Chester High School - Annual Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL, NINETEEN SIXTEEN Hiatnrg nf the (Class of HUG President Leon Bagshaw Vice President Elizabeth Eggleston S we, members of the class of Nine- teen Sixteen, finish our work and look back upon the four years of toil, if one may speak of such pleasant and happy work as toil, spent in the Chester High School, it can be only with a feeling of happy sadness that we leave our Alma Mater. “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: It might have been.” It is true Sixteen might have been more illus- trious and have done greater things if she had but tried harder; but it can none the less truly be said that no laxly of young men and women ever entered Chester High with greater determ- ination and higher ambitions than did Sixteen. It has also been shown that no determinations were ever so fully realized and convictions so faithfully pursued as in the case of Sixteen. It is by varied incidents that we all remember Secretary Mary Melville Treasurer A. Watson Tongue the ninth of September. 1912. Freshmen were never so scarce before. Fntil the first of November, 1912. most of us had as fine a sense of direction in the corridors of Chester High as we would have had in the “catacombs.” On that evening we. with our parents, were entertained by the Seniors. All spent a most enjoyable evening. Henceforth we felt ourselves a real part and factor of the school and its work. Sixteen’s first achievement and one that augured well for the future of the class along scholastic lines was the winning of the prize for the highest girl student’s record by a member of our class. Not only in scholastics, but in ath- letics, too. the first sign of Sixteen’s future supremacy was displayed in the winning of second place in the annual cross country run by a Sixteen man. For a Freshman to place in such a race was a hitherto unheard of feat. Following tlx custom inaugurated by the Fifteen

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CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. NINETEEN SIXTEEN 19IB (Elaas JJrrstiu'ntB Sophomore Leon Turner Bags» aw Senior Paul Carr Crowther Junior amtinui MIMHMHI Fourteen

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CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. NINETEEN SIXTEEN Hiaturu nf thr (£lass uf 19 IB (continued) procediii classes. Sixteen had charge of the “ Flag Day” exercises, and again ae(|iiitted her- self with honor. Every member, whether he took an individual part in the exercises or in the class numbers, displayed that excellent school spirit characteristic of Sixteen. Vacation came, and was gone, and with one year’s experience we en- tered upon our Sophomore work, slightly dimin- ished in numbers, but certainly not in spirit. It was with great sadness that we missed one friend and classmate, claimed by “The Great Teacher.” Almost immediately after the opening of the school. Sixteen held a meeting, the purpose of which was organization and the selection of of- ficers. Irvin Hamilton was chosen president; Louise Evans, vice president; Madaline Prosser, secretary, and James Waters, treasurer. In order to provide some means of identify- ing and distinguishing the masculine portion of the class, hats, at least resemblances of hats, were procured. Although the passage of one of these models of style and aristocracy never failed to evoke a shout of laughter from the other class- men, it was with a great deal of pride that we wore them. When the time for the various sports came. Sixteen always had her own team, besides placing several members on the Varsity squads. The proceeds of the class football games were given to the shower bath fund, and ma- uiilod in acciuirintr this much needed convenience. As spring approached. Sixteen became con- spicuous hv her successful raids upon the Fresh- men’s baseball games. Fearing for the little ones’ safety, the Juniors threw the ball upon a neighboring roof, thus bringing upon them- selves the undying hatred of Sixteen. Spring and summer had a peculiar effect upon some of us. and turned our fancies towards harmonics in general, and noise in particular. Owing to the inability of certain persons to ap- preciate such talent and to the disappearance of quantities of fruit from the little store on the corner, the “cellar door choir” was dis- continued. With the advent of Peace Day. we. as Sopho- mores. presented one of the most pleasing and instructive programs ever given from the High School platform. .Nothing hut praise was heard from those who had the pleasure of listening. Sixteen