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

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SENIOR PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Classmates, we have been together in work and play for the last four years. Many of us have been together longer, but for four years we have been making records that will go down in the history of Athens High School. Perhaps a record does not seem like much, but it is one way of leaving your mark. Some before us have left their mark on the desk, but just to be different we decided to leave ours in the office. 1. personally, believe that this class will he remembered for a few things. The size of our class will always be a goal for which others will strive. This is the largest class ever to graduate from this school and probably will stand so for many years. In dramatics and debating we have shown that we are the masters of ourselves and our knowledge. For many years we have been preparing ourselves for this type of work by continually arguing about something or. perhaps, trying to put one over on the teacher. This was always fun until we were caught. Our athletic ability was such that A. II. S. was in the limelight and is making history by itself. Out of twelve lettermen eight played on the Championship Team of 1933. Resides making a few records we have learned something of far more importance. We have learned the art of working together. I think that this will prove itself very valuable in later years. All through life we will be in contact with other people and. unless we can work with them toward a common goal, we will find ourselves on the wrong side of the fence. Rut we cannot take all the credit for our success, if that is what you might call it. We were not working alone during these years of hard labor. Much credit is due the teachers who have shown us what to strive for and how to do it. Most of us went through school in twelve years which seemed to us. at the beginning, a long span of time. Rut just think what the teachers went through during this time! We greatly appreciate their help and hope to prove ourselves worthy of their time and support. Now. after all these years together, we have to leave. We are on the verge of a new and greater adventure. We are now prepared to take our place in the world. The future is rather a mystery, like a veiled object or unexplored territory. We hardly know what the lifting of the veil or the topping of the next rise will reveal. In short, we are in a quandary. Rut we will not be downed: we will turn defeat into victory and go on with that indomitable spirit that is now a part of us. With best wishes for the success of the Arab, steal away. 1935 class, we quietly, like the F.dgar Rrown. Page eighteen

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SENICES Elena Smith “Willie” •'The victory of success is half won when one gains the hnhit of work.” Too bad we didn't have basketball this year. With “Willie” on the team, we would have been “Champs”. James Smith “Jimmie” “He doesn't talk much, but when he does he says a great deal.' ’ James is the quietest boy in High School. But as the saying goes. “Quiet rivers flow deep.” This fits James ex-a ctly. Helen Touhey “True friends are like diamonds. Rich and rare”. Helen's laughing brown eyes and witty tongue have won her a place in the hearts of all her schoolmates. Paul Walker “Paul” “In this life we want nothing but facts, sir. nothing but facts.” Paul is noted for his adventures in his cars, also tractor, because he really is a farmer. Mortimer Webster “Mort” “A light heart lives long.” Mort” is noted for his dryness of manner, and none can heat him at a game of wits. Always ready for fun. George White “George” He is as full of valour as of kindness.” (Jeorge is the mathematician of the class. It is said that he was doing the work of ten men during the last semester. Iona Smith “Ona” “If the power to do hard work is not a talent. It is the best possible substitute for it.” “Onn's” i n d u s triousness doesn't prevent us from discovering her friendliness. Jean Sturrock “When one smile starts another. They would soon reach miles and miles.” Jean’s smile completely wins everyone and makes us ask for more. Dorothy Vaow “Dot” “For she who always does her best Her best will better grow.” We enjoyed the short two years “Dot” spent with us. Harold Wallin “Jo Jo” “So light of foot, so light of spirit.” Harold will be the aviator of the class. With his enthusiasm and spirit he will make a name for himself. Anna White “Annie” “Never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you.” Anna was with us for only one year, but she proved her ability to make friends. Stanley White “Stan” “A man to be depended upon.” “Stan” will be one of the few members of the Senior class of whom we will be proud. He is bound to make a name for himself. Page seventeen

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ELir€RI41l OUR YEARBOOK Again this yearbook of ours passes into new hands. Let us hope that these are strong hands and will. l v their efforts, better our yearbook and make a living remembrance of it for those who are leaving our fold. For you, luniors. who will form next year’s Kditorial Board, we have a special message. Put the life of our school into this book of ours to the best of your ability and then pass it on to others who wi’l leave their ideas engraved upon its pages. If our school does not progress, neither will our yearbook; arouse that interest that is now latent dee]) down in your soul and establish an ideal for our school, one that means progress. Watch with interest the events that happen inside these walls, concerning classroom and the high school activities program and then produce the work on the pages of the yearbook to bring back to us mental pictures of occurrences that have passed and will never come again. Eugene McDonald. AN EDITOR SEES The Juniors of the present school are the last class to be imbued with the tvpe of school spirit with which we are familiar. Each year the students seem to grow more and more away from the curricular activities of the school. The activities outside those of the school seem to interest them more readily than those within it. The solution of the problem cannot be treated and solved, as in the old times, by the students themselves; but only by the induction of new spirit into the problem through the medium ot new attractions for the students. The new addition to the school building will go a long way in solving this problem by providing new courses and more modern facilities for entertainments. Another large factor will be the appearance of new teachers. Through them we learn, and. if they teach new ideas, we will learn new ideas and thus we might find a way to solve this problem. Perhaps one of the most entertaining, but also one of the best instructors, is the use of films to illustrate lectures. There is much room to expand this modern convenience of knowledge and it may prove to be some help in helping the students to grow back to school. The students will have to preserve the Athenian as the school paper, because only through it can they express their reactions to these changes. Page nineteen