Elkland High School - Loudspeaker Yearbook (Elkland, PA)

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Most congenial girl THE LOUD SPEAKER 27 What do our high schools mean to us? A place for pleasure, entertainment, and fun? Oh, no! To be sure we do have enjoyable times in school, but to me high school is a place where I may learn the important things for an educa- tion, a place where I may, by persistent effort, prepare myself for my part in this world of work. Without effort I am helplessg with it I shall aim to be the master of my fate, and the captain of my soul. The government is excluding the black hand of depression, is cutting down the number of schools, the length of school terms, and such like, in some parts of our country. What will we do if our schools are wholly or partly taken away. What would we do now if we did not go to schools? Chop wood? No, the forests are under the National Prevention Program. There's not much we could do except eat, sleep, and roam around. And even then these things might at times be difficult to do. We certainly could not all go to work, when there are al- ready hundreds of thousands of unemployed people in our country. Truly our schools are at the root of all progress. None of us can be as wise as Solomon, nor as strong as Samson, but most of us can be wiser than we are. Let's take our learning like we take a new dessert at dinner, with an expres- sion of wonder, and then a smile of deep sat- isfaction when we see that it is good. There have been great men before us, there are great men now, and there will be great men after us: but .most cf them, with a few exceptions, had a fairly good, and in some cases excellent, edu- cation. Now, my friends. let us learn all we can, and be unafraid of work. Our schools are for learn- ing, yes, but also a place to grow in knowledge and characterg a place where we can associate with others, where we can observe and think about acts and deeds performed by ourselves and our fellow men. School is a place to learn, not only from books, but from practise, observation, and service. When a carpenter builds a house, he first lays a foundation of cement or some other sub- stantial material. The walls under the house must be firm, or it will fail to hold up the structure placed upon it. The same is true with you and me and every other student in school. What we are learning now is a foundation of our future years. If we do not use our best material, work and effort, like the faulty house foundation, our meager knowledge will not be of enough strength to support us in our future work. J. E. N. WHO'S WHO IN E. H. S. Most popular boy . Most popular girl Best looking boy . Best looking girl Most studious girl . Best all-around girl Most athletic boy . . Most athletic girl Most versatile pupil Most talented pupil . . Wittiest boy .. Wittiest girl Most congenial boy Most original boy Most original girl . Busiest pupil . Most curious boy Most curious girl John Hammond Winifred Carr 4. .. . John Croft Mary Jane Bailey . Frances Piecuch Magdalene Finelli Robert McDonald Ann Ellicott Julia Cornalia . Jeanette Pattison Paul VanZile Carmen Cevette Robert McCaslin Alberta Adriance Kenneth Weeks Josephine Nelson . Bernice O'Reilly Francis Hall ., Betty Elliott Best natured boy .. Wendell Baker Best natured girl Elizabeth Davis Most understanding boy . Ronald Foreman Most understanding girl Helen Cashdollar Happiest boy . Happiest girl . Jolliest girl . Most Most Most Most Most talkative boy . talkative girl optomistic pupil bashful boy bashful girl Quietest boy . . Quietest girl Most competent pupil Most serious boy . Most serious girl Friendliest pupil Kenneth Van Dusen Helen Snyder Wilma Owlett James Campbell Alice Backes Uleta Learn . John McCaslin . Sylvia Gardner William Cosier . Gladys Carson Jean Little . Glenn Weeks Evelyn Kizer Roma Jean Ingersoll

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26 THE LOUD SPEAKER ELKLAND IS GROWING If a stranger would walk through many of the streets of Elkland, and if this stranger was any kind of an observer at all, he would be im- pressed by the large number of new houses which are being built in town. They are not small cheap shacks, but pretty home-like houses which have about them an air of prosperity. It probably would be no strange sight to see a numbcr of new homes being built in a large city, but in a town the size of Elkland, it seems that this increase in homes should be a fact worth noticing. Undoubtedly the stranger would say to himself, Here is a town the people ot' which are not cast down by the general air ot depression. They are up and doing. They should be proud to he citizens of a growing town like Elkland. f'J. L. ONE HOUR TO LIVE What would you do if you had one hour to live? Robert McDcnaldf I would eat. Carmen Cevetteful would go to bed and await its arrival. John Croft-'UI would go to church. Mary Jane Bailey- I wouldn't mind getting married. John Hammond- I would raise the dickensf' Jeanette Pattison- I would make a date. William Cosier- I would write my obituary. Frances Piecuch-- I would croon the popular songs. Helen Snyder- I would play the Funeral March. Kenneth Weeks- I would finish my expcria ment. Ann Ellicott- 'HI would hold a special meeting of the Dramatic Club. Francis IIallY I would sing Please Don't talk About Me When I'm Gone. Betty Elliottf 'I would wi'ite xi note to James Campbell. Jean Little- I would try to act sophisticated. Paul VanZile - I would draw my picture. Josephine Nelsonwul would practice my music lessons so I could play a duet with Gabriel. James Campbell' - I would chew a whole package of gum at once. Helen Cashdollarful would see how many baskets I could make. Winifred Carr- I would do my Solid Geometry. ' Robert McCaslin'- I would try to get a good mark in English. Uleta Learn I would hurry back to Nelson. Alice Backcs- I would put on my new dress. Roma .lean Ingersoll' I would write a poem on Life. Kenneth Vanliusen' 'HI would learn my formulas in case I met Mr. Wood at the Golden Gate. Wilma Owlett I would get a permanent. Alberta Adriancc' I would buy tl fur coat. Wendell Baker'- I would kill a deer out ot season. Gladys Carson I would beg a ride to Addi. son. Bernice O'Reilley I would go to a weincr roast. John McCaslinf- I would start a war. Evelyn Van Gorden' 'I would go on my hontymoonf' Julia Cornalia4 I would learn to fly an airplane. Glenn Weeksf 'I would take one last look at dear old Osceola. Magdalene Finelli 'l would make some delicious brown bread with which to bribe the Keeper of the Gate. Sylvia Gardneirvul would talk out loud in school. Elizabeth Davis- I would make my will, leav- ing everything for a new high school build- ing in Elklaud. Ronald Foreman -- I would have my picture taken. J. M. C. THE AIM OF OUR SCHOOL I once read an article on Why We Go To College. The college professor who wrote the article said that the principal reason for going te college is to raise the American's standard of living. He said, College is a place where we learn a cleaner, better way of living, a place where American Ideals are placed at the high- est possible standard. From this article cannot we say that high school is also a place to learn to live better, a place to grow, to develop character. Samuel Hamilton, author of 'High School Idcals', says that a student, while in school, sharpens the tools with which he may continue his education through all the years that are to follow. l I

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28 THE LOUD SPEAKER CHRISTMAS EN'l'ER'I'AINMEN'I' Friday afternoon, December 21, 1934 the high school gave a Christmas program in the Lyric Theatre at which several of the parents ani friends of the pupils were present. The follow-- ing program was presented: Selections by the orchestra: American Boy Twinkling Star Play: The Honor of the Class by members cf the Dramatic Circle. Carols: C ome All Ye Faithful Little Town of Bethlehem The First Noel Assembly Play: The Light Fingered Lady Members of the Dramatic Circle Duet: Angel's Greeting Eleanor Horton Roma Jean Ingersoll Solo: The Endless Day Magdalene Finelli Violin Solo: Meadow Queen Marian Van- Dusen Selection by the Glec Club Silent Night Solo: The Birthday of the King Eleanor Horton The program was unusually interesting this year because the pupils had more room and more conveniences to work with. We are very grateful to Mrs. Lewis for her kindness in lend. ing- us the theatre: -M. F. RELATION OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO THE PUBLIC SCIIOOLS In a talk with Miss Magee, the librarian of our public library, I was somewhat surprisctl to hear her say that she thought the school children belonged to her as much as to the teachers. Her reason for saying this is that a large number of children spend a great deal of time reading, or selecting books and ,magazines at the library. By her guidance in helping them to make their selections, she cultivates in them the desire for the better type of literature. Of course boys and girls learn to read in school, and as far as possible, they are taught what to read. However, our public library with its variety of books, is necessary in order to cultivate taste in the selection of books. We do not iike lemon pie or chocolate cake every day in the week. nor do we like the same kind of book every time we read. No matter how thrilling the best adventure stories are, we tire of that type sometimes and want to real something different. There are historical books. books on economics, hobbies, famous mcn and women, and almost any other kind of book any- one would want. Everyone of these an.l others can be found in our public library, but I wonder how many of us know all we should about our library, and its importance to the school. Let us think about the beginning of our library for a second. When the library was first organized for public use in 1911, it was open only Saturday afternoons ani evenings. There were very few books and only one room of thc two which are used now was open for library purposes at that time. With the help of a wise selection committee, of which our English teacher, Miss Donovan, is chairman, the number and variety of books have been increased to the large modem library, which is now open not only to students and teachers but to all adults of the community as well. Now let us consider the relation of the library to the school. In the fall of 1932 the library presented one hundred books to the high school, increasing the number of books in the high school library to five hundred and sixty-eight. It may also be said here that three hundred books are loaned to the grades each year. This loan enables each teacher to oversee the requir. ed reading of her grade. However, this loan does not mean that children are forbi.lden to visit the library. Indeed no! There are always four or five boys in the reading room of the library. They seem to enjoy the reading atmosphere. In 1896 the National Education Association formed a new department called the Library Department, and thus recognized officially the growing feeling that the connection between the schools and the public library was a vital one. In 1899 a circular was printed an.l distributed by the association containing such statements as the following: There should be most cordial relations between the school and the library. The librarian should know the school and its work in a general way as an important part of her work, just as the teacher should know the library and its methods as a part of her work. The community should be lcd to regard the library as a necessary pa't of a system of public education. The above is quoted from a book + I