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

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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

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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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eioAss prophbct Following the recent trend toward communism, the girls of the class of '35 established for themselves in later life the cooperative village of Arden, populated and managed entirely by girls. Marguerite Bourne is responsible for the simple beauty of this lovely village as she holds the enviable position of landscape artist. She took a course in landscape gardening together with her able assistants, Reda W’ittig and Marian White. These three friends have done wonders with the town which the Senior girls founded. The homes were designed by Architect Geraldine Garey in collaboration with Interior Decorator Mary Elsbrec. These homes are out of the ordinary and some day everyone will be patterning after them. There is only one girl. Kathryn Kunes, in the former Senior class that could qualify for the position of cook in Arden. She spent several years in Paris under the instruction of a very famous chef. All the girls go to her restaurant for their meals. We have a mayor, a jail, and a fire department. Zaida Parks, our mayor, rules with an iron hand. She is for obedience and she gets it with her strict discipline. The caretaker of the jail, who is also Chief of Police, is Florence Struble. Her one prisoner is l.ucile Holcombe who was arrested for reckless driving. She will, however, be released soon and go on with her famous auto racing. She is entertained each afternoon by Vivian Matteson who brings the JolIitiers with her. The Jollitiers include Esther Hunt. Isabelle Walker, and Ruth Sammons, who give very amusing sketches. The fire department is led by Jeane Arnts. She is very efficient and under her command are Ruth Bowen and Vera Xuss. They make lovely fire chasers. We have an airport which is managed by Marjorie Morley. June MaePaniels and Margaret Dieffenbach are the pilots. They went well together on the ground in '35 and continue to do so in the air. Arden Theatre is managed by Helen Beardsley. Ardis Gowan was the leading star in a recent production. It was a musical comedy with the music arranged by Esther Watkins. M e always knew Ardis would make a name for herself in the dramatic world while Esther W atkins made hers in the field of music. Frances Johnston is another well-known personage in music. She now assists Madame Schoonover in the World Famous Operas. Elizabeth Rockett is the famous prima donna of these operas. Geraldine Hapeman and Bertha Hill are our dressmakers. With the Senior cook and Senior dressmakers, the rest of us haven't much to do. Hapeman and Hill are also famous designers. Distinguished women from all over the world consult these two ladies on the problems of dress. At present. Margaret Welch is abroad studying art. She is accompanied by Doris Kline who is making an advanced study of psychology. Jane Whitbeck and Betty Loomis are our lawyers, and are also our local Sherlock Holmes for they have solved many a baffling case. They will go down in the history of crime detection as masters of that difficult art. Elsie Chambers is our one and only doctor whose assistant is Grace Jcnney. They have made themlselvcs known as great women of medicine. Delia Thomas is our teacher and helps us continue our study of Advanced English. You see, English is the only surviving language; all other languages are dead. A few years after graduation Marion Schmitt, Kathryn Drake, and Lela Eddy formed the great banking business of Schmitt, Drake, and Eddy. They have solved many of the problems of finance and the whole world is grateful to them for their accomplishments. Arden is a very famous town with very famous women. The miracles of the time when Arden was created originated with the class of 1935. Mary Elsbree. Page twenty