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

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1936 volume:

% TWCNTy-fClJCTIi A T H 1 9 E 3 6 N I A N PLELISHED OT ATHENS HIGH SCHCCL ATHENS, PENNSYLVANIA rCRCWCCD The Class of ’36 in carrying on the tradition of publishing The Annual is proud to present this picture of the entrance to the annex as a fitting symbol of the new opportunities offered to the students of A. H. S. AI .HA HATER Where the waters, mingling softly, Cast their silvery chains Round our peaceful little Athens Alma Mater reigns. With the sturdy hills around her Guarding from all storm, And her proud head, crowned by heaven, Stands she, safe from harm. Chorus: Sing her praise in swelling chorus, Raise her to the sky, Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, Hail, dear Athens High! rage three Along the Susquehanna, Athens, Pennsylvania EDITOR’S MESSAGE It is with a great deal of pride that I write in this Annual which you students have made possible. It was but a short time ago that we didn’t know whether we should be able to carry on the publication of this Athenian. Only through the cooperation of you students have we been able to carry on this institution—this tradition of the Athens High School. The Athens High School is unconquerable because it can not be beaten in good spirit and good will. With good spirit and the right will, no one is really beaten regardless of score or outcome. You have given me the pleasure of editing this famous publication. I hope you don’t feel that I have failed you. Remember 1 have had but a small part in publishing this paper. The people who deserve credit for making this year book a success are the faculty advisors and your capable business manager. Near the beginning of the school year while talking about your Annual, I said, “We must not fail!” We succeeded because of our undying spirit and the will to conquer. Will you Seniors of the class of 1937 fail to publish an Annual? You must not fail! If you do, it will not be characteristic of the students of Athens High School. The Editor ATHENIAN BOARD First Row: Jack White, Gregory Schultz, Walter Kinne, Robert Harrigan, Gerald Brown, Leo McDonald, Ivan Parks, Harry Crandall, Jack Dixon, John Peck. Second Row: Virginia Sumner, Doris Campbell, Katherine Powers, Mildred Wade, Norma Barnhart, Marion Wallin, Eleanor Dunbar, Eloise Rockwell, Bert Sumner. Page four BOARD Of DIRECTORS DR. A. G. COUGHLIN President E. C. BRESSLER Vice President DR. D. McCLARTY Treasurer L. E. LOOMIS Secretary EUGENE E. CREDIFORD Supervising Principal THOMAS J. COOK FACULTY FIRST ROW: Isabel Sairs, Music Mansfield Teachers’ College. Nellie Storch, A.B. German, Latin, History Elmira College. Ada vonWolfradt, A.B. English, Art Mansfield Teachers’ College, Syracuse University. Lina Crocker, B.S. Junior High English Mansfield Teachers’ College. Marjorie Groat, B.A. Home Economics Pennsylvania State College. Ruth C. Faulkne }- English Mansfield Teachers’ College, Pennsylvania State College. Roberta McClarty, Secretary of Athens Schools Athens High School. SECOND ROW: Reed C. Benson. B.S. Science Mansfield Teachers’ College, University of Virginia. Esther Baxter, B.S. English, Social Studies Mansfield Teachers’ College. Evelyn Hinkley, A.B. French, Latin, Elmira College. Elizabeth Bouton, B.S. Commercial Studies Indiana Teachers’ College. Winifred Reagan, A.B. Mathematics Pennsylvania State College. Katherine Smith, Junior High Mathematics Mansfield Teachers’ College. Edith Hine, R.N. Health Robert Packer Hospital, Pennsylvania State College. Irving W. Hazard, B.S. Science, Mathematics Syracuse University. Marshall Van Scoten, B.S. Agricultural Education Pennsylvania State College. THIRD ROW: Adrain Rowe, B.S. Science, Social Studies Mansfield State Teachers’ College. Howard Evans, Manual Training, Jr. High Business Training West Chester State Teachers’ College. William S. Courtney, B.S., Athletic Coach, History Pennsylvania State College. Eugene E. Crediford, B.S. Superi'ising Principal Mansfield State Teachers’ College. Kenneth Stone, B.E. Physical Education, Social Studies LaCrosse State Teachers’ College. Dean Shroat, B.S. Mathematics, Social Studies Lock Haven State Teachers’ College. Earl K. Dill, A.B. History, Mathematics Syracuse University, University of Michigan. I tge six TC THE CI 45S €f 1936 During the past six years of junior-senior high school life in this, your Athens High School home, the school authorities, through the teachers and the educational equipment provided, have endeavored to furnish you with a general preparation for living. They have made it possible for you to secure a training and development of life so that you may move out of school activity into another phase of life activity better prepared for the responsibilities of adulthood. Just how much good this high school preparation has done for each of you no one knows. Much has depended on your attitude toward school work and on you, as an individual, with your own interests and abilities and on your use of them; however, it has been the endeavor of your teachers to present worthwhile material with challenging and helpful tasks in your preparation for adult life. There are always two vital factors in school life: the teacher and the pupil, the instructor and the learner; and we know that many times the learner has not been as receptive or as retentive as he could have been. The pupil is the loser and will live to regret the wasted hours in high school. However, the majority of you have gladly undertaken the tasks set before you and have received the satisfaction and have earned the benefits coming to those who have done a task well. This habit of doing a task well is one of the most important objectives of your high school training. Developing desirable habits and attitudes is of more importance than imparting mere facts, and it is hoped your later life may prove that Athens High School did its full share in providing you with these valuable outcomes of your high school course. For those of you who desire to continue your education in higher institutions of learning we have endeavored to lay a foundation on which you may build successfully in those higher schools. Remember always, however, that no one ever left Athens High School or any other high school and succeeded in college without good hard study and putting the full force of his ability, continuously, into his college work. Such a small percentage of our graduates go away to school that tremendous responsibility to make good in your studies rests on you who do go. These past six years have been pleasant ones despite the interruptions caused by the tearing down and building operations in the construction of the Auditorium Annex, the P W A repairs to the school building, and the nerve racking days of the Flood of 1936. The manner in which our students conducted themselves during those trying experiences is a tribute to the self-control and self-discipline of the general high school student body of today. My hope is that this same calm spirit may be taken by you young people into your duties and responsibilities of citizenship and government in the years just ahead. The door of high school graduation has been opened for you. The wish of the school authorities and of all your teachers is that through this door you may step into adult lives of useful service; that you may face life with intelligence, moral stamina, and strength of purpose. Eugene E. Crediford Page seven CLASS PRESIDENTS ADDRESS Classmates, for four years we have worked together under the hardest of conditions. The depression has caused many obstacles to arise before us that have made the way difficult at times. Some of us have not had the funds to join different clubs and organizations. Many had to find work in order to continue in school. During our sophomore and junior years we were handicapped by the lack of an auditorium and gymnasium ; therefore, there were very few extra-curricular activities in which we were able to participate. Even though we were handicapped, our school spirit did not falter. If it had not been for the faculty, the way would have been much more difficult. It is true they gave us problems hard to solve, but those problems were for our own benefit—to help make us the men and women we hope to be. Therefore, speaking for the senior class I wish to express our gratitude to the faculty for their aid during our school years. In June when we go out to compete with others in the business world, many of us will think there is no opportunity for us to accomplish anything worth while. In reality the world is eager for the things we ought to create. “The best verse hasn’t been rhymed yet The best house hasn’t been planned The highest mountain hasn’t been climbed yet Nor the widest river spanned.” No opportunty? There’s nothing but opportunity and we must be prepared to find it and accept it. For four short years we all have been awaiting the day of commencement; but now as it draws near, the prospect does not seem so bright. We are leaving something dear to us, our Alma Mater and its associations and friendships. In parting we extend our best wishes for the success of the class of 1937. Charles Skinner Page eight PAUL ANDERSON “Andy” “Andy” is a jovial lad and has been an outstanding athlete for four years. “Andy” is always in any fun or mischief. Likes to hunt. His middle name should be vigor. NORMA BARNHART “Barney” Here is a brown-eyed, fairhaired lass who prefers blue eyes, and whose great desire is to have dimples. She has an aversion to people who sit in the theatre and tell what is going to happen next. Wants to teach German in high school. EMELINE BELCHER The other twin. She’s twenty-five minutes the younger but doesn’t mind her extreme youth. Emeline says that it doesn’t feel odd to be a twin—now isn’t that surprising ? BETTY BENNETT “Bennett” She doesn’t like chocolate ice cream. If she had a day to spend as she pleased, she’d spend it in the shopping district of New York. Likes red. Betty’s hobby is collecting china. DANIEL BROWN “Dizzy” Never a worry and never a care. “Dizzy” likes to be around the girls. They’re his favorite hobby. He’s fond of sports, as a sideline. ELOISE CARLE “Shrimp” A lively blonde and a good sport. “Shrimp” is always ready to do what the rest want to, and she does it whole-heartedly. She likes to dance, and seldom walks home alone. MURRAY ALLEN Murray likes to collect old coins and hunt. What he would really like to do is hunt big game, although one would never guess it, judging by his quietness in school. KENNETH BAXTER “K n” Believes that much may be accomplished by a winning smile. Is attracted by the opposite sex. He says the farmer’s life is the life for him—no more schooling. EMILY BELCHER She’s a twin, and likes to collect poems. If she had a day to do as she pleased, she would spend it calling on friends. Emily would like to learn to play a guitar or a violin. ESTHER BRIGGS “Briggsy” Full of fun and frolic, and likes to skate. It’s no surprise that her favorite song is “Neighbors ”. Why wouldn’t it be? An essential person to any class, with her unfailing laughter and giggles. GERALD BROWN “Brownie” A collector if there eve. was one—old newspapers, stamps, coins, anything. He says he is anti-superstitious, and hates old cars and sissies. His great desire is to own a car with musical horns and a big spotlight. He’d like to go to Mexico. ERNEST CATLIN “Red” Just give him a radio to tinker with, and he’s happy. A born electrician. (Don’t judge his disposition by the color of his hair.) Page ten ANDREW CHAMPION “Bud” Perseverance is his middle name. He is very fond of camping, and wants to own an automobile and to have money to run it. He won't let you light three cigarettes on one match. VIRGINIA CROCKER “Ginny” The champion of all gigglers, which probably explains why she hates pessimists. Her favorite expression is, “Some kid, eh, fun?” Likes to try out new recipes. Her answer to a maiden’s prayer is Bob. FLORENCE CULLINGTON “Fuzzy” “The shouting and the tumult dies”—and you know Florence has left the room. Always in the midst of a good time. If she suddenly fell heir to a fortune, she says her first act would be to give “Dizzy” a dollar. ELEANOR DUNBAR “Still waters run deep”. A student and a poet. Quiet manner and thinking mind. She hates corn meal mush, but has a great weakness for ice cream and chocolate cake. PHILIP FOULKE “Phil” Another pigskin chaser. Always the center of things —traffic cop on third floor. “Phil” likes the out-of-doors and expects to study forestry. % K JOHN FROCK “Johnny” A good manager, but is possessed of a carefree air. Likes to hunt and fish. His pet aversion is Caesar. “Johnny” likes blue because it’s easy on the eys. BERT CORNEBY See’s his fortune in a teacup. Couldn’t get along without saying. “Eh! Now when I was young—Likes to hunt—animals. ROBERT CROWLEY “Bob” Has a weakness for the opposite sex, and nothing makes him angrier than muddy roads at night. “Bob” is willing to cooperate in any way to make things a success. Just one of those people that you like to have around. BETTY DAVIES A very little miss who hates to do housework, and to study. She would like to be a buyer of clothes for a large concern. Likes red. It makes her feel alive, gives her more vitality, although she is already full of life and vigor. MARGARET DUNBAR She has talents up her sleeve—literary and artistic. Margaret is an old hand at the art of wise-cracking. She doesn’t laugh at her own jokes, either. ROBERT FRIANT “Bob” A plumber in the making. “Bob” takes great delight in driving junk cars, or his father’s red truck—when he can get it. He likes red neckties. WILLIAM FROCK “Bill” Sometimes he seems meek as a lamb, and other times he seems bold as a lion; so— one never knows what will come next. His favorite phrase is, “Thanks, Dad. I’ll pay ‘ya’ back pay day.” “Bill,”, like his brother, prefers blue, but his reason for it is that it “inspires” him. More power to him! Page eleven RICHARD GAFFNEY How he does hate stews— any and all kinds! He says he rests during vacation, but, judging from his present activity, it’s hard to believe. His favorite tune is “Londonderry Air”. GRACE HARRIS Grace likes a good time, and often provides one. Likes to take trips by automobile (with herself as driver). Can you blame her? Here's a girl who can take a joke—we admire her disposition. f ELLEN HUFF “Huffy” , giggle and an ill-suppressed snicker, and there's pHuffy”! A clarinetist and a note-passer. She officially states that she does not like carrots. Loves the woods. ROBERT KINNER “Bob” “Bob’s” pet aversion is lemon pie. He says that he's going to be a bachelor, but we don’t believe everything we hear. That wavy hair won’t go unnoticed. EDITH LINCOLN “Dede” “Dede” says she spends her vacation boring relatives. She hates bugs and housework. The biggest favor one could do for Edith would be to buy her a Scot-tie. She’s a German student. EUNICE MERRILL Eunice has a ready smile for everyone. She likes to read short stories. She would like to see all the beauty places of America. ARTHUR GUILD “Art” He slides a mean trombone, and would like to own a xylophone. Likes to read. Art is a quiet fellow—except at orchestra practice. EVELYN HOAG “Hoagie” An excellent student. Has a passion for having a place for everything and everything in its place. Is so genial one would never suspect her of having a suppressed desire to poke the-' nose of some people. “Crazy’f about dogs. MELVIN KEELER “Deacon” “Deac” is not so sober as the name implies. He standCL high in the class—an honor student and our tallest boy. His chief interest is engineering. FRANK KELLOGG “Kelly” Tall and curly-haired. Frank’s favorite occupation is tearing down motors, cleaning them, and putting them in running order. Loves music. He asserts, very emphatically, that he is not superstitious. His secret ambition is to be a surgeon. leo McDonald “Gabe” He wants to be a journalist. Lead him to a piano and he’ll play “St. Louis Blues” every time. Leo has a great aversion to potato salad and most (not all) redheads. He likes to sit up nights to listen to the radio. Plays basketball with enthusiasm. ESTHER MOORE “Moore” She likes to collect snapshots, but hates train rides and thunder storms. Her favorite song is “I Love You Truly”. Esther would like to go to Hollywood—just sightseeing, she says. Page twelve MARIAN MUNN Marian would be happy if it weren’t for Caesar. It’s the curse of her life, but she still has a smile. She would like to be a stenographer in California! ELEANOR PARKS “Parksie” Personality plus. “Parksie” would rather dance than eat, and eating is her favorite pastime. Her secret desire is to take dancing lessons. If she stubs her toe, she never fails to go back and walk over the bump— that’s her pet superstition. MARGUERITE PARK “Jean” No, not Guy’s sister—his cousin. She likes to collect pictures of model homes, and make candy. What more could a fellow ask? “Jean” would like to exterminate all drivers who take their half out of the middle of the road. JOHN PECK “Johnny” “Oh gummy wad!”—that’s what he says. A good manager. Unless you have the whole day free, don’t get “Johnny” started at reciting poetry. His favorite oration is “Casey at the Bat”. (He says he knows “Casey’s Revenge”, too.) ANNE RAMEY You’d better keep your eye on Anne—she’s a souvenir collector, and an ardent one. She likes to dance and to read good books. She says she intends to become a laboratory technician. DAVID RILEY “Dave” Baseball is his favorite sport. Riley says that operas are his pet aversion, and that if he had a day to do as he pleased, he rould sleep, sleep, sleep. JAMES MURRAY “Jim” Quiet and serious—especially about a certain junior. Book reports are the bane of his life. GUY PARK “Parksie” One of our football heroes. Guy says he simply can’t stand blondes with no sense of humor. Come, come now! He loves to eat and have a good time. (The eating is essential.) NAOMA PARKS “Nomie” Practical and capable. She cordially hates loud radio music and “three point” books. Naoma says that two things she would like to do are to go to New York, and to ride horseback. DONALD PUTNAM “Don” He has a big ambition—at least it sounds big—he wants to be an osteopathic surgeon. “Don” is very fond of bicycling, but his favorite occupations are eating and sleeping. MARGERY RAWLEY “Marge” Can she tickle the ivories! A pianist of the first degree, who likes to knit in her spare time. “Marge’s” great desire is to own and operate a swanky ladies’ dress shop. She likes poetry. MILAN ROBERTS Another baseball enthusiast. He thinks that to have the ability to play a piano is the height of good luck. There’s your cue girls. Page thirteen GEORGE ROBINSON He would make a public speaker, but that isn’t his idea. George is interested in all things mechanical, and takes great delight in ‘‘tinkering”. He’d like to take a ride in an open cockpit plane. DONALD SHAY “Don” “Don” can be relied upon to do the task assigned him. He has a weakness for wasting nickels in slot machines. CARLYLE SMITH “Lyle” Here’s a quiet fellow whose chief interests are hunting and fishing. He prefers dark colors, and likes to read. “Lyle” likes to travel. LYNN SMITH ' Lynn has high aspirations —aviation is his chief in-. terest. The fact that he plays a trumpet does not indicate that he’s an angel. EVELYN SPENCER She sings, and dislikes prunes and murder stories. Evelyn collects stamps, post cards, and souvenirs, and likes to write letters. She also saves the ones she receives. She’s an omnivorous reader. PAUL STAFFORD A basketball player who hates farming. Paul doesn’t have a lot to say, but he did tell us that his favorite song is “I Have No Use for the Women”. Now, how can that be? Give the girls a chance, Paul. (He blushes divinely) ELOISE ROCKWELL “Tommy” Any kind of sport suits her, just so it’s chock-full of action. She just can’t stand inactivity. With “Tommy” around, there’s never a dull moment. She likes to camp, and wishes that she were a boy so she could be a forester. CHARI ES SKINNER “Scoop” “Scoop” takes his duties as class president seriously. His reputation for being bashful has been ruined by senior parties—eh, girls? A radio fan. JOSEPH SMITH “Joe” A fisherman is he—and a zealous one. His favorite occupation, however, is sleeping “Joe’s” suppressed desire is to sleep for twenty-four hours. (Suppressed?) CHARLES SOPER “Soapy” “Soapy” is a baseball player, who twangs a mean Jew’s-harp. A good-natured, earnest fellow. He has intermittent attacks of Ford trouble. IRENE SPRINGER “Renie” This serious-eyed miss wants to take up beauty culture. She usually wear brown, which, indeed, looks well on her. Irene likes to dance and swim. ELMER STROPE Elmer is a super-violinist. He’s another one of these retiring fellows, whose secret ambition is to pilot an airplane. He likes to read and go to movies. Page fourteen BERT SUMNER “Butch” His hair might be what you’d call rose blonde. He is always in the hall on business — (monkey business?) Bert seems to have a weakness for brunettes. He’d like to race Sir Malcolm Campbell or Armstrong. JOYCE TERRY i' To be a nurse is her aim. r Joyce is the kind of girl who ican be depended upon, and (Who is always willing to Vjhelp. She likes to knit, and hates liver. EUGENE WANDELL “Gene” The merry twinkle in his eye belies his reputation for being serious. One of Van’s pals. IDA WELLS Short and jolly. She says she’d like to be able to cook when and what she pleases. Doesn’t like to meet strangers. If she had a day to do as she pleased, she’d use it for a worthy cause—to catch up on her back work. CARLTON WITTIE He's a serious chap whose pet aversion is snakes. He, too, likes to tinker with cars. If he had a day to do as he pleased, he’d take a long boat ride. DOROTHY TALADA “Dot” A faithful friend. We don’t wonder that she wants to be a home economics teacher— she wields a deft needle and doesn’t burn water while boiling it. “Dot” is very fond of dancing, swimming, and camping. MARIAN WALLIN A collector of poems, and another potential nurse. Marian would like to be able to play some musical instrument. She is the possessor of beautiful fingernails—so pretty they had to be mentioned. LAWRENCE WEED You can usually find him in the typing room, but we don’t know’ why. His pet aversion is dandelion greens. Lawrence likes to tinker with a car. JACK WHITE Radio is his hobby, and joking his favorite diversion. His laugh is infectious. Jack is a German student, and writes all his notes in German. Is that fair? LOIS ZIMMER “Dutch” “Dutch’s” pet superstition is the wearing of someone else’s birthstone ring. She would like to travel all over the world, but has to be satisfied with taking long walks. How about rollerskating or horseback riding, “Dutch”? Page fifteen class msTecy Aye, Aye, Sir, the class ship of 1936 has dropped her anchor safe and sound at her home port. What a glorious, beautiful trip it has been together for four years, taking, battling, and conquering the hardships of a great sea voyage! It was a warm, sunny day in September, 1932, that the class ship of 1936 was launched and started on her four year voyage with her decks full of young boys and girls. What a happy, studious group it soon turned out to be. Late in the year when far out at sea, the class of 1936 was organized and Paul Anderson took over full command of the ship. With “Andy” as captain we reached our first port safe and sound, having made a few good contributions to the field of athletics, and having earned a high record for scholastic ability. On our second voyage, as sophomores, Charles Skinner had command of the ship. We were well used, by now, to the customs and habits of sea voyages. The class ship of 1935 held a dance to welcome us to the long line of graduate and under-graduate ships. We became one of the prominent ships on the voyage, giving T-Dances, contributing material to athletics, and buying our class pins. Thus we again reached a long-sought port. We then discovered that our journey as sailors was half over. We had entered our junior year on the sea, with none other than Paul Anderson, our first captain, in command again. What a year, with the students more enthusiastic about the voyage than ever before! The voyag-eurs during their third year took part in athletics, purchased class rings, erected a small booth for the sale of junior candy, had a bake sale, and T-Dances. The funds from these events helped the ship of 1936 to stage the gala event of the year for the senior ship of 1935—the Junior-Senior Prom, and finally to make port, free from debt. At last we, the ship of 1936, join the endless line of ships at the home port. All of the students have looked forward to reaching this one goal—graduation. We have reached our goal after a short, happy, eventful year with Charles Skinner in command again. We contributed material to the field of athletics; made a great success of our senior play, “Growing Pains”; organized clubs; took leading parts in the operetta; and, with the help of many others, edited this Annual. Our voyage of four never-to-be-forgotten years is over. We have reached one of the greatest ports of our life. What other ports of life are we destined to dock at? Who knows? We are all hopeful that the mates on the 1936 ship will reach other great harbors of fame and fortune. So we, the travelers on the class ship of 1936, bid each other, and Athens High School, “Farewell and Happy Landing.” Bette Davies Page sixteen pccpuccy Guy Park, possessed of a large, inherited fortune and able to gratify any whim, desired to trace all his fellow graduates in the Class of ’36 of Athens High School. Ten years had passed since his graduation and he had gradually lost trace of most of them; therefore he enlisted the aid of a New York Detective agency, of which Daniel Brown was the founder. After a long interval he received this letter: “Dear Guy, I am happy to inform you that I have located all our classmates of ’36. You are probably aware of Evelyn Spencer’s success on the Metropolitan Opera Stage. Music critics, among them Margery Rawley, have predicted a brilliant career for Evelyn. There are three more musicians from our class. Leo McDonald and Lynn Smith are members of a popular dance orchestra; Elmer Strope plays in a symphony orchestra. Robert Crowley and Edith Lincoln have followed dramatic careers. Bob is a portrayer of juvenile roles on Broadway; and Edith, a comedienne of stage and radio, is not unlike Graeie Allen, famous ten years ago. Melvin Keeler is a psychology professor, and Carlyle Smith has become an eminent authority on mathematics. Eleanor Dunbar is art instructor in a girls’ school in Maryland where Eloise Rockwell directs physical education. Evelyn Hoag is back at Athens High School teaching French, where Betty Bennett is secretary. John Frock teaches French, and Norma Barnhart teaches German in another school. Eloise Carle teaches English, and Ellen Huff and Bette Davies are grade teachers. Esther Briggs is secretary of the grade school of which Ellen Huff is principal. In Chicago the hostess of our hotel, Dorothy Talada, informed me that a party of our fellow graduates was also there. They were Robert Kinner, a successful engineer; Milan Roberts, who now represents his district in the Pennsylvania Legislature; and Margaret Dunbar, who, accompanied by her secretary, Marian Munn, was there to speak at a convention of women’s clubs. While in South Bend, Indiana, I attended a football game between Notre Dame and Southern California as a guest of the coach of the Southern California team. Believe it or not, it was “Bill” Frock! The manager of this team is Donald Shay. Paul Anderson manages a professional football team, and Murray Allen coaches the Colgate football team. I also located David Riley in the Middle West where he is the editor- Pane seventeen in-chief of a newspaper. His ace reporter is Bert Corneby and at the head of his office staff is Virginia Crocker. Several of the girls who graduated from the Class of ’36 are now nurses, among them Florence Cullington and Marian Wallin. Joyce Terry and Grace Harris are in Rochester at the Strong Memorial Hospital in which Eleanor Parks is the dietician. Marguerite Park is a dietician in a Baltimore Hospital. Several of the boys are now successful politicians. Robert Friant and Kenneth Baxter are active in the politics of Pennsylvania, and Frank Kellogg represents an agricultural group in Washington. I was not surprised to hear of George Robinson and Charles Soper as joint owners of a large dairy farm. Carlton Wittie is well-known for his horticultural experiments. I expected to locate Paul Stafford among those who followed a career of agriculture, but I located him in a small town in the South where he is managing a series of beauty contests. In Elmira, N. Y., Lois Zimmer and Eleanor Schoonover operate a beauty parlor. Ernest Catlin and Charles Skinner are owners of a radio business, and Andrew Champion is a radio operator in an airway transportation company. The Belcher twins are, at present, in China where they work in a mission; Daniel Lane and Arthur Guild are ministers. Bert Sumner and John Peck, owners of a large wholesale company, in Philadelphia, are neighbors of Donald Putnam, a successful osteopath. Joe Smith and Gerald Brown are cartoonists in Walt Disney’s studio. James Murray, who is an undertaker and furniture dealer, is assisted by Anne Ramey, embalmer and laboratory technician. Eugene Wandell, a guide in Yellowstone National Park, is closely associated with Philip Foulke, head ranger of the park. Naoma Parks and Eunice Merrill have had their names changed and are now busy housewives. Laurence Weed, an automobile racer, recently won a race in which he drove a newly-invented stream-lined model. Jack White is a humorist whose syndicated columns appear daily in newspapers of the East. Richard Gaffney is well-known for his one-man comedy skits on the radio. This task has been a great pleasure to me, and I sincerely hope that the results will be satisfactory. Yours truly, Daniel Brown.” Norma Barnhart Page eighteen SEMCI CfNCECS Charles Skinner .......................... Class President William Frock........................................ Vice President Evelyn Hoag .......................... Secretary-Treasurer CLASS PCE H Farewell to A. H. S.! We’ve tried to do our best; Now that the time has come to pai't, We leave with regretful heart. To you we owe our greatest debt; You the course of our lives have set. You taught us, since as wondering babes, We came to you down in the grades. Certain facts throughout these years On which to build our characters, beliefs, and careers. Our truest friends have been made through you, And each has learned what is best to do. To you our thoughts will ever turn As for the “good old days” we yearn. ’Though each may wander far and wide, We’ll still be together side by side As in memory we turn again To the happy days that once have been. To the patient teachers who helped each one Until his desired goal was won. Now as we say our last good-byes, We can not keep the tears from our eyes. Ever our fondest thoughts will be of you ’Though now we say, A. H. S., adieu.” Eleanor Dunbar Page, nineteen FUE EECRE4TICN EC€M The recreation room was constructed, as part of the new annex, in 1984. It is used as a place in which the students may eat their lunches at noon, and for special activities, such as orchestra practice, club meetings, and various types of dramatics. During the winter most of the social activities of the school were held here. The room, attractively decorated, was the scene of several dances. The kitchen adjoining is very convenient when clubs, such as the Hi-Y, hold a banquet. After lunch, the students enjoy games of shuffle board, ping pong, checkers and dominoes. Also, the piano affords an opportunity for group singing and dancing. The student body certainly appreciates having such an excellent place for extra-curricular activities. Marian Munn Page twenty-one GROWING PAINS By Aurania Rouverol George McIntyre ......... Robert Crowley Terry ........................... Eloise Rockwell Mrs. McIntyre ........... Norma Barnhart Professor McIntyre ....... Melvin Keeler Sophie ........................... Edith Lincoln Mrs. Patterson .......... Margery Rawley Elsie Patterson ....... Virginia Crocker Traffic Officer ......... Donald Putnam Dutch ......................... Guy Park Brian .................. Leo McDonald Daniel Brown ... John Peck . Bert Sumner Esther Moore Marguerite Park Esther Briggs Evelyn Hoag Betty Davies Omar Hal Pete Prudence Patty .. Jane ... Miriam .. Vivian .... Extras .... Anne Ramey, Grace Harris, Evelyn Spencer, Elmer Strope, William Frock SYNOPSIS Time: The Present. Act One: Scene I. The patio of the McIntyres’ residence in California. Scene II. The same. A few months later. Act Two: Scene I. The same. Two weeks later. Evening. Scene II. The same. Two hours later. Act Three: The same. Next morning. ORGANIZATION Joyce Terry, Charles Skinner ................. John Frock ................................... Lois Zimmer .................................. Miss Isabel Sairs .........................„.. Philip Foulke ............... M. Louis Gore ................................ Gerald Brown ................................. Irving W. Hazard ............................. ....... Prompters ... Stage Manager ...... Properties ......... Make-up Business Manager ......... Scenery ...... Head Usher ........ Director MUSIC Athens High School Orchestra—Miss Isabel Sairs, Director §i4ND IT CAINES AN OPERETTA in Two Acts Mr. Wise, proprietor of Wise Hotel ................. Mile. Marie Caray, Manager of French Dancers .. Dennis Black, Returning from College . Maizie Black, with one hundred dollars ... ......... Mrs. Wise, Boss of the Wise Hotel and her husband . Maibelle Rich, on special errand bent . John Rich, wfho furnishes the money .................. Curly Rick, brother of Maibelle .................... Steele Black, father of Dennis and Maizie... Fred, member of Glee Club ... Jack, member of Glee Club .......................... SYNOPSIS OF SCENES Act One Scene: Garden and entrance to Wise Hotel. Time: Morning. Act Two Scene: Same as Act One. Time: Evening of the same day. PRODUCTION STAFF Director ........... Miss Isabel Sairs Tickets ... Dramatics ...... Miss Winifred Reagan Makeup Costumes ....... Miss Marjorie Groat Solo Violin Scenery ........... Mr. M. Louis Gore Head Usher Dancing .... Mrs. Robt. Redman, Mr. Stone Accompanist Bert Sumner Lorraine Dennis Philip Foulke Virginia Crocker Margery Rawley . Evelyn Spencer William Frock Leo McDonald Frank Kellogg Jack Armstrong ... Lynn Smith .... Mr. Hazard Miss Bouton ....... Mr. Rowe ...... Mr. Dill Katherine Powers Page twenty-two •LM€R GIEI First Row: Katherine Powers—“Sophisticated Lady” Peggy Battin—“Footloose and Fancy Free” Laura Wheeler—“Little Maid of the West” Joyce Brown—“Dark Eyes” Marion Page—“A Little Bit Independent” Elsie Munn—“I’m Sittin’ High on a Hill Top” Margaret Palmer—“Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms” Priscilla Watkins—“Living in a Great Big Way” Beverly Dibble—“Sing an Old Fashioned Song” Second Row: Helen Matteson—“Palsy Walsy” Alene Hughes—“The Girl with the Dreamy Eyes” Lorraine Dennis—“Music Makes Me” Charlotte Farrell—“Redheads on Parade” Mary Catlin—“You’re an Angel” Marie Carr—“Sugar Plum” Frieda Parks—“Everything Is Okey Dokey” Helen Phelps—“It’s Always Fair Weather” Mildred Wallin—“Lady, Play Your Mandolin” Auralia Dunning—“I Am Here, But Where Are You?” Pauline Chamberlain—“Sweet and Lovely” Third Row: Doris Campbell—“You’re So Darned Charming” Betty Maguire—“It’s the Irish In Me” Annamae Mingos—“Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” Helen Jimerson—“You Hit the Spot” Mary Robinson—“Curly Top” Louise Messner—“For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow” Nelia Hazard—“Just an All-American Girl” Thelma Thrasher—“No Other One” Thelma Dolan—“From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes” Eleanor Anthony—“Whose Honey Are You?” Edna Frisbie-—“Angel Eyes” Paye twenty-four First Row: Floyd Spencer—A broad shouldered lad from the East. Edward Bailey—Prepares a “sketchy” English assignment. John Oleksy—The life of the chemistry class. Clayton Loushay—“Outside of Caesar everything’s 0. I .” Charles Daniels—“Life is short, and so am I.” John Hullette—A pleasant hard-working member of the class. Robert Howard—The only real movie actor in the class. Second Row: Desmond Knouse—“I may be small, but so was Napoleon.” Charles Bennett—An enterprising chemistry student. Warren Chamberlain—“Ah’s from de South” (of Waverly). Jack Wickham—Rudy’s voice is good, but Jack’s is better—still. Harry Crandall—If you want a thing done well, call on Harry. Michael McMahon—The boy with the educated feet. Bernard McDonald—The pride of the class—captain of the football team. Eugene Heffron—“Hefty” represents the class in track activities. Max English—A quiet studious boy—mechanically inclined. Leslie Morris—If you’re in doubt about your lessons, ask “SI”. Third Row: Marvin Webster—Much fine spirit in a small boy. Mark Loomis—A cheerful upstanding boy of principles. Robert Mulligan—A quiet, cheerful lad. Hulon Smith—The local “Isaac Walton”. Berton Schoonover—“Bert” knows his p’s and cues. Carl Hunsinger—A veritable Apollo. Allan Furman—A promising French student—majored two years in Latin. Waldo Gowan—Like Pan he carries a pipe. Albert Perry—A born leader—especially at dismissal. Page twenty-five JINICC ACTIVITIES By the end of this school year the Juniors will have ended a most successful and active year. Throughout the year they have proved then-true worth and ability by carrying out many plans and programs. At the beginning of the year our efficient class officers were elected as follows: Nelia Hazard, President; Bernard McDonald, Vice President; Beverly Dibble, Treasurer; Joyce Brown, Secretary; and Waldo Gowan, Athenian editor. In social affairs the Juniors have taken a leading part. The evening dances given by the Juniors were the Sophomore Welcoming Dance and the Hallowe’en frolic. In the Hallowe’en frolic the Juniors were aided by the members of the Domecon club. A large part of the orchestra is made up of juniors. Alene Hughes, Louise Messner, Albert Perry, Lorraine Dennis, Hulon Smith, Jack Wickham, John Hulette, Helen Jimerson, Charlotte Farrell, Nelia Hazard, Floyd Spencer, and Mildred Wallin are those who contributed their musical ability to our orchestra. In athletics we have taken an active part—especially the girls in basketball. Many interesting and exciting games were played by them in the gym during activity periods. Many junior boys also practiced and took part in the basketball and football games. Bernard McDonald is the only letterman representing the junior class this year. We are proud of Bernard and wish him the best of luck as captain of the football team next year. To the monthly Athenian the Juniors have contributed more than their share of material. We were glad to do this for we are proud of our artists, poets, and writers. Other clubs in which the Juniors have taken an active part are the Glee Club, Tri-Hi-Y, Hiking Club, Domecon Club, and the Hi-Y of which Berton Schoonover, a junior, is president. For extra money the juniors also sold candy during the noon recess and immediately after school. The junior class now has all of its debts paid and a surplus in the treasury. The prospect for an efficient and progressive senior class for next year certainly is a good one, and, though we have done our best to make this year an outstanding one, we will try to do even better next year. Pauline Chamberlain Page twenty-six SCPIiCHCCC C II I S First Row: Ellen Converse—“Engaging Company” Mildred Wade—“Modern Woman” Mary Jane Andrus—“Melancholy Actress” Helen Wallin—“Happy Worker” • AJice Woodburn—“Always Wise” Anna Raupers—“Amusing Rebel” Helen Thurston—“Happy Trouper” Hazel Mekeel—“Highland Maiden” Second Row: Virginia Lange—“Visiting Lady” Julia Thurston—“Just True” Jane Stickler—“Jocular Student” Mary Clinton—“Merry Chum” Mary Phelps—“Milan’s Pride” Ruth Nichols—“Rather Nice” Doris Macafee—“Daring Miss” Frances Ryan—“Frequently Ready” Anna Robinson—“Always Right” Third Row: Dorothy Stark—“Drowns Silence” Jean MacDaniels—“Jocund Miss” Dorothy Fletcher—“Dear Friend” Louise Johnson—“Laughing Joker” Laura Lambert—“Lively Lass” Mildred Foyle—“Melody Finder” Marilyn Carle—“Making Criticisms” Iris Case—“Irresistibly Canny” Phyllis Lord—“Patient Lady” Dorothy Wandell—“Dorothy Wilson” Marjorie English—“Merry Echo” Page twenty-eight SCPI1€M€CE ECn First Row: Walter Whitbeck—“Willing Worker” Samuel Orlowski—“Sorrowful Optimist” Myron Park—“Methodical Pal” Bernard Beers—“Bashful Boy” Wayne Allen—“Wandering American Daniel Collins—“Dashing Cavalier” Donald Lewis—“Dauntless Lad” Jack Burns—“Jolly Bluffer” Clyde May—“Cave Man” Robert Hughes—“Reserved Highlander” Ralph Minier—“Rather ’Musing” Second Row: Theodore Perry—“Teacher’s Pest” Clifford Alexander—“Clever Actor” Walter Heffron—“Wandering Hillbilly” Gregory Schultz—“Good Sport” Robert Callear—“Really Camera-shy” Carlyle Thurston—“Curly Top” Joseph Soper—“Jolly Swain” Clifford Gowan—“Clever Gabber” Lloyd Guild—“Likable Guy” Milton Waite—“Modern Wright” Third Row: Luman Terryberry—“Little Teaser” John Nichols—“Just Natural” Leslie Wood—“Latest Wonder” Ivan Parkes—“Interesting Person” Loren Beardsley—“Lazy Boy” Warren McCauley—“Wise Mister” Basil Cole—“Bashful Cavalier” Carlyle Fox—“Cute Fellow” Thomas O’Leary—“Tiny Object” John Pritchard—“Just Pleasing” Page twenty-nine SCEECMCEE ACTIVITIES We sophomores have been almost two years trying to establish a firm position of some importance in the high school. It seems that only a short time ago we were timid, bashful freshmen, obeying the orders of our superior classmen. Now. we ourselves take part in the ruling affairs of the high school. The juniors have shown their friendliness towards us by having sponsored the Sophomore Welcoming Dance at the beginning of this school term. We have had few social activities this year, but we hope to make up for this as well as to make a showing in other activities when we take our position as juniors. At our first sophomore class meeting we elected the following class officers. Laura Lambert .................................... President Ivan Parkes................................... Vice President Thomas O’Leary .................................... Secretary SOPHOMORE LETTERMEX Clyde May. Loren Beardsley, Ivan Parkes. Jack Burns, Donald Wheeler We are proud of Carlyle (Skeetsj Fox because of his success in basketball. He has been elected, by his fellow team-mates, captain of next year’s team. Sergeant of Arms Gregory Schultz Mildred Wade Ivan Parkes Athenian Editor Athenian Staff BASKETBALL Page thirty fCESI1H4N f il l First Row—Joanna Flee, June Thrasher. Phyllis Lewis. Ann Ha .a r cl. Klaine Macrfee. Olive Flood. Margaret Plirang, Laura Reid. Margaret Champion. Eleanor (Mark, Edith Foclit. Betty Anderson, Marjory Humphrey. Katherine Lambert. Rita Madden. Second Row—Glendora Patterson, Josephine Lane. Doris Davidson. Alberta Smith. Marjory Brown, Viola Jackson. Bessie Nichols, Lenox irve Garey. Dorothy Leavenworth. Florence Lent. Marian Carmen. Janice Campbell. Doris Lowman, Grace Corneby. Marjory Loomis. Third Row—Helen Daniels. Alice Munn. Gladys Wnndell. Eunice Ejffert. Josephine Larrabee. Leona Dawson. Marian Younghanz. Naomi Rinebold. Betty Cass. Rita Smith, Elizabeth Vandermark, Janet Gowan, Juanita Davies, Betty White. fCESHHAN DCyS Top Row—Sylvester Swartxvood, Fayette Ruudell. William Nolan. Wraeburm Williams. Norman Cohen, Louis O'Brien. Kenneth Schoonover, Leland Morley, (Jordon Bidlack. Jack Earle. Howard Ellis. John Adrinnv. Donald Maslin, Claire Daniels. Frank Oleksy. Edward Mitchell, Arnold Weiss, Donald Knouse, Guy Smith. Second Row—William Burns. Floyd Rowe, Leo Talada. Burton Davidson, Gerald Hughes, Clifford Hunsinger, William Patton, Robert Nuss, Carlton Ward. Mason Hulett. Ralph Hopkins. Roy Allen. James Bidlack. Guy Morris. Lindsley. Stevens. Richard Lord. Kenneth Lewis. Edward Loomis, Leon Mann. Charles Smith. John Woodburn, Robert Davis. John Parks. Merle Talbot. Robert Ramey. Third Row—Jack Brown, Jack Knapp, Randolf Russell, Clinton Springer. Warren Lattimer. Arthur Coombs, Chester Kline, Karl Fredenburg. Sherwood Davis, Joseph Weed, Robert Douglas, Robert Watkins. Gayle Adams, Walter Kinne, Earl Armstrong. Philip Hetfron Page thirty two EIGHTH GRADE GIEI A First Row—Gertrude Smith, Nellie Wolcott, Edna Boyer, Eleanor Davidson, Janice Root, Florence Phelps, Marcella MacMorran, Jean Donlon, Marian Focht. Second Row—Genevieve Hoffa, Mary Bassage, Evelyn Beers, Guelda Brown. Betty Brown, Betty Bouse, Jean Golem, Marie Stickler, Frances Walker, Sadie Brewer, Charlotte Blanchard, Betty Thrasher. Third Row—Anna Mae Vanderpool, Alice Smith, Flora Rich, Phyllis Hill, Ellen Leavenworth, Barbara Lambert, Louise May, Katherine Smith, Lena Stranger, Alta White. EIGHTH GDADE DCYS First Row—Charles Lucy, Robert Harrigan, Bernard Hughes, Philip Shear, Billy Barlow, Walter Keegan, Wesley Lord, Norman Perry, Carl Morris, Walter Lane. Second Row—Jack Shay, Bernard Nichols, Thomas Raulerson. Robert Reinhardt, Frank Stroud, Robert Webster, John Weed, Gerald Covey, Reese Woodburn, Jack Brewer. Third Row—Eugene Maguire, Miles Miller, Alfred Gordon, Nathan Downey, Franklin Baxter, Joseph Dailey, Andrew Dennis, Earl Hoag, Charles Bramhall, Frederick Hunter, John Rockett, Howard Smith, Robert Tremaine. Page thirty-three SEVENTH GEADE GIEI S First How—Shirley Whitbeck, Mary Jane Brown, Hester Waite, Melva Dexter, Kuth Terryberry, Alice Stevens, Rose Mae Mason, Dorothy Bidlack, Evelyn Fowler, Ina I attimer, Helen Reid. Second Row—Virginia Sumner, Betty Mease, Maxine Schoonover, Doris Frisbie, Iveota Earley, Nina Strope, Eunice Hancock, Jacqueline French, Mildred Bowman, Betty Mullan. Third Row—Mary Whyte, Marcella Stroud, Virginia Vaow, Shirley Wood, Julia Slater, Louise Tremaine, Virginia Shay, Mabel Shear, Doris Covey, June Kiederlin :, Donna Gowan, Clarabelle Nichols, Marie Everett. SEVENTH GEAEE CCTS First Row—Francis Murray, Ralph Stewart, Paul McMahon, Bruce Newman, Raymond Smith, Donald Mann, James Leavenworth, Ray Beardsley, Van Benson, Charles Driscoll, Leo McDonald. Second Row—Richard Liddiard, Robert Minier, Charles Jackson, Clarence Hun-singer, Billy MacDaniels, Ransom Converse, Raymond Fox, Wallace Avery, Robert Walker, Melvin Weiss, Eugene Ford. Third Row—Robert Benjamin, Graydon Fice, Clarence Durrand, Alfred Burkhart, Robert Wickham, Edward Patterson, Jack Shumway, Eldon Westbrook, Harold Smith, Ernest Beatty, Robert Ward. Page thirty-four WIillUMtlll Top Row: Rheta Smith, Eunice Eiffert, Katherine Powers, Annamae Mingos, Alene Hughes, Helen Jimerson, Hazel Mekeel, Josephine Lane, Helen Daniels, Dorothy Leavenworth, Genevieve Garey, Bessie Nichols, Elaine Van Horn, Eleanor Clark, Betty Cass, Margaret Champion. Second Row: Edna Frisbie, Mildred Wade, Ellen Converse, Doris Campbell, Helen Matteson, Peggy Battin, Frances Ryan, Betty Maguire, Joyce Terry, Anne Ramey, Esther Moore, Alberta Smith, Leona Dawson, Doris Lowman, Doris Davidson, Thelma Thrasher. Third Row: Eloise Rockwell, June Thrasher, Dorothy Fletcher, Jean MacDaniels, Laura Lambert, Louise Johnson, Miss Baxter, Miss Hinkley, Edith Lincoln, Norma Barnhart, Louise Messner, Nelia Hazard, Marjorie Loomis. Betty White, Priscilla Watkins. HIKING Cl LI5 The Hiking Club is a girls’ athletic club. It was formed to take the place of the former Basket Tossers and to give any girl in the senior high school, who is interested in athletics, a chance to participate in the type of athletics she likes. In the early autumn the club took several hikes. We enjoyed one hike especially, as we cooked our supper. Hunting season prevented further hiking; therefore we met in the gymnasium and tap-danced or played volley ball. We had an enjoyable Christmas party just before vacation. After the Christmas holidays we formed a basketball league of six teams. Evelyn Hoag’s team was champion. This spring we hope to have a soft ball league and archery. We have drawn up and adopted a constitution which provides for conducting the club in the future. Miss Baxter and Miss Hinkley are our advisers. It is our sincere hope that the club will continue from year to year and that future members will receive as much enjoyment and benefit as the present members have received. Eloise Rockwell Page thirty-six DCMECCN CLUE The Domecon Club was organized in 1930 by girls who wished to further their knowledge of Home Economics. The first three letters of the word Domecon come from domestic; the last four, from economy. To be qualified for membership, a girl must have studied high school Home Economics for at least one semester. She must also earn credits by doing some kind of special work, such as mending football sweaters, cleaning silver, or supplying the Domestic Science bulletin board with interesting material. She must also take an active part in the initiation. This year’s Domecons made and adopted the club’s first formal constitution, which makes a change in the way the president is elected and contains a definite program of social events, but does not alter the essential purpose of the club. The club has done a great deal this year with the help of Miss Groat, the adviser. It sold hot-dogs and rolls at the home football games, gave a supper party for the new members, donated money for the Annual and for the piano in the recreation room, put on a supper for the S. V. I. A. A.; cooperated with the Junior Class in giving the Hallowe’en Frolic, and joined the state Home Economics Club. Next year, under our new constitution, we hope to accomplish even more. Nelia Hazard First Row: June Thrasher, Alene Hughes, Frances Ryan, Betty Maguire, Ellen Converse, Helen Daniels. Second Row: Jean MacDaniels, Louise Johnson, Grace Harris, Anne Ramey, Esther Moore, Lois Zimmer, Margery Rawley. Third Row: Joyce Brown, Marion Wallin, Nelia Hazard, Miss Groat, Eloise Rockwell, Joyce Terry, Louise Messner. Page thirty-seven First Row: Lorraine Dennis, Betty Maguire, Helen Jimerson, Peggy Battin, Alene Hughes, Margaret Dunbar. Second Row: Jean MacDaniels, Thelma Thrasher, Joyce Brown, Miss von Wol- fradt, Eleanor Dunbar, Edith Lincoln, Norma Barnhart. ACTIVITIES CT TEE ART CLLB The Art Club, the only organization of its kind in the senior high school since 1934, was revived this year for the purpose of giving those interested in art work an opportunity to practice lettering, drawing, or whatever else they desired. The members, about twelve in number, elected the following officers at a meeting held January 16: Joyce Brown, President; Eleanor Dunbar, Secretary and Treasurer. We have worked out several projects this year. Among them were a block print design for the cover of the November monthly Athenian, and posters for the basketball games, the faculty play, and other activities. Our president submitted two posters in the Senior Play Poster Contest which won her both first and second prize. In order to raise the money to pay for our pictures in the Annual, we sold home-made candy at the senior play. This was very successful, since it netted us about four dollars and thirty cents profit. We have enjoyed our membership in this club immensely. Through it we have made new and deeper friendships with our fellow members. Eleanor Dunbar Page thirty-eight Tci-m-y ci ud The Tri-Hi-Y Club was organized in the autumn of 1935. It consists of freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior girls. The purpose of the club is to create, maintain, and extend through the town and community high standards of Christian living. Our meetings were held once every week during activity periods. At the meetings we had discussion groups as well as a pleasant time socially. Among the social events of the club was the Silver Tea. The mothers of the girls in the club, and the women members of the high school faculty were the guests of the club. The tea was held in the recreation room of the high school. At Christmas time the club distributed toys to many of the unfortunate children of Athens. The officers elected for this year were as follows: Anne Ramey, President; Virginia Crocker, Vice President; Louise Messner, Secretary; Joyce Terry, Treasurer; Mrs. Ruth Faulkner, Adviser. Anne Ramey First Row: Marian Page, Louise Johnson, Laura Lambert, Ellen Converse, Peggy Uattin, Beverly Dibble, Betty Maguire, Esther Moore, Marian Wallin, Grace Harris, Marian Younghanz. Second Row: Katherine Powers, Margery Rawiey, Eloise Rockwell, Edna Frisbie. Alene Hughes, Helen Matteson, Frances Ryan, Joyce Brown, Margaret Champion, Eleanor Clark, Betty Cass, Doris Davidson, Doris Lowman. Third Row: Annaniae Mingos, June Thrasher, Helen Jimerson, Jean MacDaniels, Louise Messner, Joyce Terry, Anne Ramey, Mrs. Faulkner (adviser), Dorothy Fletcher, Virginia Lange, Marjorie Loomis, Betty White, Priscilla Watkins. Page thirty-nine First Row: Paul Anderson, Loren Beardsley, Clyde May, Ralph Minier, Jack Burns, Warren MacCauley, Carlyle Thurston, Bernard Beers, Robert Hughes, Mr. Van Scoten (Adviser), Charles Soper, Jack Carr. Second Row: David Riley, Donald Shay, Paul Stafford, Frank Kellogg, Lynn Smith, Milan Roberts. Third Row: Clair Daniels, Donald Wheeler, Clifford Alexander, Clifford Gowan, Thomas O’Leary, Joseph Soper. Fourth Row: Bernard McDonald, Carlyle Fox, Jack Woodburn, Merle Tolbert, Leon McMahon, William Burns. r. r. A c:luc The F. F. A. Club, Future Farmers of America, is a national organization composed of high school students enrolled in the vocational agricultural courses. This club was first organized in the Athens High School in 1934 under the supervision of Mr. Van Scoten. The first activity of the club this year was the initiation of twenty new members, which increased the enrollment of the club to thirty members. After the initiation, supper was served by the members of the club. In January several members of the club attended the Farm Show at Harrisburg. Many of the members are now training to judge poultry and cattle at Penn State during the summer. Mr. Van Scoten formed a basketball team, and we entered a league which included Endicott, Newark Valley, Owego, and Athens. Our Club tied with Newark Valley for second place in the league. We hope to have a soft-ball team and enter a league of F. F. A. clubs. Next year our club expects to engage in more activities, as it will be much stronger. Paye forty David Riley tll-y CLUB This year, the boys of Athens High School organized a Hi-Y club. Under the able leadership of Mr. Shroat, our adviser, the organization is thriving. Our program for this year has consisted of projects for the benefit of the school and the club members. In November, the valley Hi-Y clubs were our guests at dinner in the Athens Presbyterian Church. A county Hi-Y rally was held at the Sayre High School in February, and in March the induction of our division was made by the officers of the Sayre Chapter after a banquet and entertainment in our school. A series of informal talks by several of the townsmen on timely topics have made our weekly meetings more interesting to all of us. Basketball and soft-ball teams have provided much enjoyment within the club. The members, numbering thirty-two, have elected Berton Schoonover, President; Bert Sumner, Vice President; Harry Crandall, Treasurer; and Melvin Keeler, Secretary. We are anticipating other happy and eventful years in the future. Basil Cole First Row—Earl Fredenberg, Clinton Springer, Daniel Collins, Robert Ramey, John Hullett, Donald Knouse. Second Row—Carl Hunsinger, Leo Talada, Lewis O’Brien, William Patton, Carlton Ward, Basil Cole, Clayton Loushay, Jack Wickham, Andrew Champion. Third Row—Wayne Allen, Berton Schoonover, Melvin Keeler, Mr. Shroat, Harry Crandall, Bert Sumner, Guy Park, Edward Loomis. Page forty-one GIRLS’ GLEE GLEE First Row—Evelyn Hoag, Irene Springer, Evelyn Spencer, Esther Moore, Helen Jimerson, Charlotte Farrell, Joyce Terry, Helen Wallin, Delores Battin, Nelia Hazard. Second Row—Eleanor Parks, Eloise Carle, Margery Rawley, Helen Matteson. Grace Harris, Edith Lincoln, Anne Ramey, Joyce Brown, Norma Barnhart, Ellen Huff, Annamae Mingos. Third Row—Beverly Dibble, Doris Campbell, Ellen Converse, Louise Messnei, Mildred Wallin, Mildred Wade, Virginia Crocker, Alene Hughes, Eloise Rockwell, Thelma Thrasher, Priscilla Watkins. Miss Sairs—Director, Katherine Powers—Pianist. GRCLESTRA First Row—Miss Sairs, Alene Hughes, Jack Wickham. Mildred Wallin, Hulon Smith, Arthur Guild, Robert Douglas, Carson Baxter, Floyd Spencer, Lynn Smith. Ellen Huff, Robert Ramey, Lorraine Dennis, Andrew Dennis. Second Row—Margery Rawley, Charlotte Farrell, Lindsley Stevens, Louise Mess-ner, Walter Kinne, Nelia Hazard, Donald Lewis, Albert Perry, Helen Wallin, Evelyn Hoag, Howard Allis, Elmer Strope, John Hulett, Helen Jimerson, Ralph Hopkins, Guelda Brown, Robert Watkins, Dorothy Fletcher. Page forty-two AULIICRII U AGRICULTURAL ANNEX Page forty-three FOOTBALL VARSITY First Row: Coach Courtney, Mr. Stone, Jack Burns, Ivan Parks, Philip Foulke, Donald Wheeler, Bert Sumner, Jack Knapp. Second Row: John Peck, Daniel Brown, John Frock, Murray Allen, Paul Anderson, Bernard McDonald, Guy Park, Loren Beardsley, Clyde May. f€CTC4LL Although we did not win the championship of the S. V. I. A. A. League this year, we had a splendid team. Our record of six victories and two defeats put us in second place. Both of our defeats were at the hands of Sayre, our most bitter rival, and last year’s champion. We started the season with seven lettermen. From these and from the material left from the previous year, coaches Courtney and Stone built up a strong, well-balanced team. We did not rely on brilliant and spectacular offense and defense, but played merely steady and dependable football. We believe that our showing was very good this year, and we hope that next year’s team will go on to win the championship. John Frock Page forty-six BASKETBALL TEAM First Row: Murray Allen, John Frock, Coach Courtney, Paul Anderson, Donald Shay. Second Row: Andrew Champion (Manager), Loren Beardsley, Carlyle Fox, Bernard McDonald, Leo McDonald, Charles Skinner, Paul Stafford. JUNIOR VARSITY First Row: Jack Knapp, Robert Douglas, Kenneth Stone, Norman Cohen, William Patton. Second Row: Charles Smith, Arnold Weiss, Robert Watkins, Lindsley Stevens, Walter Kinne, Leland Morley. Page forty-seven CHEEK LE4DECS Eloise Rockwell .............................. Senior June Wood .................................. Freshman Mildred Wade .............................. Sophomore Lorraine Dennis .............................. Junior Margery Rawley ............................... Senior A cheerleader is elected from the girls of the freshman class each year and holds the position all during high school. The cheerleaders have a very important part in the athletic activities of the school. They must be at every game, cheering and helping the players on to victory. They must be willing to give up their time for the welfare of the school; and, above all, they must show their good school spirit. Though the team is not winning, the cheerleaders must keep on boosting the spirit of the team and the spectators. This backing helps the players to reach the goal-line. The cheerleaders must spend several hours every week practicing the new songs and yells. Gestures, accompanying all yells, must be learned so that each is perfectly timed. At pep meetings, held to arouse the enthusiasm of the student body before athletic contests, the cheer leaders work hard. At the end of the four years each cheerleader is given a letter. Although she has not been actually on the field, running with the ball, she really has participated in the game, and she deserves all the credit that is given to her. Joyce Terry Page forty-eight SCNICC LETTCCMCN ALLEN, MURRAY Athletics: Football 4. PECK, JOHN Athletics: Football Manager 4. ANDERSON, PAUL Athletics: Football 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2; Basketball 2, 4. RILEY, DAVID Athletics: Intramural Manager Basketball 4. BROWN, DANIEL Athletics: Football 4. SHAY, DONALD Athletics: Track Manager 4. CHAMPION, ANDREW Athletics: Basketball Manager 4. SKINNER, CHARLES Athletics: Basketball 4. FOULKE, PHILIP Athletics: Football 3, 4; Track 3. SMITH, JOSEPH Athletics: Football 4. FROCK, JOHN Athletics: Football 3; Track 4. SMITH, LYNN Athletics: Track 2, 3, 4. FROCK, WILLIAM Athletics: Football 3, 4; Track 4. SOPER, CHARLES Athletics: Track 4. McDonald, leo Athletics: Basketball 4; Track 4. STAFFORD, PAUL Athletics: Basketball 4. PARK, GUY Athletics: Football 3, 4. SUMNER, BERT Athletics: Football 3, 4. Page forty-nine LNLCCGCADL4TC LCTTERMEN BEARDSLEY, JIM Athletics: Football 3. McDonald, sam Athletics: Football 2, 3; Basketball 3; Track 3. BURNS, JACK Athletics: Football 3. PARKS, IVAN Athletics: Football 3. FOX, CARLYLE Athletics: Basketball 3. WHEELER, DONALD Athletics: Football 3. KNAPP, JACK MAY, CLYDE Athletics: Football 1. Athletics: Football 3. JUNIOR VAEIITy COHEN, NORMAN Athletics: Basketball 1. SMITH, CHARLES Athletics: Basketball 1. DOUGLAS, ROBERT Athletics: Basketball 1. STEVENS, LINDSLEY Athletics: Basketball 1. KINNE, WALTER Athletics: Basketball 1. WATKINS, ROBERT Athletics: Basketball 1. MORLEY, LELAND Athletics: Basketball Manager. WEISS, ARNOLD Athletics: Basketball 1. Page fifty ALLEN, MURRAY Athletics: Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 4; Interclass Basketball 4. ANDERSON, PAUL Athletics: Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4; Clubs: Pigskin Chasers 3, 4; Offices: President of Pigskin Chasers 3, 4; President of Class 1, 3; Minstrel 4. BAXTER, KENNETH Minstrel 4; Operetta 4. BROWN, DANIEL Athletics: Football 3, 4; Organization : Safety Patrol 2, 3, 4; Senior Play 4. BROWN, GERALD Clubs: Leaders’ Club 4; Offi- ces: Athenian Sports Editor 4; Head Usher for Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. CATLIN, ERNEST Clubs: Radio Club 3; Leaders’ Club 3; Minstrel 4; Operetta 4. CHAMPION, ANDREW Athletics: Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 4; Organization: Safety Patrol 3, 4; Clubs: Radio Club 3; Leaders’ Club; Hi-Y 4; Operetta 4. CORNEBY, BERT Minstrel 4. CROWLEY, ROBERT Athletics: South Waverly, Basketball 1, 2; Track 1, 2; Athens Senior Play 4; Minstrel 4; Operetta 4. FOULKE, PHILIP Athletics: Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 3; Clubs: Pigskin Chasers 3, 4; Operetta 4; Senior Play 4. FRIANT, ROBERT Athletics: Football 1; Clubs: Radio Club 3; Minstrel 4; Operetta 4. FROCK, JOHN Athletics: Football 3, 4; Track 4; Interclass Basketball 1, 3; Basketball 4; Clubs: Leaders’ Club 3, 4; Offices: Stage Manager for Senior Play 4; Athenian Editor 1, 3; Mixed Chorus 4; Operetta 4. FROCK, WILLIAM Athletics: Football 3, 4; Bas- ketball 4; Interclass Basketball 1, 3; Track 3, 4; Clubs: Pigskin Chasers 3, 4; Offices: Vice President of Class 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Minstrel 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. GAFFNEY, RICHARD East Smithfield, Orchestra 3; Senior Play 3; Operetta 1, 3; Speaking Contest 1, 2, 8; Athens Speaking Contest 4. GUILD, ARTHUR Athletics: 1; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Minstrel 4. KEELER, MELVIN Athletics: Interclass Basketball 1, 3; Track 4; Organization: Safety Patrol 4; Clubs: Leaders’ Club 3; Hi-Y 4; Senior Play 4; Offices: Secretary of Hi-Y Club 4; Manager of Operetta 4. Page fifty-one KELLOG, FRANK Athletics: East Smithfield, Basketball 3; Senior Play 3; Athens, Minstrel 4; Operetta 4. KINNER, ROBERT F. F. A. LANE, DANIEL Sayre, Clubs: Sportsman Club 3. McDonald, leo Athletics: Football 1, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 4; Track 2, 4; Interclass Basketball 3; Clubs: Leaders’ Club 4; Offices: President of Leaders’ Club 4; Athenian Class Editor 2; Athenian Sports Reporter 4; Senior Play 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Operetta 4. MURRAY, JAMES Athletics: Football 3; Minstrel 4. PARK, GUY Athletics: Football 3, 4; Organization Safety Patrol 4; Clubs: Hi-Y 4; Pigskin Chasers 3, 4; Senior Play 4. PECK, JOHN Offices: Manager of Football 4; President of High School 4; Edi-tor-in-Chief of Athenian 4; Assistant Editor of Athenian 3; Minstrel 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. PUTNAM, DONALD Orchestra 3; Clubs: Hi-Y 4; Leaders Club 4; Offices: Editor of Athenian 4; Organization: Safety Patrol 4; Minstrel 4; Senior Play 4. RILEY, DAVID Offices: President of F. F. A. 4; Operetta 4. ROBERTS, MILAN Athletics: Basketball 3; Clubs: F. F. A. Minstrel 4. ROBINSON, GEORGE F. F. A. SHAY, DONALD Athletics: Football 4; Basket- ball 4; Interclass Basketball 1, 3; Clubs: F. F. A. Leaders’ Club 3, 4; Organization: Safety Patrol 4. SKINNER, CHARLES Athletics: Basketball 1; Clubs: Radio Club 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 1, 3; Officers: Prompter of Senior Play 4; Class President 2, 4; Operetta 4. SMITH, CARLYLE Athletics: Football 2, 3; Basketball 2; Interclass Basketball 3. SMITH, JOSEPH Athletics: Football 2, 3, 4; Offices: Cartoonist for Athenian 1. 2, 3, 4; Clubs: Pigskin Chasers 3, 4; Minstrel 4. SMITH, LYNN Athletics: Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 2, 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta 4. SOPER, CHARLES Athletics: Football 4; Track 3, 4; F. F. A. Pa ye fifty-two STAFFORD, PAUL Athletics: East Smithfield, Basketball 1, 2, 3; Athens, Basketball 4; Offices: Secretary of F. F. A.; Clubs: F. F. A. STROPE, ELMER Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. SUMNER, BERT Athletics: Football 1. 3, 4: Offices: Vice President of High School 4; Assistant Business Manager of Athenian 3; Business Manager of Athenian 4; Clubs: Pigskin Chasers 3, 4; Hi-Y 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. WANDELL, EUGENE WEED, LAURENCE East Smithfield, Speaking Con test 2; Athens, Leaders’ Club 4. WITTIE, CARLTON F. F. A. BARNHART, NORMA Clubs: Glee Club 1, 3, 4; Hiking Club 4; Der Deutsche Verein 4; Art Club 1, 2, 4; Offices: Treasurer of Hiking Club 4; Member of Athenian Staff 4; Senior Play 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. BENNETT, BETTY Clubs: Domecon Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Der Deutsche Verein 4; French Circle 2; Play, Babbit 2; Typing for Annual 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. BELCHER, EMELINE Vaudeville 4. BELCHER, EMILY Vaudeville 4. BRIGGS, ESTHER Clubs: Glee Club 3, 4; Der Deutsche Verein 4; Domecon 3, 4; Hiking Club 4; Athletics: Intramural Basketball 3; Offices: Vice President of Hiking Club 4; Secretary of Mixed Chorus 2; Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. CARLE, ELOISE Clubs: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Der Deutsche Verein 4; Christmas Play 4; Senior Play 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. CROCKER, VIRGINIA Clubs: Glee Club 2, 4; Domecon 2, 3, 4; Hiking Club 4; Tri-Hi-Y 4; French Circle 4; Art Club 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 3; Offices: Refreshment Chairman of Domecon 3; Vice President of Tri-Hi-Y 4; Entertainment Chairman of Domecon 4; Secretary of Junior Class 3; Second Vice President of Hiking Club 4; Treasurer of French Circle 4; Domecon Play 2; Member of Athenian Staff 4; Senior Play 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. CULLINGTON, FLORENCE Clubs: Glee Club 1, 2; Hiking Club 4; Domecon Club 4. LINCOLN, EDITH Clubs: Glee Club 1, 4; Hiking Club 4; Art Club 4; Der Deusche Verein 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Athletics: Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. Page fifty-three MERRILL, EUNICE Clubs: Dramatic Club 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Debating Club 1, Athletics: Basketball 1, 2, 3; Mushball 1, 2, 3; Play, Keeping Kitty’s Dates 3; Vaudeville 4. MOORE, ESTHER Clubs: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Dom-econ Club 2, 3, 4; Hiking Club 4; Tri-Hi-Y 4; Athletics: Basketball Varsity 1; Basketball 3, 4; Offices: Refreshment Chairman of Domecon Club 2; Part Leader of Glee Club 2; Domecon Play 2; Vaudeville 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. MUNN, MARIAN Vaudeville 4. PARKS, ELEANOR Clubs: Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Rotary Banquet 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. PARK, JEANNE Clubs: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Domecon Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletics: Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Vaudeville 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. PARKS, NAOMA Vaudeville 4. RAMEY, ANNE Clubs: Glee Club 1, 3, 4; Domecon 3, 4; Hiking Club 4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 4; Offices: President of Tri-Hi-Y 4; Member of Athenian Staff 4; Vaudeville 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. RAWLEY, MARGERY Clubs: Art Club 1, 2; Domecon Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Or-chesti'a 2, 3, 4; Offices: Banking Cashier 2; Song Leader 2, 3, 4; Secretary of Publicity 4; Chapel Accompanist 4; Speaking Contest 2; Senior Play 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. ROCKWELL. ELOISE Clubs: 2, 3, 4; Hiking Club 4; Glee Club 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Tri-Hi-Y 4; Art Club 1, 2; Offices: President of Hiking Club 4; Class Editor 1, 2; Member of Athenian Staff 4; Captain of Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Entertainment Chairman of Domecon 3; Discussion Chairman of Tri-Hi-Y 4; Athletics: Basketball Varsity 1; Cheerleader 3, 4; Babbit 1; Domecon Play 2; Vaudeville 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. SPENCER, EVELYN Clubs: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Vaudeville 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. SPRINGER, IRENE Clubs: Hiking Club 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. TALADA, DOROTHY Clubs: Hiking Club 4; Domecon Club 4; Athletics: Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Vaudeville 4; Rotary Banquet 4. Page fifty-four TERRY, JOYCE Clubs: Glee Club 3, 4; Domecon Club 2, 3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y 4; Hiking Club 4; Offices: Treasurer of Tri-Hi-Y 4; Secretary of Stage Properties 4; Athletics: Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Domecon Play 2; Senior Play 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. WALLIN, MARIAN Clubs: Domecon Club 2, 3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y 4; Offices: Treasurer of Domecon Club 3, 4; Athletics: Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Basketball Varsity 1; Domecon Play 2; Vaudeville 4. WELLS, IDA Vaudeville 4. ZIMMER, LOIS Clubs: Domecon 2, 3, 4; Athletics: Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Junior Candy 3; Property Manager of Senior Play 4. DAVIES, BETTE Clubs: Glee Club 3, 4; Domecon 2, 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Vaudeville 4; Operetta 4. DUNBAR, ELEANOR Clubs: Glee Club 1; French Circle 2; Art Club 4; Mixed Chorus 2. Offices: Secretary-Treasurer of Art Club 4; Athenian Staff Poet 4; Cashier for School Bank 2; Vaudeville 4. DUNBAR, MARGARET Clubs: Art Club 4; Senior Girls Chapel Program 4. HARRIS, GRACE Clubs: Glee Club 1, 3, 4; Domecon 3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Vaudeville 4; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. HOAG, EVELYN Clubs: Glee Club 4; Art Club 1; Athletics: Intramural Basketball 3, 4. Offices: Secretary of Class 1, 2; Treasurer of Class 3; Secretary-Treasurer of Class 4; Athenian Class Editor 3; Member of Athenian Staff 4; President of Glee Club 4; Captain of Intramural Basketball 4; House of Representatives 1; Basketball Varsity 1; Orchestra 4; Play, Babbit 1; Senior Play 4; Operetta 4. HUFF, ELLEN Clubs: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; East Smithfield, Library Club 3; Athens, Mixed Chorus 4; Senior Play 3, 4; Orchestra 3, 4; Vaudeville 4; Basketball 2, 3; Operetta 1, 3, 4. 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