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

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Svvninr Gllaan igiainrg En At last we are Seniors in dear old P. ll. S., which a few years ago, seemed but a childish dream. Although four long years have passed since we entered its portals, there is no one who does not remember that eventful day. It was a beautiful day and the sun seemed to be trying to give us courage, which we surely needed. We gathered together from the Grammar Schools and entered the awe- inspiring auditorium, in which we little suspected our happiest days would be spent. Before our schedules were fixed, with the aid of our Sister Class we had formed new friendships, renewed old ones and were truly a united Class, the Freshman Class of 1923. Miss Short soon found out how united we were, when she found out that exactly 30 girls had decided on the same schedule. Vile began our Freshman year by seeing how much trouble we could cause. The first thing we did was to have trouble with our sponsors. How- ever. that was settled satisfactorily and none of us will ever forget Miss Smith, now teaching in japan. The upper classnien soon began to think they had received a group of Bolshevists in their midst, for iwe had enough class meetings to make plans for the VVorld XVar. Nothing startling was the result as we didn't even have one social, being told by a Senior that they were not permitted. To add to our greenness, the first day we attended classes, Miss Unger's whole Freshman Latin Class filed out for a fire drill at the sound of the Class bell. led by Miss Hopkins and Miss Umbenhen. Then, tired of being subdued the whole class of boys turned out for R. O. T. C., athletics and other activities. and the girls won the Basketball Champion- ship. When Christmas time came. we proved ourselves worthy of being part of P. H. S. by' having the finest programme and the prettiest tree fso we thoughtj ! Vacation came and went and we were sophisticated Sophomores. That year we had enough socials and parties to last us for our four years in High School. That year R. O. T. C. was started for the girls and we found our class had some crack shots chief among them being Alta Taylor and Sara Louise Hoeffer. In the beginning of the year the girls won the Hockey Championship and Captain Glenwright had reason to be proud for it was a hard fight to defeat our Sister Class, the Class of '2l. They- still remained our friends, however, and neither the boys or girls'-will forget those parties given by them at the Out Door Club. Then with spring came the botany ,16

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hikes with Miss Boyer. The first hike Miss Boyer offered a pound of candy to the one who co'lected the most specimens. Immediately Virginia Kerns got her aide-de-camp and began the search. However. she had to divide the honors and all those who saw Big Larry Roseberry crawling on his hands and knees, trailed by three of the smallest girls in the class in search of trailing arbutus, agreed that he deserved half the box, By the end of our Sophomore year we had proved ourselves rather good students but all around nuisarces. XYe spent an all too short vacation and returned to our Alma Mater, dignitied juniors. We have changed the saying from dignified Seniors to juniors, for who could accuse us of being dignified now? Our junior year is just a memory of wonderful times and?-hard work! Hard work was certainly needed for when we returned as juniors we found ourselves with ten full fledged junior Boys, George Lynn and Julius Diamond rivalling to become first of the ten. Two athletic meets were held this year, school and county. At both of these the boys did their part and began to give bright hopes of some Ere athletes for our Senior Year. Prof. Murray said that the most interesting feature of the school meet was the girls' relay. We are not sure whether he meant the wonderful showing Betty Seitzinger made as a runner or the spectacle of Hannah Chaseman's downfall. Then the girls won the cup for the rifle match and Carolyn Skelly declared that her score was nothing short of a miracle or we would rot have won. Then the boys showed thein ability for jerry Rettig became center of the foot- ball team, and Captain for our Senior Year, and Buddy Whitehouse won his medal for track. Then speaking of wonderful times, we will never for- get Mr. Booth and the Uke Club and Peg Miller and her little Jew QKarl Flailj at the Hallowe'en Party at Rettig's. Minna Hutchinson vowed and declared she'd never go to another class party in a truck just because Phil Ost sat next to her with his pockets full of chipped onions.. .Poor Phil was unaware of it for Russel Dormer and Peg acted quietly. And then we were Seniors. We came back to a year of interruptions in the faculty and the classs. Our friend and advisor, Miss Short was ill and had not returnedg Miss McCamant had to leave for the same reason and the class friend, Mac Haas missed a large part of the term. Then we missed our old class mates Ed, Sara Louise, .lean and others but welcomed as new friends, our teachers, Mrs. Long and Miss Moyer and the bunches from St. Clair, New Philadelphia and Branchdale. Eddie Dormer being the most noted of them all in making trouble. Grig , Chy , Beaumonte, Betty Short, Mary Birmingham, and others too numerous to mention, found welcome places in our midst. 17