Pottsville High School - Hi S Potts Yearbook (Pottsville, PA)

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45. But we shall live in hopesg and woe to the ri- vals of the 1907 tea1n. 46. And so endeth the chronicles of the hard-lighting football team, 47. And when the snow began to fall and Prof. Kehler became used to yelling, Seniors will you please get to workf, 48. Manager Hebrew Felix did call for the basket- ball candidates. 49. And they were a strong bunch. 50. And after Prof. Strohmcier had coached them exceedingly well, 5I. They played that bunch of giants from Reading, who beat them at football, and they did Verily wipe the floor up with them. 52. And yea! they did the same with all who came along the pike. 53. And it came to pass that when all the games had been played, 54. They lost but one game, and that was to Potts- town, who had a lloor to play on that was a correct imitation of a bowling alley. 55. And lo! when the season ended the Lebanon bunch. whom we had beaten, did lay claim to the cham- pionship of central Pennsylvania. 56. And we disputed it. 57. Yea! we did challenge them to a game to be held on a neutral tloor. 58. And lo! they quit, for they cancelled the game. 59. And we were very proud, for there was but one team which had beaten us and we had beaten them in a return game. 60. And we did have their pictures taken, so that we would have a remembrance of that noble team. 61. And it was placed among the other great ath- letic teams on the walls of Prof. Str0hmeier's sanctum. 62. And that was the end of one of the most suc- cessful basket-ball seasons of the P. H. S. 8

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Know-all Pugh. bedecked in his three inch collar and l1is new shoulder pads. 28. And yea! he was more handsome than last year, if such a thing could be possible. 29. And there was his august majesty. Librarian Scheerer, in'his natural form, without any shoulder pads or nicknames. 30. And there was among those, who sought toloal and hold down a seat in the bank, only one boy. And this one was none other than l'aul Slow-moving Sheafer. 3I. And he was almost lost among fourteen girls. 32. And it came to pass that in a few weeks the Juniors lost their stage fright and the leaves began to turn brown and Brown began to butt in and look silly. 33. And Captain Elephant liuz Mills did arise and call for the foot ball candidates. 34. And a goodly pack of youths did respond. 35. .But they were green. 36. Yea! they were very green for there were but two veterans amone' them. Pu 37. But they had spunk and they did contend great- ly with each other for a place on the team. 38. .-Xnd when the team was picked it was of last material but small bulk. 39. And they did play well for an almost entirely new team. 40. And they did make a great showing when they tied Hazleton. their rivals. who had some men on their team weighing tons, who it was said took a special art course for their studies. 41. But lol they did go down before the great on- slaught of the Reading team. 42. For the Dutch team was composed of giants. 43. Forsoothl they were two hundred pounders. 44. But our team did have a successful season, lor they did more than was expected of them. 7

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03.l1nt yea! there are innumerable other things 'connected with l'. lol. 5. besides athletics. 64. For inasmuch as we have such a great tenor singer as Nr. R. M. .l,Z1llllCl'. .-X. ll.. in our number, 05. Mr. R. C. llrown has formed a tilee Clnh aml a Cliorns in which he has taken a great interestg oo. gXnd which are lxoth first class singing organiza- linllri. 07. llnt alas! the llehating' Clnh has done gone. Oil account of the lack of interest shown in that direction. 118. lint lo! there was a great event took place in l'. ll. 5. this year. fm. XX'hen l mmyhone's liixf' a one act comedy, was given to the pnhlic. 70. .Xml it came to pass that none other than his angnst self, Xlr. lbnkie lferdinaml lfnnnyhone lihoads, from the little village over the hill. did play the leading role. 71. .Xml yet! he did outdo himself in lnnnyness. 73. lfor the great crowd did ha! ha! from start tc finish. 73. .Xml verily it was voted to he a great success. 74. lint the others who took part did their share tc make it Good. C- 75. .Xml it came to pass that Mr. llnssom, who held it in the interest of the Crimson and XX'hite, did reap a wondrous snm of money. 76. :Xml yea! it came to pass that within a couple of weeks another great event did happen. 7'. For the school did hold a concert and dance in ff order that the ffirls inifrht :av off their larffe mledffes for 5 7 be . 'Q D the new Y. lXl. C. rX. building. 78. .Xml they did secure the Lehifrh Glee Clnh. X . zs 79. .Xml they did play aml sing' womlrons well. SO. And verily! it was one of the greatest social events of the year. f SI. And we did reap innch fine gold. 9