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

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 Class 1923 KATHRYN BORN MARGARET BUSH ETHAN ALLEN DOTY, :5D ABBIE I BACH KATHRYN LIGHT SARA LUTZ MYRTLE POTTEIGER MARTHA QUINTER PEARL RAPP MIRIAM SCHAEFFER MARY STICHLER RICHARD TillRY WILBER WEAVER lllllilWNIIlilfllMllliiM Twenty-four

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 the value of language. Writing is an “artificial memory,” and it also makes it possible for us to speak to those who are far away, and even to those not yet born. Man now advanced into the “historic” period, where more attention was given to the development of the intellectual powers. Science originated in the deep recesses of the Nile. After an inundation, it was often to survey the land, and this led to the skill of the early Egyptians in geometry. Religion merely consisted in ancestor worship. Kingdoms were formed and more and more land was discovered and settled. Books were published and an alphabet of twenty-two letters was formed. The great awakening of man came with the birth of Christ. By Ilis teachings and the teachings of His followers, people believed. and at the beginning of the fifth century Christianity was accepted as the state leligion of the great Roman empire. The world now underwent a series of disorders and wars, which ended in the undermining of feudalism and a great revival of learning. This great revival is now known as the Renaissance, and included the Reformation of the church. The telescope, the compass, gunpowder, and the art of printing was discovered, raising man to a higher plane than he had ever risen before. The next great achievement was the discovery of America, a great unknown region. Man advanced more rapidly. The steamboat and the locomotive were invented. Then came the great inventions of electricity, wireless telegraphy and the aeroplane. We are now living in the electrical age, the surface of which, science tells us, has merely been scratched. Our advance depends upon us, the men and women of today and the men and women of tomorrow. In the same manner the day is a series of graduations. The night is a preparation of man for the coming day. His success of the day depends upon the amount of preparation he has secured the night before. Dawn is a signal for him to begin his work. He works steadily upward during the day until the noon hour, when he replenishes and rests himself for the toil of the afternoon. He works steadily in the afternoon till eve marks the completion of his labor. Our lives are but as a day that is to be passed. You have neither seen nor heard of any achievements on our part. We have thus far spent ourselves in preparation for the day that is yet to come. We have studied to advance ourselves as the world has advanced in order that we may keep in the ranks of human progress and do our share towards promoting it. But the darkness of preparation is now over and the dawn is before us. The sun is a rising sun, a sun whose rays will shine just as far as we by our deeds justify them. We attempt no great predictions of what we shall attain, but we go forward into life, armed with the weapons of right and education. Our instructors have given us the benefit of their knowledge and experience, and most important, our parents, relatives and friends, by their interest and pride in our welfare, have spurred us on to do the best we could. We are truly thankful to our in structors and friends for the great help they have given us, and shall try to prove by our lives which we are about to unfold, that their seeds shall have fallen upon good ground. Smoky Huyett—“Did you ever shave with Ivory soap?” Mason Bright—-“No, I use a razor.” Esther Adams—“John Lutz, the undertaker of St. Lawrence, got a new hearse, and the people arc just dying to ride in it.” IMIlIllAlfIBIIlliflIlllllM Twenty-three

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History of Class of ’23 Away back in the dark ages, in September, 1919, the year which proved fatal to the Mt. Penn High School, the residents of the borough, terror-stricken by a sight never before witnessed, gazed with wide-opened eyes upon a parade of thirty baby coaches, push carts, ash wagons and wheelbarrows, which terminated at the High School. Nine of these came from Mt. Penn, eight from Alsace, and thirteen from Exeter, and all of them entered the High School Nursery, namely the Freshmen Class. This class of infants was initiated into the mysteries of High School at a reception tendered them on September 27 in the school auditorium. The children there became acquainted with their older brothers and sisters caretakers. A month after this, having grown considerably in a short time, the children of the class, together with the seniors and juniors, were entertained at a Hallowe’en party by the Sophomores. It appears as though these infants progressed more rapidly than usual, for they entertained the entire student body of the school at a St. Patrick’s party on March 19. All arrangements for decorations, entertainment and refreshments were in the hands of members of the class, and by the success of the affair they were assured that they were capable of the positions which they had held. One member of the class was on the varsity basketball team. The class officers were: President, Richard Thiry; Secretary, Martha Dunn; Treasurer, Esther Lehman. In September, 192(1, fifteen members of tbe original class returned and one new one was added. The class was the guest of the Junior class at their reception for the Fresh-men. On February 18, the Freshmen, Junior and Senior classes, in the form of a star party. Three members of the class were on the athletic teams. The officers were: President, Wilber Weaver; Secretary, Charlotte Kerr; Treasurer, Kathryn Horn. Thirteen members of the Sophomore class returned and one new member was received. On September 22, the class held a reception for the Freshmen, and also had as guests the Sophomore and Senior classes. The decoration committee, composed of several members of the class, displayed the most elaborate decorations ever witnessed at a school party. The entire one end of the room represented a trellis and arbor covered with pink rambler roses. Pink and white crepe paper streamers were draped between the lights, and hanging baskets filled with roses were suspended from the ceiling. The entertainment was voted the most enjoyable by the entire student body. Five members of the class took part in athletics this year. The following were the officers for the year: President, Richard Thiry; Secretary, Pearl Rapp; Treasurer, Miriam Schaeffer. The hopes of the class are that the last year may be as pleasant and as benefitting as the former years, and that it will not amaze the residents when it leaves school, in the same manner in which it did upon entering. But you can never tell. Wliii I11 l 111 II II I PH r I MM ! ! I I I : M llllllilVlilllRIIIi Twenty-five