Coughlin High School - Breidlin Yearbook (Wilkes Barre, PA)

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The BRE1DLm an ON Freshman History ooT l, TooT! VV e are blowing our own horn. At last we have been given an opportunity for self-expression. At last allowed to prove to the school that we are not the inane, senseless creatures that tradition has made us. VVhat if we have been associated with the school for but a short time? VVe have already be- come sufficiently imbued with the right spirit to take part in every phase of school life. In fact we have set an unprecedented record for Fresh- man classes. NVe have turned out for football, baseball, and boxing, and in every case some of us have been retained on the squad. Musically we have also proved ourselves worthy of commendation. A comparatively large number of freshmen are in the Reserve Orches- tra andl they have shown considerable ability on every occasion that they played in chapel. The future of the Varsity is indeed no hazy one. And although this is not quite so well-known, we are already interesting Miss Hoffman. Some of our voices are surprisingly rich and melod- ious, especially if one takes into consideration the period of change through which they are now going. The large number of freshmien who have enrolled' for music credits is also edifying show- ing as it does our interest in this art. ln scholarship you have only to see the huge pile of books which seems to have become a part of us-we excel as it seems, for care-worn looks are wiped from teachers' faces at our entrance. But we are not satisfied with having only stu- dents and musicians and athletes. In literature we have also made our mark. Despite the fact that for anyone but upper Classmen to have a contribution in the 'fjournal is the rarest of rareties. Freshman literature has twice been ac- cepted and printed. One of these is a poem on Christmas, written with such a skillful delicacy, as to bring a smile of approval from even the Sophomores. The other is a series of excerpts from our compositions on the Apple Show last November. With only this honor to mark our class we would be rememlbered. But another, even more esteemed, has been given too. Mr. Breid- inger, in the presence of the entire school, com- plimented a freshman on her fluent vocabulary after presenting her and another freshman with gifts for social work performed by them-. Is any other class able to record a similar triumph? It is true that the cruelty of custom bars us from the social activities in which the rest of the school takes part, but it cannot prevent us from activities of our own. Our Halloweyen Party was a delight to the eye, and rivalled, with its brilliant gaiety, the most successful of other school affairs. WVe have indeed hit the high-lights of school life with seemingly little effort! Yet, the truth is that we dfid' so against odds. It must be admitted that we are known to be ex- cessively addicted to chewing gum and laughter, loud talk and trivialities. It may be these charac- teristics which have caused us, despite our many accomplishments, to undergo the usual guying that freshman have taken meekly since time im- memorial, Of co-urse our intellect has helped us consideralbly. We knew for a certainty, after the first few days, that there were no such things as desk stretchers, and that the Sophomores who brought the information directly from the prin- cipal to the effect that we, as freshmen, had his special permission to run across the street for re- freshment whenever we wished, were somehow mistaken. In no time at all We became impervious to the innocent looking baits dangled before us, and went our way serenely, patiently awaiting our own turn to be Sophomores. C9166 Ml R05 l I 16

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