Conshohocken High School - Echo Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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BLUE AND GOLD Tin IE CLASS miSTCIPy ON that memorious day of September 12, 1927, a great throng entered this High School, at the time 112 strong. Some of us were green and bashful while others were just the opposite. When the Faculty gazed upon us they almost gave up hope. But it didn’t take long for them to subdue us and put us in our proper places. We were then distributed throughout a good many rooms, much to the grief of all, for we had planned to be together. The first few days were the worst, because the green freshmen always landed outside an open door whenever they went in search of a room. The agony and grief it caused us has been lived over by many of us at some time or other. On the w'hole, during our first year we were very successful. Among us were found musicians, some of the girls went out for basketball and a number of the boys went out for athletics. In the chorus of the operetta were a few of our fellow members of whom we were very proud, for it is an honor for a freshman to get in the operetta. Although the uppper classmen abused us in every possible way we respected them and wished to follow their leading. Our sophomore year found us more dignified. We had moved up four rows in the auditorium, with our number greatly reduced. Our first task was the election of officers, to guide us on during the coming year. Our choice was as follows: President ........................George Huganir Vice-President....................Earl Love Treasurer.........................Vincent Bonkoski Secretary ........................Ruth Grauel Corresponding Secretary...........Emma Martin At the beginning of the year we were told of our Washington trip and that we were to save money for it. In the operetta, “Bells of Capistrano,” were found many of the sophomores, who first began to show their talent. In the high school play, “On the Hiring Line,” Ruth Grauel took the leading part. She was the only member from our class, but her talent as an actress was shown. We were also well represented in glee clubs and athletics, the boys and girls being participants in all the activities. Toward the end of the year the annual pie and cake sale took place. We sold tickets and collected cakes. Afterwards, on the day of the pie and cake sale, we sold the cakes and collected the tickets. This we learned was business, and we were willing to do anything to get money. We netted what seemed a large sum for us, but in reality was very small. This was the first money we earned towards our Washington fund. The final examinations closed our sophomore year. Two months later we started the third year. We were now the reputed joyous Juniors of the High School. Slowly we were reaching the goal that was far away when we first started school. This year we were prepared to combat every struggle and achieve success. Our selection of officers for this year was: President ........................William Yocum Vice-President....................Edwin Trycinski Secretary ........................Sylvia Blasband Treasurer.........................Merrill Metz Corresponding Secretary...........Mildred Traister Page Eleven

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CLASS NIIGIHT DART lie II GANTS A ONE-AC T PLAY—“THE ROSY PATHWAY” Rose Rollins ... Guy Oakes Grancy Garwood .Ruth Grauel ...Earl Love Doris Fillman Class Historian Anna Suvitsky Class Prophet Emma Yost Class Will James Hipple Who’s Who Dorothy Van degrift Class Poem Florence Woznicki Class Song Words Sylvia Blasband M usic Vincent Bonkoski Presentation of Mantel William Yocum Acceptance of Mantel Lindner Kolle, ’32 Class Personals Elizabeth Ambler Doris Fillman Rebecca Lobb Margaret Mlrray Mildred Traister Millard Hipple Merrill Metz Ralph Sponar Joseph Sukalski Richard Tees Presentation Speeches Elizabeth Famous Evelyn Phillips Mildred Traister John Light Earl Love Albert Riker USHERS—CLASS OF 1932 Elizabeth Davis Merrill Arnold Dorothy Heist Lindner Kolle irginia Lobb William Nagele Elsa Nitteraurer Robert Smith Page Ten

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BLUE AND GOLD Our one aim was to build up our W ashington fund. We learned that we were to sell candy at all the games, plays and other activities that went on in the High School. Into this we went heartily anxiously striving and groping. W e were successful in this one business. Near Thanksgiving time we received our class rings. For the first few days they felt so heavy that we swore we would never get use to them. Our fingers seemed weighed down and it was with an effort that we raised them. But it didn’t take long for us to get use to them. At Christmas time we sold Christmas cards. The Faculty and students of the High School were well supplied, because we saw to that. With the approach of winter, the boys and girls of our class went out for athletics and many of them made the varsity team. In the operetta, “Jerry of Jericho Road,” Vincent Bonkoski. Earl Love and Florence Woznicki carried the leading roles, while Albert Riker, Richard Tees, Donald Wessell, and John Light carried minor parts of the cast. Our talent as actors and actresses was budding forth. Some of the Juniors employed their fine voices and graceful dancing to the best advantage in the chorus. Who would have ever thought that such clumsy and awkward pepole as we, could be so graceful. We were a very surprising class and could do things one wouldn’t expect of us. In the orchestra were enough Juniors to make a good orchestra of their own. Our class certainly did have the hot air to blow on the different wind pipes and extract from them melodious tones which gave them the power to harmonize with the rest of the orchestra. “Skidding” was the name of the play given this year by the High School. Ruth Grauel and John Light took leading parts, with the assistance of Betty Ambler, Albert Riker and Earl Love from our class. To think that we were only Juniors and took such a great part in the play. During this year, we were always reminded of money, how much we needed, how much we must get and then some more about money until we were so money crazed that we couldn’t see straight. Our Washington fund was growing, but so slowly. Through the untiring efforts and kindness of Mrs. Edna Burkle, nee Whitebred, and Miss Alice Buckel we made a success of the rummage sale. Our last effort to r ise money was on the Junior Pie and Cake Sale. We worked hard and we must say came out with flying colors. In the Armistice Day parade the Junior girls were all dressed in white and the boys in white flannels and dark coats. They presented a most spectacular sight. The merry times soon ended as school was again to close for the summer vacation. The third year of High School went entirely too fast for all of us. We returned from the all to short vacation as dignified Seniors. We now occupied the front seats of the auditorium. How proud we were the first day, seated a way up front, totally forgetting those behind us, happy in ourselves because of our advancement. Three years we had labored to gain those seats and we were bound to keep them for at least a year. I nlike any other class that entered the Senior year, we were divided into two parts and put into two different rooms. The only excuse the faculty could give was that we were too large a class to be put into one room. But we drew our own conclusion that the faculty deemed us a terrible class and decided to divide us and have twfo “bosses,” to look out for us. There certainly was a war when we first found out about the division. Page Twelve