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

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1937 volume:

TWENTy-rifTH A T E 1 9 E 3 7 N I A N ILILISIII Ey ATHENS HIGH SCHCCL ATHENS, PENNSYLVANIA Athens High School fCRCWCCD 1937 A year of historical significance in the Athens High School—the twenty-fifth anniversary of THE ATHENIAN Annual and the fiftieth annual commencement of the Athens High School. There is no question in our minds as to the progress of our school during this period. We hope this yearbook will convince you that THE ATHENIAN has progressed, also. Page two Original High School High School and Annex 1915 Page three THE ATHENIAN STAEE Editor-in-Chief Jack Dixon Assistant Ivan Parks Editorial Department Sports Editor Jack Armstrong Literary Editor Helen Jimerson News Editor Nelia Hazard Art Editor Edward Bailey Class Editors f Senior Priscilla Watkins Junior Alice Woodburn Sophomore Olive Flood Junior High Seventh Grade Jean Terry Eighth Grade Robert Benjamin Ninth Grade Robert Harrigan Business Department Business Manager Harry Crandall Assistant Wayne Allen Typists Dorothy Stark Mildred Wade Peggy Battin Doris Campbell Allan Furman Robert Howard Advisers Mrs. Faulkner Miss Bouton Miss von Wolfradt Miss Crocker Miss Baxter Mr. Rowe Miss Coughlin This Annual has a triple significance: it preserves the records of the class of 1937, and marks, not only the silver anniversary of the pub- lication of the Annual, but also the fiftieth annual commencement of the Athens High School. The Athenian, one of the oldest traditions of the school, takes its name from a magazine which was first published in 1841 by students of the Athens Academy. The present Athenian began its existence in 1910, as a purely high school paper; and the Annual is the out-growth of that. Photographs on the preceding pages show the development of the structure, which was destroyed by fire in 1915, to the present fireproof building, modern in structure and equipment. Page four THE ATHENS SCHCCL ECAEE €E EEHCATICN T. J. Cook Ellery Bressler Dr. A. G. Couphlin Dr. D. McClarty Leon E. Loomis Vice President President Treasurer Secretary AN AEEEECIATICN There is a group of men upon whom the final responsibility for the proper maintenance and functioning of our school system rests. Not much is usually said of a school board when the school affairs move along smoothly and efficiently, but plenty is said about and to the members when trouble arises—a form of publicity any board wishes to avoid. There is need in Athens for publicity of another sort through which the unselfish work of our board of education is brought to the attention of the public. The self-sacrifice and real interest the board members have in the progress and success of all phases of the school work deserve the commendation and gratitude of school children and patrons alike. How to improve the school system within the financial ability of the district has always been the board’s main objective, and the steady growth in size, school departments, and educational offerings which have resulted, is in itself a tribute to the foresight, interest, and planning of this group of men. Page six A HIGH SCHGGE DIPLCHA “What do high school graduation and the possession of a diploma signify?” First, the diploma shows that the owner has completed four years of high school life and experience and that he has secured through this experience the necessary minimum credits for graduation. What he has mastered and built into his own life in the form of valuable information, desirable habits, and right attitudes, depends very largely upon how much of earnest endeavor, and native ability the graduate has brought with him and has put into his high school life. Second, the fact of high school graduation, in itself, does not by any means signify that the graduate is prepared to go to college. To be accepted for college, one must stand in the upper part of his class in high school. We trust that your diploma means to you that you have had an enjoyable and profitable four years in high school, and that during those years you have secured the foundation for a successful life. E. E. CREDIFORD, Supervising Principal re the HEMDcrs er the CE4SI GE 1937 For four years just past you have been embarked upon a voyage of discovery. Under the personal guidance of the faculty and through the study of carefully planned courses you have been engaged in an effort to discover yourself, your aptitudes, and your abilities and at the same time to lay a foundation on which to build your life after the pattern you have discovered to be in accordance with your personality. Much of the factual knowledge that you have gained will, in time, be lost through disuse; but the knowledge that you have gained about how to live, which is the foundation for your life, will remain with you. It is our hope that this foundation is honestly and sturdily built and will in time support a superstructure that is a credit to the best that is in you; for only by living at our best can we attain that supreme content so vital to our happiness. Yours for success, v Irving W. Hazard High School Principal Page seven FACULTY FIRST ROW: Elisabeth Bouton, B.S., Commercial Studies; Indiana State College. Evelyn Hinkley, A.B., French, I.atin; Elmira College. Edith Hine. R.N., Health; Robert Packer Hospital, Pennsylvania State College. Avis Henry, B.S., .Music; Mansfield State Teachers’ College. Katherine Smith, Junior High Mathematics; Mansfield State Teachers’ College. Nellie Storch, A.B., Latin, History; Elmira College. Ada von Wolfradt, A.B., English; Mansfield State Teachers’ College, Syracuse University. Winifred Reagan, A.B., Mathematics; Pennsylvania State Teachers’ College. Lina Crocker, B.S., Junior High English; Mansfield State Teachers’ College. SECOND ROW: Ruth Faulkner, B.S., English; Mansfield Teachers’ College, Pennsylvania State College. Marjorie Groat, B.S., Home Economics; Pennsylvania State College. Reed C. Benson, B.S., Science; Mansfield Teachers College, University of Virginia. William S. Courtney, B.S. Athletic Coach, History; Pennsylvania State College. Kenneth Stone, B.E., Physical Education, Social Studies; LaCrosse State Teachers’ College. Adrian Rowe, B.S., Science, Social Studies; Mansfield State Teachers’ College. Marshall van Scoten, B.S., Agricultural Education; Pennsylvania State College. Dean Shroat, B.S., Mathematics, Social Studies; Lock Haven State Teachers’ College. Howard Evans, Manual Training, Jr. High Business Training; West Chester State Teachers’ College. Esther Baxter, B.S., English, Jr. High Art, Literature, Geography, Spelling; Mansfield Teachers’ College. “ ‘Jane Rita Coughlin, A.B., English. Library; Elmira College. Earl K. Dill, A.B., History, Mathematics; Syracuse University, University of Michigan. C • ft . Page eight SENIORS CLASS 11 14 LI S Jack Dixon Katherine Powers President Secretary Helen Jimerson Harry Crandall Vice-President Treasurer JACK DIXON Clubs: Hi-Y 3, 4; Dramathenian Club 4; Mixed Chorus 4. Offices: Athenian Staff 3, 4; Class President 1, 2, 4; Prom Committee 3; Frosh-Flash 1; Pageant Script Staff 4; Hallowe’en Frolic 3; Hi-Y Secretary 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Play 4; Senior Evening 4; Dramathenian Plays 4. HELEN JIMERSON Clubs: Orchestra 1, 2. 3, 4; Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Art Club 1, 3; Hiking Club 3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y 3, 4; Cercle Francais 3; Dramathenian 4; Mixed Chorus 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Speaking Contest 3; Dramathenian Plays 4; Senior Evening 4; Senior Play 4. Offices: Frosh-Flash Editor 1; Pres. Le Cercle Francais 3; Glee Club part leader 3; Prom Committee 3; Class V-Pres. 4; Athenian Literary Editor 4; Asst. High School Librarian 4; Frolic Committee 3, 4; Class Song 4; Pageant Script Staff 4. Athletics: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Mushball 4. KATHERINE POWERS Clubs: Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y 3; Hiking Club 3, 4; Dramathenian Club 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3, 4; Senior Evening 4; Senior Play 4. Offices: Class Treasurer 1, 2; Class Secretary 4; Grade Assembly pianist 4; Jr. High Assemblv pianist 3, 4; Senior High Assembly pianist 4; Athenian Staff 3. Athletics: Basketball 1, 2. HARRY CRANDALL Clubs: Leaders’ Club 2; Radio Club 1, 2; Hi-Y Club 3, 4; Dramathenian Club 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Play 4; Senior Evening 4; Dramathenian Plays 4. Offices: Athenian Staff 2, 3, 4; Attorney-General 3; Frosh-Flash 1; Prom Committee 3; Pageant Writing Committee 4; Frolic Committee 4; Hi-Y Treasurer 3- Hi-Y President 4; Class Treasurer 4. Athletics: Track 3, 4. Page ten JACK ARMSTRONG Clubs: Mixed Chorus 2, 3. 4; Hi Y 3, 4; Drama- theniun Club 4; Leaders' Club 3. 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Play 4; Senior Evening 4. (Offices: Athenian Staff 4; Pageant Committee 4: Prom Committee 3. DOLORES BATTIN Clubs: Tri-Hi-Y 3. 4; Dramathenian 4: Hiking Club 1. 2. 3. 4: Girls’ (flee Club 2. 3. 4; Mixed Chorus 2. 3. 4; Art Club 3. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Play 4. Offices: Dramathenian V-President 4; Pageant Committee 4; Intramural Basketball Secretary 3: Athenian Typist 4; Hiking Club. Chairman of Archery 4. A t li 1 e ti cs: Intramural Basketball 1. 2. JOYCE BROWN Clubs: Glee Club 1. 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 4; Art Club 3: Tri-Hi-Y 3. 4; Hiking Club 3, 4; Domecon Club 3. 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4. Offices: Glee Club Secretary 1 ; Class Secretary 2. 3; Athenian Board 4; Art Club President 3: Prom Committee 3; Hallowe’en Frolic Committee 4: Sophomore Welcoming Dance Committee 3. Athletics: Basketball 3. 4. MARY CATLIN Clubs: Tri-Hi-Y 3. 4. Dramatics: Senior Eve ning 4. PAULINE CHAMBERLAIN Dramatics: A s s e m b 1 y Program 4; Senior Play 4. Offices: Pageant Com- mittee 4. EDWARD BAILEY Clubs: Leaders' Club 2. 3; Hi-Y 3, 4: Dramathenian Club 4: Mixed Chorus 2. 3. Dramatics: Operetta 3. Offices: Class Secretary 1 ; Prom Committee 3; Athenian Staff 3. 4; Senior Intramural Manager 4. CHARLES BENNETT Senior Pageant 4; Senior Evening 4. DORIS CAMPBELL Clubs: Glee Club 2, 3. 4; Hiking Club 3. 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Dramathenian Club 4. Offices: Athenian Staff 3. 4 ; Senior Play Furni- ture Committee 4 ; Prom Committee 3. Athletics: Basketball 1. 2. 3, 4. WARREN CHAMBERLIN Clubs: Hi-Y 2. South Waverly: Leaders’ Club 4: F.F.A. 3. 4. Dramatics: Senior Play 4. Offices: Intramural Basketball Captain 4 : F.F.A. Secretary 3; F.F.A. V-President 4: Prom Com- mittee 3. Athletics: Soccer 1. 2. South Waverly: F.F.A. Basketball 3. 4; Mush hall 3. 4: Track 4. MARY LOUISE COX Clubs: Harmonica Club 2. Mon root on ; Dramathenian Club 4: Hiking Club 4. Dramatics: Speaking Contest 1. 2; Assembly Plays. Offices: Art Editor 1. 2. M o n root o n : Advertising Committee 2. Monroeton; Junior Play Prompter 3. l ister; Interior Decoration Committee for Junior-Senior Banquet 3. Ulster: Art Editor 3. Ulster: Drama- thenian President 4. Athletics: Mushball and Hockey 2. Monroeton. V Page eleven LORRAINE DENNIS Clubs: Orchestra 3. 4: dee Club 2, 3. 4; Mixed Chorus 2. 3. 4: French Circle 3; Art Club 3; Drama-thenian Club 4: Hiking Club 3. 4: Girls’ Trio 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4. Offices: Cheer Lender 2, 3. 4. Athletics: Intramural Basketball 2. 3. 4. THELMA DOLAN Clubs: Tri-Hi-Y 4: Hiking Club 3, 4; Dramathen-ian Club 4. Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4. Offices: Intramural Bas- ketball Captain 4. Athletics: Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4. CHARLOTTE FARRELL Clubs: Glee Club 1, 2, Rome; 3, 4, Athens; Orchestra 1, 2. Rome; 3, Athens: Dramathenian Club 4; Tri-Hi-Y 4. Dramatics: Speaking (’on-test 1. Rome: Operetta 1. 2. Rome; Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4; Senior Play 4. EDNA FRISBIE Clubs: Hiking Club 3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y 3. 4: Mixed Chorus 4; Glee Club 4; Dramathenian 4. Dramatics: Senior Play 4; Senior Evening 4. Offices: Athenian Staff 4: Chairman of Ring Committee 3; Prom Committee 3. NELIA HAZARD Clubs: Domecon 2, 3, 4; Hiking Club 3. 4; Dramathenian Club 4; Orchestra 1. 2, 3, 4; (Jirls' Glee Club 2. 3. I : Mixed Chorus 2. .1: CHrlt' Trio 4. Dramatics: Speaking Contest 1: Operetta 3; Senior Play 4; Senior Evening 4. Offices: Class Parliamentarian 1. Athenian Staff 1. 4: Frosh-Flash Staff 1; Class President 3; Librarian of Orchestra 3. 4: (ilee Club Program Committee Chairman 2; V-President of Glee Club 3; Domecon Club President 3 ; D o m e c o n Treasurer 4; Hiking Club President 4; Asst. Librarian 4; Pageant Committee 4; Prom Committee 3; Frolic Committee 3. 4. Athletics: Basketball 1. 2. 3, 4: Captain 4. BEVERLY DIBBLE Clubs: (ilee Club 2. 3. 4; Mixed Chorus 2. 3. 4; Voice Clnss 2; Tri-Hi-Y 3; Orchestra 4; Hiking Club 4: Girls' Trio 4; Dramathenian 4. Offices: Class Treasurer 3; Soprano Part Leader 2. 3. 4: Pageant Committee 4; Frolic Committee 4 ; Prom Committee 3; Senior Play. Property Manager 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3. Athletics: Basketball 4. A l R ALIA DUNNING Clubs: Glee Club 2. 3. 4: Mixed Chorus 4: Dramathenian Club 4; Hiking Club 3. 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3: Senior Play 4. CARLYLE FOX Clubs: F.F.A. 3, 4; Leaders' Club 2. 3. 4; Pigskin Chasers 3. 4. Offices: President of F.F.A. 4; Leaders' Club President 4; V-President of Pig-Skin Chasers 4. Athletics: Basketball 1. 3; Interclass Basketball 2. 4: F.F.A. Basketball 4: Track 3. 4. ALLAN FURMAN Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4. Offices: Athenian Staff 3. 4; Pageant Committee 4. EUGENE HEFFRON Athletics: 3. 4. Page twelve ROBERT HOWARD Offices: Pageant Com- mittee 4; Secretary to Mr. Van Seoten 4; Senior Evening Business Manager 4. JOHN HTLETT Clubs: Orchestra 1, 2. 3, 4; Hi-Y 3. 4; Radio Club 1. 2; School Boy Patrol 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3. MARK LOOMIS Clubs: Hi-Y 3, 4; Dra-matheniun Club 4; Leud« rs’ Club 2. Dramatics: Operetta 3. Offices: Senior Play Business Manager 4. BETTY MAGUIRE Clubs: Dramathenian Club 4: Domecon Club 3. 4: Tri Hi-Y 2. 3. 4: Hiking Club 3. 4; Art Club 2. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4; Senior Play 4. BERNARD MeDONALD Clubs: Leaders' Club 2. 3. 4 : Pig-Skin Chasers 2. 3. 4: F.P.A. 3. 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3. Offices: Class V-Presi- dent 3: President of Pigskin Chasers 4; Athenian Staff 1. Athletics: Football 1, 2. 3. 4; Basketball 1. 3 Varsity: 2. 4 Interclass; Track 1. 2. 3. 4. ALENE HUGHES Clubs: Art Club 3; Dome con 2. 3. 4; Dramathenian 4; Girls' Glee Club 3; Hiking Club 3. 4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 2. 3. 4: Orchestra 3. 4. Offices: President of Domecon 4; Tri-Hi-Y President 4. Athletics: Intramural Basketball 2. 3, 4. DESMOND KNOUSE Clubs: Hi-Y 3, 4; Pig-Skin Chasers 4; Dramathenian Club 4. Dramatics: Senior Play 4; Senior Evening 4. Athletics: Football 3. 4; Track 2. 3. 4. CLAYTON LOUSHAY Clubs: Leaders' 2, 3. 4; Hi Y 3. 4: Pig-Skin Chasers 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3. Offices: Captain Safety Patrol 4. Athletics: Football 1. 2. 3. 4 : Interclass Basketball 4; Interclass Track 1. 2, 3. HELEN MATTESON Clubs: Domecon 2: Glee Club 2. 3. 4: Tri-Hi-Y 2. 3; Hiking Club 3. 4: Dra-mathenian 4; Mixed Chorus 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4. Offices: Librarian of Glee Club 2. 3; Chairman of Decorating Committee for Prom 3; Senior Play Committee 4: Tea Dance Committee 3: Chairman of S o ph o in o r e Welcoming Dance 3. A t h 1 e t i cs: Intramural Basketball 2. MICHAEL McMAHON Clubs: Mixed Chorus 3 Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4. Athletics: Track 3, 4. V Page thirteen LOUISE MESSXER Clubs: Orchestra 2, :t. 4: (ilee Club 2. 3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y 3. 4; Hiking Club 3. 4: Domecon Club 3, 4; Drama-thenian Club 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4. Offices: Assistant Librarian 4 ; Secretary of Tri-Hi-Y 3: Vice President of Domecon 4: Secretary of Hiking Club 4. Athletics: Basketball 2. ROBERT MULLIGAN Clubs: Leaders Club 3. 4: Hi-Y Club 4. Offices: Senior Play Prompter 4. Athletics: Intramural Basketball 4. JOHN OLEKSY Clubs: F.F.A. 3. 4. Dramatics: Pageant 4. ALBERT PERRY Clubs: Orchestra 2, 3. 4. Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4: Pageant 4. MARY ROBINSON Clubs: Dramathenian Club 4: Hiking Club 3. 4: Tri-IIi Y Club 3. 4. Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4. LESLIE MORRIS Offices: Research Com- mittee for Pageant 4 : Secretary to Mr. Hazard; Typist for Special Activity Programs. ELSIE MINN Pageant 4. FREIDA PARKS Clubs: Hiking Club 3. 4. Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4; Pageant 4. HELEN PHELPS Clubs: Hiking Club 3, 4: Dramathenian Club 4. Offices: Pageant Com- mittee 4. Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4. HAZEL ROGERS Clubs: Glee Club 3. 4; Mixed Chorus 4; Hiking Club 2. 3. 4 : Dramathenian 4: Tri-Hi Y Club 2. 3. 4. Offices: Class Secretary Treasurer 3. Troy. Athletics: Basketball Team 3. Troy. Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4. Page fourteen BURTON SCHOONOVER Clubs: Hi-Y Club 3. 4; Leaders' Club 3. 4. Offices: President of Hi-Y 3. V-President of Hi-Y 4 : Senior Play Committee 4. Dramatics; Senior Evening 4. HI LON SMITH Clubs: Orchestra 1. 2. 3 Offices: Class V-Presi dent 2; Senior Play Com mittee 4: Chairman of Re search Committee for Pag eant 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3 Senipr Evening 4. MILDRED WALLIN Clubs: Glee Club 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 3. 4; Orchestra 3: Hiking Club 4; Dra-mathenian Club 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3, Senior Evening 4. MARVIN WEBSTER Clubs: F.F.A. 1. 2: Health Club 1. 2: Leaders' Club 4. JACK WICKHAM Clubs: Orchestra 3; Mixed Chorus 3. 4: Hi-Y Club 3. 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4. (No picture) MAX ENGLISH Camera Shy Clubs: Radio 1. 2. Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4. Electrical work for various plays. FLOYD SPENCER Clubs: Orchestra 1. 2. 3, 4; Hi-Y Club 4: Mixed Chorus 3. Dramatics: Senior Play 4 : Operetta 3. Athletics: Track 3. THELMA THRASHER Clubs: Glee Club 2. 3. 4; Art Club 3; Tri Hi-Y 3; Hiking Club 3. 4; Drama-thenian Club 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3. PRISCILLA WATKINS Clubs: Tri-Hi-Y Club 3; Olee Club 1. 2. 3. 4: Mixed 'horus 4 : Hiking Club 4: Dramathenian 4. Offices: Athenian Class Editor 1. 2. 4: Senior Play Prompter 4. Dramatics: Operetta 3; Senior Evening 4. Athletics: Intramural Basketball 1. 2. 3. 4. LAURA WHEELER Clubs: Hiking Club 3, 4; Dramathenian Club 4. Dramatics: Senior Eve- ning 4. Page fifteen CLASS SCNC The friends we’ve made at high school seem much dearer to us now. The teachers who have tried so hard to show exactly how To do our lessons daily and to get good marks as well; We’re sorrier to leave them all than we can ever tell. Chorus: These last four years have gone so fast That now they’re almost done; We’re finishing, a happy class, For we’ve shared lots of fun. After all of our good times we hate to leave, Yet we want to try something new. Whatever successes we may achieve, Dear Athens, we’ll owe them to you. —Helen Jimerson Katherine Powers CLASS LCEM ’Tis graduation time at last. It’s come so slow and yet so fast! Time gives us all the self-same share Of minutes in an hour, But says, “It’s strictly your affair Just how you use my power.” We started in the grades to learn That life has many a twist and turn, But Success is Failure turned inside out— Turned to a brilliant hue. We gaze at its splendor and wonder about Our rosy ambitions, will they come true ? ’Tis not the time to stop right now. Time has many more trials, I trow; So let’s not scorn old Father Time, And watch him pass us by, But work to win while in our prime, As before us all, our futures lie. —Mary Louise Cox Page sixteen PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS There is a great deal of truth in the old English proverb—“Every man is the architect of his own fortune”. What we are and what we will be depends to a great extent upon ourselves. Others may help, but the final effort rests solely with the individual himself. The basis of our education has been formed. Whether we wish to add to this fundamental knowledge is a question each must decide. By “adding to it”, I do not necessarily mean a college course. I mean further development of the mind and intellect through intelligent reading, good living, and alert interest in world problems and affairs. I earnestly hope that the class of ’37 will not be remembered as the class in which a certain bank executive or railroad magnate graduated, but rather as the class that produced fifty-four good, steady, intelligent American citizens, which our country greatly needs. —Jack Dixon First Honor Group—general average above 90% Nelia Hazard—Valedictorian Katherine Powers Helen Jimerson—Salutatorian Beverly Dibble Harry Crandall Allen Furman Jack Dixon Doris Campbell Robert Howard Leslie Morris Second Honor Group—general average above 85% Floyd Spencer Joyce Brown Helen Phelps Alene Hughes Mary Cox Priscilla Watkins Pauline Chamberlain Edna Frisbie Max English Helen Matteson Hazel Rogers Betty Maguire Lorraine Dennis Thelma Thrasher Peggy Battin Hulon Smith Pape seventeen SCNICC CALENDAR CD ACTIVITIES September— First day of school. Enrolling in home room. The grind begins. Class is organized. Athenian staff selected. October— Plans for an all-school Hallowe’en Frolic. Frolic a success—$50 for the Athenian treasury. November— Dramathenian Club organized. Seniors have sore throats—an underclassman scores for Athens in a football game! December— First Athenian of the year is published. Dramathenians work on production of a one-act play. Seniors entertain the high school in assembly. January— Try-outs for “New Fires”, the senior play. Mr. Lent “shoots” the seniors. Last minute rush to make up back work before semester’ reports are out. February— Carpet lectures by parents. Cast for “New Fires” selected and practice begun. March— Photographs exchanged. Senior Evening—more money for the Athenian. Play practice—and play practice. April— Senior Play—the best ever! Tea Dance—Music by Armstrong. Great flurry over invitations. Honor roll announced. Athenian goes to publisher! Begin work on pageant. Seniors win inter-class track meet. May— Reviews! Headaches!! Juniors initiated into Dramathenian Club. Exchange of name cards (our first). Annuals received! Baccalaureate sermon. Class Day. Commencement (pageant). Farewell to Athens High. Page eighteen INADS Page nineteen WHAT THE SENIORS THINK ABOUT IT How much homework should seniors do? M. E.—Half of school work should be done at home. A. P.—15 minutes. H. S.—Much homework should not be given seniors. D. C.—As much as they need for pood marks. C. L.—30 minutes for each subject. C. F.—Enough to keep them busy and out of mischief. N. H.—Enough to prepare next day’s assignment. B. D.—30 minutes per subject. J. H.—2 to 3 hours. H. R.—None. K. P.—Enough time to provide alibi for incomplete work. A. F.—10 to 15 minutes per subject. W. C.—Enough to help in daily recitation. At what hour should seniors retire? J. A.—10 to 11 on night previous. L. M.—8 to 8:30. H. J.—10:00 to 10:30, depends on occasion. L. D.—It all depends. M. L.—Depends upon the parent. T. T.—11:00, not later. E. A.—11:30. J. W.—School nights, 11. Other nights, anytime. L. M.—Depends upon the amount of rest you require. K. P.—When they feel in the need of sleep. W. C.—Between 11:00 p. m. and 3:00 a. m. At what age should one marry? J. A.—I don’t believe in marriage. A. P.—Life begins at 40. M. L.—18 to 25. J. O.—25. J. D.—20 to 60, later if you are rich. P. B.—When you are in love with some one. L. D.—When someone asks you. H. J.—24-26, or when you get the chance. H. S.—No. C. L.—Just the age when you can persuade the girl to marry you. C. F.—At 28 and later. J. B.—Depends upon the individual. M. C.—Not younger than 21. H. R.—As soon as you meet the right one. J. H.—At least 21. First have good job and money saved. K. P.—When you’re old enough to know better. A. E.—Never. How many members should the Supreme Court have? M. W.—One (but not too much power). J. A.—The Supreme Court should be done away with. H. R.—Odd number so there will be no deadlock. N. H.—Makes little difference, just so we keep our Supreme Court and it stands for what it has in the past. A. F.—Nine—no meddling with our courts. Should a person be 18 before he starts driving? H. M.—Sixteen is old enough and in some cases necessary. A. D.—Yes. I think it would prevent many careless accidents. L. M.—Yes. Also a driving course should be taught in the schools. E. F.—Yes. People can think faster at 18. B. D.—No. It deprives us of the chance of “getting ahead”. R. H.—Yes. Younger people are too eager to drive, and go too fast; older people are more careful. M. L. C.—No, for we can’t learn to drive until we are too old to enjoy it. J. B.—Sixteen is a good limit. Is judicious use of make-up unwise? C. F.—Yes, beneath the make up people are not always so silly as they appear. T. D.—It's all right to use it if you don’t use too much. A. D.—Make up used properly will improve one’s looks very much. W. C.—On some women it’s O. K. C. B.—No, because it’s not necessary. A. F.—Sure, think of all the ugly faces that would scare little children if it weren’t for make-up. H. M.—Make-up doesn’t take anything from one’s character, but it should be used wisely. J. D.—If it makes them look any nicer, by all means use it. H. J.—It’s all a matter of opinion. How many children should a family have? T. T.—Not over a dozen; one is plenty. C. B.—3. S. M.—4. J. H.—The number you can support easily. B. M.—4. A. H.—2 and not any more. One boy and one girl. M. C.—Not over 10. M. L. C.—Just as many as they can get along with. H. S.—3. L. D.—Depends on the financial condition of the family. L. M.—Most families should have from at least 6 to 8 children for maximum intelligence. Some families can have 12 or more. Page twenty LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Seniors of Athens High School in the State of Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament. First, we bequeath the following of our assets and liabilities to the oncoming seniors on the condition that they uphold the dignity of the senior class to the best of their ability: a. The privilege of editing and paying for our annual yearbook. b. The honor of occupying the front seats in assembly. c. Keeping our fine attendance record. d. Our sympathy to the whole junior class for their troubles. We had ’em once. In addition to these bequests, we give to the individual members of the junior class such various and sundry articles as we see fit to dispose of at this time. We endow Mary Jane Andrus with Lorraine Dennis’ fistic ability and bulging biceps. To Frank Shelly and the orchestra, we leave Floyd Spencer’s dimples, his tin horn, and his mighty blast. Nelia Hazard's scholastic ability and energy to Louise Johnson. Burt Schoonover’s ringside seat in “Pinky’s” to Clyde May. Priscilla’s spirit of co-operation and her good will to Marian Page. Warren Chamberlin’s good looks, broad shoulders, and curly hair to Tom O’Leary. We replace Frank Watrous' belligerent match with Louise Mess-ner’s musical gum. Ducky Dunning’s latest book, “How to be Happy though Married”, to Midge Wade. Ed Bailey’s seat in study hall, his (?) energy, and room and board at the Chocolate Shop to Dan Collins. Helen Jimerson’s versatility to Laura I ambert. Armstrong’s Ford V-8 and driving skill to Robert Callear. McMahon’s title of “Lady Killer” to Jack Burns, who doesn’t do so bad himself. Doris Campbell’s A’s in shorthand to Helen Wallin. Peggy Battin’s ability to “get around” to Frances Ryan. Loomis’s alarm clock to “Clip” Alexander. Albert Perry’s title of “Bullneck Mooseface” to “Mo” Minier. Katherine Powers’ pleasant charms, her gracious smile, and her sophistication to Alice Woodburn. Max English’s electrical ingenuity to Lester Auge. And last, but not least, a new senior class to the high school. —Hulon Smith Page twenty-one JUNIOR BOYS First Row: Clifford Alexander, Wayne Allen, Lester Auge, Loren Beardsley, Bernard Beers, Jack Burns, Robert Callear, Jack Carr. Second Row: Daniel Collins, Robert Hughes, Donald Lewis, Clyde May, Ralph Minier, Jack Morley, Samuel Orlowski. Third Row: Ivan Parks, Myron Parks, Theodore Perry, Franklin Shelly, Carlyle Thurston, Milton Waite, Walter Whitbeck. Page twenty-two JUNIOR GIRLS First Row: Mary Jane Andrus, Iris Case, Marilyn Carle, Mary Clinton, Ellen Converse, Louise Johnson, Laura Lambert, Virginia Lange, Phyllis Lord. Second Row: Doris Macaffee, Jean Mac Daniels, Hazel McKeel, Ruth Nichols, Marion Page, Mary Phelps, Anne Raupers, Anna Robinson. Third Row: Frances Ryan, Dorothy Stark, Jane Stickler, Mildred Wade, Helen Wallin, Dorothy Wandell, Gertrude Wheatley, Alice Wood-burn. Pape twenty-three CALENDAR CE JDNICR ACTIVITIES SEPTEMBER The class officers were elected as follows: president, Ivan Parks; vice-president, Louise Johnson; secretary-treasurer, Wayne Allen. The football team owed much of its success to the five junior players: Ivan Parks, Loren Beardsley, Jack Burns, Clyde May, and Robert Hughes. Committees were appointed to take charge of the sale of candy during the noon hour and after school. OCTOBER The several clubs that were organized this year were the Tri-Hi-Y, Hi-Y, Glee Club, Domecon, Hiking, and the F.F.A. Members of the English III classes presented a Riley Day program for assembly. Junior-Sophomore Welcoming Dance was a success, and all those attending had a merry time. NOVEMBER Try-outs were made for the Junior play and the cast chosen. They then started practising diligently under the direction of Mr. Hazard. DECEMBER “Mummy and the Mumps’’ was presented, and the juniors received much praise for their efforts. The anxious juniors received their long-awaited class rings! JANUARY The reviews were made for those taking mid-year exams. Many English students were seen in either the high school library or the Spalding Library, scanning the many shelves for books to read for book reviews. Both the boys and girls have been active in basketball. Report cards were sent out for the first semester. FEBRUARY One-half of the school year gone! Resolutions to make the new semester more profitable were made. A large truck load of food and clothing was sent to the flooded areas of the Ohio Valley. The pictures of all the juniors were taken for the Annual. MARCH The candy sales increased considerably. St. Patrick’s Day dance was a success; the music was furnished by Perry’s Orchestra; the floor show was presented by the students of the school. All students anxiously awaited Easter Vacation, and for most of them it was far too short. APRIL The boys began practicing and preparing for inter-class track meet which was held on April 14. Junior pictures received at last! Exchanges of photographs were made among the juniors. MAY All classes began reviewing for final exams, which determine whether we are seniors. Junior Prom was held on May 21 at the Ingersoll Rand Hall. Initiation into the Dramathenian Club. CLASS DAY The juniors were remembered in the will of the class of 1937. LAST DAY The juniors anxiously awaited their cards. Oh, what a happy day it is when they can be called SENIORS—at last. Page twenty-four SOPHOMORE BOYS First Row—Donald Maslin. Wreyhurn Williams. Howard Allis. Edward Mitchell. Ralph Hopkins. Guy Smith. Jack Brown. Philip Hoffron. I.eland Morley. Carlton Ward. Merle Tolbert. Purl Dolan. Richard Lord. Second Row—Donald Knouse. Randolph Russell. Kenneth Lewis. Louis O’Brien. Edward Loomis. Arthur Coombs. Robert DeWitt, William Burns. Clifford Hunainger. Third Row—Charles Smith. John Parks. Mason Hullett. William Nolan. Arnold Weiss. Roy Allen. Lindsley Stevens. Walter Kinne. Gayle Adams, Guy Morris, Harvey Smith. Fourth Row—Charles Bennett. Sylvester Swartwood. Jack Knapp. Rohert Watkins. Robert Ramey. John Woodhurn. Earle Armstrong. Gerald Hughes. Frank Oleksy. Robert Davis. SOPHOMORE GIRLS First Row—Olive Flood. Margaret Phrang. Eunice Kiffert. Josephine Lane. Glendora Patterson. Alice Munn. Marjorie Humphrey. Margaret Champion. Juanita Davies. Betty White. Second Row—Janice Campbell. Phyllis Lewis. Doris Lowman. Genevieve Garey. Eleanor Clark. Janet Gowan, Grace Corneby. Xaomia Rinebold. Marion Younghanz. Third Row—Kathryn Lambert. Elaine Macaffee, Alberta Smith. Betty Anderson. Rita Smith. Margaret Brown, Joanna Fire. Fourth Row—Gladys Wandell, Viola Jackson, Elizabeth VanDermark, Bessie Nichols. Dorothy Leavenworth. Josephine Larrabee. Elaine Van Horn. Anne Hazard. Pape twenty-five ICPUCMCRC 4 IIVIMtA The officers elected for this year were: president, Ralph Hopkins; vice-president, Robert Watkins; treasurer, Roy Allen; and secretary, Elaine Van Horn. An original Hallowe’en stunt called “Who, Me?” was put on in assembly by Eunice Eiffert, Ralph Hopkins, Marion Younghanz, Elaine Van Horn, and Randolph Russell. A Benjamin Franklin Day performance, called “Benjamin Franklin, Journeyman” was presented in assembly by Anne Hazard, Joanna Fice, Robert Watkins, Philip Heffron, and William Nolan. Mr. Lent took the sophomore boys’ and girls’ pictures for the Annual. The motion picture “Black Beauty”, sponsored by the sophomores, was shown in assembly for all the grades and high school students. The admission was ten cents, and the proceeds used to pay for the class picture in the Annual. Sophomore Class bought their class pins. The first spring edition of the Athenian was published by the sophomores. In the inter-class track meet the sophomores won 43 1-3 points. Sophomore lettermen in football are Jack Knapp, Kenneth Schoonover, Guy Morris, John Parks, and Charles Bennett. THE SPIRIT OF THIRTY-NINE In the class of nineteen-thirty nine Are many students bright and fine. Of musicians there are quite a few, Mostly fiddlers, but others too. In football we scored with Guy, Chick, and Jack These three also helped us in scoring at track. And then there is Randolph, whose speaking is great When he’s on a program, no one’s ever late. Those sweet little lasses who live out of town, Juanita and Olive have won great renown. Short and plump, or skinny and tall, We’re quite a class taken all in all. —Anne Hazard Paye twenty-six NINTH GRADE BOYS Firxt Row—Gordon Bidlack. Norman Herhannan, Norman Perry, Howard ilea. Thoinna Hauler-son. Leroy Bowen. Leo Caverly, Claire Daniels, John Rockett, Howard Smith. Robert Harrigan, Earle Iredenburg, James Daniela. Louis Tennant, Clarence Reeves, Franklin Baxter. Second Row—Miles Miller, Alfred Gordon, Robert Chamberlin, Bernard Nichols, Joseph Dailey, Robert Webster, Wesley Lord. Frederick Hunter, Walter Keegan, Walter Lane, Eugene Maguire. Third Row—Kenneth Whitheck. Herman Wanxo. Eugene Webster, Richard Reagan, Philip Shear, Leon Roberts. Carl Morris, Bernard Hughes. Earle Hoag, Frank Stroud, Raymond Merrill. Fourth Row—Reese Woodburn. Jack Shay. Richard Horton. Eugene Shaddock, Andrew Dennis, John Thurston, Donald Page. Gerald Brown. Jack Brewer. NINTH GRADE GIRLS First Row: Nellie Wolcott. Alice Smith, Phyllis Hill. Mary Bassage, Genevieve Hoffa, Jean Golem. Helen Shelly. Betty Brown. Gertrude Smith. Emma Merrill. DellapHine Clinton. Jean Donlon, Marcella MacMorran. Second Row—Frances Reid. Marie Stickler. Louise May. Barbara Lambert, Betty Bouse, Florence Phelps. Jane Macaffee, Mary Soper. Third Row—Betty Thrasher, Alta White. Josephine Scott. Jane Chilson. Eleanor Davidson. Katherine Smith. Evelyn Beers. Frances Walker. Janice Mack, Anna Yanderpool. Fourth Row—Gladys Reeves, Arlie Case. Dorothy Beers. Hilda White, Eleanor Bennett. Nellie MacBride, Edna Boyer. Charlotte Blanchard. Sadie Brewer. Page twenty-eight EIGHTH GRADE BOYS First Row—Ray Beardsley. Melvin Weiss. Robert Benjamin. VanKirk Benson. Robert Walker. Charles Driscoll. Clarence Hunsinger. Ransom Converse. Graydon Fice, Kldon Westbrook. Second Row—Raymond Smith. Wallace Avery. Bruce Newman, Leo MacDonald, William Mac Daniels, Charles Jackson, Theodore Mncaffee, Ralph Stewart. Richard Liddiard. Third Row Orlando Johnson. James Leavenworth. Paul McMahon. Edward Patterson, Eugene Ford. Francis Murray, Robert Minier, Arthur Faust, Emory Allen. Fourth Row—Robert Wickham. Donald Tubbs. Jack Shumway, Alfred Burkhart. Clarence Dur-rand. Robert Ward. Robert Newman. Harold Smith. EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS First Row—Mary Whyte. Virginia Vaow, Loris Savacool. Vera Weldy. Elizabeth Mullen, Alice Stevens. Virginia Sumner, Maxine Schoonover. Rose Mae Mason. Lillian Johnson, Doris Covey, Joyce Campbell. Second Row -Mary Jane Brown. Marie Everett. Shirley Wood. Jacqueline French. Evelyn Fowler. Ina Lattimer, Clarabelle Nichols. Betty Mense, Helen Reid. Ruth Shoemaker. Third Row—Mildred Morton. Melva Dexter. Doris Frisbie. Charlotte Smith, Mildred Bowman. Leota Earley, Thelma Custer. Eunice Hancock. Nina Strope, Shirley Whitbeck. Fourth Row—Hester Waite, Amy Beeman, Marcella Stroud. Julia Slater, Mabel Shear, Virginia Shay, June Kiederling, Louise Tremaine, Gladys Utter. Page twenty-nine SEVENTH GRADE BOYS First Row—Louis French. Donald Dawson. Alvin Franklin. Thomas Smith, Adrian Hazard. Kdward Smith, (ilen Fish. Daniel Kddleston. Howard Daniels, Phillip Franklin. Bernard Carr Second Row—Lloyd DeWitt. Kenneth Knapn. Ray Newman. Kenneth Jackson. Krncst Beatty. Wells Bennett. Alton Fisk. Leo Lane. Donald DeWitt. Third Row—Sherman Saxon. Floyd Bidlack. John Orlowski. Harry Brewer. Robert Bailey. William Schreffler, Leon Dawson. Paul Harris. Fourth Row—Theron Rotters. Charles Lambert. Lewis Talada. Jack Knouse. Ralph Piatt, Jack Soloman, William Sloat. Richard Stroud. James Slater. James Fuller. SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS First Row—Jeanne Harritran. Anna Carr. Frances Barnhardt. Mar'orie Brendan. Doris Kvcrett. Jean Anderson. Alice Davidson. Agnes ChiLon. Alice Raupers. Joyce DeLaney. Clara Brewer. Second Row Shirley Pearn. Helen May. Margaret Moore. Patricia Lenox. Jeannette Raulerson. Clara Rosenberg. Dorothy Sjostrom. Joyce Holcomb. June Hinkley. Louise Hinkson. Third Row-—Myrtle Allen. Elisabeth Russell. Nellie Webster. Betty Waite. R 08 1 la Heffron. Katherine Hoffa. Dorothy Putnam. Betty Decker. Leda Cook. Fourth Row—-Lila Webster. Vivian Thurston. Jean Terrv, Donna Zacharias, Evelyn Smith. Mar garet Springer. Marjorie Walker. Dorothy Smith. Betty Brewer. Page thirty IIIE JLNICE HIGH SCHCCI AC 11VII ITS THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OPERETTA The seventh and eighth grade students of the junior high school presented the operetta, “The Galloping Ghost,” in the high school auditorium on January 29. Lem, an imaginative old man, amused a group of children in a gloomy ranch house on a windy night by telling them a ghost story. An ingenious radio-enthusiast brought the ghost to life, but he was discovered before the children became too frightened. The operetta was under the direction of Miss Avis Henry, assisted by Katherine Powers, pianist. CAST Lem ................................. .....James Slater Freckles .............................. Patricia Lenox George ...................................Theron Rogers Dorothy ...................................Julia Slater Messy .................................William Schreffler Johnny ................................Robert Wickham Betty .................................Margaret Moore FLOOD RELIEF One of the most worth-while projects of the junior high school was the collecting and packing of canned food for the Flood Relief. Over 1400 cans, supplied by the students of Athens schools, were packed by the members of the seventh and eighth grades under the direction of Mr. Courtney. JHNICE HIGH SCIICGL ATHLETICS The junior high school students, under the direction of Mr. Kenneth Stone, physical education instructor, played several intramural games of touch football, volley ball, basketball, and dodge games were: BOYS ball. The results of the TEAM Touch Football Volley Ball Basketball 7A Third Third Third 7B First Second First 7C Second First Second 8A Second Second Second 8B First First First 8C Third Third GIRLS Third TEAM Dodge Ball Volley Ball Basketball 7A Third Third First 7B First Second Second 7C Second First Third 8A Third First Second 8B First Second First 8C Second Third Third This spring the girls played soft ball, and the boys had track and soft ball. SPCCTS REVIEW First Team: Bernard MacDonald, Guy Morris, Jack Burns, Clayton Loushay, Loren Beardsley, Kenneth Schoonover, John Parks, Clyde May, Robert Hughes, Jack Knapp, Sam Orlowski, Ivan Parks, Norman Berhannan, Clifford Hunsinger, John Nichols, Charles Bennett, Mr. Courtney. Second Team: Mr. Stone, Leon Roberts, Bernard Hughes, Gerald Covey, John Woodburn, Carlyle Thurston, William Burns, Bernard Beers, Robert Watkins, Robert Webster, Charles Smith, Walter Kinne, Jack Brewer, Ralph Hopkins, Lindsley Stevens, Merle Tolbert, Thomas Raulerson. Page thirty-four IPCCTS REVIEW The Athens High School started its 1937 sport’s schedule when Coach Courtney called the first football practice for the last week of August. Many candidates turned out, but the average weight of the entire squad was found to be a new low. We could not expect much from this light and inexperienced team, compared with the heavier and more experienced teams with which we had to compete. As Athens High School always has the smallest squad in the league, the Board of Education decided it would be better to compete with schools of our size, and have but a one game schedule. Last years Athens High School’s track team was one of the most outstanding track teams in the history of Athens High School. We not only took first place in the Tri-Cities Meet, but also took second place at the Endicott En-Joie Track Meet and at the district meet at Mount Carmel. There are four veterans left from last year’s track team. The results of the interclass meet held April 14, 1937, and won by the seniors, are as follows: seniors—511 2, sophomores—43 1 3, juniors—28, and freshmen— 10 1 6. This inter-class meet was the first contest in which the Athens High men participated. Intra-mural games for boys and girls were supervised by Mr. Stone. The girls games consisted of archery, badminton, basketball, softball, and volley ball. Six teams were entered in the girls’ basketball league. The results were as follows: Vassar, first; Skidmore, second; Holyoke, third; Elmira, fourth; Wellesley, fifth. The results of the girls’ volley ball league were Cubs, first; Saskatchewan, second; Fighting Irish, third. The boys’ games consisted of basketball, interclass track, and soft- ball. Four teams were entered in the boys’ basketball league. The results were as follows: Northwestern, first; Purdue, second; Notre Dame, third; Duke, fourth. The soft ball league, begun in April, was much enjoyed. CHEER LEADERS Left to right— Andrew Dennis Mildred Wade June Wood Lorraine Dennis Page thirty-five GIRLS’ LURING CLUB The Girls’ Hiking Club was organized in 1936 to promote the interest of high school girls in athletics. During the autumn, the club took several hikes under the direction of our club advisers, Miss Hinkley, Mrs. Faulkner, and Miss Coughlin. After the weather prevented further hikes, we started basketball and tap dancing in the gymnasium under the direction of Mr. Stone, to whom the club owes its origin. In the spring we formed soft ball and volley ball leagues and enjoyed archery, a sport which was introduced in the school last year. The basketball captains were Mildred Wade, Nelia Hazard, Josephine Larrabee, Thelma Dolan, Barbara Lambert, Laura Lambert. The volley ball captains were Helen Wallin, Bessie Nichols, Barbara Lambert. At Christmas time the Hiking Club joined the Tri-Hi-Y in sending food baskets to the Relief; and during the flood suffering, we helped in the same manner. The meetings of the Club were held in room 201 and were devoted mainly to planning various activities. At the first meeting this year, the following officers were elected: president, Nelia Hazard; vice-president, Laura Lambert; secretary, Louise Messner; treasurer, Helen Shelly. The membership of the club now exceeds seventy-five high school girls. We hope to increase this membership. First Row—Converse, Ryan, Brown, Powers, Brewer, Blanchard, Golem, Jimerson, Chilson, Boyer Hazard, Lambert, Dibble, Watkins. Second Row—Stark, B. Lambert, MaeMorran, May, Ma k, White, Fire, B. White, Clark, B. Brown, Bennett, Soper. Merrill. MaeBride. Third Row—M. Wallin. Wade, Loomis. Champion, Johnson, MacDaniels, Vanderpool, F. Phelps. Wolcott, Smith, Davidson. Thrasher. Cox, Larrabee. Fourth Row—Messner, Parks, Walker, Lane, H. Phelps. Page, Corneby, Beers, Hill, Case. Mac affee. Stickler, A. White. G. Smith, K. Smith. Fifth Row—Robinson. Donlon, Bassage, Hoffa, II. Wallin, Raupers, Anderson, T. Thrasher, Wood burn, Hughes, Jackson. Page thirty-six scuccl ccy p4iccl SCHOOL BOY PATROL First Row—Mr. Overfield. Mr. Crediford, Mr. Hazard. Mr. Hutches. Second Row—Louis O’Brien, Daniel Collins, Robert Ramey. Third Row—Robert Xuxs, Gerald Hughes, Clayton Loushtty, Wayne Allen, Donald Lewis. Jack Carr, Harry Crandall. John Woodburn. Fourth Row—Bernard Beers. Ivan Parks. Jack Knapp, Bernard MacDonald. Loren Beardsley, Carlyle Thurston. John Hulett. SAfCTy EDUCATION The subject of safety has become the most important topic of the day. With the invention of the modern automobile, airplane, and other machines, the necessity for safety has become prominent. Clubs, schools, offices, and homes all over the United States are taking an interest in this subject and endeavoring to aid as much as possible. The Athens High School, realizing the importance of safety, has required that certain courses discuss this problem. Last year and the first part of this year in civics classes. Mr. Dill took up the need of safety education. All the students watched the newspapers for articles on accidents; made a classification study of these accidents to determine the reason for them; and made suggestions for prevention of such accidents. This work was supplemented by bulletin 3.94 of Department of Safety Education and a number of other bulletins and pamphlets on safety education published by motor clubs and insurance companies. Graphs and diagrams were made to illustrate lessons brought out in the study of safety. The plan for the future is to give more time to the study of safety education and to use supplementary material to build a different course in this school. Some high schools are now teaching students how to drive safely. In our school, the School Boy Patrol has been organized under the supervision of Mr. Crediford and Mr. Hazard. The object of this Patrol is to aid the children in crossing the street and thus prevent accidents. In all kinds of weather the patrol boys stand at their posts guarding the children. Since the organization of this patrol, parents have been able to send their children to school, secure in the knowledge that the boys will help them cross the street. The School Boy Patrol has been organized for three or four years and is so successful that it will probably be continued year after year. Page thirty-seven HCME HYGIENE AND GAGE GE IDE SIGH Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick includes the study of personal hygiene, preventive measures, care of normal babies, children, etc. This year through practical work our class learned how to bandage; to make stoopes; to make a bed properly; to take the pulse, temperature, and respiration; to apply hot and cold applications; and to bathe a baby. We also made two scrap books; one was “Clothing and Feeding a Baby”, and the other was “Furnishing a Home”. Among the many things we learned from the textbook are how to tell different symptoms of diseases and their common remedies, and how to arrange a house conveniently and artistically. Home Hygiene does not teach nursing, but it does teach simple procedures in the care of the sick in one’s family. HGME EGGNGA4ICS DEPADTMEN1 The home economics class has carried on many interesting projects. In the first year we completed a unit on clothing, which included planning and caring for clothing of the high school girl, and construction of garments suitable for different occasions. In a unit on personal living, we studied the care of the face, hair, nails and personal cleanliness. We had a unit on foods, and planned and prepared breakfasts. The foods unit also included food for children. The second year class studied budgets, marketing and planning, and preparation of luncheons and dinners. As a part of our regular class work we prepared and served a dinner for the members of the Board of Education and their wives. In clothing, we constructed silk and wool outergar-ments. Under the leadership of Miss Rieppel we studied home culture and sociability. The girls that have completed the two year course of Vocational Home Economics feel that this has definitely helped them in home making. DELATED ALT Related art is a correlated subject that is given in Home Economics II. This course includes many different types of work. Our class had a unit on color. This included color systems, combinations, and qualities. We studied space division, balance, arrangement, and design. We also had units of art in the home, and the study of furniture. An interesting project our class completed was making seats of rush for footstools. The agriculture class made the frames for the stools, which we sanded and stained. Our class also made monogrammed linen guest towels, block-printed pillow tops, Christmas cards, wall placques, initialed books ends, and hot dish pads with abstract designs. Page thirty-vine AGCICLITLCE CLASS The agriculture class has participated in numerous activities, both in and out of school. We have taken several field trips to study trees, trim grape vines and fruit trees, judge horses, cattle, and poultry. On January 22, about twelve boys, accompanied by Mr. van Scoten, went to Harrisburg to the Farm Show. This is an annual trip for the juniors and seniors of the agricultural class. In June, part of the class will go to Penn-State to the annual judging contest. The class started bank day to try to save money for the trip. The F.F.A. Club has been very active. We have had a successful season in basketball. At the first of the year we initiated underclassmen into the F.F.A. Club; December 10, the club went to Towanda to initiate the underclassmen of the Towanda F.F.A. organization. Shop classes have completed many projects; cupboards, tables for the library, scenery for stage, stools for the home economics class, and many other articles of similar types. N€CN HCLC IN ERIE RCCCCATICN RCCM Enjoyable and exciting is the noon hour when approximately fifty students from the surrounding farms and villages clamber into the recreation room to eat their lunch; then to engage in whatever activity they like best. Far from a rest period is the noon hour in that room. Many of the boys spend their time playing ping-pong. The piano serves as a great attraction for the girls. At different times the boys bring their guitars, and everyone has an equal chance to see whose voice is loudest and can carry the farthest. Shuffle-board is another interesting game. How delighted are the students when the supervising teacher discards his or her dominating air and joins in an “every man for himself” game of shuffle-board ! Yes, recreation room during the noon hour is an interesting and enjoyable place. Many a girl and boy friendship has developed into something more serious, and they have found the noon hour very convenient for closer associations. COMMERCIAL RERARTMENT The students of Athens High School have been given many additional opportunities by the Commercial Department, as it gives training for office positions. The courses offered in this department are commercial arithmetic, junior business training, bookkeeping, typing, and shorthand. In Shorthand II the students have taken theory tests, the 60, 80, and 100 word speed tests offered by the Gregg Publishing Company, and have received their certificates. Two of the students received special pins for having perfect transcripts. The students in second year typing classes have learned to use the mimeograph, ditto, and adding machines; some of these students act as secretaries to faculty members. Faye forty-one THE li-r CLUE Hi-Y Meeting, 1:30, Recreation Room. That notice has appeared on the bulletin board nearly every Wednesday for the past two years. This year, under the leadership of its adviser, Mr. Shroat, the club has had a splendid, varied program. At the beginning of the year. Rev. Mac Alpine ta'ked to us on the meaning of Hi-Y. Since then we have had as speakers: Mr. Harris, Mr. Evans, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Rowe. In December several boys spent a week-end in Wilkes-Barre attending the Older Boys Conference. On Washington’s Birthday, the Hi-Y boys were entertained at a party given by the Tri-Hi-Y. The high point of the program for March was a Father and Son Banquet, with Dr. Dimitroff as the principal speaker. On April 9, the club procured Rev. Kellerman as the speaker for assembly. Rev. Kellerman’s talk on “Building a Warless World” was very well received. The officers this year were as follows: president, Harry Crandall; vice-president, Burton Schoonover; secretary, Jack Dixon: treasurer, Wayne Allen. TRi-m-y Tri-Hi-Y, the sister club of the Hi-Y, is composed of freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior girls. The officers of the club are as follows: president, Alene Hughes; vice-presidents, Dorothy Fletcher and Marian Page; secretary, Joanna Fice; and treasurer, Anne Hazard. Our meetings, which are held every Wednesday, are usually taken up with discussion groups, or we have guest speakers. This year we entered the Pennsylvania State Contest, using a text book called Youth and the Home. At Christmas the club donated a quantity of canned food to be used for charity work. Another of our projects was the organization of a Gra-Y Club, composed of fifth and sixth grade boys and girls. Our social program this winter consisted of a picnic and a party. With the able assistance of our facultv advisers, Miss Reagan and Miss Storch, Tri-Hi-Y has become a very successful organization. DCMECON CLUB At the first meeting of the Domeeon Club this year the following officers were elected: president, Alene Hughes; vice-president, Louise Messner; secretary, Jeanne MacDaniels; treasurer, Nelia Hazard. Miss Groat, the home economics superviser, is the faculty adviser of the club. The social activities of the club opened with a banquet at which nineteen new members were initiated. This made the membership of the club twenty-nine. To earn money to carry on the various activities, the club sold “hot dogs” and rolls at the home football games and gave a dinner for the Bradford County Language and English Teachers’ Club. The Dome-cons used the proceeds to buy dishes and linen for the club and the home economics department. The Domeeon members are very well satisfied with their work this year and hope that the new members will make a success of the club next year. Page forty-three LR iMATHCNI iN CLUB In November, the seniors organized a dramatics club which they named the Dramathenian. This club is composed only of seniors who are interested in acting, costuming, stage-setting and lighting, make-up, and business managing. The first production of the Dramathenians was “Christmas Chimes”, presented as a part of the Christmas assembly program. During the same program an original skit, “The Night Before Christmas,” was given. “They’re None of Them Perfect,” a one act play by Sophie Kerr, was produced for Senior Evening. Most of the cast of the senior play, “New Fires,” were members of the club; therefore, during the period preceding the play, no meetings of the club were held. Several meetings were devoted to the study of stage lighting, makeup, and costuming. The meeting on stage lighting revealed to the club members the effects of various lights on the skin and on the color of the actor’s clothing. It also helped students to understand more thoroughly the art of making the stage atmosphere cozy, dreary, or forboding. In May, the club initiated into the Dramathenian the members of the junior class who are interested in dramatics. The officers of the club are as follows: president, Mary Louise Cox; vice-president, Dolores Battin; secretary-treasurer, Jack Armstrong. It is the wish of the Dramathenian members that the class of ’38 will enjoy and continue the activities of this club. “They’re None of Them Perfect.” Cast: Amanda—Nelia Hazard Amy—Louise Messner Lucy—Helen Jimerson Julia—Edna Frisbie Cecile—Lorraine Dennis Eve—Helen Matteson Henry—Jack Dixon Faye forty-four VENICE Pl Ay “NEW EIREV CAST Helen Jimerson ....Nelia Hazard Katherine Powers Jack Armstrong Harry Crandall ....Betty Maguire Charlotte Farrell Lucinda Andrews ........Dolores Battin Anne Suzanne Toler ... Pauline Chamberlain Olive......... Sid Sperry .. Warren Chamberlin Eve ......... Jerry ................Desmond Knouse Dick Stephen Santry Floyd Spencer Dr. Lynn Gray Billy ................... Jack Dixon Mary Marshall Phyllis Auralia Dunning Mrs. Marshall . JUNIOR PLAY A three act farce-comedy, “Mummy and the Mumps ’ presented by the junior class. CAST Sir Hector Fish ..........Wayne Allen William Laidlaw Donald Lewis Perkins ..................Milton Waite Maude Mullen . ..Louise Johnson Agatha Laidlaw Laura Lambert Francis Briscoe . Ivan Parks “Racker” Slammon Thomas O’Leary Anne Hampton Jeanne MacDaniels Dulcie Dumble Dorothy Stark Phoebe Beebe ..... ................. Dorothy Fletcher and Mildred Wade Page forty-five MUSIC ACTIVITIES CT 19J7 Music is one of the primary things by which a school is judged. Music is just as important to a student as sports. A taste for music, developed while one is in school, lasts him through life. It does require, however, hai'd work both at home and in school. When the school bell ended vacation last fall, Miss Avis Henry, our music supervisor immediately issued a call for orchestra members. About twenty-two boys and girls answered, though many of them never attended practice. Some of the orchestra members of the previous year were not interested in becoming members this year, for they had earned all the credit given for music. Consequently, our orchestra depended upon new and inexperienced recruits from the junior high school. With the call for orchestra members, came the annual voice testing for Girls’ Glee Club and Mixed Chorus. Most of the girls attended every practice. Although the glee club did not make a public appearance, we gained experience for next year. One of the most successful musical ventures was the Senior Girls’ Trio composed of Lorraine Dennis, alto; Nelia Hazard, second soprano; and Beverly Dibble, soprano. The trio took part in assembly programs, sang for various clubs and organizations throughout the valley towns, and participated in the band festival. In January about one hundred eighty-eight student musicians gathered here for the Bradford County Band Festival. They rehearsed in the afternoon, and in the evening they presented a band concert in the auditorium. The conductors of the band were various music supervisors of schools throughout the county. Professor John Myers of Mansfield State Teachers’ College supervised the rehearsal in the afternoon, also, he conducted a band selection in the evening. Participation in music activities shows as much school spirit as participation in sports. Some recognition or reward should be made to those who are interested in music and take an active part in the music activities of the school for four years. Page forty-six THE LIBC4Cy This is the first year that Athens High School has had a library. The classroom formerly used by the music department has been rearranged to house our books. Seven hundred and ten books have been accessioned, classified, and catalogued. This work has been done chiefly by Miss Coughlin, the librarian. She has been assisted by the following students who are interested in library work: seniors, Carlyle Fox, Nelia Hazard, Helen Jim-erson, and Louise Messner; junior, Ellen Converse; sophomore, Betty White; and typist Dores Campbell. That the students appreciate the library has been shown by the attendance. The record attendance mark was made just before the Christmas vacation when one hundred and forty-four students used the library in one day. Circulation of books has increased very substantially since the library has been more conveniently located. On November 30, thirty-nine books were taken out. This is the maximum number for one day. We are hoping to increase the size of the library so that next year there will be more books available for use by more students. In the library is the picture file which contains a collection of pictures on various subjects. Pictures are used as illustrations and for topical bulletin boards. Students may borrow the pictures to illustrate oral talks in any of their classes. Among the interesting bulletin boards which have been prepared from this file are those on progress, winter sports, Christmas, and valentines. Next year we expect to arrange periods for each student to come to the library. As is customary in most school libraries, each student will use the library twice a week. This system should make it possible for all to get the full benefits which the library offers. Page forty-seven The Largest College Annual Jahn Ollier Engraving Co. Designers and Engravers in America . . . 817 M . lVa.ilinjton Rtod. 21 1 c y o , 2 ilinoii tI e t e Li no iubitltute o t quality Printed bn The Benton Review Shop School and College Printers Fowler, Ind.