Lancaster High School - Vidette Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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THE ORACI E of Cxcero and solld geometry We novv began to com out xnto socxety tn earnest and held a serres of very successful dancmg lessons at the Irrs Club For some unaccountable reason the Senxors began to display alarmlng pUglllSIlC tendencles even golng to the extent of attemptlng to break UI our dancmg class I-Iovvever vve proved to them that we vvere not unacquarnted vvrth the manly art of self de tense and after a br ef sl xrm sh we I ut the mv aders to rout In mterclass basketball that year vve vv ere not very successful for although we had the greatest number of nd vxdual stars n tl e leagu mternal frrctton and lack or team work rumed our chances for success However we more than atoned for thas setback vv hen vve captured the baseball champtonsh p vvxthou a single defeat Incldentally although our basketball team vvas detcated at home we vvhlppecl some of the lastest county teams by dec srve scores We novv suffered the second loss on our I-llgh School career vv hen our beloved classmate Paul Westenberger died an the serv lce of hrs country A letter of sympathy together with a beautiful vv reath of flovvers was sent to hrs bereaved famlly Socrally vve contmued our good work by holdrng the Jumor Receptlcn at the Hotel Brunsvvrck ball room Needless to say tt vv as a vvonderful success and overshadowed any other socnal event held at the Hugh School an recent years In addmon to the Receptlon vve held several other socral affatrs vv lth the most gratlfylng results efforts that the Pythagorean Llterary and SCICUIIHC Soct tres vvcre or ganlzed Indeed they could not have existed had rt not been for the unfarlrng support given them by the Class of 1920 We finlshed the year tn .1 blaze of glory by staging a verv su ccssful Jumor I-Iop at the Hotel Brunsvvack and by capturrng the mter class baseball champronshll vvrthout a defeat belng chalked up agalnst Our record as Junrors speaks lor itself' Our Senror year vv as an unbroken successron of brrlllant vtftorles scholastlc athletrc and social In fact vve vv on practrcally everv con test nto wh ch vve entered as a class vvhtle our social events vv ere the talk of the school The football and bask tball XJYSIIV teams com posed mostly of Sen-ors enjoyed a most successful season droppanfl but two games apiece In the mterclass basketball league we vvere supreme capturing the champronshrp wath lrttle dafliculty vvhnle rn baseball vve repeated the record of our Junior year Thxs IS to our knowledge the nrst trme that any class has vv on the champronshxp rn any sport for tvvo consecutive years In track vve vvere also nrst vvm ntng by large margins W lfkevvlse flaovv ed our supremacy an scholarshlp and bcsld s be mg the mam supporters of the Laterary and Screntafnc Soc et es vve vs on cvery literary contest ID vvhlch we partlcnpated The nevvlv organxzed 4 I7 1 x I 7 v v A Y V ' Y. . . ' f 1' i . ' : ' '. . A Q ' i a 2. . J . I - . . Y ' K V l ' . V . . . 1 Scholastically, we also led the way, and it was mainly through our I ' V' . I' .- us. . K . i . i ,L L ' , ' ' , I . . , . D . .... . V . . V I v v y ' Av. - I : f - . ' ' ' . a' e -

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LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLS bthmd us a few unfortunates who had not sufflcrently mastered the art of horsemanshap We now were called upon to elect class officers and to choose our tennant and colors Here we had an opportunaty to show what br1l ltant examples of buddmg daplomacy were 1n evadence an our I-lagh School for an all our choaces we dlsplayed profound Judgment and ex ctptaonally good taste The officers of president secretary and treas urer haxe been Hlled by the same persons for three consecutlxe years 'hus demonstratmg the unusual efficlencv of our officers It was at thas young and tender age that xxe ventured out upon tht than ace of social llfe and herean lles a moral that succeedang classes would do well to heed We inaugurated our commg out mto society by holding a largely .attended and very successful moonllght walk E couraged by the success of our nrst effort we delxed deeper and ex ery thang went well untll we attempted to use the bulletm board to ad xertase our skatang partaes And then one memorable morn1ng we were unsuspectmglv assembled and lectured to upon the exlls of our w av and the amportance and necessaty of adhermg to the strarght and narrow path After we had recovered from the sermon we very xvlsely declded to employ other means of makmg known our soclal events How ex er we dad not neglect thas phase of our school lafe and we held sex eral haghly successful skating partles durlng the winter Our country was now at war and xxe can say wath no small degree of prlde that the Class of l9ZO solldly supported ex ery patrlotac ctlvlty that came up Sexeral of our members enlisted an the armed forces of the country to further Democracy s cause and they gaxe a good account of themselves In the sprung of the vear we broke all precedent by financing and provadang practically all the maternal for an assue of the Vzdett the officlal school magazlne Thls accomplishment was a brlllaant sutcess from exery standpotnt and at xx as unanimously agreed that the Issue was one of the best of the year Thas was the first tame any th ng of the kand had been atteml ted by low er classmen and at reflects great c.edat upon our class besldes emphaslzmg our mltaataxe and ab tx o put thmgs ox er We held two more soclal ex ents before the end of the Sophomor ttrm a doggv roast and a lass prcnvc Both of these were highly suc cessful and serx ed as a flttlng cllmax to a most prosperous year Our summer xacataon was longer than xxe had barga n d for I to an unexpected delay an the completlon of the new laualdvnn and to the mfluenza epldemxc that swept over the country It w as at thts tame mat our esteemed classmate Galbert Vatter xx as taken fom our m dst bv the hand of death Gilbert was a ftne clean ut fellow held .n h gh rtgard by both students and teachers and we all mourned has loss We xvere now elexated to the worthy posatron of Junaors and a fcw for whom Caesar had held no terrors xx ere caught ln the clutch s 16 . ,, V V 1 V - V V V r t ' V 4 ' 1. .V L . . V 1 V L . . V V V V V n- V ' - V - 4 I V V V t . V V V V V V V V . V 4 . - V V V t V t J . ' t , t . I t . V t V 0 V ,- . 1 . V , V J t , ' 1 N V V 1 V . , V ay V . t t t !n. I s V V Vu e. . 1 W r V V . . 4. c t . . - , V . V . . t . V - V A ,Vg . . . . . . t, it- V t ,V . , . 4 . t , . . , . c V . 4. A V -f' V I . V c V ' I , V v V V e V . V V 4,

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LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLS Commerce Club is also .a product of l9Z0 initaatlse Our most brilliant achievement in the scholastic line however and the one upon which we pride ourselwes the most as the degree of perfection to which We have mused the Vldelte Indeed the publication this vear far overshadow ed tr'ose of previous years both in quality and quantity and our Christmas and May numbers regular monthly issues surpassed exen the annuals o preaious classes The Vzdetle now ranks among the best high school publications in the country Socially we kept pace with our achiexements in general scholar sl ip and athlet cs We held sexeral affairs which were unequalled an success chief among which were the l970 Reception the Senior Prom nd the Vzdette dance Financially the latter eaent was one of the 1 ost successful eaer held by ana class and made possible the unexcelled May issue And now as we look back at our career we cannot help but feel tnat we haxe been successful We h ae tried an small measure to re tirn the great benefits bestow ed upon us bv our Alma Mater by faith tally upholding her honor her principles her traditions and bv giving our best whether an school or on the athletic field With indomitable courage and high hope we face the future proud of what L H S has ties and we are sure that although we are about to pass forever from lcr protection our Alma Mater will ewer haae a warm place an our l Parts Charly- Lilaz-21 ffliiliflifll The time for the closing scene of our school drama has arrived and we the actors and actresses are taking our plate for our parts in the liial chorus As Freshmen we reali7ed our place and acted accordingly Timad nd slas but serv willing to learn and always anxious to support school undertakings Wc came back in our Sophomore year with a feeling of great superiority ow er the new Freshmen and we started upon our Sophomore career with the idea of making the Class of l9ZU a class that would lt looked up to and honored by the under classmen This wear fue new teachers were added to the facultv Miss I andis Mass Ellmaker Mass Sullivan Miss Stonesifer and Miss Bitnei Our class colors blue and white and the design for our pennants v ere selected this year We also published an issue of our school maga I ne the Vzdctte the only class that has exer done this Then came our Junior year By this time we were recogn17ed by all otlaer classes and they whispered and admitted among themselaes 'naturally thea would not let us hear ltr that we w ere the best class in Hagh School 18 T K I I . Q I I . I L L V 6 V 1 L Y av L . 1 - Y L 1 I 1 lvv I v K v A b V I - 1 L I T . a . : . ' . . ' . , , 1 , , A . , ' ' , t r , ' . . ' Q - - A 1 I V L r u 7 1. . . . L . done for us. grateful for its friendships. its associations. its opportuni- 1.. .. 0. 'V - q ' n V 4 Q A . L 1 L Y 4 ' w 1- - . . I Y Y Y V ' ' . Y I I A . L e nc I Y I 4 ' V Y A I Y