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

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Commencement Brin S School To A Close .Xs the sun was beginning to spread its bright rays on our beautiful athletic field on the morn- ing ol May 23. IEJ44, many people witnessed an interesting scene. The Seniors in their blue and white robes entered from the right and left ol' the field. NVith measured tread they moved to tl1e melody ol' The University Grand-lNlarch, played by the Brownsville Senior High School Band. The program opened with an invocation de- livered by Father Yesko and was continued by Supervising Principal R. T. Barner, who intro- duced the guest speaker, Dr. Fred B. Carson, President ol' Dickinson College. Mr. Carson's address. The Compulsions of Life, was de' livered with noticeable vigor. The graduates listened attentively lor they knew this subject now had meaning ol' utmost importance to them since they were embarking on the highway ol' life. clude- taken. --g5- Our Custodial forces iri- Left: Mr. Wallace Living- ston twho for the past six- teen years has served as janitor in B. H. SJ raises Old Glory while Mr. Frank Cullins twho has been with us tour yearsl sweeps the steps. Mrs. Margaret Ondrich, the other caretaker, who has been at B. H. S. for sixteen years was not at the build- ing the day pictures were Right: The Valari family from Jefferson Township has a good representation at B. H. S. Nick lleftl and Julia tcenterl are Seniors, while John lrightl is a Junior. After the bus takes them back from school they help on the farm doing their share for Uncle Sam. Alter the musical selections from the Chorus, Dr. Mark Evans and members from the School Board delivered the awards and diplomas. A smile from ear to ear automatically appeared on each Senior's lace. For all their labor they had at last received their reward. Because ol' Army induction. filteen senior boys were not there in body but. no doubt, they were in spirit. lNIembers ol' the lamily received these diplomas. XVith diplomas in hand the graduates sang their class song, written by George lfox and Harold liyerly, with such vitality that the sur- rounding hills returned the echo. The benedic- tion was given by Rev. H. U. Danielson, The great event lor which there had been three years ol' waiting and planning was over in a briel' hour and the young men and women bade a lond larewell to their Alma Mater. Clommencement will be held in the evening. a change in custom.

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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

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V f ROW IE FACULTY FACTS In our faculty are the following graduates: eleven--California State Teachers College three--Mfashington Sc jefferson two--U. of Pittsburgh two--Carnegie Tech one--Bucknell one--Penn State four--Indiana State Teachers College two IWO OIIC one OIIC Va. --U. of W. --Bethany -Q-Mt. Mercy --Westminster --U. of Duke The following summary shows the distribution of degrees among the teachers of our school: B. S.--twenty B. F. A.--two Ph. G--one M. A.--one Experience is the best covers the following years: l- 5 years--eleven 5-10 years--eight I0-I5 years--six One has been teaching for 43 years A. B.--seven M. Ed.--three M. S.--one teacher. The experience of our faculty members 26- I5-20 years--four 20-30 years--one