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

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an awful ordeal. However, the privileges and honor of being a member compensated for that. Our junior year, was of course another eventful year. XN'e had lost some of our classmates, Beany Boone, Louis Ulmer, Conde Felver, Alex. Hill, Betty Mortimer, etc.-having gone away to school. In this year we elected our Class Day Historian, Butch', Buechley, the girl with the radiant hair, re- ceived the highest number of votes. VVe also elected our Editor-in-Chief of the C. 81 VV. Ben. Schnerring, a very competent editor, was elected. A vaudeville show was given for the benefit of boys' athletics. Many members of our class starred in this show. Did you hear Ted Toussaint sing, I used to call her baby P I wonder who he meant? This year the Hockey Team made its debut. VVe started our career by defeating the Senior Girls, the score being 3-O. Finally we were quite proud when we sat down in the first three rows of the Hippodrome at the Commence- ment Exercises of the Class of 1920. The thought came to our mind that we would take their place, the coming year, and we were to be a credit to our Alma Mater. Un September of 1920 we came back to P, H. S., as Seniors. Dignified Seniors indeed. Yes, serious and dignified we were, but we were very few in number compared with the class as it entered in 1917. Some left us to enter other schools and others to enter the commercial world. XVe are sorry that our iormer class mates are not graduating with us but we are glad to welcome to our class, those who have entered during our Junior and Senior years. VVhen we entered as Freshies and were very small and still green, one of the Senior girls of the class of 1918 remarked, I guess they'll be bringin, 'em in with socks on nextf, XYell, her prophecy has come true. The class that entered this year brought several children with them wearing socks and dresses above their knees. However, with all their childish looks and traits, they are far from children when it comes to respecting upper Classmen. The Sophs might also be mentioned with that. The Seniors have to dodge them in the Halls. 15

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degree, VVe spent our time mostly in dreaming and it took us one whole year to find out that Action not NVords or Thoughts, was the by-word of Success. However, though we did drift rather aimlessly the first term we imbibed a little of knowledge and gained lots of experience, and moreover, we were enjoying life and that is the primary thing-so it seemed to us. The most interesting class of our Freshman year was the Algebra classg it was not the study so much, but the teachers. XYe had a great many subs and subs are always so fascinating-Mr. Dave Bechtel proved espe- cially so. tgradesj ! ! ! At Christmas time we had great fun in getting and decorating our class Christmas Tree a11d we felt quite proud of it though the effect would have been better if Ransloe Boone hadn't been on the decorating committee because he was always eating the pop-corn off of it. The second semester of that year a new class was formed-a Thursday afternoon class-held in the llippo- drome. The attendance was taken regularly by XYarren Morgan and Rus Kepner, and they didn't have to mark many absent marks. Did you Rus,'? For further in- formation ask Rus to show you the records. XVhen we returned from the Summer Vacation we were Sophs-Sophisticated Sophs. VYe had lost a little of our freshness Zllltl verdance, and we believe we had the usual feelings attributed to Sophomorcs. XYe made the loveliest discovery this year. Guess- XYell-we discovered Miss Short. Last year we had known she was in the school, and that she always seemed so pleasant, but we had never known her very well, be- cause we werenit in any other of her classes. But this year afforded us the most delightful pleasure of knowing her more intimately, and it certainly was a most agree- able surprise to find how interested and sympathetic she was with us both individually and as a class. K ln the spring of this year many Botany Hikes were taken. lt was on one of these Botany Hikes that the Royal Order of the llorses' Hoof was organized of which Miss Boyer was elected High Master. The initiation of new members was a great and joyous diversion, that is, it was joyous to the initiators but to the victims it was 14

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The first social event of the year, was our Hallow- e'en party at Dives' Bungalow. livery one had a splendid time-Bobbing for apples-Ask the Major Farquhar -and pinning the tail on the donkey, and such games as children enjoy. During the evening a mysterious black figure ap- peared upon the scene. After much excitement, to our astonishment, Miss Short appeared from behind the black folds of the dress. October the goth was the day of our hockey game with the juniors. The team work was splendid and it was a hard struggle for both sides. The Seniors won this game, the score being 3-2. llowever, the final game, with the Sophs, we lost. This was a great disappoint- ment to the girls, for they worked very hard for the CLIP. ln December a banquet was given in honor of the Sophs at llives' Bungalow. This, being one of the Social lfvents of the year, was a great success. After the Ban- quet, several speeches were made and the loving cup was given over from the juniors to the Sophs. .Xs usual, the A. ,-X. of the school gave a dance during the Christmas holidays. Plveryody had a won- derful time. ln lllareh the Girls' Auxiliary of the R. O. T. C. was organized. The Girls showed great enthusiasm for this work. The results from the series of shooting matches showed this. Several of the teams made scores of 300 and 365 points out of a possible 400 points. Now in April we went outside. Companies were formed and the Senior liirls were chosen for the positions of ofiicers. Under the directon of l.ieut. Larkin and Sergt. Taekman, we made a line showing on lvlemorial Day. Alas. we find that our School days are over, we have been sailing the sea of learning for a good many years, and in that time have been tossed about by the storms of life. lllany of us have been seasick, but most of us have sailed through safely. To our Principal, lllr. Diehl, and to the other mem- bers of the faculty, we owe a great deal of appreciation 16