Mount Penn Lower Alsace Joint High School - Penn Alma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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iiiiaiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Class Poem We must leave, it’s time for parting, Our triumphant day draws nigh; But with glory we’ll march onward, And we’ll praise you, Mt. Penn High. The good days we’ve spent together, In our joy and happy youth; We shall cherish while we follow Paths of honor and of truth. We have fought and we have conquered, Struggles e’er remain untold; For a future great we’re seeking, Spirited by Brown and Gold. Friends and comrades, we are leaving Comrades, true, in days of yore; But friendship firm will be renewed, When we meet on yonder shore. Adieu to Alma Mater now, The dear school we’ve loved so well; For as the class of twenty-two, We must bid our last “Farewell.”

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HiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiaiii THE CLASS OF TWENTY-TWO Tune—“Le Marseillaise. I We, sons and daughters of the Brown and Gold, We rise into the ranks of men. We have come to the end of the lane, We are entering the great highway, The great highway of life. We are prepared for the great struggle With wisdom and strength and right, Dressed in the panoply of God, ()ur help in the past and the future. Forward ! our cry so true ; Forward ! to die or do; March on; March on to glory and fame For the class of '-'2. II The past is but a place of deepest gloom. Pierced by a single noble gleam. At first it was but a feeble spark, Gradually stronger and stronger it grew, Until it now is a fierce glowing flame; It is the light of a class, strong.and noble, Able to fight ’gainst greatest odds, To contend in the battles of the future, As it made the past give up its victory. The class so strong and true ; metal of golden hue : We’ve come to the place where we must leave The class of ’22. III Oh! Now may we, the sons of truth and right. Go forth from this dear school of ours, May the future hold out its greenest palms, May our crowns be of brightest gold, The gold of our class colors true. May the Brown, the color of armies, Be the seal of a courageous fight, And so may the colors. Brown and Gold, Be a sign for our strength and our right; Forward ! our cry so true ; Forward ! to die or do ; March on; March on to glory and fame For the class of ’22. IIl!lll!§llf!ll!Iilllll!ilifllHI«lillfl!llllll!l!IM Nineteen

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' [i.lL'il I I ! I . I, , • OUR OPPORTUNITY SALUTATORY, BY MARGARET H. ELLIS. Fathers, Mothers and Friends: It is vvitli a feeling of deep regret yet with a greater feeling of exultation that I cordially welcome you in behalf of the class of 11122 to our Commencement Exercises. This evening is a milestone in our lives and marks a turning point. Whether it is for the better or not depends on each one of us. Tonight we assume the responsibility of our own actions. We leave behind us the past with its little trials and triumphs, and the place we hold dearest of all. our school and second home. Tomorrow we shall be men and women; tomorrow we shall cease to hear the voices of those who have guided us; tomorrow we shall stand alone. In one of Shakespeare’s plays we find the statement: “There’s a tide in the affairs of men that, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” This tide we all know is that force which we call Opportunity.” First of all, just what do we mean by opportunity? The dictionary defines it as the fit or convenient time. No better or simpler phrase could be stated. If we mention this we wonder if the fit or convenient time for ourselves has arrived. Now that our school days are practically over, the biggest opportunity that presents itself is the chance to develop ourselves as Good Citizens. This can be done in three ways, which can be grouped as the duty of developing ourselves first, for ourselves. second, for others, and finally for God. In developing ourselves for ourselves we bring out the intellectual or cultural, the physical and the normal sides. Books mean a great deal and play a big part in the intellectual phase. In this our school life has been prominent. Here are grouped together a number of people with different desires and notions but all possessing certain common interests. Here are probably represented different nationalities going through the process of being molded into Americans by common instruction and association. This real idea of democracy that we are trying to realize in our national and local communities. In school we find the necessity for industry and work, for a division of task and for united action. Here it is that more or less responsibility depends on us. And so we see that since school life is a big factor our habits formed here must be those that will work good by being perpetuated in the life of the large community outside of school. The physical phase is one not to be questioned. VVe all can very easily believe that a man of healthy body and mind is always the man desired. His work is beneficial: he cares for community affairs and looks after them as he does his own health. A cheery, sunny disposition always aids and strengthens, and as Browning says, “he is a man who can make life death and that vast forever one grand sweet song.” The moral side has to do, I might say, with each one of us alone. There are times in the lives of all of us when the right and wrong clash and often bring unexpected results. During our schooldays we have often met with such things. VVe know that a man’s beliefs has much to do with his conduct. His religious life has to do not only with God but his attitude toward his fellow-men. And this brings us up to the point when our development as a good citizen shall develop us for others or what I might speak of us as the best thing to live for namely, for others. “To love our neighbors as ourselves,” is the big thing to practice. To take up a phase in life which shall lead us to working for the betterment of the conditions and advancement of others is one which can bring only Mil Twenty-one