Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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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-

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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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 ,THE ORACLE; Toads LESTER FRANK HOPKINS Toads came to this lordly place of learning from Abing-ton (Grammar School in 1028. Toads divides his affections between the Latin Club ami the Glee Club. He is a faithful member of the Class Basketball Team and the Football Squad. Yes, he is Varsity baseball catcher. Lester is always breaking something, especially bones. Ami he tells their tale with zest. “ Practice is the best of all instructions. ” THEODORE WILSON HUFT When the dashing Ted came from the Willow Grove Junior High School in September, 1024, he stepped right into Abington life by joining the Commercial ('lub and lending lusty aid to the chorus of “The Pirates of Penzance” and featuring in the charming oj eretta, “Princess Chrysanthemum.” Finding us much to his liking, he decided to join the Nature and Dramatic Clubs. It was in the latter that he found opj ortunity so ably to prove his worth for. as Willie Baxter, he captured the histrionic honors of “Seventeen.” When not occupied by these activities. Ted busied himself with track and interclass basketball. His engaging, carefree, personality won him many friends and more feminine hearts. We hope that it will carry him buoyantly through life. “ And one man in his time plays many parts, Ills acts being seven ages.” RUTH SPA.MER KALBERER We all feel sure that Ruth didn’t talk her way into A. II. S. from the Weldon Grammar School. You very seldom see Ruth cutting up or hear her talking foolishness. But when she does speak, every one is sure to sit up and take notice. Her club activities include the Latin, Tennis, Hiking and Reading Clubs. Ruth is president of the Library Club, too. Her knowledge of books will take her far on the road to success. “Silence more musical than any song. ” 4 30