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

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The BREIDLIN HM., 4651 amor History Some are born great, Some achieve greatness, Some have greatness thrust upon thcnt. RANTED 'rHA'1' genius results from a happy combination of special ability and hard work, we conclude that the first two lines of this, oh! so familiar quotation can most appropriately be applied to the class of ,28. For by dint of sincere effort and natural talent they have developed into fine material to take the place of the class of '27. However, this Junior class had to pass through the same embryo stage which countless classes before them have gone. They were shielded to a certain extent from the tyran- nical upper classmen--and at least so the faculty hoped, from exposure to the time-worn fads and follies of these same upper classmen. Being per- fectly normal, however, and not spirits wander- ing far from that sphery chimen which Seniors know so much about, they passed their third de- gree and were soon accepted in the upper realms where they looked down upon the lowly stage whence they had so lately sprung. During their freshman year, they left certain footprints in the sands of time,'i which are still discernible. They organized a freshman or- crestra under the direction of Mr. Walsh, with highly satisfactory results. Some realized even greater musical aspirations as members of the Coughlin Band. They also organized the Audu- bon Society, noteworthy because although it was Hof the Freshman, by the Freshman, and for the Freshman, its influence was evidtent not only within the school but to th-e world at lar-ge, when, Hmirabile dictu Hower beds broke the barren monotony of the front school lawn, The existence of this society was somewhat meteoric but it shone brilliantly while it lasted. Although, especially in Sophomore year, they had been exposed time after time, to the plead- ings of the cheer leader, and had heard and even participated in the, Rah for the Red and Bluei' GSI ' of the morning before the game ceremony-they had not yet entered heart, body and soul into that the la-ck of a indefinable something, which, for better name is called-school spirit. But when the the roster of name of '28 began to appear on varsity football, the orchestra, the band, of this of evolution club, of that activity, the process from an embryo mass into a real Junior class be- gan, nor was it long until they were primed to share responsibility and become a part of the in- tricate machinery of high sch-ool life. In scholas- tic standing, athletics, social activities, they came to the fore. Not only did they become good pals to the Seniors but their reliability won confidence. In third year when the first call came for foot- ball candidates, it was the Junior class which responded whole-heartedfly, and later made up a large proportion of the team. The same was true of basketball, particularly the Junior girls who showed astonishing ability g they became the champion team of the school. That the Junior class recognizes and follows a good example when it meets one is illustrated- by the way they crowded the Senior banking record, coming in a close second for loo per cent. In the campaign for loo per cent record it was natural to look to the two upper classes for leadership and support, and they did not fail. And the minstrels! The in-dfisputable realm of the all powerful males was for the first time in the annals of the school encroached upon by the females. Biut in the same manner which' these mlaidens do everything they made a decided suc- cess of their venture. As the happy year draws to a close and the class of '27 faces the fate of all alumni-to be, lost, lost in the wide, wide world, it may at least glean some consolation from the fact that class of '28 will make noble successors. IIA l20l

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