Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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 THE ORACLE ) 4 R EDS HOWARD RUDDY HAYS, JR. We first met Reds in 1925 when he came to Abington from Southampton. The Radio Club and the Mathematics Club have his support. But one of Reds’ greatest accomplishments is the way in which he drives his Ford, and tells the English class how to get to this place and that. Yes, we’ll miss him next year. We’ll miss his good natured laugh and his curly red hair. “ Why not ba.sk amid the senses While the sun of morning shines?” ALBERT CHARLES HELLW1G A1 came from Abington Grammar School in 1923. He came into the limelight in his Senior year when he went out for football and played tackle. He is a faithful follower of clubs, too; a member of the Latin, Mathematics, Radio, and Dramatic Clubs. AI is one of Mr. Smiley’s Four Musketeers,—Hays. Hellwig, Hirst and Holt. Do you want to see Albert? Look up the Jenkintown girls. “ I walked a mile with Pleasure. She chatted all the way, Hut left me none the wiser For all she had to say. ” Al Eddie EDWARD CLARK HILL Eddie, the Algebra Hound, entered Abington in 1923 from Glenside-Weldon. For two years, his activity was the Spanish Club. Then he left us to play on the basketball team of the Winter Haven High School in Florida. Eddie came back to be a Senior in A. If. S., join the Math. Club, enter the Interclass Track Meet and play halfback on the Soccer Team. We liked him best on Baby Day. “Ah, happy years! once more who would not be a boy?” 4 28

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■ft,. TRE ORACLE DOROTHY BLANCHE HA PER Everybody knows Dot Hafer. She is that rather tall young lady whose residence is “everywhere at one time. She came to us from Frankford High School in 1925. It was not long before we all knew her and knew what she could do; however, we never knew that she could sing until we heard her in the Operetta. Besides being an active member of the (ilee Club, she has taken parts in the Library Club and La Rcpublique Frangai.se. But what we most appreciate is Dot’s sense of humor. “ Music is well said to be the speech of angels.’ JACK BALLOU HALE There are so many nice things to be said about Jack that one doesn’t know where to begin. Ev. rybody likes him. Any of the fellows will tell you that he is an allround good sport. As a Freshman, Jack started out right by joining the Radio Club and the Latin Club. Jack’s favorite hobby is baseball. In fact, he has been on the squad for several years. And Jack’s voice is renowned, for how could one forget his splendid interpretation of the part of Emperor What-For-Whi in “Princess Chrysanthemum ? The (ilee Club will undoubtedly miss him. Perhaps—who knows?—some day Jack will be a second Caruso. “ am monarch of all I surrey, My right there is none to dispute. SMP Dot ALICE VIVIAN HARVEY “Five feet two, eyes of blue; but oh, what those five feet can do. Sounds like Alice, although she’s a little taller :han that. Here's proof of what she can do—secretary of her Freshman class, first vice-president and charter member of the Reading Club, secretary of the Debating Club and Internos, active Latin statesman. Junior vice-president and Senior president of the Art Club and senator in La Ilepublique Frangaise. Besides all that look over the Honor Roll for the last four years—bet you she s there! If you are looking for somebody to draw clever sketches, paint attractive posters or get the art department of your magazine in good order, ask Al, the art-editor of the Oracle and prize poster painter. She also shines as a scrappy debater for she was a member of the champion debatin j team. Editorial writer for the Abingtonian, Corinthia in the Senior Play, Commencement speaker,— Alice is a student whom Abington is proud to own, even if she can eat chop suey. “She comes! The loosen'd rivulets run; The frost bead melts upon lur golden hair. CII ERIE ■4 27

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JOHN FRANKLIN HIRST Southampton High sent us Jack in our Junior Year. Jack has spent much of his time in the science lab. as lie took an unusual interest in physics and chemistry. He is a member of the Mathematics Club as well as vice-president of the Radio Club. Jack’s great fault is his willingness to argue a question to the point of persuasion. We feel sure that the only way to impose on Jack is to take advantage of his good nature. “ Loier of all things alive, Wanderer at all he meets. Wanderer chiefly at himself.” Jack Wes CHARLES WESLEY HOFFMAN In our Junior year, we welcomed Wesley from the Norristown High School. As soon as we discovered that he could play the violin, he was made a member of the Orchestra. Wesley has taken a liking to radio, and for two years has l een a meml er of the Radio Club and also of the Latin and Mathematics Club. In our Senior year, we found that Wesley could play tennis, another one of his hidden abilities. We hope that lie will always keep his sense of humor and l»e as carefree as he is now. “ It is not every question that deserves an answer.” CHARLES HERBERT HOLT, JR. “Hello, there, and Charlie grins. We know that look on his face. He has just discovered some new mathematical turn to secure an A + in trigonometry. You just bet lie knows his oats. When it comes to Math., if ( liar-lie’s tripped up on a problem, it’s a sure thing no one in school can get it. But it isn’t often he’s tripped, not when he’s the shining light of the Mathematics and Radio Clubs. Charlie plays soccer, too. In the Senior Flay, he made a most realistic Lord Andrew Gordon. And how he spoke at Commencement! To be sure, he is a member of the “Three Musketeers’ —Hays, Hirst and Holt. Charlie shows that he is capable of loyal friendships You can’t help liking Charlie—he’s so honest! “Fair is their fame who stand in earth's high places” Holty 29 fc-