Derry Area High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Derry, PA)

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J. C. ONDREY, B. S. Agriculture J. H. POUNDS, B. S. Science MABEL SCHOTT, B. S. French D. K. SHIREY, B. S. English IVl. H. STUMP, B. S. L. E. SULLIVAN, A. B. Social Studies Athletics ANY schools may boast better and more elaborate physical plants than ours but few can surpass the qual- ity of our faculty After all it is not the size nor the value of the building or its contents that makes a successful and efficient educational plant.. It is the individual faculty members that count most. We have a faculty who realize their obligations to the students, and the cit- izens of our community, and who are to be complimented on their earnest and conscientious efforts in carrying out their duties. Each member of the faculty has the ability to obtain the interest and co- operation of his students in the class- room procedures in such a manner thai, school life for the pupil becomes a pleas- ure instead of the dull, formal, and un- interesting type of eighteenth century education. The work of the faculty does not term- inate with the preparations, presenta- tions, and check-up in the six or seven classes each is scheduled for daily. There are home rooms, study halls, assemblies, and many ot.her matters to be looked after each day. The members of the faculty are almost entirely responsible -ll . 1 .f. 1 for the development and continuance of the many extra-school activities to be found in our school. Each of these ex- tra duties is cheerfully met by the ad- viser with an attitude of helpfulness and willingness to give of his time and energy so that our students may enjoy a fuller school life and be better pre- pared to enjoy and cope with every- day life after graduation. The individual members of our fac- ulty have stamped some very vivid char- acteristic impressions upon our mem- ories. Briefly here they are: That genial personality, Mr. Beck . . .Good-natured but business-like, M1'. Bitner . . . Small but efficient, Miss iBQl1'Cl . . . Self-confident, Miss Cog- an . . . Nonchalant, Mr. Cook . . . Cool, calm, and collected, Miss Cort . . Conscientious, Miss Garrigan . . . Dapper, Mr. Hart . . . Reserved, Mr. Keener . . . Perserving, Mr. Kurtz . . . Determined, Miss Mania . . . Prim, Miss Mock . . . Modest, Miss McChesney . . . Genial, Miss Nakles . . . Well spoken, Miss Nicol . . . Amiable, Mr. Ondrey . . . Sturdy, Mr. Pounds . . . A strict but kind disci- plinarian, Miss Schott . . . Serious. Mr. Shirey . . . Studious, Mr. Stump . . . Firey, Mr. Sullivan.

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it ,, vf Nil f- .4 iffsis. f -2 -Xa . 4.3 A 1i i 1 D. W. BECK, B. S. Science H. W. BITNER, B. S English AILEEN BURD, A. B Social Studies J AFIY GARRIGAN, Latin S. S. S. a,s W. C. HART, B. S. Commercial G. W. KEENER, B. S. Agriculture M.J.KURTL 5 Mathematics ALDA MANIA, B. Commercial GRACE MOCK Commercial VELMA MCCHESNEY Mathematics CECELIA NAKLES, Commercial KATHRYN NICOI., English S. S. ,B B. B.S

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SENIOR OFFICERS Robert O'Hara ..,....,..........,,,. President Rita Sweeney ................... Vice President Charles Albaugh . .. ......, Secretary Jean Dunmire ..., .,,, T reasurer D. K. Shirey 4,,,A Adviser' OR four years the class of 1939 has been looking forward to graduation day. Now that departure is at hand we are a little over-awed by a feeling of surprise and unworthiness not un- mingled with regret. How short the years have been! For four years we have been engrossed in common prog- ress, common sorrows, and common joys. Common memories have reached out and possessed us without our realizing it until we turn to go. It is a fact that parting is inevitable, and we now real- ize how painful it can be. In departing we will take our mem- ories and lessons with us, but we will also leave something behind. The achievements of the class of '39 were not small by any means. We have made and maintained fine records and standards throughout our four years. We have been prominently represented and ac- tive in every activity in school. No other class has ever produced more or better athletes than ours. Our accomp- lishments as a group are too numerous to mention, but we feel certain we have made an indelible mark on the History of Derry Township High. However abundant maybe the success which the future holds for us, we shall probably never experience four years more filled with opportunity and accomp- lishments than those just past. They have been our preparation for life. There is a larger world outside of the classroom we must now faceg a world that will not show us the consideration which has been given to us here. These past four years, however, have been an introduction to things to come that we cannot nor would not forget. Before we reach the final day, we 'want to turn for our last farewells. We have made many friends during these four years and it is difficult to think that this is goodbye , We Wish to express our appreciation to our in-- structors. We are just beginning to realize what their tasks have beeng just how much they have helped and bene- fitted us. We are sorry if there were times when we failed to appreciate what they were trying to do for us, but be- lieve us, when we say that it was only thoughtlessness and that we truly regret it. The teachers were always ready and willing to help us whenever or with whatever We asked. Now we wish to express our thanks for everything and assure them that their influence will live on in us. To the underclassmen who remain to take our places in the activities of the school, we Wish to express our grati- tude for the fine co-operation they have given us in everything that has been attempted. True, t.here have been dis- agreements, but these in the end have served to strengthen our understanding and friendship. The better we come to know the underclassmen the more con- vinced we are that they are capable of carrying on the activities of our school in a very satisfactory manner. So now as we say adieu, we proffer one supreme wish: That the classes which follow ours will get the same enjoyment and bene- fits from school that we have received. Our class will soon meet for the last time. Once We have scattered, we shall never be entirely united again, but in a sense complete disunion will never oc- cur. There is a portion of each of us which belongs to Derry Township High and we shall always have a kind of group entity--the Class of 1939.