Dormont High School - Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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SIPER NRGO

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JANUARY 1939 HISTORY Durmg the year of I9 l the stxllness was broken here and there by walls and crnes from lusty throats whlch betokened the blrth of the Class of 39 After un dergomg a strugglxng chlldhood and mthstandmg the rlgors of grade school thus group presented themselves before the faculty of Dormont Hlgh School for en trace to that lnstltutlon Thls brllllant class proxed to be very modest Bemg fanrly altruxstlc wlth the good of the school at heart we gave a host of athletes to the varsxty teams Bemg soclal mmded the class arranged many joyful enter tamments Belng fun lovmg many pranks were taken from the upperclassmen Fven ln our flrst year we mstngated an old nme splrlt of class rlvalry We carrned thus same spmt mto our Sophomore year The upperclassmen then entrusted us wxth the mauguratlon of orgamzed haznng m an endeavor to create a desire ln the une Class of 39 to follow nn our footsteps as an example of Dormont Hxgh Spxrnt Throughout the year we successfully mamtamed thxs policy Aside from thus we contributed largely to the regular actlvltnes The Class of 39 were xery much bereaved at the loss of thexr great frlend counsellor and Supermtendent Ralph Radcliffe who dled m March 1936 The following year as unlors we undertook with smcerlty the task of carrylng out our ldeas xn the role of upperclassmen Here we co operated wlth the Seniors nn attempting to advance Dormont Hxgh materlallv as well as xdeallstlcally under the guxdance of our new Supermtendent D H Stewart who ns very capable of car ryxng our school s mntlals As Seniors we dld our utmost to Carry On Election of off cers w1s held This election resulted ln the following bemg chosen to lead the destxnles of our class Presxdent Wxlllam Wetmore Vice Presxdent Ray W1lson Secretary Al Dlmlmg Treasurer Elmer Gaub One of the highlights of the season was the Class play a fierce old melodrama entltled The Adorable Spendthrxft A roup of aspnrmg young actors and actresses under the able dlrectlon of Mxss Mxller put on 1 creditable performance to a packed auditorium A more serious note the Baccalaureate Servxce Ln the Hnllsdale ALldltOI'lUIH was mtroduced mto the last phase of hxgh school llfe The invocation was gxven by the Reverend A O Gage and the address by Dr Wllllam Tolley the presxdent of Allegheny College MUSIC was supplled bv the school orchestra and the Glee Club Then came the great st event of hlgh school lxfe graduatxon Elghty semors were presented wlth thenr long sought after sheepskxns on Thursday January 26 xn the Hillsdale School Speeches were glven by Marle Thompson Donald Campbell Helen Stevenson and Georgxne Zlegenfuss after whlch Dr Stewart presented the dlplomas We be lleve that speaking enther hxstorlcally or prophetlcally the members of 39 may truly be termed Chlldren of Dormont Hugh The members of our class born as they were just after the greatest confl ct the world has ever experienced the World Wfar have before them many problems whxch arxse naturally from such a huge upheaval Durxng our hlgh school years we heard and read of economlc condltlons hxgh taxes labor unrest strikes Com mumsm Facxsm Nazism and Capxtallsm Oar generatnon IS faced with many problems whlch must be solved before nts solxdarlty and happiness can be assured The mstntutlons for whlch our forbears fought and dxed are threatened Our xdeal of Democratic government IS threatened more from wnthm than from wxthout This xs a d1rect challenge for all the Classes of 39 the country over It wxll requlre the astuteness of men and women hke Washxngton and lmcoln 'und other great personages to Carry On let our Class of 39 contrxbute thexr share to the welfare of our generatnon and to our posternty 5 l - . . , ' 1 1 1 . , ' . ' , 3 . Y . . -I , . 1 v . . Y . . 5 9 7 ' J , 1 - . . , 4 ' . , . .. - - er 11 - - - 1 1 1 1 1 3 , - ' ' C! ' 77 1 - S r . , 1 1 . , . , . ' 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . , 1 1 re - - 11 1 - Y 1 1 1 -T 1 1 1 1 ' Y 7 ' . . . , . . ff Y7 1 - ' , m L .

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MID Y FAR CLASS XVILL We leave the Senlor Bs 165 shares ln the Acme Gravel Corp Maybe now they can fxnd a few stones for those horse shoe nalls they call rmgs To the concelted unlors we leave themselves Nobody else can stand them To the up and commg Sophomores we leave thus advxce The Green Lantern ns a swell place to go when you have only JO cents To the Freshmen we leave the old bleachers They re as useless We leave Mr Skelton as always surrounded by g1rls We leave Mrs Aten a wheel barrow to carry her papers m To Mlss McK1nney our math teacher we leave a corsage of gardemas She s one of the best friends we ve ever had We leave Miss Wood the nolse that comes from our algebra class To our report teachers we leave 3 empty rooms We hope they are filled by is mce a bunch of students as we are To M ss Stram we leave a cook book We hope she gets past the flrst page Indlvxdually we bequeath the following with mallce toward some and charity toward none We hope we have some frxends at the prom Ralph Abele leaves eane McKeever to Lew Kemp Deepest sympathles Lew Marshall Alcorn leaves h1s basketball ablllty to the G A C Angeline Avondo leaves her shmnng raven locks and swell voice to Miss Perkms Cookxe Black leaves for anet Chrelman s house any night she nsnt busy Eleanor Border leaves a long llst of broken hearts Wet more can she do' Don Campbell leaves as the only one of the boys who Isnt hen pecl-.ed Whats the matter W1nn1e9 Rod Campbell leaves his space ln the wlll to ane Godard smce she just had to be mentloned Parl C1nnon leaves his recipe for red hair to ane Holand ack Carey s on wlth Mary McCormick Bob Carroll leaves those ambltlous ldeas to Bob Hoover anet Chrelman leaves that walk to Shlrley Mays Ray Conaway leaves nf at fnrst you don t succeed try try agun Dotte Corning leaves stlll w11t1ng for Ed Glass to take her to the last um prom Bobby Cox leaves changing his mechamcal mmd for that of a child s Where s your Dolly Bobby' Martla Deckman leaves only to return for a P G Chuck Dxmllng leaves to fmd out how his Armstrong heater reacts wlth 1 ollege education Al Dlmllng leaves being of the most frequently seen couple that lS never seen Doreene DIX leaves those bxg brown eyes to Peggy Schrelber Dorothy Fble leaves We wlsh shed stay a little longer Xve hardly know 'lar Vxrglma Else leaves with Dooky or Else he ll know why Eleanor Eppmg leaves Harry Nlorrow wlth hls signals very muted Wxnxfred Evans leaves for the desert where she hears the Campbells arent o hard to get along wxth Edna Fisher leaves those certam pokes to Bobby Morrns Genevleve Forster leaves Mlss McKlnneys Algebra IV class minus nts only quxet student Milton Foster leaves to get a halt cut or a vlolm bam Frazier leaves wlth john Wfexr 1 free lunch and a new bowl job for Ideal Barber College Bette Gallatm leaves Mother for 0l'llO Permanently Bette? Elmer Gaub leaves Herbert Goldberg leaves to become an eye specialist What can he sec ln that' lzleanor Graham leaves her pnctures on desks at Colgate and Mxamx U - .. . - - . , . 3 , . . . , . . . . t 1 9 - ' Y , . 1 J . Q - . -I . , . . , me as ' v W , . . , , . J , . , 1 .t f. . . , I. - 'A , , L V K aj x . . . . - . , ,K , . F . 12 - . , . 4 - 1 . , ' . .. - . , ,. Y . , . - , . . K 7 7 V rl ' A - , .