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

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How ot To w'I'1t6 An Engllsh Theme BY Iva l-'rt-1'1'c:in:R Getting an on an linglish theme is just abottt as hard as getting a pound ol' butter. However, there is a definite pro- cedure to lollow. First, choose a subject. lhis is very simple. Many teachers like to read about the beautiful dantlelions, or abottt corpses lloating in a muddy river, or abottt some solid old subject like, say, YVhy the good old U. S. is the greatest country. .Xnd remember to keep your topic broad so you can use plenty of words to hem in the edges. ll' you can only write six pages, lor- get it. One way to remember it is to write things the hard way. Never say what you mean. always elaborate and manage to get a l,ana Turner instead of a Vera Vague or Zasu Pitts. Never ttse blunt phrases like he lell down and broke his neck. Say, the major part ol' his anatomy responded to gravitational pull, as a result ol' which his third xertebrae received a nasty sever- ance. Above all. don't use topic sentences. 'l'hey are too obvious. and you must he subtle. Make the teacher guess what you are writing about. ll' you must have topic sentences. write a paragraph of them. You must be dogmatic, convincing. Donlt tell what you thinkw-your instructor doesn't care. Don't worry about sentence structure: lfrank Sinatra doesn't worry about musir. Nlost teachers don't see how pupils can write sentences just lull ol' mistakes. Show you ire a genius and make your whole theme lull ol' mistakes. And as a last re- mark. il' you ever get in a pinch don't hesitate to borrow a sentence. Don't hesi' tate to borrow a whole theme. Don't bother abottt tjuotations. just make a lootnote saying, : l'his essay on the Superiority ol' .Xgriculture to Commerce, was copied directly from Thomas -jeffer- son's letter ol' the same name. This will undoubtedly allect your grade very much. P. S. 'lhen plan a topic to write abottt when you repeat linglish the following year. Top: Student Council planning noon dancing at a regu- lar meeting in Room 109. Upper Center: The Hi-Y Uwedding' 'party at initiation stunt week. Lower Center: The faithful B. H. S. basketball fans, in the gym at the Redstone game. Bottom: Charles Davidson, student director, takes over the band for rehearsals after Mr. Sweodner's resigna- tion.

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Favorite After School Meetings DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS The chorus and Thespians com bined their efforts to produce Capers of 194 . r 5 . the first dramatic production of the year. This musical was a smash hit Lat A . er in the sea- son the Thespians produced Clar- ence . the comedy stage hit by Booth Tarkington. There were two performances of Clarence - one for adults and a matinee for the high school students. Both were en- joyed by all. MUSIC ACTIVITIES The Nifty Shoppe was presented by the chorus and its stylish models caught everyones eye-especial- ly the boys. They also sang Christmas carols for the Rotary Club and provided the anthem for the recog- nition service. The annual sprili concert of the chorus was a huge success. SOCIAL FUNCTION Highlighting the social activities of the school was the Tri-Hi-Y Christmas semi-formal dance. Every one will admit they had a good time at that dance. Other social affairs held were-a Box Social. Youth Planning dances. ice skating, and other dances sponsored by various clubs in the school. OTHER CLUBS The Forensic Club is one of the newer clubs in the school. It has debated against over twenty schools They have traveled to other towns to debate and also been hosts to visiting teams. The club has lost very iew debates and has been highly successful. Creative Writing. Home Economics. Rifle. Library. Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y are all older clubs and as active as usual. Too: Cast of Capers of I945 ioin the hasketball team as spectators during dress rehearsal. Right Cent ' F er. -ddie Scott's Orchestra, the iazz kings at sweater hops and Canteen dances. Lower Left: Trl-Hi-Y Christmas formal was a grand success, Lower Right: Buddy Rubin holds fellow Forensic members spell bound with his argument.

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Winter Vacation Our lirst teal taste of snow, which came on Dec. ll, gave tts an unexpected but welcome vacation. Monday afternoon, December llth, th: sky began to darken about one o'clock and by two-forty-five when the busses came for the township students a white blanket of mammoth snow flakes covered everything. Little did anyone realize at that moment the depth the snow would reach by tnorn- ingl Beautiful and unreal as the landscape appeared, it was cold!! The blizzard para- lyzed all traffic. About hall' the borough students plowed through knee deep snow to report to school on Tuesday morning. Wfalk- ing was a task for it tneant breaking a path. For the balance ol' the week, since the busses could not get into town with township students. schools were closed. For seven successive Mon- ... Y, Second Street, the afternoon following the blizzard. days we had re-occurring snow storms. As a re- sult of these snowfalls two more days of school were lost in january, necessitating a revision of the calendar which set the last ol' school as june l2. I9-15. Examination Time In every school term there comes a time for tests. Such mishaps as examinations occur regue larly every six weeks. Before the students have given it a thought there are semester exatns with which to wrestle. Little love is lost upon the poor teachers who support the practice of fre- quent quizzes. Despite all difficulties there is a real satisfaction in the successful mastering of this hurdle. Semester exam papers are kept for reference and test grades play an important part in determining Hnal grades. pring Fever After such a severe winter the sudden transt tion in March to the exceptionally early spun' set every Senior dreaming of the close of school. Sophomores and juniors became restless and turned eyes filled with longing toward the world outside classroom windows, so inviting in its fresh coat of green. B. H. had an early and rather long drawn out case of Spring Fever, ln front of Sr. High on April noon hour. .- 24