Avalon High School - Annual Yearbook (Avalon, PA)

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THE heed unto their supplications, un- til all were bruised and full of much sorrow. But lo! it came to pass that I. Edward, of the House of Holsinger, the professor who had travelled with them for so short a time, did go from this country to a far dis- tant field. And it so happened that there dwelt in an adjoining territory, a man of much learning and good re- pute, S. Todd, of the House of Per- ley, who, hearing of the departure of their former professor, came in- to their land. ' It happened that this class had a world renowned basketball team who worked well together and who walked into the thickest of the fray. And teams came from the four corners of the earth but most of them departed sorely defeated, even their adjoining rivals Belle- vue. And now came the time when the Sophomores should depart from the Land of Learning for a time, and after a journey of three months, should enter again as noble Jun- iors. Chapter III. Now this third year in the his- tory of the class of nineteen hun- dred and eighteen was one of much rejoicing and merrymaking. And it also came to pass that the class, finding themselves most pure, chose as one of their colors white, which was to be unto them the symbol of purity. And they did blend with the white the green, to proclaim to the world that they did ever mean to be pure and that their friendship should be everlasting in the great land toward which their steps were directed. Now near the end of that year this class did hold another great feast, and did send messages over all the land, east, west, north. and south, and to all the inhabitants thereof saying: BUZZER 5 Come ye, and make merry with us, for all things are now ready for a feast. And so came they in large num- bers, and did eat of the good things, and did dance till their sandals were worn, and did rejoice with the class of nineteen hundred and sev- enteen at the good fortune which had come to them in return for all their long and patient laboring at the tasks that had been set before them. And so did they say fare- well to the class of nineteen hun- dred and seventeen. And again the time came when they should no longer be called Jun- iors. And it came to pass that, there were some in this Land of Learning who spake thus: I am in poor health: therefore I cannot graduate. Another said: I must needs toil at homey therefore I cannot gradu- ate. . A third said: I am dull and can- not learn: I pray thee have me ex- cused! And still another said: My coun- tri is calling me. I must heed that ca . So did this class decrease in num- bers until at the beginning of their last year in this Land of Learn- ing they were able to pride them- selves on having twenty members left. Chapter IV. Now this last year in the history of the class of nineteen hundred and eighteen was one of much hard labor, and but little resting by the wayside, for it would soon be their time to take their final departure from the land. And it came to pass, as their pride grew to a great bigness with- in them, that the Class began to wish for badges befitting their sta- tion. After much considering they did purchase rings of Hue gold with which they rested well content. But lo! it was not mentioned at

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4 THE BUZZER 0112155 igintnrg Here Beginneth the History of the Class of 1918. Chapter I. Now the history of the class of nineteen hundred and eighteen, of the High School of the town of Av- alon, County of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, is in this wise: In the beginning, in the year of our Lord, in the ninth month and on the seventh day of the month, there entered into this Land of Learning forty-seven seekers of knowledge. Some came up from Eighth Grade, where they had for many months been busily engaged in storing their minds with the honey of wisdom, some were green and fresh from a far away coun- try, some came from farms, Where they had been tillers of soil. And it came to pass as they did enter this land, that they were re- ceived with wild welcomings and rejoicings by those who should henceforth lead them up the slip- pery byways of knowledge. Likewise it came to pass that they were received with malicious glee by a certain band of wild be- ings who were called Sophomores and who, because of their fierce taste for Freshman blood, did pounce upon them daily and might- ily and did cause them to suffer great hardships, and to say in their haste: Behold, closed be the name of Education, for because of it have we endured great torments, both of the body and of the mind. Verily have we been martyrs to its great and noble cause! And when they dwelt long in the land they fell in with the customs of the inhabitants thereof, and their strangeness wore away and they all became as one among the rest. Now it so happened that this land. to which they had come was ruled over by one known as I. Ed- ward of the House of Holsinger, a professor of much wisdomg at the beginning of the second month, he spoke unto them saying: Go gather ye in a body and or- ganize yourselves into a class, that ye may gain in strength, and that your courage may wax hot ! And so it came to pass that four wise members of the faculty, Miss Verna Smith, Miss Florence Wil- son, Miss Mabel Love and Mr. Ar- nold Replogle, were appointed to assist and guard over them. And it so happened in the same year that the class with the other classes of A. H. S. gathered them- selves together so that a photogra- pher might make of them a pic- ture of great likeness and when it was finished, and their eyes fell. up- on that which was said to be their countenances, they rejoiced and were exceeding glad. On the third day of the eleventh month of the same year was held a great feast, where laughter and jubilation made them extremely happy. And they were told to eat, drink and be merry for after this day they should again sojourn into the Land of Learning. And so after many months of hard labor the time came when they should no longer be called Freshies. Chapter II. Now it came to pass at the be- ginning of the second year, that a new band of youths did come up, from the adjoining territory, and the class of nineteen hundred and eighteen, in new dignity of their promotion, remembered the days of their own greatness, and as Sopho- mores of their day had done unto them, even so did they unto these new Freshmen, and did show no mercy unto their sufferings and no

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6 THE BUZZER the beginning of the chapter that S. Todd of the House of Perley, the professor who had travelled with them for one year and a half, did go from them, and there came in his place Frederick of the house of Schumaker, a man also of much learning and high repute. And it came to pass that the class of nine- teen eighteen found favor in the eyes of this wise and worthy stran- ger, and success looked fair before them, and they were much pleased. And so it came to pass as their last year drew to a close, many feasts and merrymakings were planned and held and there was much rejoicing in the Land of Learning. And they did go from the city to an inn called The Pines, where the Class of nineteen twenty did bid them come and rejoice. And again it came to pass that the closing of the year was marked by a great display of talent when the members of the class did pro- duce a wonderful play called A Regiment of Two. Now there was a certain lad of this class who needs must toil, and who left a few months before the time was ended and studied at night, so that he might return and graduate with the rest of the class, so that the whole number at the end of the fourth year is twenty, which are these: Robert, the youngest son of the House of Ardery, Graydon, the only son, and Mil- dred, the only daughter of the House of Campbell, Hazel, youngest daughter of the House of Cook, Leland, only son of the House of Cook, but not kin to Hazel, Helen, only daughter of the House of Erdner, Harry, youngest daughter and oldest son of the House of Ewing, Fred, only son of the House of Fawcett, Lucile, only daughter of the House of Fruit, Dorothy, oldest daughter of the House of Kahl, Vivienne, only child of the House of Maloney, Margaret, only daughter of the House of Martin, Margaret, second daughter of the House of McMurray, La Verne, third son of the House of Parker, Donald, first son of the House of Payne, Albert, oldest son of the House of Rightor, president of this noble body, Ada, only daughter of the House of Schofield, Frank, oldest son of the House of Stiening, Max, only son of the House of Darone, Helen, of the House of Wilson, who writeth these words unto you. And it shall come to pass that the Class which entered into this Land of Learning will depart from thence, for straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to graduation. Four years hath the Class of nineteen hundred and eighteen so- journed in the Land and hath gath- ered large portions of fruit from the trees of knowledge, but the time has come when these shall be drawn forth from the land and each one who departs from thence shall go a different way. And now may good fortune be theirs and go with them all the days of their life. V H. S. W., '18.