Allentown High School - Derrick Yearbook (Allentown, NY)

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THEME i The theme of Allentown High School’s first year book is petro- leum and its production. We thought the theme appropriate as Allentown is located in the oil country, and about everything we do or say concerns oil or its production. Everywhere we look we see wells pumping, men drilling and working on the leases. The air is filled with the sound of pounding engines, the steadily rising and falling whine of drilling motors, the squeaking of surface-rods, and the rhythmical ringing of blows of men sharpening tools. Without these sights and sounds we would be lost. Is it any wonder then, that we should select as the theme of this book a subject so near to our hearts, and to which we owe our very sustenance? The linoleum block prints on the division pages are an attempt to link the various stages of the Industry with Education and its divisions. We don’t claim for these prints an exact reproduction of the fields which they represent, nor yet an exact correlation with the Educational world Rather, we wish to give you a hint, an inspiration, contentment perhaps, in the place in which you live, and in which each one of you plays an especial part. To Eldyn Simons, the “Derrick” staff is indeed indebted for his splendid work in designing and cutting the linoleum blocks for the Annual, and to him we here extend our sincerest gratitude. We’ve reaped OUR harvest of satisfaction and happiness in publishing this year book. That YOU may now enjoy this same book to its utmost is our final wish ! 1 936 AH S ] 9 3 6

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PRINCIPAL DONALD L. ABBEY MESSAGE TO STUDENTS May 6, 1936 Dear Students: “The Derrick’’ has been v chosen as the title of our yearbook because it symbol- izes the heart interest of this community. Oil ! You live in a town founded and surrounded by the wealth and potentialities of the oil industry. The mere discovery of oil hundreds of feet below the ground has no value for us. It must be brought to the surface—the task of drilling and pumping does this. But crude oil above the ground has little value. It must be refined—disintegration and the removal of impurities does this. Each component part has its particular use- fulness, and by-products are made of the less valuable portions. Then, the world is benefited by our oil ! You students have latent possibilities within yourselves. Below the surface they are of no benefit to others. They must be discovered and brought to the light —education does this. But talents merely discovered are of little value; they must be refined, and the impurities removed. Your character must cultivate and polish your powers to make them useful to the world. Is the world benefited by your life f Sincerelv, D.L. A.

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 THE DERRICK TABLE OF CONTENTS L ADMINISTRATION II. CLASSES III. ORGANIZATIONS IV. ATHLETICS V. FEATURES 1936 — — AH S 1936