Avonworth High School - De Rebus Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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me Red-wi AT LAST...IN THE BAG-EROO The Skull . . . Nan Moyer so jittery that she jumped every time some one said Boo . . . by the time the play was over Bob Johnson was convinced that the grave . . . Debators, with the help of Nan, won first place in debating at Cleveland. SENIOR YEAR ,40 he could call the dead back from Bob Totten to lead the Seniors this year . . . Avonworth is represented in the Merit Parade . . . George Lawry. Bob Totten and Nan Moyer . . . AuoNews forging ahead with McCoy at the helm, aided and directed by other Seniors . . . Senior Play Three Cornered Moon . . . everyone falling in love with everyone else . . . Master Minds of '40 at work in the lab . . . Chemistry great fung results suffocating . . . Mac Mc- HAH.TO When the class of 1940 Wends its way into the world, There will be some drastic changes In the way your hair is curled: In the way you shine your shoes, And in the way you tip your There will be some drastic changes, 'Iihere can be no doubt of that. hat. Clelland taking 'Athree terms in one year . . . President of Hi-Y, Student Council, and A-B-C's . . . .lanny Cook at the head of Girl Reserves . . . Seniors in full array at Football Banquet . . . Mad dash to buy tickets for Leap Year Dance held by the fortyites following a Faculty-Varsity game . . . .litter- bugging at Lodge . . . Red Anderson gets advice at cards from cops . . . It happened at Senior party at the Lodge . . . Pigtails and kiddy cars . . . Kid's Day . . . underclasses howl with delight . . . Senior Farewell Dance . . . grand time for everyone . . . Baccalaureate . . . Exams . . . the 'til then! . . . Class night . . . seemed so won- derful . . . but now we're going to miss Avonworth and all the can it be possible? . . . things we never knew less said the better . . . Commencement . . . It things it means. FORTY They will have the working masses, All employers double quick. And you may be sure of one thing- They will have the job they pick. Not a word be said against them! These are seniors up at bat, And they'Il have some drastic changes In their attitudes at that. PAUL MCCOY l20l

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AT LAST...IN THE BAG-EROO FRESHMAN YEAR '37 War news unheard of but evidence of blackouts at Carother's . . . a number of boys fighting for the favor of Mary Hamory . . . vice versa George Lawry . . . Kessler was really funny then . . . Junior Hi Play, Al Kuhn proposing to Mary Hamory out of a cook book . . . Results . . . Will you be my Hungarian Goulash? . . . Jean Kim began her stage characterization of nervous, flighty, old women . . . Betty Craig elected presi- dent of class Cnow days that is known as party politicsj . . . Outstanding event of the year . . . a successful bake salelll SOPHOMORE YEAR '38 Flash! . . . Low rumbling in air . , . Sophomores beginning to waken up . . . Houston comes out on top of the heap as president . . . Mary Hamory's leav- ing Ben Avon caused things to quiet down for awhile, at least between Forest and Prospect . . . the sound of treZ beans and Hmercy, buck up floating from Walnut Road . . . Ber Cohill just got back from Europe . . . Fifty mil- lion Frenchmen couldn't all have been wrong . . . Sophomore Hop. Wheeeeeee! Some fun! . . . Johnson broke into the High School Play Lady Bug as Dan Dill, killer reformed in a baby blue room . . . Nan Moyer broke into Sophomore Class as wildest jitterbug on two wheels . . . Forsberg made the debating team . . practiced up for Senatorial speeches U91 given in Senior year . . . Dot Schuch- man won prize for best short story in Literary Contest sponsored by the An- nual Staff of '38 . . . Houston and Milne . . . first boy cheerleaders . . . tried to persuade the girls to cheer louder. JUNIOR YEAR '39 Juniors really awake by this time and going . . . given a good push by Mr. Johns, class sponsor and Jean Kim, president . . . something needed to waken the class . . . Wake-up For- mula -a good work-out at the Foot Ball and then a nice cool plunge out at Webster Hall . . . if that doesn't wake you up, nothing will . . . Did you ever see a dream come true? . . . Paul Mc- Coy's did . . . AuoNews . . . Vtfhat a scandal sheet . . . no matter what you do or say you can read about it in the AUoNeuJs . . . Courtesy Week . . . big- gest publicity stunt of the school year . , . I beg your pardon, and 'iAllow me just filled the air . . . Courtesy skits in chapel every day for a week . . . everyone got a lot of fun out of it . . . Junior Prom held at the Shannopin Country Club . . . everything was plenty smooth . . . More contestants in the Forsenic League Contests, Dot Schuchman and Bill Houston . . . Red Anderson hit a new high, l74, in bowl- ing at Gul'fy's Alleys . . . George Lawry, always outstanding in sports, elected Captain of the Basketball Team . . . I9lI-O

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COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM I JUNE 7 1940 PRELIMINARY MUSIC Avonworrh High School Band PROCESSIONAL Henry Kelly Conductor INVOCATION The Rev W T Lyrle I Pastor Ben Avon Umted Presbyterxan Chur h ADDRESS or WELCOME Robert S Totten Jr Presldent of the ClaSs of 1940 I CHORAL MUSIC GROUPS Carrre B Phmney Conductor Estudlantma P Lacome Katrnka Frzml Rzegger The Cwreen Cathedral Carl Hahn ADDRESS Olrver R Floyd I Supervxslm.. Irmclpdl A onworth Umon School DlbfFlCf II CHORAL MUSIC Brrdal Chorus from The Rose Maxdcn F H Cowan Czecho Slovaknn Dance Song God of All Natura Tschazkowsky 15th Symphonyl Arr by IoomI PRESLNTATION OF THL CLASS Warren Hollenback Pl ll'lClD3l A onworth High ichocl PRESENTATION OF DIPLOXIIAS WalLer P Berg ALMA MATER Presrdent Beard of School Dxrectors BENEDICTION The Rev Sprmger laStor Fmsworth Umted Pre bytcrxan Church MUSIC Band l 1 - , V 4 ANNOUNCEMENT OF HONORS . 7 -' X ' ' , A 5 ' S ' I l l IQLLO E211 I I