Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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Ma we pause tdi hut a tew simple leHections of memories that are crowding hflrd upon us at this happ moment in our school lives. After t«-o lont; years of earnest work while in our Freshman and Sophomore Years, we, at last, as Juniors come to the realization th.it we are about to heg;in the last half of our earnest ef ' (Hts for better things. The class of 11 was made larger by the addition of many good students from various parts of the surrounding country. I ' he members of the first two years, guided and directed the n - members into the channels of knowledge and learning. The officers of our third ear were: George Bednark Pni ' uhnt Marv E. Williams Jicc-Prisidi-nt Alva Seltzer Secretary AuRLAN Collier Treasurer 1 o our class belongs the credit of true loyalty and patriotism. W hen Uncle Sam sent out his call for men, it was quite a number of our classmates who first answered this call to do their bit, and oined Uncle Sajm to help make this world Safe for Democracy. Those who remained showed their loyalty by standing back of the boys who had gone in their stead. Our class aided greatly in securing the banners of the third and fourth liheray loan campaigns, and was active in all of the war work of the year. We were represented by class basketball and baseball teams of credit during the year. Special mention may he made of our plucky little basketball team which battled hard against the Seniors in the championship; in the end, being beaten onl by a very small margin. Truly tlu- had lots of that good old 1 11 spirit. Our baseball nine also fought the good old fight with the kind of pep that only the class of 19 IQ has known. We dare not forget the good work done by our girls ' h;isketball team with Fischer as captain. Many are the times that the other classes looked at us in envy for being the possessors of this loyal little band. Then lastly, how we enjoy to sing the praises of the boys who represented us on the football field! Truly, it was Kirkoff, Davies, Dormack, Kehler and Leonard, with that genuine lOlQ spirit, ho made the old gridiron tremble on that memorable day of the Wyoming game. Who wouldn ' t be proud of ho)s like that? The class drama came along at the end of the year, a brilliant success, to crown all of our other achievements of the ear. Was there e er a happier school ear than this one? Paae Tiventy-fi ' ve

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I tsturu uf lUia in ita IFirat rar Duriiifi tlu ' tall ot I ' M a nunibi-r i}t insii;nilicant cliildren lett tlit-ir homes for tlie purpose of seciirin; an ediKation, and their enurse was directed to and i. S. N. S. to form tlie freshman chiss. Upon enterin i the stateh lialls of this institution we were welcomed with smiles and L ' reetintis h the facult and upper classmen. We dul not teel (jur importance as a class until we met to ha e our first class meeting;, which was the real heiiirn nt; of our class. There were M) ir.emhers present at this meeting. Altho the number was small, the class j rew in spirit and intelligence. Mr. Brink, president of the Junior class, was chairman of the meetiiifj;. After considerable discussion and voting, the following members were elected as officers: John Hodder. President; Dorothy Ke ser, Nice-President ; Marion .Maddon. Secretar ; David W. Zehner, Treasurer. Throughout the ear, many meetings were held which were of great importance, in which were suggested the beginning of Athletics, choosing of class colors and class flower. ()iir boys represented us in class basketball, football, baseball and class track meet. 1 he girls also worked hard w ith basketball to win a high standard. [lie class as a whole distinguished itself throughout the ear, and showed our upper class- men we were no longer green freshmen. ItBlnru of IHliJ iu ttis §rrml rar CLASS OFFICERS RoN.ALD E. Kini.iR President MuRiHl. A. (JkiFFrrFis Vice-P resident WxRy E. Wri.i.i Ms Secretary 1 ). ID Zehner Trcnsurer ' This year our class became a little more dignified and felt so important that we looked upon the poor freshman in such manner that really we forgot we had been freshmen ourseKes once before. Although some of our members did not return, the class was made larger by neu students who joined our ranks. We began our class meetings with great enthusiasm and they were attended b a greater number. During the first meeting the class discussed the choosing of class colors. After some discussion and debating, the class chose its colors as blue and white. We were represented in the football and other field athletics b Foster. Fought, Dormack, Leonard and IMcDonald. The bo s winked earnesth .ind did excellent work in Athletics. ' The one important e ent of our second ear was the public speaking contest. Muriel Ciriffiths and Walter Page were awarded the prizes. Pai c Tiii ' rity-fditr

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ijifiloni iif 1U19 in Uh iFmirth or i niuir Urar CLASS OFFICKRS AI AR ' i K. Williams I ' louimt ' |L TDK J. Rosiil.l ricc-PresidenI Al A Seltzer Secretary Arth L ' R H(1F LA ' Treasurer Here at List, as St ' iiidis, we stop at the last few rounds of old Normal ' s ladder for hut a nioment ' s retlectioii and to hreathe a sijjh of relief at the apparent accom- plishment of the man task that we had planned at the hei;inning. Up, up we have climbed through four seemingly short years (jf pleasant inter- course and happy association with both faculty and fellow students. What happier memories could e ' er creep through the open window of our iniaginati in and find their places in that long line of |ileasanr recollections? Line for their country and duty called many of our bi)i,s, while yet in their Junior year, and willingly but sorrowfully they left our midst. Proud, indeed, are we to sa - that the all went where they were most needed, and ha e done their bit and, still more, the ha e done their best. Tim, howe er, has healed the man wounds, and so we look afar out in the distance and behold them coming hack to us; anxious, we know, to get back, but not any more anxious than we are to receive them. One by one, we greet them as they return to fill up the great gaps that had been made in our ranks by their absence. Though we remained here, while the went away, still e were with them. Side by side we worked in all the war work campaigns of the year. In the United War Work Campaign, the quota for the school as $250. But before the campaign had actualh ' started, we are proud to say, Old 1919 alone had subscribed this amount. Every member of the class was a member of the Red Cross. In one of the Liberty Loan Parades, the spirit of the class in war work was shown by the splendid float which was exhibited b - those who had taken part in the Pageant. Life within the school was equally as busy as it was without. I here was always something that we could find to do for the good of the school. We are happy to call attention to the beautiful picture entitled The Frieze of the Prophets, which the class of IQIQ has the pleasure of leaving here that, in years to come, others might re- member. In athletics, we must say that our boys didn ' t get back in time to have a fair chance; but, regardless of this difficult), we are proud to hold Kirkoff up as a standard of a good athlete, who, as captain of the Varsity in the Senior year, coached the plucky but inexperienced basketball five to a series of victories against almost over- whelmmg odds. In simiming up our four years ' accomplishments, we are happy in our success; but happier are we to feel that this success does not signify the climax of our achieve- ment. This we feel is but the bottom round in that great ladder, called Life. True to the 1 19 spirit, however, we trust that we may climb, round after round of this wonderful ladder of life, to the accomplishments of tasks that now are but the fancy of our childhood dreams: Onward! Upward! may we go, ' Fo the best things that we know. Striving alwa s for success, F ' arewell, dear old R. S. N. S. P iiji r-e.i ' ily-six