Lock Haven High School - Gazette Yearbook (Lock Haven, PA)

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lx :tx 11 - .lL!lln.'g y ft e T R t 'ww' F E 1 .. -5 E 1 , l' Q Al' in Loyalty to Our Alma Mater Being loyal to our Alma Mater is not always an easy matter, for sometimes there are certain sacri- fices to be made. The boys, who belong to the football, basketball or the track team must deprive themselves of many enjoyable events in order that they may be in the best condition when they oppose a team from one of our neighboring towns. Those who work to make our Gazette and Hi-News a success must not be forgotten, because they have a task equally important, although their task taxes their mental ability instead of their physical ability. The Student Council, the Glee and Choral Clubs, and the Orchestra all tend to make our school bet- ter. because of the efforts of the members of these different clubs. What is to be said of those who never take part in any of these school activities? One cannot say they are not loyal as it is very often these students who in their own way support their school by going to the different games, plays or concerts which are held. One generally hears a word of praise for our school instead of words that cannot be called just the best. Even the smallest Seventh year students always have their word of praise to add. V . S., '26. By Their Vlforks You Shall Know Them One of the most recent and noteworthy attain- ments that the students of the Lock Haven High School have accomplished is-? Three guesses. Here are several clues. It is 1101 an athletic victory, for they have become rather common, as we usually win. Although it has nothing to do with the winning of the athletic contest, still it is through this strange something that we learn all the inside facts about the contest. Through it the public learns to know our school and what we are accomplishing. The students and teachers themselves learn things that are taking place about the school through this strange impelling force. alt is always timely, newsy, amusing. Now of course you have guessed it. Every stu- dent knows and reads the Hi-News. Many students contribute weekly that it may be a successg and it is a success, but the goal is not yet reached. Next fall i'Hi-News must be continued on a larger scale. If the students continue to strive to make this school paper better, much greater success is in store for the students and the school. L. G., i26. Forgetting There are joys and privileges of being a High School student. but no person would wish to remain one forever. There are heights to climb, other prizes to capture in the great game of life, and we must start out to capture them early if we wish to suc- ceed. When we go out this year, we shall take with us great memories of our studies, teachers, friends and experiences which we have collected during our school life. To be successful we must keep the straight path to the goal, and bear in mind the high pledges which we made during our high school days. We must remember that nothing is reached by a single bound, and that no one comes into success without previous ceaseless toil. .l. E. B., '26. Where Do We Go From Here? Where do we go from here? That is a question that confronts every graduate. How one is to an- swer it is up to the individual. There are some who choose a place where they can remain permanently and obtain success for themselves. There are others who choose a place where they have really no desire to go but are forced to, and where they will never stay. The latter kind are the type which are not advantageous to civilization. Put this question directly to the seniors of our high school. How will they answer it? Some will say, I am going to college or a Normal School, others, I am going to be a stenographerf' and still others. I am going to clerk or work in a mill. Wlhich of these are rightly answered and which are not? To the mind of the different individuals, his particular choice is very good, but to the minds

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T H E G A Z E T T E Contents Page Dedication - - - - 3 Faculty - 44-7 GAZETTE Stat? - 8 Editorials - 10-11 Seniors - - - 12-39 History of the Class of 1926 40-41 Prophecy of the-Class of 1926 41-43 Last Will and Testament - 44 Who's Who in 1927 45 Who's Who in 1928 - 46 Who's Who in 1929 - 47 Who's Who in 1930 and 1931 - 148 Alumni ---- 49-50 Literary - - A 51-58 Industrial Department 59-61 School Notes - 62-64- Hall of Fame 65-66 Sports - - - 68 Football Schedule, 1925 69 Captain-Elect Hoifman 70 Boys' Basketball, 1926 - 71 Track Season, 1926 73 Rifle Team - 74- Coach Stewart - 75 Music - - 77-80 Hikers, Club 81 Student Council 82 Press Club - - P 83 Debating Team - 5 84 Dramatics Club - - - 85 Exchange 87-89 Jokes - - 90-91 Advertisements 92.103 Finis - - - . 104 ' 9 '1 -4 1 i T 1 1 I 1 3 ii 1 1 .

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THE G.4ZETTEe of the critics, is it? In looking over the places named above I think the first two are correctly chosen, but as for the last two, I can see no room for advancement. How many of us really choose the right destination? That is a question we, as seniors, can answer later in life. I hope the critics can say all members of the class of '26 chose the right road. V. M., '26. The Senior If you were to look in the dictionary for this word you would find that it meant elder, superior in rank or dignity. True, it means all this, but to the High School student it has a deeper meaning. To the underclassman the Senior is a person to be envied. That honorable person has the right of way in the halls and indeed has many such privi- leges denied to the other classmen. They sit and wonder if at any time they will be so popular as to have a meeting every day in the week, or get to usit before the camera, or even be able to visit and confer with Mr. Puderbaugh in the office without having been sent there by some irate teacher. Some- times it seems hopeless to them but time passes quickly and in a few short years they will be the Seniors. ' Then, perhaps. they won't enjoy it so much. They will be the examples for their younger classmates, and if they commit a misdemeanor the faculty will not look on and say, Oh, he is only a Freshman. We must have patience with him. Instead they will seriously consider your act in faculty meeting and the next day everyone will look at you and make you feel very guilty. Oh, yes. and it isn'u so pleasant to spend your evenings poring over Macbeth of Burke's Speech of Conciliation, They aren't nearly so easy to grasp as Treasure lslandi' or King Arthur's Court. And perhaps you will wish you were in Sev- enth Grade when you are called on to speak in chapel. It isn't the nicest thing in the world to stand before several hundred people and have your paper shake and your knees knock together. But. the good points of being a Senior outweigh the bad. You will enjoy the feeling that comes with this position and you will be proud that you are a Senior in High School. Not because you are through school and will have no more lessons to do, but be- cause you have finished your four years in High School successfully and willingly. You will be on the threshold of life and the time will have come when you must do your best in this great world: when you must put to use the knowl- edge received during those four years. Many of you will enter professions and perhaps some of you will make a name for yourselves. but sometime when you are weary of this game of life you will wish you' were again that envious under- classman in Old High. N. B., '27. Success WVhat is the aim of every boy or girl, who enters High School? What is the aim of everyone who starts out into the business world, what is that little thing that everybody wants but all do not care to work for, what is that which we all like to see others obtain? It is a very small word yet a very large world has been built by it. The word is simply, Success , B. s., '26. How to Know a Good Book You may ask the question, NWhat is a good book, anyhow? How am I to know a good book? or f'Why should I read a book that does not interest me in the least even though great men have praised it?i' The answers will be different from different people, for what some consider a good book, you may not like. The first thing that you have a right to ask of any book or piece of literature is that it shall in- terest you-give you pleasure. The second step is to test this pleasure. Would you enjoy read- ing it the second time? Another is to ask your- self if it is the kind of book that could be enjoyed by the majority of educated people of good taste, and finally, you may analyze the book itself. Does it contain the emotional, intellectual, and artistic qualities that have made books of the same class live for years? These are three of the most important ways of judging a bookg by the impressions it makes on you, by accepting the verdict of others, and by analyzing the qualities of the book itself. All books that can be classed as literature are divided into two classesg those that are read by everybody for a little while, then die and are for- gotten, and those that are read by everybody forever. You can readily see that the books that live are of a higher order than the others. It is a well known fact fstrange as it may seem? that the scenes, characters, and story of the novel of the hour are soon forgotten, while the characters of the long-lived books may become life-long friends. The present problem is to find the good books that are meant for you in your present phase. If, after a fair trial. a book fails to interest you, you may lay it aside knowing it is not meant for you-at least at the present time. even if it is a good book. It was a perfectly normal boy who complained about the way so many good stories were spoiled by put- ting in girls and thingsfso that so much had to be skipped. Children are introduced to good literature by Bible stories. legendary-histories, fairy tales, and the like. They like these stories because they ap- peal to their imagination and they understand them. Boys and girls in their early life like to read poems by Longfellow because they understood them. So it is with you and all of us. We must find the- books we understand before we can enjoy them. Ef H., '26. The Secret of Success l. Push, said the button. 2. Never be lead,'i said the pencil. 3. Take panes, said the window. 4. Keep coolf' said the ice. 5. Do a driving business, said the hammer. 6. Be sharp in your deals, said the knife. 7. Make light of things. said the fire. 8. f'Aspire to greater thingsf' said the nutmeg. 9. 'fDo the work you are best sooted for, said the chimney. 10. Find a good thing and stick to it, said the glue. Who will but say that they were all right? ' K. G., i28. 'QYMWW' 'C w l J