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

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'vvvturw School Song QALMA MATERJ As Principal of the High School, George Harold Weiss presented to the school the words and music of The Alma Mater: 1. Dear Alma Mater, faithful friend, All that we owe to thee, We shall remember to the end, Gladly and gratefully: Through all the years that we have dwelt Under thy guiding care, Every thy gentle strength we have felt. Over us everywhere. It matters not where e'er we be, After we leave 'Old High,' Our fondest thoughts will be of thee. Thou wilt be always nigh. Deep in our hearts thy spirit lies, Burning eternally, Firm are the friendships, strong are the ties, Binding us fast to thee. Pottsville High School Bank This institution was founded in 1888 for the purpose of encouraging a spirit of saving among the scholars and to instruct them in the methods of saving. The stock was worth twenty-five and fifty cents a share, and an annual dividend of five per cent was paid. The capital stock in the High School Bank of Pottsville was sold to pupils only. The institution was managed entirely by the students. The first officers were: President-Harry Filbert: Cashier- Harry O, Bechtel. Although the money in the bank at any time was never very large, yet the entire business of the bank for one year amounted to several thousand dollars. The assets of the bank not invested in securities or loaned out in small amounts was left in the care of the Schuylkill Trust Bank. The Pottsville High School Bank was the second of all high school banks established in the United States, the first being the High School Bank of Long Island City, N. Y. BANKING COUNCIL The Banking Council was first introduced into P. H. S. in November, 1926, and on Thrift Week for the school periods of 1928 and 1930 a 100 per cent record was attained. This council consisted of a cashier and assistant from each homeroom who were responsible for their particular group and were constantly striving to obtain a record of 100 per cent for each week's bank- ing. SCHOOL BANKING Since regular saving is a very worthy and necessary habit, we have a regular day in our school to foster this habit among the student body. In every homeroom, the time to bank is Tuesday from 8:30 A. M. to 8:55 A. M. One student from each homeroom is assigned to take charge of the banking for his particular group. The school savings are deposited at The Pennsylvania Bank. It is not necessarily the amount which is saved which is important, but that this saving becomes a regular habit to be carried over into adult life. Mr. Raymond Scott is the faculty advisor. School Colors After much ballotingn Crimson and White were selected in 1893 as the Pottsville High School colors. C. Frank Muehlhof was the president of the class. Previous to this date each graduating class selected its own colors which were then accepted as the school colors. Since 1893, Crimson and White remained the official colors. ,-.24-1

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V ' ' T ' T 'W 'TT' ' 'wmmv' 5' W 5 Fw ' 'W F999 A CAPPELLA CHOIR The Associated Choirs By PETER J. PUGH, from data collected by the I-listory Committee In 1928, Mr. Earl W. Haviland was engaged to conduct the musical organizations at Pottsville High. That the selection was a wise one is borne out by the great accomplishments of these musical groups during the past 25 years. During his first year, Mr. Haviland organized the Girls' Choral Club, Boys' Glee Club. and the Band. In 1929, Mr. Marburger, Vocational teacher in the high school, became the band leader, giving more time to Mr. Haviland for his other groups. Mr, Haviland immediately organized the A Cappella Choir and assumed leadership of the Symphony Orchestra, an organization he continued to conduct until 1935. when Mr. Leo F. Minnichbach, the band leader, became its conductor. This gave Mr. Haviland additional time to devote to his choral groups, so there appeared the Choir Ensemble, the Voice Choir, the Freshman Choral Club and the Crimson Singers, By the end of 1935, 400 students of Pottsville High were members of the various musical groups. He also organized choral groups in the grade schools and soon had 300 of these boys and girls in his Iunior Choirs. 1932-Pottsville High was signally honored in having eleven students selected for the National High School Chorus and Orchestra at Cleveland, Ohio. 1933-Henry Hadley's beautiful and demanding operetta, The Fire Prince, was produced by 125 members of the Glee and Choral Clubs and Orchestra. 1935-A mass chorus of 220 voices sang for the State Education Association in the High School Auditorium. 1936-Musical clubs under the direction of Mr. Haviland and Mr. Minnichbach completed, most successfully, their eighth year of activity. High points of the year were the Fifth Biennial Christmas Concert, Eighth Annual Spring Musical Festival, and Pennsylvania Forensic and Music League State Final Contests. 1938-Six hundred voices in the combined choirs, highest in the schools history. 1941-The A Cappella Choir and Choir Ensemble participated in the production of the musical review, On Our Way, which was presented in celebration of National Education Week from Nov- ember llth to 14th. lt was the largest production of its kind ever given in Pottsville, with the choirs playing a large part in its successful outcome. 1942-Fourteenth Annual Music Festival, held in the Auditorium, in celebration of National Music Week, was dedicated to the National theme, American Unity Through Music. -26.-