appreciate the untiring and able assist- ance rendered to our class by the Faculty and the Board of Education. We entered the good old Danville High School with the idea of do- ing and accomplishing things which had never been done before and to make it a place honored by all. As a class we have had our pennant lights, our hazing parties and many other mischievous undertakings characteristic of a real live student body and at times conditions were of a very serious nature, but these obstacles were cheerfully and wisely handled and we came out of each episode undisgraced. Our last year as students of Danville High School has been more or less hindered by many abnormal conditions but we have at last reached our goal regardless of these hindrances and as a class are proud of our record. We have always striven to keep our class standing above par and as we are about to leave this hallowed fortress of our education and thrust ourselves into higher activities we wish to thank again the Board of Education and each member of the Faculty for their unseliish assist- ance in keeping the record of the class of 1917 above the average. We appreciate the efforts of the School Board and Faculty to better the con- ditions in our High School and we have fond hopes of seeing accomplish- ed the task of building a new and more modern school, and we hope that all students may, inthe years to come, be benefitted by a new High School building, large enough to accommodate comfortably the ever-increasing attendance of the school, well-equipped and modern in every detail. To the class of 1918 we resign our position of leaders in the activit- ies of the school. Without any desire to boast we feel that during our leadership as Seniors the athletics and the literary standing of our school have been well advanced. Our earnest hope and wish is that our present Juniors will keep up the standards of efficiency, honesty, and energy of the past and that old Danville High School will continue to ad- vance in all lines of student activity. To the Board, our Faculty, the entire student body we now bid a fond farewell. Our thanks we again extend to you for your assistance to us, and your cooperation, and with you all remain our best wishes for the future.

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ORANGE AND PURPLE Class Roll CLASSICAL COURSE HER'l'RI'llE PEARL CAMPBELL I'AI'L RICHARD RONEY L0'l l'IE NOREENE DIETZ HENRY IDIVEL SIIDLER RI l'H IVINGERT ESTHER ELIZABETH BIRD MARY UELESTA BLEUHER EMMA I. FLIFK HELEN MARY FOSTER JIILIA A. HASKINS J. HOWARD XVARNER SCIENTIFIC COURSE JOI-IN HANCOCK ll. TORRENUE PEII-'ER MARY I'I'RSEL .IAUK S'l'I'l'ELER IVILLIAM IP. YANNAN - .i.,,. COMMERCIAL COURSE THOMAS S. EVANS YVILLIAM f'. FURNEY KARL M. FOI'S'l' LAKE FRAZIER EVHENE M. FRY JAl'K GROSS MARGARET LORE GORDON K. IYILSON JAMES A. MAGILL XVILLIAM MAUGER JAMES A. MMVILLIAMS CHARLES YY. MURRAY FRANVIS R. MYERS NYILLIAM DEAN SIVITZER AGNES F. IVAHNER ELECTIVE COURSE ELIZABETH II. CLARK SARA J. TREAS KATHERINE HOFFMAN IZLANUHE A. IYILSON

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ORANGE AND PURPLE Zl Class History By WILLIAM VANNAN Fellow classmates, as the time is drawing near when we are about to depart from the threshold of our high-school life, and emerge upon the broader scope of activities in the wide world, it is altogether fitting and proper that we should relate some of the events of our past exper- iences as a class. Four long years ago-and yet not so long-we began our upward climb of High School Hill. We started out a goodly number, there be- ing 66 in all. The number now has been diminished to 35, including the additions of one in the third year and two more in the fourth year. As Freshmen, we received the usual compliments awarded to such. We were the freshest ever. The upper classmen looked down upon us with scorn, and the Sophomores administered the usual hazing, but the next year we treated the Freshies to the same dose, so we were square. During our Sophomore year, we demonstrated our ability along the line of athletics by winning first prize in an indoor meet held in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. The contest was waged among the four classes. This contest consisted of the Snap Vault, Standing High Jump, Standing Broad Jump, 12 Tb. Shot Put, Running High Jump, Potato Race, Basket Ball, and Aquatics, in all of which our team excelled, totaling the ex- cellent score of 2241W points. By dint of much perseverance and diligence, we arrived at the three-quarter station as Juniors. During our Junior year, we awoke along social lines. The Senior class paid us a fine compliment by giving us a reception in the High School Auditorium about the middle of the term. We retaliated, by tendering them a banquet at McCoy's after their class play. The Sen- iors enjoyed the affair, in every particular, and it was a fitting send-off to them, from their high school life to the more trying conditions in the wide world. According to custom, our class took the lead along the line of a pic- nic, which was held at Columbia Park. It is to be hoped the custom will continue, for an enjoyable time is always assured. After much work and as a reward of merit, we arrived at the fourth year, and received the dignified title of Seniors. Approaching the end of the year, in order to be worthy of our pre- dessors, we decided to have a class play, and also a trip to Washington,