Brownsville High School - On The Moon Yearbook (Brownsville, PA)

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CHAPTER THREE As classes change in B. H. S main hall. CDUR CLASSES 20

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DID YOU KNOW THAT! KCIOSS Stotisticsl . Our total enrollment is 889 students, although we began the year with more than 900. . There are 94 boys and 160 girls in the Senior Class equalling 254. . In the Junior Class there are 136 boys and l59 girls, totaling 295. . In the Sophomore Class we have 152 boys and I88 girls which makes at total ol 340. . I23 students were on our first semester honor roll. . The girls outnumber the boys, being 507 in number, as eolnpzlred with 382 boys. N W 58131 5 g 4 28

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THE GRADUATES OF B. H. S. Commencement Day! That one day that every Senior looks forward to. There are mixed emotions, some are anxious to be finished with scholastic measures, others hate to see the end of it, but to all of us the day of graduation from high school is one of the most important events of our lives. We ended our first half of school when we entered junior high and then began a different sort of school life. That was our awkward period when we started to grow up. It was then that we girls started lo grow up. It was then that we girls and boys noticed each other as something more than a source of annoy- ance. There we learned a little of leadership as the election of class officers tool-2 place. We were far above the grade school babies, And then we entered high school. The first week we were almost trampled by those Juniors and Seniors. We couldn't seem to remember where our rooms were and crawled through the halls at a snails' pace. High school was another new life. As Sophomores we started out with George Wenick, Presidentg Rose DeZure, Vice Presidentg Marian Bakewell, Secretaryg and Clarence Stevenson, Treasurer, as our class officers. Our only activity was a successful sweater hop to help pay for the year book. After the first few days of bewilderment, we really stepped into routine, and we ended our first high school year looking forward eagerly to being Juniors. With Clarence Stevenson, President, Joseph Fortuna, Vice Presidentg Mar- ian Bakewell, Secretaryg and Paul Johns, Treasurer, as officers, we started our Junior year, and oh how we laughed at those poor little Sophomoresl YVe never once thought it possible that we had been the source of amusement just a year ago. However, we graciously guided them through the first few days of too many bells and doorways. It was hard to believe, but at last we were the dignified Seniors. At the beginning of the year we elected our fast-running halfback, Paul Johns, as President of the class. Another popular football star, Bill Sutton, proved to be a capable Vice President, and joe Drazenovich the Secretary. Iva jean Donald- son's ability to handle money placed her in the office of Treasurer. These officers, together with a committee, planned the Senior Prom. And so we have reached our year of graduation. But Commencement Day does not mean an endg it means a beginning. The beginning of the greatest task the world has ever seen. The task of building a new and better world from the shattered remnants of a war-torn earth has been given to us. It's the thing we have been preparing for all through our school life. Here we have learned democracy and tolerance-the instruments we will need in shaping the future. VVe must look ahead, ahead to that day when we can say, We had a job, and we did it well. A fitting motto for our class might be a portion of the poem Voluntaries III by Emerson: So nigh is grandeur to our dust ' So near is God to man VVhen duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can! William Sutton-Vice President Joe Drazenovich-Secretary Paul Johns-President Iva Jean Donaldson-Treasurer h O 30