David B Oliver High School - Omicron Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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THE UMICRON xg 792 T Q ig pb TQ .... ' ii gb E THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS JZ l who have contributed to the success of , 4 6' Q s . this book JN 5 THE OMICRON STAFF iff sh , . S ,I 4 :fig wzs es to express 1ts smceve t anks. ?' Miss Sutch L Miss Reilly Frank Streba lvlarie Koks -1 Stephen Kunsak lvlabel Boggs Charles Rogers Mary Jacobs S Sf A 4 lv 1 A , , . 1 M

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CLASS OF FEBRUARY 1929 GERTRUDE L. WALLITSCH 'fTrudy A very smart girl is she In physics or in math. What a teacher she will be, If she never gives below a C! CHARLES WARREN Going asby magic, Coming in a hush, Warren seldom hurries, Still he's always in a rush. I SAMUEL YOLTON nsanln Tall, fair and quiet, Worthy of our classg And no one can deny it, For Sam will always pass. I LOUISE A. YUISKA Louise is a likeable girl, as you see. She excels in the class that is known as O. E. When we look through the Time Book to some future page, We are hoping to find our Louise on the stage. ng l Q

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lll lllllll l Y l f f-1-it 'i'+ ...X I1- T In 1925, a day in early February, a small band of students braved the blusterf ing wind and intense cold of the day and assembled in various rooms in the newly opened David B. Cliver High School. They were in reality Columbuses, who had left the Old World to discover a New one-one full of thrills and exciting moments. From Manchester, Conroy, John Morrow, Horace Mann, Woods Run, Halls Grove, and Irwin they came. The representatives of Manchester and Conroy, which had long been traditional rivals, cast aside their childish rivalry and joined together to make the record of their class one which would stand the test to which future Oliver classes would put it. Four years have passed since that memorable day. As the class looks back, the memories persist in coming. Smiles come to their faces as they think of the humble, shy freshmen, who were constantly getting lost in the mysterious corridors of their school. The smiles broaden to grins as they recall their second semester, when the present 12B's had to go through the same procedure. They often think of that neverftofbefforgotten moment when they became 1lA,s and assembled together for the first time, electing Peter Shaginaw as the head of their class for the semester. And with the memories of this, comes also the recolf lection of the day they ,became the proud possessors of their class rings'-fthe emblems of their four years' unceasing effort toward the betterment of Oliver and of them' selves. Finally they view the closing chapter of their life at Qliver. Upon their arrival last semester, they found a larger school waiting their leadership, and the success with which they have achieved this objective, under the presidency of John Matoka, is recorded within the annals of the school, a fitting example for future classes. These seemingly short four years-years of supreme happiness and joy, broken, however, at intervals by moments of hardship and trying ordeal-have rapidly come to a close, and the class is ready to leave. Their departure is not a sorrowful 5 Y ll I af,--i