Ben Avon High School - Novaneb Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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SWL'JL'JWWWWL'NJUNJL'JL'JL'll'IL'JL'Jl'JL'JL'JL'JL'JWL'JL'JWWWUL'JWUWK'JWWWWWWWWWWUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU'U' ' ' UHF;1 Organizations mmmmmmmmmmmnnnmmnmmmmmmmmmmmnAa-Ar 9 a . g Gzrl Repervey S 3 g The organization of girls whose purpose is H10 111' to follow more 3 closely 1n the footsteps of our Maste1,Jesus Chi'ist- to be 01: male 1011100 3 to our school, to 0111' town, and t0 the w011d; and to 11121111111111 11 111311101' 3 standard of honor and de1110e1ae17,,, is know11 as the 11111 Resene 011111 CI: 3 and 1s foste1ed by the Central Y. W. C. A 01 Pittsburgh. The G111 g a Reserve officers for this 17ea1 a1'e Rachel Plotzman president; Leona g g Skillen, Vice-p1';esident F1anees B1',agd0n 1101181116111131181 Lepm'e f g secreta1'y.Under the able leadership of Miss P1'otzma11,the G111 Rescues L a have had the most successful vear 1n the histmy of the 011111. The. a Membership Drive, which was made 011 the ttBig Sistei ,1 plan raised 1111' E1 g men1be1ship to sixtv- five out of the seventy-se1en gi11s 111 the high school. - g This is a record membe1ship. There have been a great 11121111 11111111111 :- g th1s year which have g1ven every girl in the elubia chance to do some- 15-1 3 thlng. The soc1a1 service department, has beenespecially active. Among- E 3 11s accomplishments are the distribution of Thanksgiving, Christmas E1 3 gifts for poor children, an entertainment for the Christian Home 1'01- '- 3 men and women, and an entertainment for the Home 101' Aged men and 2-: 3 women. To earn money the club has given movies, bake sales, 11 Mah ' :3 Jong party, and has sold megaphones and school colors. One of the hig- I gest successes this year was the Mah Jong party which was given 101' the women of the borough. 111 March, the Girl Reserves gave 21 ten 101' the faculty, and 111 April, a banquet. for their mothers. One 01' the best activities of all was the Lenten Bible Classes under the leadership of Miss Bryan. Each girl who attended realized the great benefit derived. The Girl Reserve Club has won a highly respected place 111 high school life by its fine Christian fellowship. 111. C mmmmmmmmmmmmm ,-l mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Seventy-three 515m

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wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwuwwwuu wwwwwwowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww 3 One evening, fifteen years ago, a rrrou school assemloled in a room of the old h?gh : served, and the male members of the faeultv we guests. It was at thisvtime that William J. Montgomerv of Bellevue the secretary of the North Boroughs Y. M. C. A f 1 - , v of Ben Avon, With a membelfghip 0f fourteeh, otmed the fnst Hl-l Club Throughout the years the club has grown portant and useful directions. The Bible talks fi'lt developed such characteristics as fellowship, a reverence. re present as honorary and improved in inn 'en by ttMontyH have cleanllness, courtesy, and Mr. Montgomery was fortunate in being assisted during: the past seasen by three healthy, husky, ambitious student officers Jelm Hunt pres1dent; Fred Stout, Vice-president; Robert Seandrett, secretarv antl treasurer. ' Once a month throughout the season two representatives from each Hi-Y club in the city met in the ttCentral Yl, in Pittsburgh. Here such subjects as membership drives, to include all the clubs in the eitv. were discussed. The representatives from the Ben Avon eluh Were John Snively, and George Wolfe. Early in the falli there was given a t'Father and Son banquet. Every boy 1n the J1111101' and Senior Hi-Y's brought his father. making more than three hundred fathers and sons. In November, the annual Older Boysy Conference was held at Greens- burg. The four hundred fifty boys who attended came from all parts of western Pennsylvania. Chester Laughrey, Ralph Mace. Robert Scandrett. Emerson Stinson, and George Wolfe were the representatives from Ben Avon. In December, the club had the honor of entertaining the Girl Re- serves at one of its meetings. Supper was served as usual. and the reports of representatives from the Older Boys' Centerenee were g'lVGn. HMother,s Night was held in February, the only extra feature being clean table cloths. In March, M. U. F. week was observed all over the state of Pennsyl- vania. Thousands of high school boys had heart-to-heurt talks w1th tine, intelligent and experienced business men. The boys who were mten viewed profited greatly. The Hi-Y club has done nothing novel during its past seasen. N ever- theless, the spirit and good feeling manifested and the aet1v1tyet 1ts members make it certain that the Hi-Y club has equalled 1t 7110f excelled its record during previous years. GA ll. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Seventy-jive mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm l I m a TIT: 'n mm I H W xmfmmmmmmmmmm'mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 3