Emmaus High School - Tattler Yearbook (Emmaus, PA)

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HZi5f0VQf of the Clays of ' In September, 1949, two hundred seven students assembled with a common cause: to begin their careers at Emmaus High School. Ours was the largest freshman class since 1946, but although there is supposed to be safety in numbers , We plebes found that our magnitude afforded us little pro- tection from initiations, which our Sophomore friends very generously handed down to us. When we began planning for the Freshman Minstrel we realized that our class had both originality and talent. In a beautiful setting of clouds we staged our minstrel, Dreamer,s Paradise , on February 10 and 11. Shortly after our stage success we began choosing committees and making plans for our social debut. We decided to have our coming-out party in the form of a dance entitled Spring Escapadesn, which we held on April 15, 1950. Our decorations, innumerable pink roses, did justice to the season which we were commemorating and Richard Parker's Orchestra added just the right touch. We enjoyed our summer vacation and returned in the fall of 1950 to find ourselves again in- volved in initiations, but this time on the administrative end of things. Socially, we began our sophomore year on February 24, 1951, with a dance in the gymnasium, the Starlight Whirl . Not to be outdone by their male colleagues who had been making a showing in sports events throughout the year, several of our girls won positions as colour guards, majorettes and cheerleaders. Before embarking on our summer adventures, our class, now only one hundred eighty-four in num- ber, had a picnic at Big Lawn as its final sophomore activity. As Jolly Juniors' we had a brainstorm. Why not present the annual Christmas Dance with a South-of-the-border theme? The class accepted this idea unanimously and with amazing enthusiasm set out to make this dance the biggest and best Emmaus High School had ever seen. On December 29 our goal was achieved. In the festively decorated gymnasium, with a Spanish pinata and Mexican hot dogs replacing the usual Yuletide pine and candy cane, we danced the Mexican I-lat Dance as well as popular dances to the rhythmic beat of Al Helfrich's Orchestra. Showing dramatic ability which was later to win for her an important role in our senior class play, Carol Arnold won the Declamation Contest with her performance of Mary Stuart . In spring we received the results of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development, which we had taken on December 8 and 9, and found that our class was above the national average. Brookside Country Club was, for the first time, the scene of the Junior Prom. This was our grandest dance of the year and on that night, April 18, 1952, Ardyth Ann Heimbach, attended by Nancy Heist, Marva Knoll, Norma Rice and Geraldine Stoudt, regally accepted the crown and reigned as Queen of the Prom. After the coronation, which was held at intermission, we again danced to the music of Matt Gillespie's Orchestra, and so a never-to-be-forgotten evening came to its close. When the first signs of spring fever began to appear we suddenly saw how rapidly the year was passing and with this came the realization that soon we must bid adieu to our friends, the Seniors. At our last social function of the year, the Senior Farewell, we played host to the Seniors. We decorated the gymnasium with our Alma Mater's green and gold and an over-sized mortar board and obtained Ira Moyer's Orchestra to furnish the music. This dance was an impressive final tribute to the Seniors, into whose shoes we were about to step. The steps to the senior class are gradual and true, and having arrived at the last round of our high school careers we were about to realize the joys and cares that accompany the honored rank. This year, 1952, the East Penn Union School District was formed by the merging of the Alburtis, Emmaus, Lower Macungie, and Macungie School Districts. We had the distinction of being the first class to graduate from the new school district. On November 4 We sponsored the Senior Jam- boree, an evening of fun for all the students of Emmaus High School, as well as their families and friends. A swamie with her crystal ball gave you a look into your future for just one thin dime.

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To chill your blood there was the Chamber of Chills , to test your skill, the baseball throw and to satisfy your appetite a bake sale and cider garden. The highlight of the evening was Bruce Polster's Wild West Show , with the celebrated Can Can Cuties . After all this boisterous entertainment we enjoyed the relaxing music of Bob Kosharek's Contenentals,' at the dance, which was the finale of the Senior Jamboree. Although 1952 was not a leap year, the girls still had an opportunity to do the asking. On November 28 all the girls escorted their beaux to the senior class's Sadie Hawkins Dancen. An almost record-breaking crowd attended the dance, probably because we obtained one of the best orchestras available, Stan Keiser's Orchestra. For our class play, held on November 20, 21, and 22, we chose The Great Big Doorstepu, a comedy in three acts by Albert Hackett and Francis Goodrich, which portrayed the tribulations and incongruities of a poor Southern family. Although the play was a comedy, the audience, beneath their laughter, pitied the Crochet family and worried with them. After viewing a splendid Christmas program in the auditorium, the senior class held a party in the gymnasium before beginning Christmas vacation. Early in the new year we began planning for our next dance, The Hobo Ball , a come as you like dance, which we presented on February 21, 1953. Although not particular about the attire of the students attending the dance, we were very particular in our choice of an orchestra and chose the Five Tones. Field trips to the Court House, County Jail, and State Hospital broke the monotony of our final weeks of school, and on May 22, Senior Day, we caused our last uproar within these walls. In formal attire we attended the Senior Ball, a dinner-dance, this year held at the Hotel Traylor and with Bud Rader's Orchestra furnishing the music. The best dance of them all, the Senior Ball was a suitable ending for our social life in high school. Now our sojourn was nearly completed as we attended Baccalaureate services and solemnly bowed our heads together and prayed. On June 4, at Commencement, we received our diplomas and fought to swallow the lump that was in our throat as the Alma Mater was played. We marched out of the auditorium to the recessional hymn, were swarmed with friends and congratulations, and then the big day came to its close for one hundred forty Seniors, the 1953 Class of Emmaus High School. OFFICERS ADVISERS Seated: Ardyth Ann Heimbach CSecrftaryD, Carl Wieder Seated: Miss Hauser, Mr. Benfield. Standing: Mr. Diehl, CPre1identj. Standing: Nancy Heist fTrfafnrfrD, Neil Mr. Ortt. Moyer KVire Prefidfntj.