Athens Area High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, PA)

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THE ATHENIAN ADVICE TO THE JUNIORS As our high school course draws to a close we feel it is but right that the class of 1921 should give to the Juniors some advice that will prove beneficial to them and make them fit to enter into that most renowned and most exalted state of Seniorhood. Many receive advice, but only the wise profit by it. After much thought and deliberation I have decided that you have reached that state of perfection arrived at only by such wiseacres as are is cautioned not to approach. To come in contact with you might d’spel all comprised within the Junior class. Even in your daily perambulations about these avenues of learning, the atmosphere about you seemed charged. One that astonishing knowledge and cause you to become as daft as the First Year class. O Popular Applause! What heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms! Disembodied words are sinners and the occasions of sin. Mr. Henning, you ought to use more simple words, so that you will not lose your serene dignity in consequence of the provocation of some little mono-syllable eluding your grasp in a moment of need. George and Markle, the next time you go to Milan you should take your girls along, for one can’t always sometimes tell. The Freshmen aren’t such infants as they appear. Marshall and Brownie, what is the attraction in Canton. Too b-d the Morley hasn’t girl ushers! Mary Hair and Marguerite Ryan, a little fun occasionally is all right, but life is too short and too serious to spend it all in jest. And, Agnes, why not frolic away some ef those hours you waste trying to learn something more than the teachers? Wayne, surely your health isn’t so poor that you take thosa walks to Chemung river bridge every morning? Dorothea, why not write a book rnd label it General Infonnation? The Messrs. Grodivant, Carle and Henning are to be complimented on their printing ability. When you are at the head of a famous printing establishment do not forget that you got your start at A. H. S. It's a shame, William, that Wilkes-Barre is so far away. But summer is coming and you can be there all the time. Geraldine, you are a very able politician, but you should be a Liber 1 next year. Then you would not have to worry about the Committee of Five. Clara, don’t you think it would more befit your dignity as a Junior to pick someone from your own class and let the poor Freshmen alone? Ruth and Nora, the same subject all the time is liable to grow tiresome. Why not rave about something else than the dreamy-eyed, dark-haired young Apollos from the neighboring towns? The Misses Leonard, Horton, Clark, Moore and Alice Miller often d:s-turb those who wish to study by running up and down the halls. I v culd

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THE ATHENIAN we are able to communicate with Mars. Sarah is electioneering for Bryan as President. Dorothy has learned the cooper’s trade to perfection. I found Dan Hair teaching school in Des Moines, and he seemed to like the work very much. Some may not believe all of this, but I assure you that it is the absolute truth. Doris Williams, ’21. SENIOR EXPRESSIONS Bidlack—(In Physics): I don’t know. Bailer—Oh, that’s good! Bradshaw, B.—Listen, kids! Campbell, R.—Make it snappy. Curtiss, M.—Look-it! Hey, Bowse. Crain, M.—Well, I won’t. DuBois, H.—Why—a----- French—Dear me, dear me. Grenell—Got your Virgil ? Grimley—Gosh! Havens—What do we take in English? Hair—Hey, small change, come here. Hill, A.—Aw, come on! Hill, B.—I haven’t got time. Hedrick—Is it anything to you ? Jones—Don’t bother me. Johnson—Shut up, I gotta study. J ohnston—Y ah. Langeland, M.—I haven’t got my botany yet. Langeland, E.—Yep, you said it. MacMorran—Got an extra pencil ? Montgomery—Wait a minute! Northrup—Isn’t that great? Park, G.—Well, I like that. Spear, D.—I wonder if I’ve got a letter. Smith, F.—No, I have it. Smith, L.—Wa-al. Smith, R.—Aw, get out! Till, M.—What was that you said? von Wolffradt—Oh, you Dutchman! Williams, D.—How did you know? Walter, M.—The more men talk, the less they say. Weil—Gee, I'm sleepy. 4

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THE ATHENIAN be a good plan to form a Quiet Club that thus they may cease to be a bother. Ida, I notice that it doesn’t make much differemce whether a class graduates every year or not. We still have our walks. Robert M., I understand you have become a saxophone player. Another accomplishment to ensnare the hearts of the ladies! Well, Amos, so you have at last been ensnared by the wiles of woman? Another young man gone wrong! Maurice, remember that old adage, “Faint heart never won fair lady.” Why worship from afar? Pauline K., I fear you are getting thin and delicate with all your social cares. Take up basketball to regain your health. And there is Al, who has “an oar in every man’s boat and a finger in every man’s pie.” But he knows how to paddle his own canoe. Andrew, it should never be necessary for you to choose a girl. You have quite a choice among those you bring to school every day. Rita, you seem rather troubled at times. The only thing I can advise to make you forget your other troubles is to wear tight shoes. You have attained success as a poet, Linda. But is it poetry, or prose run mad? There is no doubt that you are very popular, Miss Pearle. “But why on all thus squander the treasures one alone can prize?” Luella, you must have quite a knowledge of the stars. At least you have had chance enough. Great voices were made for the opera. You would be a success in the movies, Catherine. I hope that those who have not received advice can benefit by that given to the others, and remember these parting words: “By ignorance is pride increased; They most assume who know the least.” Ruth Campbell, '21. Address to tne Senior Class of 192 I am very glad that I have this honor of addressing the Senior Class of 1921. I value the privilege very highly. Our four years of school have passed very quickly, and pleasantly too. When we entered Athens High School, it seemed that we had an age ahead of us, but it did not really take • o long. Perhaps you may know that as a class, we have been quite successful. The average of the Seniors of 1921 has been one of the highest in the history of Athens High School. This was our chief rim when we entered a hcol and it must be regarded as our principal achievement. And, too, class enterprises, both for pleasure and profit, have usually been fortunate in mee'-ng Iheir ends In athletics the class has furnished several star players in a.’l the d’-Tcrcnt hinds cf sports. I believe that wc have always had nearly 10«