Elkland High School - Loudspeaker Yearbook (Elkland, PA)

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THE LOUD SPEAKER and co-operation in all activities and our honor and just pride in performing school duties. Item III. We wish to leave with the faculty our kindest thoughts and hearty appreciation for their splendid instruction during our four years of high school, that in the future their 'burdens may be lighter. Item IV. We bequeath to the following stu- dents these personal effects: To Norma Giordana-Ruth Button's diminutive- ness. To Josephine Oswinski-Ruth Child's ability to entertain the Senior boys. To Freda Dibble-Mary Prindle's hair ribbons. To Lloyd ClosefMarjorie Blackwell's chewing gum. To Mary Bailey- Annabell Stewart's quietness. To Irene Wynkoop-Norma Van Zile's dignity. To John Campbell-Jack Behrman's athletic ability. To Lyle Kriesler-Marion Finch's extra inches. To William Newton-Emery Cass's red hair. To Doris Lyon-Marian Wheeler's sweet smile. 'Vo Charles Pattison-Ralph Mattison'.1 prac- tical jokes. To Cecelia Piecuch-Helen Van Dusen's ability in leadership. To Luella Martin-Blanche Van Dusen's dra- matic ability. To Malcolm Stull-Roger King's cleverness in dodging work. To William Preston-Jack Behrman's way with the girls. To Margarette Searl-Ruth Wynkoop's fond- ne s for arguing. To Fred Morgan-Charles Snyder's attentive- ness in Chemistry Class. To Fleanor Martin-Dorothy Burr's fondness for Shakespeare. To James Lindsay-Morgan Colegrove's bash- fulnesr. To Barbara Snyder-Janet Wallis' love for Sciences. To Doris Lyon-Eleanor Carpenter's melodious giggle. To Phillip Eggleston-James Rice's quietness. To Paul Brass-Ida Vincent's plane geometry. To Margarette SearlgJennie Milinski's abil- ity to make conversation. To Harold Spencer-Robert Lounsbury's ability to entertain the senior class. To Marjorie Gross-Uanet Avery leaves a cer- tain Junior boy. To Burdette BakerfMyrtle Carr's fondness for French. To John Cain4Gertrude Croft leaves her con- venient headaches. To Allan Seeley-Vera Bartletts fondness for buttons , To William Preston-Orma Mourhess' horn. To Bruce Gleason-Ethel Martin's fondness for Chemistry. To Louis Ludlam-Llewlyn Wakley's bashful- ness. To John Cain'-Velma 0'De1l's independence. To Frederick Hartley-Christine Colegrove's neatness. To Bessie Horn-Janet Avery's fondness for writing notes. To Harold Stevens-Marion Finch's musical talent. Item V. Our deepest gratitude we leave to Mr. Wood and Mr. Barocco, who inspired in us a re- rpect for law, order, and authority, for which in the future we shall be thankful. Item VI. We hereby appoint Miss McCabe and Miss Donovan as sole executrices of our last will and testament, and direct that they be exempt from distributing any securities on their official bonds.!The Senior Class.-J. A. CLASS PROPI-IECY November 10, 1946 Elkland, Pa., Dearest Ruth, May I offer my congratulations upon your great success? I was so glad last week to hear of your appointment to the President's Cabinet that I could have shouted for joy. You can't imagine how proud it makes me to say, 't0h, you mean Secretary Wynkoop? Yes, she and I were class- mates together. ---I

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Tl-IE LOUD SPEAKER at least for the time being. Such things are a help to business and improvement. This newly acquired attractiveness and air of prosperity has acted as an incentive for pros- pective home buyers. As long as Elkland is pros- pering and growing in population and beauty why not buy a home here as well as any place. Buy- ing dilapidated houses in an equally run down town is not the usual idea of the general run of people. In:tead pretty little homes which lend an air of prosperity tend to make people want to buy. Now that new homes have been built, the streets need some attention. The owners of new houses where there are no sidewalks can have them put in for nothing, all they have to furnish is the material. The work is done by the town's relief workers. In other parts of town damage was done to the sidewalks by this summer's Hood wherever the walks cracked and crumbled they were replaced by new ones. The town is certainly growing. Business is on an upward climb, and everyone seems to be up and doing. Let's hope it keeps up. We are pleased to be able to have the pictures in this volume reproduced from copper cuts made from photographs taken by Ralph B. Dykins and hand-etched by the John and Allier Co., who fur- nished pictures for the Army and Navy year-book as well as colleges and other high schools. HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS Because every day of the school year teachers are bombarded with questions such as How many Seniors have you this year? or Do you have a large class this year, we have compiled the following facts for your information. The entire enrollment of the Elkland Schools is 592. Out of this number 157 165 boys and 92 girlsl are High School students. These students of High School come from Elkland and eight near-by communities. Osceola sends 31 tuition students, Elkland township, 115 Nelson township, 10, Farmington township, 103 Lawrence township 2, Woodhull Dist., No. 12, 1: and Tuscarora No. 10, 2. There is also one individual tuition stu- dent. Our teaching force consists of 21 teachers, in- cluding the supervising principal. Of this num- ber 14 teachers are grade teachers and 5 are high school teachers. In the High School, the Sophomore Class holds the record for the largest number of members. They boast of 46 members, 21 boys and 25 girls. The Freshman Class comes next with a member- ship of 38, 13 boys and 25 girls. Third in num- ber comes the Senior Class consisting of 33 mem- bers, 23 girls and 10 boys. The Junior Class has 31 membefs, 19 boys and 12 girls. In regard to departmental work in High School, Science has definitely the largest enrollment. One hundred and fifty-seven students are taking scientific studies. Next in rank is English with an enrollment of 151. Then in order comes his- tm '1,' with an enrollment of 125, mathematics with an enrollment of 116. and languages with an en- rollment of 774-Latin 36 and French 41. Twcntv-three of our students are members of the band, twenty-eight of the orchestra and six- ty-one of organised choruses. Approximately fifty of our boys take part in athletics.-H. V. D. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF .35 We, the intellectual and ambitous members of the Senior Class, in the year of nineteen hundred and thirty six, upon our departure from the por- tals of Elkland High School, Tioga County, State of Pennsylvania, considering the needs of the Juniors, do make public and declare this to be our last will and testament. Item I. We hereby leave all our real property as books, pencils, and the school building to the Juniors for its natural life to its successors. Item ll. We leave to all the students our love

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THE LOUD SPEAKER Do you ever see Orma down there at Washing- ton? I imagine you'll see a lot of her this win- ter. Being a Senatoi-'s wife, she will probably do a lot of entertaining in the social circle. If you do see her, ask if she doesn't know an eligible bachelor down there who would be interested in a school ma'm such as I. More seriously though, Ruth, how our class has scattered in these last ten years! There are only a few of us left here in Elkland' 4Marion Wheel- er, Ida Vincent, Dorothy Burr, Myrtle Carr, Ruth Button and Marjorie Blackwellfsall of whom are married. All the rest of the girls have taken careers of some kind. The medical work has held the greatest attrac- tion it seems for our classmates, Jennie Milin- ski, Ethel Martin, Blanche VanDusen, Gertrude Croft and Vera Bartlett are graduate nurses. Most famous of our medical class-mates however, are Dr. Robert Lounsbury and Dr. Janet Wallis who are spending much time in research work on incurable diseases. I hear they have made some remarkable discoveries. Our Nelson classmates haven't done so badly either, Ruth. Do you remember that Morgan Colegrove uged to say that his sole ambition was to be a chauffeur to a rich man's daughter? Well, his grasp exceeded his aim. He married the daughter! Then there is Marion Finch 'hc i. chief drummer in the United States Marine Band. He is certainly talented. Isaw him at Coudersport last month at a band concert. Anna- belle Stewart with her violin, as you know, is the featured star on Cass' Seedles Watermelon Pro- gram. iEmery has a large melon plantation down southl. Christine Colegrove is private sec- retary to Llewlyn Wakely who is president ot some large concern in Helena. Montana. I have- n't heard from Eleanor Carpenter recently, but some time ago I heard that shc was traveling in Europe as a companion to an elderly lady. Fin- ally as of course you know, Ralph Mattison has become a famous professional baseball player. Say, I wish you could have gone to Fhautauqua with me this summer. Mary Prindle wa there and gave some most delightful dramatic per- formances. She is really very clever. She's the same old Mary, though. She doesn't seem one bit older than she did back in High School. Will you be able to go to the Thanksgiving football game at Yale this year? I'm anxious that you will because you know Jack is the coach of the team there, and they say he has worked marvels with them. Please try to arrange it, and let me know soon. Oh. yes, there is another rea- son why we should go, Edie Childs fRuth to usl is the chief entertainer at the Thanksgiving prom after the game. Did you see her in The Silver Lining? She was perfect in the role. I was so plea. ed when I heard about Velma O'Dell being an interior decorator. She was so tasty in all her work at school that I know she must be an expert in decorating. Elkland High has retained three of its students a teachers Janet Avery, Domestic Science: Nor- ma Van Zile, English, and myxelf, French and Latin. The high school a bit different from our high school which we attended. We have live times as many students as then, three times as many teachers, and seven new departments. What do you think of that, Madam Secretary, for progress? The West has claimed two of our class-mates. Roger King and Charles Snyder. They are em- ployed in forestry at Yellowstone National Park. I was out there last summer and had a long talk with both of them. They seem to enjoy their work very much. Only one of our boys has taken to agriculture. James Rice is now a prosperous farmer using thc most modern machinery and methods and special- izi.ig in dairy farming. When I review all these classmates and the names they have made for themselves I am cer- tainly not ashamed to say that I belonged to the l'lass of '36 of Elkland High, are you? Well. I really must close now, for I have two h ndred test papers to mark before tomorrow. Such i the life of a poor school teacher. With love, Helen