Wilkinsburg High School - Annual Yearbook (Wilkinsburg, PA)

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SENIOR LEADERS ANNE ELLIOTT Editor of Annual RALPH NIELANDER Vice President of Senior Class Jw -gl' xx N'WW1 X N PJ ff X331 X' X xii CARROL CHAPMAN President of Student Council ARTHUR BETTS Captain of Basketball Team

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election was followed by the first junior so- cial function of the year, the Class Tea. And as usual mothers and parents met to discuss junior's and Sis's improvement over that of the previous year. With the tea and the election a part of the past now, we juniors were looking forward to the near future when we were to play an important part in the history of Wilkinsburg High. Our am- bitious class was to be recorded as the first one to obtain our senior rings at the end of our junior year through the cooperation of our class and the help of our principal, Mr. Carson, who had just returned from service. With the support of Miss Wischmeyer, we brought back the old tradition of having a junior Prom, UThe Carnival. For the first time in twenty-five years, a Wilkinsburg High School basketball team won the sec- tion title. We juniors were particularly proud of Alex jaffurs, Bud Betts, Ralph Tielsch, and Dave Liptak, who helped at- tain this goal. Accomplishing many of our aims, we were willing for our junior year to come to a close only because the next year would be the year of all years, when we would be the sophisticated seniors. 'ASOPHISTICATED SENlORS, -What a feel- ing we possessed that morning we climbed the high school steps. Were we actually seniors now? But this year every election, tea, football game, basketball game, and chapel program was met with a different outlook by us seniors, for everything we did we knew would be for the last time. We knew that if we were to contribute anything more to the betterment and enjoyment of our school, we would have to do it this year. Our senior chapel programs and our athletic teams showed the school what talent this class of ours possessed. But all too quickly we are nearing the close of three years which will always be something special to us. As we leave Wilkinsburg High School, we will have the memory of the activities and the people that have molded our char- acters and of the high school which has giv- en us so much during the most impression- able part of our lives. We've had our suc- cesses and failures, won friends and lost some, learned a little, forgotten a little, but we seniors still maintain that high school is the nicest thing that ever happened to us. NANCY WESTON, Historian Mary and Beverly try out the new loom . . . Faster, faster . . . Remember that sharp, penetrating odor of HCL . . . Filling out schedule sheets . . . Those pesky book reports. .l95i4W4WHW29fMW9iW-QQVLW- -'fif' Wwdlwfla f H l 5 'V f-71 'K1'fYVfLfiL1WYWW '

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ALEX IAFFURS Captain of Football Team IAMES FRITZ Student Leader of Band PAUL LONG Editor of Hi Ways WESLEY SIEBERT President of Senior Class The members of this class of 1948 extend sincere congratulations to their leaders whom they have chosen by popular vote. When most students were rushing for the street car, drinking cokes at the corner drug store, en- joying the latest movie, or even doing their homework, these eight persons were planning and working for the interests of the group. Anne Elliott spent months preparing the long awaited book of memoriesg Alex Iaffurs. cap- tain of the football team and a star player on the basketball five, carried out strategy and plays which kept spectators breathless. Aside from his many activities, Alex won a place on the highest honor roll. To do his part, Ralph Neilander as guard on the football team kept the opponents from breaking through the line. I-le was vice president of the senior class and represented it on Student Council. Iames Fritz helped spend the money of the Activity Board by voting for those colorful robes of the A Cappella choir. He was also the student lead- er of band. No one has been busier than Car- rol Chapman, who as president of Student Council planned meetings, supervised club elections, ,and worked on the new student manual. Also he sang in the choir, assisted the chapel program committee, and entertained on the football field and in chapel with his skill as drum major. Issuing Hi Ways assign- ments, editing copy, and meeting a deadline kept Paul Long out of mischief. Arthur Betts, the captain of the basketball team, led his mates to a victorious Section Vlll Champion- ship. Wesley Siebert, the president of the senior class, had work to do and he did it well. Conducting meetings where several controversial questions were discussed, he tactfully made suggestions but seldom allow- ed his personal opinion to be overbearing. To appoint committees to plan the most import- ant event so far in the lives of most seniors and to follow the plans to the end. commence- ment, required much time, thought, and judg- ment, Regardless of the ultimate goal, these leaders executed their responsibilities with a modest dignity and a spirit of determination. Because they have given more in the way of scholarship, leadership, sportmanship, and personality, the remaining seniors are proud to honor them. May they be as successful in the world of tomorrow as they have been in their school career.