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

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THE ATHENIAN per cent membership in the athletic association. For all these thing’s we must indeed feel grateful to our teachers for their help and encouragement. Especially we owe our thanks to Miss Tuthill and Miss Harris for aiding with the Senior play. Tomorrow morning we will begin a new work; newer and bigger. In this success will mean something different from the petty triumphs at High School. Let us be successful, for we must; it is our duty and to our interests. Remember the class motto: “If the elevator to success isn’t running, take the stairs.” STANLEY BIDLACK, President of Class of 1921. CLASS ALPHBET A is for the Annals m which '21 will be set down. We’ve done our best to make it one of renown. B is for Bidlack with a grave mathematical look Bailer and Baedshew who re er wcriy ever a l ek. C is for Campbell and Curtiss, two inseparable buddies. And for Marian Crain who I believe likes her studies. D begins DuBois who rides in a Ford. E is for Excellent; wTe know the word. F, our Frenchy, who’s far overweight, Every Monday morning he is sure to be late. G is for Grenell who always wears a scowl, But underneath he is a mighty g c jal. And for Grimley, our valedictorian, Who says in an aeroplane she’s goirg scarin’. H is for Hills who ar to climb Up from the high school to heights sublime. Havens, Hair and Hedrick, three football stars, I believe that some day they’ll tackle Mars. I is for Ink always on the Senior floor; You can’t help but see it when you open the door. J is for Johnson, Johnston and Jones, When it eomes to the stage, they’re all right at home, K is for Knowledge; if you think we lack s me, Just look at our class average ever since we begun. L is for Langelands of whom we have two I think their motto is, “Always see, always do.” m starts Mcntgcrrery with her rap'd t c r f i c Also MacMorran who’s lent a helping hand more t'rrcs thuncr.e. N is for Northrupwith that dignified w alk.

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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«

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THE ATHENIAN p, Park, the little girl who must always talk. Q, Questions on exams which us would baffle, We’ll leave for our classmates with which|Jto battle, s for the Smiths; they’re of excellent pith— “Fate tried to conceal them by calling them Smith.” s also makes Spear if you add the right letters. T is for Till, than the rest of us much better. U, Useful, which we aim to be in later years, Because our old High School has cleared away our fears, v, von Wolffradt from across the river, To our class he’s been a cheerful giver, w for Walter and Williams of oratorical fame; They’ve helped our class live up to its name. —Joseph Weil, ’21. JUNIOR RESPONSE Seniors, you have been one of the peppiest classes of the high school ever since the day of your entry, but we feel that our class is in every respect as bright as you are, and that in no way can it be beat. We do feel, though, that your class has done some very good things for the high school, but watch the class of ’22. We are happy to have you leave for one reason; and that is, now we shall have a chance at the average. We must thank you for your advice, though we do not need it. Before you leave we have something to say to you. Maiy and Ruth have attractions in the Junior Class. Don’t forget them when you leave us. Stanley Bidlack makes a fine president for the Senior Class. We hear the class meetings are very exciting. Arline and Beatrice are the musicians of the class, and Paul Havens is a very accomplished clarionetist. Joe Weil, Keith Grenell, and Sarah Grimley are the three wise men, though Sarah is of the opposite sex. Joe Bailer believes that care will kill a cat. You will admit that Joe’s cares will by no means harm any cat. Louise MacMorran lost a valuable friend in the Senior Class last year. Be sure you don’t leave a friend behind this year, Louise. The Langeland girls are the basketball stars, and Mary and Bowser come in here also. ; Theodore and Dan worked well in the backfield in football and other athlet i cs. Wonder if they wouldn’t work well together behind a soda fountain. The vocal ability goes to Beryl Bradshaw, and to Paul French goes the task f being funny. Dcrc thy Spear, one of the best workers in the class, is for some reason very fond of Michigan. Gen ldine Montgomery, Hilda DuBois and Florence Smith are very dignified Seniors.