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

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mammmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwm History of Class of ’24 Two years ago 30 young scamps entered this school, coming from all parts of the country ; they were known as freshies then, and they were tliot to be the freshest freshies that ever stepped inside the High School building. They soon realized their fate when several were hazed. This gave them just a little bit of respect for their superiors. A few weeks after school opened, the Junior class tendered a reception of introduction to these brilliant pupils, which was enjoyed very greatly by the latter. They later tried to repay the classes when the bazaar was featured by the Senior class, doing all in their power to make it a success. After a year of High School life the)’ suddenly realized the importance of athletics and several young gentlemen from this illustrious class finally awakened to this fact. The girls also organized a scrub team, which we can look onto later as followers of the ones preceding them. When these students first entered the Freshmen class, they organized with a respective President. Secretary and Treasurer. The class colors selected were blue and steel gray. Hefore the end of the last semester, four of the bunch loafed on the job and dropped out. At the beginning of the second term 2X out of the :{ returned to school. Thus the class of ’24 is starting on its rocky path of fate. Illlllllillllillllllllllll T wetity-seven

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iiiiiMiiiinniM History of Class of ’25 Is it any wonder as you gaze at the noble group of infant prodigies depicted on the opposite page that you are moved with admiration and awe? This is the class of 11125. But altho we look innocent here, the teachers do not think so. For instance. Miss Happel’s favorite saying to the Freshies is “Leave the room.” In the beginning of the year we had enrolled 21 infants who were members of the cradle roll. Later in February, we received one more member, Ernest Stump, otherwise known as the “Son of a butcher.” But unfortunately six infants were lost from us and so there were only 10 members left on the roll. Among the infants department, there are a few raving ravens who express themselves with a growl that resembles “B r-r-r-r-.” After a few weeks of nursery life, we decided to elect officers, which resulted as follows: Walter Mason, President; Henry Brown, Vice-President; Dorothy Seitz. Secretary ; Grace Ellis, Treasurer. After election of officers, we decided on the infants colors, which are orange and black. After a month’s enrollment we were honored by a party from the Juniors in honor of our entrance into High School. We are very fortunate in having a ladies’ man in our class who never forgets them on St. Valentine’s Day. Hearing that infants are allowed to play basketball, we quickly decided to show what material was in our class. We are very proud to say there is a member in our class who is a substitute on the varsity basketball team this year, and we all hope that he will be a member next year. ■MMfluiHHHmmM iiisiiif i m m i m m m HIHlIIIIUlillllllllW Twenty-nine