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

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LI1f1J'LI'l.fLfLJ 1 Il I1.f'LI'1J'LI1I LI'l.f DUTIES GF THE BUSINESS MANAGER The dut1es of a busmess manage1 ale not as d1ff1cult as they are 1nt11cate In the solutlon of the many problems yyhlch ar1se 1165 the opportumty to put to test preuous expe11ence Thls solut1on depends upon a ce1ta1n amount of glay mattel backed up bv a sol1d b1t of ex peuence The chlef tholn 1n the slde of a bus1ness manager 1S of course 1n keepmg the b1 monthly Atheman nnanc1ally aboye board AdV61tlSQ ments subscr1pt1on llsts payments flom soc1et1es and classes for DIC tu1es go to make up the yy ays 1n yyhlch ou1 pape1 IS able to 1ust breathe above vx ate1 The most 1mpo1tant source of 1ncome IS advertlsements Our paper has been backed up by the buslness men of Athens Sayre and W3V61 ly ibut chlefly Athensb fO1 the last twenty years We certalnly owe these bus1ness men a yote of thanks and the best way me can show our great apprec1at1on IS by 1ead1ng then ads and deal1ng yy 1th them as much as poss1ble The subscr1pt1on l1st 1snt so large thls year Perhaps 1tS the de pre s1on The falhng off has been notlceable espec1ally 1n the amount of money turned IH The Athen1an board put 1nto play a good plan thlS year but lt fell th10ugh because of lack of co operat10n from the student body In fo1me1 years It has been the ldea to sell enough b1 monthly papers to a1d g1eatlv 1n pay1ng for the yea1 book th1S year the problem has been to make the pape1 pay f01 1tself We have managed hovsever to get tl110l1gl1 the year all r1ght and vte ll hope for a better 1ecept1on next year Keepmg the books of The Athenlan Stfalght IS much more of a 1ob d1fflcult to f1gure out but 1n the ma1n not much d1fHcultv vsas encoun tered Many contacts f11endly and otherw1se are establ1shed by the bus1 ness manager of a paper It IS really qulte a pr1y1leffe to speak Wlth d1H'6I'6l1t men and to learn what they th1nk of our paper It surprlsed me to learn that some of them thought that our papel yy as only a pleas ant past1me for some of ou1 students These men ale always mterested to knovs that lt 18 1eally an 1mpo1 tant part of our school l1fe and a branch xy h1ch has many p1act1cal benefits Contacts ue establ1shed xx 1th concerns and cont1 acts axe drawn up Vle meet the1r 19131 esentat1y es and galn valuable 1nformat1on XVhlCl'l ue pa s along 1n the folm of 1mproy ements 1n our year book Much corres pondence IN taken cue of dllllllf., the year All of tl'llS tends towards a successful yen book Harold Lambert QX 'W' f m f w va Page ten rj, i ....-...- U A . . . S, L 4 . . . - Lf. , 1 . 1 Y . L . A Y E Y v L . . . . , . . , - S . I . . L . 7 . 7 . . . . . h , . . ' 7 ' 9 7 1 . 7 , Q . than it appears to be. There were several transactions that were rather A . . . . . Y - 7 V A A M i. . , . .- . Y . . Y. . a I o D 1 . y I - I L ' . na . Y I 7 . .1 Q Y . Q . Y ' . . . ' v . ' ' ' - , . 1 K I y ' ss Y ' ' . ' . 3- . 'hw u 2 - 'I r Y ' 'L' v K1 sl' 1 1- . usp -'ill X ll WI, Q X X fs . , as 1' m l 5 ' X 'z 9 -- .-1--W,,,. -,. V , . I I 1:

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ATIIENIAN TI-IE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNUAL It seems that the p11me DLIIDOSG of a xea1 book IS to 1113.111 those xxho xx1sh to xxo1k on It publlcatlon along that l1ne ot xxolk Thls IS not at all an 1nco1 rect concluslon Yet lt IS not the goal xx h1ch 15 sought In 01 der to cont1nue xea1 aftex xea1 as a p1 OSDGIOLIS publ1c mon the book must haxe a fa11lx large C11Cl.lldt1011 Lpon maklng a study of the manx la1ge md prosperous annuals It becomes qulte exldent that edltorlals a1c ax olded hx them as much as IS po s1ble The expexlenced staffs of these publ1cat1ons have learned that tl'e publ1c C3198 I1ttle fo1 QCI1tO1'12llS xx hatex Q1 thell qual1tx max be Good photographs and a book that IS espec1 1IIx a1t1st1c IS far mo1e appealmg than one of opposlte natule Th1s has been the 'um of the staff of th1s book Although lt does not compfue 1n art1st1c 1ch1ex ement xx1th the l11ge1 DUIJl1Ld.t1Ol'lS lt em IJOCIIQS somc of the be t d1tlStlC effects that could be obt uned xx1th the IGSOUICQS at the11 command The QCl1tOl1dl staff wh1ch xx orkel on th1s arnual has derlved a great deal of pleasu1e and experlence flom domg so and has but one xvlsh that the reader may enjoy It Th1s lb after all the onlx reason for 1ts DLIIJIICHIZIOH R1chard Demlng DUTIES OE TI-IE EEATURE EDITOR The dutles of the feature ed1tor are manx and X'lll6d There IS no the pape1 IS ente1ta1nn1g, He must keep the Qd1t011IlS and news 1tems f1om becom1ng borlng by cattermg h1s b1ts of humor O1 poet1y among them I11 a school pap r the most 1mpo1tant xvolk comes IH the l1ne of lokes and poems A 1oke must be nexx the best of them come from or1g1nal saymgs 1n the classrooms and around the school blllldlllg These a1e more of lnterest to the student 1eacle1 because he can unde1stand the urcumstances and usually kroxxs the pe1 sons xv1th whom the 1okes are connected Poems a1e not as essentl 11 unless thev are connected IH ome xx ay xx1th the act1x1t1es XVl'l1Cl1 make up school llfe A student w1ll not show my 1HtQ19St 111 a poem dealmg xx1th sf11nff OI the lJ93.lltl6S of natu1e unless It IS especlally good and the amateur poet IS not usually xx ell enough xe1 sed 1n poetry to xx11te one of th1s natu1e Ca1toons and cuts a1e also featul es These are best xx hen thex characterlze a certa1n person O1 ex ent The1e IS a tendencx sometlmes to deal a l1ttle harshly xx 1th the ones 1epresented Th1s has to be xxatched 1n not alloxvmg the paper to create ammoslty Then xxhen the 160'lll il pare1 and the an nual a1e befo1e the publ1c there IS sat1sfact1on for the 'feature QCIIIIOI' ln knoxx1ng that he has contubuted h1s shfue 1n helpmg to make these school 1 Ubl1Cdt1OIlS a success OINIIIC C Eddy A 1 IW Przrfc nnze 'mi A XX ,Q IQ S y v.: Y 4 . S .' . ' . . v ' ' -L' -S u . v fv 1 v 1 is 1 0 A- u :1 l ,Z . T . 1 Y I uv i 2 u Lv 1 L1 . L, ' v' ' '. A f 1, v ' v K- L. 'lf 1 ' . . 1 ' - ' . ' lt, v. . - 1 ' .' 1. ' sv v ' . lf -' T c I 1' ' I -1' . . 1 U I C 'V I K1 . A Z 1 v Y ' 2 'Hr 1 If . A, I - ' I. A S 1 1 'li ' -Y , . L1 . 2 ' y' K 1 , . I . cn . , 1 ' .' : . ' lv c vc 'I . ' .U set mark as to how far his work may go, but h1s f1l'St duty IS to see that , ' ' ' ' r. . ' 2 3 1' ' . . 1 o I s nl '. Es Ly g 1 ' ' :ef , - ' . 1 . K1 v 2 LY 1 kv . I r . v K1 A 1. C 1 - I K1 ' 1 1' 1' 1 ' I , c N l c v Y - . ' Y 1' ' f I . 1 . .' 1 ' '. I E cv f 4 1 T ' 1 ' ' ' J 7 T 1 v' I Q X . ' 'LV '!l' -11' I ' -'Af If 3 10,', q?1 71r ?1O1' X I 'Y 'f 'T ' ' 1 - 'Qin f- U P 1 I in if 'S'

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LFx.rLr ATIIENIAN CLASS HISTGRY Thlough then h1gh school cal eel the class of 39 haxe been llvelx lndustuous and lnterestlng Judged bx then persexelance there could be no better class All haxe been loyal Sl1pD01't91S of the hlgh school goxe1nment dolng thelr best to help It functlon properly In 1egula1 xx ork our 1nstructo1s say that the maJor1tx of us haxe been xx1ll1ng to xxo1k If xxe cultlxate th1s tendencx to strlxe for the best xxe w1ll be successful xx hen xxe go out 1nto other 3Ct1Vlt199 Our hlgh school pxesldent of 1931 32 was Harold Lambelt vlce p1es1dent Helen Drake and thelr helper the chlef of pollce Gcrald Welch In football basketball and track sex eral of the star players xvere from our class There xxere Helen Drake Exelyn W oodxvard Carl Col l1ns Grant Buggs Malcolm C1698 James MCCOFm1Ck Vlorell Long Harold Iambelt Earl T1ffany Cerald WI elch Orx1lle Eddv Eugene Eddy and Donald MCEHt1T9 Many of us xxere IH the orchestra and the glee club In the operetta of 1991 Ann Gllmartln and Thomas Dlxon took two of the p11nc1pal parts In the county oratorlcal contests Donald McEnt1re xx on a prlze 1n the sophomore year and Helen D1 ake xx on honorable men tion 1n the senlor yeal Durmg these four years xxe have glxen sexeral successful tea and ex enmg dances The Junlor Semol banouet IH the spr1ng of our lumor year was one of our blggest successes The fun We had wlll long be re membered by each of us In December 1931 the g1rls of our class XV616 dellghtfully enter tamed by the Unlxerslty Club of Say re and Athens Thls Qflteftalnlng of Sen1or glrls has been a regular occurrence for everal years It glves the guls an opportunltx to meet then lnstluctors soclally Whlch IS very dlfferent from the DUSIHGQQ llke contact that prevalls ln the classroom Also about thls tlme the Home Hx glene class made an lnterestlng and 1nstruct1xe x1s1t to the Robe1t Packer hospltal 1n Sayre As an outcome many of ou1 glrls firmly declded to become nurses All of us took palt 1n the Sen1or evenlngs Neaxly the whole of the p1 ogram xxas humorous and the audlence xx as kept laughmg contmually The onlv se11ous palts of these prog1 ams xxere the boys dlscusslons on lmportant IODICS of the day Thelr polnts xx ere carrled out xerv xvell and xxere 1nst1uct1xe to the aud1ence In the final evenmg the offlcers xvere chosen from the JLIHIOI' class to lead and carrv on the xxolk of the 'Dorum Academy and Thesplan clubs In planmng the Sen1o1 play xve declded to have a llmlted cast F01 merly all the class took Dart but with a class of s1xty It xx as almost lmposslble to find a play wlth so many ac tors The plax xxas bound to be a success as the chosen actors dld verv xx ell at lehearsals And noxx the future looms up before us greatel and more perplexi mg than ex 61 I am sure that 1f xxe contlnue to tackle our problems as ha1d as xxe dld those ln hlgh school our l1x es xx1ll be spelled s u c c e s s Elizabeth Chaffee W wth so, f p llc Llc GB A mv M10 IQ KN Q 'Y 'N 5 I 0 1 . 7 v . v 1 '-' .7 - 1 ' ' 7 '. - v . . V , s 1 . - - , . ' . . Y . 1 A . . Y v 7. . 7 Q Y .V . Y .v 7 . . ., . U , - .. V 1 ' x. . .' v . . '. . . ' 1 , 1 . . . . .l J ' 1 Y 7 Y . 1 , . - y . , . . I . .1 , v 7 , , a.r v l ' v 1 1 9 's 'lv A sl 1 1 ' ' 7 . y' v 1 y r 7 7 -,s . u v . a . . V . U 4 Q. . 7 - - . . 7 . . 1 Y - . . . v Q . 7 .v v 7 . . - . Q . . . . A na - 1 9 ' - ' . . . . . . Y A 7 0 . . Q . ., . 1. '. I ' L ' L , . V. . . . x AL' n A , A -7 min Ll v 7 0 Q A . V ' x N A p i N Y . 1 . . . . 4' 4 4 v 7 ' ' A V . . . . . V . Y ' 7 , . 4 . . . Q 1 , , . . ' 1 x A y v 5 uni ' y y Q ' , .. L . . .., . ., U Y . .. , . . . , ,- - , , ' , ' ac as . . . K S lf? I 1 K , N Rx 1 1 ' -s 5 - N Pu' ' ' V671 QU Y ll Y Q O I Q' ' .0 Us v- ' 9 . . . . Q .3 c f a 1 xr! il 25'