Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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THE OCfflO-E And caught every Football fish—one up to nine— Qold-Football-eyed fish and Bed-Sweater Fins,— 7 he hoys were known everywhere as Champions. They were 'I(ossiter, Qentner, Qitlin, Johnson, and Fyern, Shanken, Fisher, Ffenyon, who their letters did earn. The'’Basketball fishers: Shanken, hyenyon and 'Pearson If rith Allen as captain, proved that they were not fearsome. Then Soccer fish tugged at the end of the bait Of Fitzgerald, Mason, and Bear son, and Haag. We'll add to this list a few other good fellows: Schwartz, ffeebler, and Bustard, and Messer, Qrevello. Then along came the girls with their lines and their hooks •And those who caught Hockeys were ’fiorke, Mallory, and Wood; There were also some others—-The Bassetts, and Smith, And Thornton, and Bendleton we must add to this And the girls who caught Basketballs were Bfeil and Wood And so we again had our great store of food. Once more we set sail arid at length we arrived At Whirlwind Debating, which ice scarcely survived. But again we were winners, the best of the ships Which were caught in that Whirlpool on similar trips. Once we were lonely out there on the deep So some sailors wrote yarns for the whole crew to read. They were called “ Abingtonian ”—after the sea— And the “ Oracle” magazine which famous would be, So at last when we landed at Columbia Convention 7 hey thought we had published some ideas worth mention; They gave us some ribbons—rewards we all reckoned, The “Oracle won first place; the newspaper, second. And now our great voyage has come to an end, And night like a shadow must on us descend. Our ship stands there proudly against the black sky, 5Dwarfing the sea with its great sails held high; And its shape seems to change in the lowering mist And note you can see it—-a grim, clenched fist; Its forefinger points toward the twilight's last glow. The symbol of Burpose we hold as our goal! ■A 13 Ann Beady, ’29.

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(THE ORACLE) Our Ship of State olisten, my children, and you shall hear Of the tal e of our class through all four years. In the month of September in Twenty-five We shored forth our frigate through Abington High. We chose as our captains If ern and JjxTf ue— One each for Senior T and Senior A crew— And then as ‘'vice-captains” for the trip Jfpssiter and Tear son, to help steer our ship. We might, have done well with these officers four Tut to insure a safe trip we selected some more. To ffoberts and (jentner we all paid our fare To cover the expenses of food and repair— We fixed as ffecorder of‘Deeds while on board Toth Ambler and IMallory, then onward we roared. For a while all went smoothly, as forward we plied Tut soon in the distance a (jlacier we spied; Its name was called Mid-Years, and we were so near. We could not help bump it, though carefid we steer. So some lost their lives in the terrible crash. Tut most came out bravely with never a scratch. Soon our luck changed and we came to an isle Where the whole population was wearing a smile. We anchored our boat and sent six men ashore— Wood, Shanken, and Qoldsmith, Smyth, Trady, and Tforke— They found on this island a great deal of knowledge •And immediately won fame in the Honor i{oll Qollege. We sailed on once more for many a day— •A few became seasick and died on the way— Our next port was Hurdles, a -ffational i ace. And we sent in fa'Ifue who won us third place. Tut after a time our food ebbed away And we had to replenish at Athletic Tay. With Ifern as head fisherman, the athletes cast lines 4 12 ]r-

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Class of February, 1929 OFFICERS Morell LaRue. Harry Rossiter Helen Ambler. . Harold Roberts . . . .President Vice President .... Secretary . . . . Treasurer CLASS MOTTO Good, Better, Best, Never Let It Rest Till the Good Is Better And the Better Best. CLASS COLORS Green and Silver CLASS FLOWER Red Rose CLASS YELL Did we win it— Are we in it— Seniors, Seniors; We can sock ’em— We can knock ’em'— Twenty-nine! Twenty-nine! Twenty-nine! - 14