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

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BLACK DIAMONDS GO TO MARKET Buy, burn, and boost anthracitclu is the slogan of the new Chamber of Commerce campaign to put the local coal industry back on its feet. Mr. Ashton Smith spoke to the school on the need of recovering markets on Friday, October 9. Mr. Smith explained that 7525 of all the busi- ness of this valley is dependent on the coal industry. He recalled the days when this region was noted for its wealth, but declared that, during the strikes, con- sumers had turned to other fuels and since have not returned to anthracite. The Chamber of Commerce requested Miss Marion Sturdevant, supervisor of English in the city, to have students write letters on the superiority of anthracite as a fuel, This was done, and the letters sent to high school students in New England. On Thursday, October I5, the campaign for the Journal, the bi-monthly publication of the school, got under way with a short skit in chapel. Speakers who visited the roll-call rooms afterward sold more than 1200 subscriptions. Closely connected with the journal is the Jour- nal Reporters' Association. This group is composed of one reporter from each class and one from each club. This year the competency of the class re- EVEN COAL IS WASHED porters was assured by a new system of choosing them. Each English teacher recommended members of the class who had maintained an average of B or better in composition. One of these was then elected the Class to SCYVC HS reporter. 7'lli1lvr'u

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The first of the School Assembly speakers came on Tuesday, September 29. She was Princess Nacooinee, the daughter of an American Indian. The Princess gave a very delightful talk in which she pictured the Indian not as a war-whooping savage but as one who was char- itable toward his fellow-man. Another of the musical groups is the Freshman Orchestra. This organization, being one of the few in which freshmen participate, is very important, for it serves as a stepping stone and training ground for the higher orchestras. In it the students who have taken up instru- mental music in the grade schools have a chance to continue their work. ga ll FIRST ROW 1l.i-ft lu Righllc Carolyn Bilmnrui, H1-My Hillrurl. Danni:-l W'il4'ux, Clmi'lnlI4- Hvrsrhe-ll, lfmlwin f iiimtrill. Phyllis Cunllillghuini Tlimims Tildlinalll, fmafn SECOND KUVIZ I.illiur1Sm.iiles. Slalnlvy Szllllllmvk, Cll.1rl4'4 juhll, Vfillrur Nilllnll. 'Il-il li, l'ii4'4lle'r, Neil l'.i4l4lull. Ruth Silvan-mil. C 'Hlllill KUXX: Ii'-ill linllulun. lfalrl Sylnolls, -Xlxin C11-4-liu.1l4l. H1-ury Xallfnsw-ll, Hollis Sli-ililwrgn-r. l l'u'1l- I-ru-k Hrmxn. XNurrt-n lx:-tlvr. These aspiring musicians meet every Tuesday. Under the baton of Miss Nan Walker, they practice faithfully. Although they do not have a daily task as does the Varsity Orches- tra, nor a pep-inspiring job as the band, there is definite work for them to do. Once a year it is their custom to take the place of the Varsity Orchestra in chapel. In addition to the usual marches and hymns of the morning exercises, they give a short concert during which some of their number play solos. This group also supplies music at some grade schools when these schools hold their annual Parents' Week. Ar special times like these, the orchestra plays attractive overtures in which brass solos are featured and several marches. Members, meeting with Miss Walker after school, prac- tice diligently for these performances. After such practicing, they are fully prepared to acquit themselves very creditably and to Fill the vacancies in the Varsity Orchestra in a com- petent manner in the following year. The oH:icers are: president, Charlotte I-lerschellg vice-president, Daniel Wilcox, secretary, Betty Hilbert, librarian, Thomas lVlcGavang Journal reporter, Edwin Cantrell. Tzrclzw-

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The class reporter reports humorous incidents and the activities of those prominent in school affairs. The club reporter hands in periodic reports on the business of the club, the type of programs, the officers, and the plans for the future. Miss Mildred Pace, the adviser, instructs the members about the best way to gather their notes, which notes to use, and which to reject, and how to write them so they will make inter- esting reading. At its regular meetings, the club invites alumni who are active in newspaper work throughout the city to address them. Occasionally, they make trips of inspection through local newspaper plants. FIRST ROW QLL-it to Rightl: Mary Louise Herschell, Dorothy Rogers, .lean Brown, J Frank Mayor-k. Kathryn Mayor-k, William Kane. Ann Fortune. Theresa Brennan. Ourng, gpgrfgyg ricmf.. Burke. SECOND ROW: Pearl liinnnim-k. Ruth Jones. Josephine Tonart. lllargarvl jim-hinan. - - llosalie Czlllxevk. Klvrtruilc' Hal'l:u'hf'l'. Leona Karlluluowki, Caroline .lul'is. llvlen lliism-ka. Anna liivkler, llorolhv Sniailes. Christine Weiss, Ann Metro, lielmvieu- ompinski. THIRD ROW: Angela lllasking. Angeline Torehig. Grace Thomas, Margaret M11- Donalrl. Ultra 'l'ul1y, Cliarlollv llr'l's4-liell, Xlililivml lllorahan, Katherine Fisrlier, jean lllrhriile, lllargunrite Krashkevirh, lileanore Cuiney. l 0llli'l'H HOW: Rose Garista, Ann Penrlergasl, Josephine Yuurglivich, liarhara Aston. Joseph Cavauaugh, John liouler, Temlmly Ficlslvr, Hurt Olson. Murray lirlt-linan, Anna Kovalivk. I-'ll 'l'll ROW: Thomas Williams. Anmlrnw lialu-hark, Marlin Toole. Edwin Cantrill. Myron Oppenheimer, Christopher 0'Malli-y, Wil- laril Xlanligan. ,lack Paraventi. .lohn Mirola. SIXTH ROW: Joseph lionrlinella Dominick Laliusso, Basil Bronly, Thomas Ilill. Joseph Harman. Reiil Collnlann. .lc-ronie Grevnwalrl. .lanles Rivharcls. Sl-IYI-1N'l'H ROW: John F. Walsh, James Haughney, Milton Rusner, Leonard Sulinski, Robert St-haller, John Syrun. Della-rt Mugforrl. Stanley fxiist-amiga. The club officers are: president, Kathryn Mayock, vice-president, Frank Mayockg secre- tary, Ann Fortune, treasurer, William Kane, journal reporter, Jean Brown. The Girls' Athletic Association provided the first social function of the year on Wednes- day, October 28, when they gave a Hallowelen party for the freshman girls. It was fitting for this group to be first, for the girls who compose this organization are leaders in many lines. To qualify for membership, a girl must be a member of a class or varsity team of basketball, volleyball, tumbling, fieldball, or badminton. The other requirements are a good character, high scholastic ability, and fine sportsmanship. I uurleen.