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

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TWBNTT-THIRD ANNUAL ATHBN IAN The twenty-third annual Athenian, sponsored by the graduating class of 1935, surely commemorates as fine a group of seniors and undergraduates as any high school of our class can produce. In printing this yearbook we realize that all that is placed between these covers represents us and our school. We feel truly proud of the fine advancement the School Board has made in the last year by introducing two new departments into our curriculum. We are pleased that we have had an opportunity to take up these new subjects, business training and agriculture. By this advancement, together with our regular curricular activities, we are brought to higher levels which we must so maintain that in turn other classes may record their activities in an annual. We. as well as others, will truly enjoy and prize these future annuals of Athens High School. For what we have taken in and grounded in our minds, during these never-to-be-forgotten years in Athens High School, we must give a great deal of credit to our well chosen and beloved faculty. Their loyalty and patience with each one individually has made them honored and respected by us all. We, the Athenian Board of 1935, in publishing this yearbook are filled with the greatest pride and joy, and we hope that it may in future years he a comfort and a means of reviving fond and pleasant memories. Vern Casselbury. FURBISHING AN ANNUAL The task of putting out a yearbook is not always burdensome for the editors come upon amusing incidents, which help to break up the monotony of the steadily increasing work that begins to pile up following mid-year tests. Putting out an annual means continual hard work for all the board members; it means a well organized plan: it means getting the prints to the engraver and the copy to the printer, and if one slows down for one day it means working twice as hard for the next week. First comes planning a budget, receiving bids for engraving and printing, seeing photographers, cutting down costs, editing manuscript, making up the “dummy”, and reading proof. Sometimes I believe that the public does not realize the actual work put on a yearbook. They merely think it is an annual and it is put out each year by the school and that is all. One meets all kinds of hazards, all kinds of people, and all kinds of luck, both good and bad. Then when the “dummy” is at the printer's, and all the Page eighteen

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SENIORS THOMAS, LELIA “Tommy” A friend more true could not be found If you searched the world ’round. WALKER, ISABELLE “Issy” Always thoughtful and full of cheer, She’s helped along through many a year. WATKINS, ESTHER “Kate” Music hath charm beyond compare, And Esther willingly does her share. WELCH, MARGARET “Margaret” Her modest looks a cottage might adorn. Sweet as a primrose peeps beneath a thorn. WHITBECK, JANE “Janie” Always thoughtful, untroubled, and kind, A girl like Jane is hard to find. WHITE, MARIAN “Chinkie” A helping hand, a willing heart, Always ready to do her part. WILBUR, ANDREW “Andy” , Quiet, studious and affable, Sees every point that is laughable. WITTIG, GILBERT “Gil” Quiet and studious, he does not shirk, His real pleasure is in good, honest work. WITTIG, REDA Though we’ve known her one short year, To our hearts she’s very dear. ZIMMER, LAVERNE “Pat” A smiling face and a laughing heart Make life easier from the start. Page seventeen

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prints are at the engraver's, and there seems to he a lull in the work, it suddenly becomes time to collect hills and pay bills. Large hills and small hills, hut they all have to he paid! Students will look at you in bewilderment when they are faced with a statement of indebtedness; creditors look at you with a gleam in their eye that seems to say. “How about it”? Finally your hook comes to you printed and hound and you exclaim, “What a fine job the printers and engravers did this year!” John M. Lucy. FAREWELL MESSAGE Classmates, in June we will leave Athens High School to take up other activities to which we have undoubtedly been looking forward, some with misgivings and others with great joy. And yet. when once released and immersed in the whirlpool of busy life, we will look back to the days when we were happy and free. The class of ’35 has accomplished something this vear that has never been equaled in the high school and in all probability will not be for a number of years. W e have moved the average mark that was necessary to achieve to be in the highest fifth up from eighty-five to ninety-one. Although the members of the class had capacity for knowledge, it is to the teachers that we extend the greatest praise and thanks for their patience and conscientious work in developing the students' abilities. The temporary loss of the auditorium tended to weaken the binding ties of fellowship that have always characterized the Senior class. This unfortunate condition was overcome by the spirit and determination that has been a part of us. during our four years of high school life. This year we did not do so well in football, but the Seniors held their own in all the sports. Three members of the class were on the varsitv of the championship team of '33 and seven on the varsity of the team of '34. We had no basketball this year due to construction work on the high school building. When the time comes for all to bid a sorrowful goodby to the institution that has meant almost as much to us as our own homes, we shall look hack and consider our years spent here not as burdensome, but as the most valuable time that we will ever spend throughout life. In parting we wish the best of luck and the greatest success to all the members of the class of ’36. Edward Reinhardt. Page nineteen