Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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Grace Cunningham Nick-named “Giggles,” because whenever anything is said, whether sensible or otherwise, Grace always snickers. At last we have solved the difficult question why Grace has improved her recitations so much of late. We have learned that she and “Curly” have had a little quarrel, but we all hope that it will be fixed up in the near future. Her one great distinction is being the smallest in height in the class, but if you wish to keep her friendship, do not remind her of it, as her greatest desire is to grow tall. Evalyn Adams Eva Lynn Adams is the only member of our group who burns any midnight oil, pondering over her studies. Three hours on Virgil, two hours on Arithmetic. Oh, Evalyn, how can you do it? Girls, take our advice. If you want to possess rosy cheeks, move to the suburbs. After a few years we may expect to hear Evalyn yelling, “No talking” to her pupils, as her chief aim is to go to Slippery Rock Normal so that she may become a pedagogue. Albert Billingsley Gasoline Gus, He runs a red bus; Oh, how he can cuss When something does bust. Behold “Motorcycle Mike,” the best athlete in B. H. S., who has so often shown on the basketball floor (?) Albert is also a Latin shark, and has thus come to be known as “Cataline” Billingsley. Albert’s motto is, “Be every place at once,” for no matter where one is, Albert pops up in his “Ford.” Desperate A1 would do anything to think of something to say when he is among the girls. Pearl Smeltzer Here is the best “quizzer” of Butler High School. We recommend her as a worthy substitute for some of the male members of the bar—that, is, when women claim their rights. She is also our heavyweight, and perhaps that accounts for her getting to school just in time to hear the last bell ring, or else it is due to the fact that she kept Frank too late. Pearl’s one ambition is to become a Domestic Science teacher, and, sometime in the future, to take Miss Siebert’s place. But we think that she will eventually turn her steps toward music and, in the end, become a second Dvorack.

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Gladys Kamerer “Glad,” as we call her, is very quiet and modest. Nevertheless, she is very witty and good-natured, and is a friend to everyone. She is one of the few of our class who has taken music as part of her High School course, and it is said that she has never missed her two hours practice daily. We cannot prove this statement, because at all our parties it is an impossibility to persuade her to “hammer the ivories.” She is one of the number who so kindly donated her home for one of numerous “feeds.” Maude David Very quiet and unassuming, but when once acquainted with her, she is found to be exceedingly jolly, and is always ready to take a joke. Maud is one of those “little gals from Ole Virginny,” and we know her heart is not with us, but in the Blue Ridge mountains. She was the standby of the Arithmetic class during the ten-minute period every morning, and we heartily extend her a vote of thanks for all her trouble. Maud’s greatest desire is to teach kinder-gaiten, but we wonder if her purpose is not to better prepare herself for future years. Helen Shomo “Laugh and grow fat.” Helen is a poet and doesn't know it, for she was the author of our medley. We used to think she did not like to work, but we changed our minds when she did her duty so nobly on this committee. Helen must get up very late, as she generally gets into Room 4 about 8:45% a. m. We have often wondered if it is because she keeps “him” too late. May we ask you who he is, Helen? Ethel Davis Here is the leader of the “Matrimonial Circle.” Ethel has made herself conspicuous at our parties by her absence, which we have found out to be due to the fact that she prefers to sit by the fireside and ponder over the genius, “Milton.” Ethel is one of the “gigglers” of our class, and we think it is on this account that she has never yet been entrusted to come to school alone. But the Fates are not all turned against her, for she is an able opponent of our illustrious valedictorian in Stenography, and, if difficulties do not arise in the meantime, we expect she will succeed Miss Stanley some time in the future.

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THE MAGNET 17 FACULTY. V. K. IRVINE, A. B. Latin. Vivacious, Knowing, Industrious. Our principal, a graduate of Phillips-Exeter Academy and Princeton University, has been principal of Butler High School for over seventeen years. He is of a very pleasing disposition, which is shown at the Senior banquets. H. W. F. PRICE, M. A. Science. Honorable, Wise, Firm, Prudent. Here is a man from the mountains. He is a graduate of Dickinson College and since then has been teaching in Butler High School. He is a very worthy basketball coach, and the best recommendation for his work is our record in the past. Through his efforts Butler High has been placed on the basketball map. MAX NAST. Science. Marvelous Name. A graduate of Butler High and a graduate of University of Pennsylvania. He believes that good goods comes in small packages, and he usually carries a dictionary. JOSEPHINE HAMMOND. English. Joyful, Happy. The fact that Miss Hammond still remains an optimist is worthy of note, as she has been associated with our class for a year and a half, and knows all our strong points, as well as our weak ones. Chief among the latter is talking. JOHN T. HOGG. Latin. Judicious, True, Helpf ul. A native of Slippery Rock, graduate of Otterbein College, principal of West Sunbury Academy, and in 1912 accepted the position as teacher of Latin in Butler High School. MARTHA U. ORR. German and Latin. Meritorious, Useful, Obliging. Miss Orr has been added to our faculty this year. She is a graduate of Wells College and taught in Athens, Pa., before coming to Butler High School. She will do. EDGAR S. HENRY. Mathematics. Energetic, Sociable, Happy. This clever young man hails from Apollo, Pa. He is striving to attain the goal, as an orator, of his worthy ancestor, Patrick Henry. At the same time he is making no mean progress along scientific lines. Note: When you wish to know how to carve a watermelon scientifically, ask Mr. Henry. FLORENCE WALKER. Commercial. Faithful Worker. Miss Walker, a graduate of the Class of June ’12, is now a member of our faculty. She has not been with us long, nor do we hear much about her, but what we do hear is very favorable.