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

Page 27 text:

CIoAcScS cSOMG Ffl.J. F ranees Johnston

Page 26 text:

SENIOR HISTORT For the last four years the majority of the class of '35 have struggled through high school together. An even dozen have passed through the en tire twelve years without changing schools. They are Jeane Amts, Ruth Bowen, Donald Brigham, Vent Casselbury. Milton Cohen. Roger Converse. Jack Coughlin. Lucile Holcombe, Frances Johnston. June MacDaniels. Esther Watkins, and Margaret Welch. Seven of our class started in the Willow Street school in 1M22. They are: Karl Alpaugh, Helen Beardsley, Bernard Campbell, Franklin Dolan, Ardis Cowan, Esther Hunt, and Zaida Parks. At the beginning of our Freshman year, we were a group of enthusiastic, but somewhat bewildered, students. A number of the boys went out for football and some played on the second and third teams. Athens finished second in the league schedule in that year. We also had a number of aspirants out for basketball: none, however, were successful in earning a letter. Soon after the close of basketball season, came the election of class officers. Harold McCauley was elected President with John Lambert as Vice President. John Lambert’s life was cut short by an untimely death, in the following year. This was the first great loss of the class of '35. Other officers elected were bred Mitchell. Secretary, and John Lucy, Treasurer. In our Sophomore year, the Juniors welcomed us by giving a dance in our honor. We purchased class pins that year which were very well liked. The boys who made letters in athletic competition were: Clyde Anderson, Lawrence Belcher. Harold Coombs, Harold McCauley, Tom Simpson, and Jack Terry. The officers of the class that year were: Harold McCauley, President: Ruth Bowen. Vice President: Bernard Campbell, Secretary; and John Lucy, Treasurer. In our Junior year La Verne Zimmer was elected President. Other officers were Vern Caseslbury. Vice President: Ruth Bowen, Secretary: and John Lucy. Treasurer. As Juniors we purchased class rings which proved very satisfactory to the class as a whole. The Juniors were instrumental in saving the Athenian from a certain downfall, through a plan of President Zimmer to guarantee payment of the Junior subscriptions. In our Junior English classes the boys prepared debates and the girls acted in one act plays. This dramatic training prepared us for the Senior Evenings which we gave this year. At the end of the year we entertained the Seniors by giving them a dance in the 1. R. Hall. Now, as the time is approaching for the commencement of our new life, we realize what all this has meant to us. The happiest days of our life have been spent in Athens High. We hope that the class of '35 will live in the history of Athens High forever and for the class of ’36 we wish all of the happiness that we had in high school. Harold McCauley. Vuye twenty-two

Page 28 text:

OUR BART PICTURES