Kingston High School - Kingstonian Yearbook (Kingston, PA)

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TUNGSTGN HEN we reTurned To school aT The beginning oT This year, The TirsT sighT ThaT greeTed our eyes was The reTurnished basemenT. To assure againsT TurTher loss Trom Tlood, The basemenT was reTurnished in meTal. The chairs and desks are brown rneTal and The walls are painTed a lighT yellow. This makes a very aTTracTive combinaTion. Four new Teachers have been added To The sTaTT. These include: Mrs. Shepherd, Commercial AriThmeTic: lvliss Julia DavenporT, ShorThandg Mr. Vail, English, and lvlr. lveson, Science. This makes a ToTal OT TiTTy- seven Teachers, a suiTable and proTicienT TaculTy Tor The Tour courses oTTered by KingsTon High School. A word should be given abouT The courses open To The sTudenTs. The College PreparaTory course pre- pares The sTudenT To meeT The requiremenTs oT any insTiTuTion oT higher learning. The Commercial and Home Economics courses oTTer a splendid opporTuniTy Tor Those who wish To specialize along Those lines. The General Course embodies some oT The characTer- isTics oT The ofher Three courses, and is Tor Those sTudenTs who are undecided abouT Their TuTure Train- ing, or Tor Those who wish To have a general Training in varied subiecTs. The school year is made up oT one hundred and TiTTy school days. Each day is divided inTo Tive class periods: The periods are abouT one hour long. This gives each sTudenT The opporTuniTy oT Taking Tive or six subiecTs a year. For each maior subiecT The sTudenT receives one crediT. To graduaTe aT leasT sixTeen major crediTs are required, alThough iT is pos- sible To earn TwenTy-Two. THGH SCHGGL Our chapel periods were made inTeresTing by a series oT enTerTainmenTs Trom The AnTrim Bureau. There were six numbers in all. These consisTed oT: Russell WrighT, World Traveler, who showed moTion picTures and also gave an inTeresTing lecTure on The Germany oT Today: C. E. Jones, ScienTisT, who demon- sTraTed The laws oT The gyroscope, and inTormed us oT The numerous and useful applicaTions oT The gyro- scope in our modern liTe1 Sue HasTings' lv1arioneTTes, which delighTed and pleased The audience wiTh Their version OT Hansel and GreTel. The IasT Three programs were: The Hugo BrandT ConcerT ParTy: George Elias, AdvenTurer: and Al Priddy, ThaT Circus Man, and Tlaese were as inTeresTing and educaTional as The TirsT T ree. This year Tea dances became very popular and very successTul. The girls' cuT dances were allowed, and These aTTorded much amusemenT and embarrassmenT To The local swains. MosT oT The dances were given on Friday aTTernoons. Three

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ADVANCEMENT ACHIEVED AT N THE TronT hall of our school is a large glass case conTaining The TwenTy-Two Trophies ThaT The KingsTon High School aThleTic Teams have cap- Tured. A greaT advancemenT has been made in aTh- leTics This pasT Term. OuT oT Ten games, The TooTball Team won nine and Tied one. ln doing This They won The EasTern ConTerence. ExacTly in The cenTer oT This group is The largesT and mosT prized Trophy,-The re- ward Tor deTeaTing Curwensville and winning The STaTe Championship. A glimpse oT The presenTaTion oT This Trophy may be seen aT The boTTom oT The page. This Two ' These Trophies noT only represenT physical superioriTy, buT also a Tri- buTe To The sporTsr'nanship which has always prevailed in our school. Took place aT The annual FooTball BanqueT held in The school gymnasium aT The end oT Their specTacular season. AT The same evenT, each player was rewarded wiTh a miniaTure Trophy one OT which is picTured above. JaclceTs and lceys were also given To The Team Tor Their splendid worlc done This year. The maioriTy oT The Trophies TeaTured here have been won in TooTball TilTs. FooTball, as yeT, conTinues To be The mosT popular oT school acTiviTies. lT has The largesT Tollowing and is ardenTly supporTed by Those ouTside oT The high school. CompeTiTion is lceen in This sporT and consequenTly There are many conTesTs and awards Tor which To sTrive. KingsTon has produced sev- eral ouTsTanding Teams and conTinues To reap iTs re- wards. AlThough TooTball occupies a big place in school liTe and achievemenTs, Traclc is now running a close second. This sporT becomes more popular each suc- ceeding year and has greaTly added To our array oT cups and medals. The excepTional Teams ThaT we have had in The pasT are represenTed by many oT These Trophies. LasT year The Team secured The DisTricT 2 P. I. A. A. Trophy Tor winning The enTire meeT. They also won The Two mile relay cup and The Freshman relay cup Trom The ScranTon relay Team. The Team won permanenT possession of The half-mile relay cup and The mile cup. The excellenT WresTling Teams developed in The pasT Tew years have conTribuTed Their share Toward These awards. WresTling has recenTly become very pop- ular among The sTudenT body and has shown remark- able progress Tor iTs comparaTively shorT duraTion.

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KingsTon Marches On! ln The inseT-a bird's eye view oT The Turkey game in The KingsTon sTadium. ThaT dark spoT is The l'luskie's huddle- The CoughliniTes are Try- ing To hold ThaT line. Four To your leTT -- The girls in The Home Economics Class cull some culinary gems. AT your righT- lvlr. Dobbs presides over a busy Biology Class. NoTe The brighT and shining Taces. ExcerpTs from The husTle and busTle of KingsTon. AT leTT we have The library. Mr. Kenny and lvliss Williams reign supreme in This secTion, and woe beTide The sTudenT rash enough To disTurb The prevailing peace and quieT. l-lere may be Tound The comTorT of a good boolc and The dullness OT a classic. JusT below Mr. G5iTTens expounds on The why's and whereTore's oT ChemisTry. ln This laboraTory many a sTudenT scraTches his head over The mysTeries oT science even as The genTleman in The background.