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

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ESTHER DEUTSER GRACE BURKE GERTRUDE WALLACE HERBIERT POAD MARGARET DILLON Gold Medal Contest HE Annual Gold Nfedal Contest in shorthand and typewriting was held on the morning of llffav 16, 1933. The contest consisted of two tests. one for accuracy in shorthand and typewriting, and another for speed in type- writing. The Speed Test consisted of new and unpracticed material, written for fifteen consecutive minutes. For each error made in the test a penalty of ten words was deducted from the gross number of words written. The winner of this test was hfiss Esther Deutser who typed at a net speed of 53 words a minute. Esther is a member of the Board of Publications and no doubt she received much of her training as a speedy typist through the work she has done for the Journal and Breidlin. However, her accomplishments are not merely limited to typing. She is a member of the Glee Club and lldasquers. We still remember her inspired acting in the Senior Play. Herbert Poad received honorable mention in this test, typing at a speed of 52 words a minute. Herbert is a modest, unassuming young fellow. Next to typing, he confesses he enjoys acting, at which he is very adept. He is a prominent member of lVIasquers. ' lVIargaret Dillon also typed at a speed of 52 words a minute to receive honor- able mention in this test. Nlargaret has had an enviable record throughout the entire year and is well deserving of the honor which she has won for herse'f. Obviously her other studies are also first rate for she is a member of the National Honor Society. Accuracy comes above all else in shorthand and typewriting. A 140 word letter dictated at the rate of 100 words a minute, written in shorthand, typed without an error, shows practice, accuracy, and diligence. Grace Burke, who has accom- plished this remarkable feat by typing 48 words a minute perfectly, won the accuracy contest with ease. Her faithfulness and practical usage of typing have kept her continuously among the leaders of all typing and shorthand classes. Gertrude Wallace typing 30 words a minute without an error from short- hand, won first honorable mention in the contest. lndustrious, capable of all kinds of commercial work, Gertrude's scholastic standing is among the highest of the Com- mercial Course. Twcniy-jifvc

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1 , - 5 . ' TV: W , :wiv - 2' . I ' U V.: R 5, - ' l.,-up f- ' l I . l - A .... Z , .X , 7 . , fl , -M at use tibia' - L , NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY First Row: Paul Schrade, Harold Hyman, Joseph Salsburg, Hazel Barnes, Josephine Adams, Sylvia Meth, Miriam Smulowitz, Harold We1'thcime1', George Smolenyak, Delbert Adams. Second Row: Anastasia Wasintla, Evelyn Ehrlich. Marion Haas, Florence Pearlman, Frances Knvalski, Anne Melfelyta. Mary Cavan, Natalie Krashkevich, Helen Mary Lenahan, Nellie Lentini, Dorothy Williams. Thirrl Row: Daisy Jones, Mary Brin, Dorothy Frank, Lenore Morris, Elizabeth Kaiser, Mary Chaflis, Florence Ramsey, Margaret Dillon. Fourth Row: Basil Yaremko, Anthony Martino, Willits Coleman, Maurice Halper, James Maynek, Ferris Thoinas, .Tolm Keating. Chester Derr. National Honor Society EZ?-i HE National Honor Society! VVhen We think of this organization and when we think of the qualifications necessary for appointment, we re- gard those who have been able to meet these requirements successfully with much respect and admiration. The National Honor Society is truly the high- est peak of scholastic achievement. , One who can receive grades averaging over ninety for four years besides de- veloping in himself the qualities of leadership and dependability is surely meritorious ot some national recognition of this sort. The fifteen percent quota allotted is not often entirely filled, because of these strict requirements. Only about twenty-five Seniors and ten Juniors were admitted from both upper classes. The members of this society are not wholly serious-minded and over studious. They could not be so and at the same time hold the high positions they do in , f' school life. I Too, they do not neglect social affairs in regard to the society, for during the Christmas vacation a very informal and greatly enjoyed luncheon was held for the members and for the alumni who had been chosen when they were in school. Again we congratulate these students, these chosen few of Coughlin, upon their enviable records. Twnuly-si.r