Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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VIRGINIA ELIZABETH EASTBURN Brown eyes. Shy. Soft, brown hair. An art ist. Efficient art editor of Oracle and member of Junior Fourth Estate. Took Art Club prize. Member of Spanish Club. An authoress. Ask Ginny to show you her portfolio of actors and actresses. Destiny- famous portrait artist. Have you seen her self portrait? HELEN CAMPBELL FREEMAN Steady, dependable. A quiet forceful manner. Appreciative of good times. Versatile. Book-loving. Distinguished herself on t he A bin gto n ian Staff. Junior Fourth Estate. Latin Club. An able negative debater. Ready laughter. Willing to work. El Bandido chorus. Eunice in The Goose Hangs High. Lent her services to Reading and Dramatic clubs. Destined to be a successful secretary. Take lots of ability add a pleasing personality and you have Pat. RUSSELL PAGE GREEN That joker from Noble. It describes no one but Russ. Want proof? Joke editor of the Oracle. Gorgeous tenor voice. More proof. Member of the cast of the Belles of Beaujolais. Cherry Blossoms. Napoleon Naps. El Bandido. Sonia. One of the Detroit Octette. Saw action in The Goose Ilangs High. Vice president of the Math Club. Member of Spanish Club. Glee Club. Bovs' Hi-Y. The life of a party. Curly hair. Those eyes! ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE HAINES The ever-smiling Archie. Light hair. Merry blue eyes. Sometimes clouded with perplexity. Editor-in-chief of the Oracle. An honor student. Gets 96 on a P. 0. D. exam with a black cat sitting in his lap. Ambitious. Efficient. Impish. Sportsman. Charter member of Junior Fourth Estate Publicity Committee, Tennis letter man. A consul of the Latin Club. Math and French clubs. Boys’ Hi-Y. Capable leader. Commencement speaker. or June, 1932 MILDRED ELIZABETH EARLE “ Hi Ya Zilch!” and a smile is Millie’s way of greeting every one. And have you heard that giggle? Tell her a joke and she’ll run up and down the scale for you. On a dance floor this small titian-haired lassie is in her glory. Member of the Commercial and Library clubs. Although cut out for a stenographer, her secret ambition is to be an inteiior decorator. Millie has her serious moments. JULIUS JOHN GASSMANN The piccolo and sweet potato player from Weldon. And can he toot them! Band. Tall. Reserved. Known as ‘‘Uncle Yulius.” Science, Spanish and Math clubs. Drives—both car and motorboat. Efficient science student. Wants to be a mechanical engineer so that he can fix his car. EDITH MABEL GRIGG Little girl with lovely hair. Attractive. Lots of friends. French Club. Out for class hockey. Drives a Ford. A dancer. Dramatic Club. Curious. Trusts the world. Latin Club. Tell Edie a story—she likes them. HELEN ELIZABETH HANSEN Here comes Swede! Laughing. Glorious blonde hair. Beautiful contralto voice. In Cherry Blossoms. Madame de Canisy in Napoleon Naps. Jeanne du Barry in El Bandido. Radiant. Commercial Club. Lovable. Vice president of Girls’ League. Dramatic and Glee clubs. Industrious. Ultimate destiny, Eddie Cantor’s Stenog. Typist for Junior Fourth Estate. Ideal girl—ask Marcella. Member of the Detroit Octette. Played on class hockey team. Flowers spread joy, Swede’s joy is to spread flowers of kindness.

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DOROTHY EDITH BRAUER Tiny. A bunch of energy. Able hockey maid. Friendly and happy-go-lucky. Plays basketball with a vim. Get ready for the surprise—her hobby is rollerskating! It’s just like her, though. Up and doing. Wide awake. Ambition—to be a bookkeeper. Blue eyes. Light hair. Basketball and hockey enthusiast. Short and sweet. FRANCIS McCAY CLARK Tall. Blond. Letterman in baseball and basketball. Lover of animals, especially silver foxes. Witty. Member of Dramatic Club. Pastime-talking and dancing. Clarkie. Clear blue eyes. Earned monogram in basketball. Good sport. A jolly friend to have around. ETHLYN IRENE COWELL Petite. Dusky hair. A bundle of enthusiasm. Protegee of Ambler which enjoyed her literary talent. Latin Club. Always active. Worker in Hi-Y. Dramatic Club. Sang in Napoleon Naps and El Bandido. Always giggling, ready for fun. A Math Club member. Treasurer of Reading Club. Musical Choral and Glee clubs. Dag-mar, in The Goose Hangs High. In spare moments can be found at the piano. Loves to sew. A future designer of dresses is our Ethlyn. MARY VIRGINIA DAVEY Jinny is another lady from G1 enside-We 1 don. Merry. Lovely golden hair. Artist of some note. Writes. Ambition —a commercial artist. Winsome. Member of the Art, Latin, French and Dramatic clubs. Look at some of her sketches gracing the Art Room. HELEN LUCILLE CAMPBELL Twice captain of Swimming Team. Two monograms in swimming. Captain, two monograms in tennis. Manager, letter in basketball. Assistant manager, monogram, two letters in hockey. Abingtonian staff. Student Council. Junior Fourth Estate. Commencement speaker. Hi-Y treasurer. Math Club. President, vice president, secretary of Reading Club, junior class and A. A. Vice president Senior class. Reading, gardening, piano, Wants to be a school teacher. “Oh! Me!” MARY ALICE COLLMER Enjoyed A. II. S. from Room 3. Eats, sleeps, and dreams bookkeeping. Studious. Out for swimming and basketball. Goes smilingly about her work down in the commercial department. Hard-working. Runs the lightning calculator. Appeared in the 1931 Christmas pageant. Mary claims that large metal pretzel cans are adequate protection against mice. CHARLES TITUS CRONEY Class Night hot dog salesman. Sports? Four letters, two monograms. Soccer. Track. Captain of Track Team. Nicknamed Legs. Dramatic, Science, Math clubs. Bus line. Chemistry star. Works in drug store. Always found with Bix. JOSEPH DICKEL Tall. Wavy auburn hair. Looks well in knickers. Soothing voice. Interesting accent. Literary editor of Oracle. Charter member of Junior Fourth Estate Publicity Group. Musical - Band, Boys’ Glee Club. El Bandido tango dancer, Dramatic Club, Membership in National Thespians, Hugh in The Goose Hangs High. Allround development. We forgot his poetry. The Oracl«

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MARY ELLIS HARRIS Sweet. Gentle. Ambitious. Active member of Commercial, Dramatic, Reading and Glee clubs. Musical. In Cherry Blossoms and El Bandido. Clever. Reliable. Interesting. An old-fashioned girl, with new-world ideas. MABEL LYDIA HOUCK “ My lands!” That’s Mabs. Dainty. Efficient and speedy. Dramatic and Commercial clubs. Did you mention a typewriter? There she is! One of our best typists. El Ban'Hdo. Imagine the Abingtonian without her! Couldn’t be done. Commencement speaker. Typist for Junior Fourth Estate Publicity Committee. P'ine pianist. Always helping in the Hi-Y. Loves to play tennis. Glee Club. Hopes to be a private secretary. JOHN I. JARVIS, JR. Diplomatist. President of Math Club. Assistant editor of Abingtonian. Amicable. Commencement speaker. Junior Fourth Estate Publicity Committee. Charter member. Lead in The Goose Hangs High. Excellent stage manager. Boys’ Hi-Y. Industrious. Student Council worker. Fishing enthusiast. Member of Glee and Science clubs. Convincing debater. Honor roll student. Zealous. Presided over meeting in New York—G.S.P.A. Starred in Alumn Play Nothing but the Truth. Skits by Jahvis and Walton” team. Flashing intelligence. Cultured. Jocular, Jaunty, Judicious, John. EDWARD DUFF I ELD LEVER, 3D Tall and heavy. Regular football man. Quiet. Somewhat timid voice- but that’s not the real “Chip-picker”. Baseball enthusiast. Claimed by Vocational and Math clubs. Patient—a fisherman. Golf advocate. Wants to build a sky scraper so that he can see over the Empire State Building. WILLIAM RAYMOND HICKMAN, JR. Whimsically quiet. Expert sleeper. Science, Commercial, Camera club member. Cheerfully witty. Straight thinking. Dark. Enjoys music, skating and basketball. Driving a car in his pastime. Always looking for Scoots. ROBERT HENRY HUNSICKER “Oh, yeah!” drawls Bob. You can’t mistake him. Big grin. Merry eyes. Out for track four years. Drives a car. Regular movie patron. Plays football. May your success arrive sooner than you do at Assembly in the morning. WALLACE NORMAN LEIGHTON Monogram, two letters in track. Monogram, letter in football. Soccer. Deliberate. President of the Aircraft Club. Happy-go-lucky. From a personal interview with Wally, we find his ambition to be “ None at all.” Destiny—Sweet Slumber. Who does not know Wally and his yellow Packard? ESTHER MAE LUCAS Although Esther wants to be a school teacher, she admits that she has an eye on Blanche Calloway’s job. Out for hockey, basketball, track—an athlete the year around. Industrious. Active in the Library Club. Dignified. Member of the Dramatic Club. We wish you good fortune and hope that you will be a pedagogue. The Orach