Evening High School - Owl Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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THE OWL The monthly luncheon at the New Howard Hotel March 13, 1935 READING Ctocicwisiz Coursinnj: Dot Walling Myrtle Richards B Robinson Alvin Doddson Margaret Warfield Henry Clay Edwin Brown Grace Burgess john Hornick Rose Ellen Hagan john McCormick Dolly Dunham Charlie Harrison Loretta Schlingman Bunny Hare Alma fStarj Costen Anita Yocum Dot Baker READING COLYNTER'CLOCKWISE QINSIDED: Harry Westerman Earl Arington Catherine Ruth Margaret Schultz Frank Fistek Mary Dressel Forty nine Mary Healy Dorothy Peterson Hap Cronhardt Mabel Timherman L'Betty Longest Charlie Dorn CA'Schlingy D Betty Lampe Margaret Lee Smith Louise Schlee Sarah Alice Boyle Pierce Ereck Katherine Sykes Margie Preisinger Cbiggles No IQ Edna Shorko fGiggles No aj Sophia Scheer Margaret Waitkus Catherine Fries john Mitchell Valzlad Milasek Bill Bremer

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15. THE OWL Senior Class Officers on Parade JAMES LIGHTNER. The graduating class was wise in selecting the competent Mr. Lightner for its President. He has taken keen interest in his job and has worked with untiring efforts in assisting the seniors to reach their goal without too much worry and difficulty. Mr. Lightner believes in keeping busy. Besides coming to night school for five years to pursue a course of Social Science, he works during the day for the Gas Company and on his offfnights assumes the position of a dutiful husband. Before coming to night school he completed work for a B.C.S. Degree at the Y.M.C.A. After leaving school this year, his next ambition is to work for a C.P.A. Degree. It is another ambition of his to some day travel to California to visit his wife's relatives. Happy Landings! MARION EAST. Mr. East, who also has been coming to City Night School for five successful years in order to follow the General Commercial Course, is wellfliked and appref ciated by his student companions. His assistance as VicefPresident in making this year's graduation a successful one, was a great asset to the struggling senior class. Like all other ambitious people, he is not content with merely attending school by night and doctoring fountain pens by day, but studies astronomy as a hobby and plays the violin as a pastime. Besides this, he is married, and, well, you ought to know what that means. GEORGE HENRY A. KOMMALAN. This young man is the one who has done much to spread a cheerful spirit among the graduates. They enjoyed having him as their Treasurer as much as he enjoyed being it. He considered it a lot of work, a lot of worry, but also a lot of fun. Mr. Kommalan is being graduated with an Academic diploma, having pursued the LatinfMathematic Course. Although he has only been coming to night school for two years, he has found that to be time enough to learn that it demanded many sacrifices. Previously, he completed a year at the Y.M.C.A. Business College. Subsequently, he hopes to attend the University of Baltimore to learn the twists and turns of a counselor at law. More sacrifices! Mr. Kommalan likes detective stories and talks about them, and he is blessed with a crop of golden hair and a fine baritone voice which he uses to sing in the choir of Grace and St. Peter's Church. He used to sing with a dance band and has been in a radio contest. When he travels, his motto is See America First. After that comes England-his kingdom and his weakness. He leaves us with his jovial outlook: I like the world in general and hope the world likes me. ELEANOR M. LEIDNER. The senior class is fortunate in having Miss Leidner as its Secretary. She not only has taken a very great interest in the position and labored zealously at the many tasks assigned her, but has created a pleasant atmosphere among the students. Her congenial nature has added many new friends to the great number of them she has made in the six years in which she has been coming to City College to secureaCommercial diploma. Before that time she spent two years at Eastern High School. Next year she does not intend to sever her connection with City, but hopes to return to study bookkeepf ing and Spanish-and probably to make more new friends: Miss Leidner works in the Personnel Department at Hecht Brothers during the day. Her special hobby is dramatics, which she has been studying at the Y.W.C.A. for two years. During that time she has taken part in several onefact plays. May her future success greet us with bright lights! Another hobby of Miss Leidner's is dancing. Her travels up to this time have been confined to Virginia and New York, but she is now making plans to journey to Bard Avon How we envy her! Forty eight

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A Remarkable Student THE OWL One of the most interesting characters now attending night school is Mr. Alfred A. Kirk. There are many of us who still aspire to the musical achievements which he already possesses. However, perhaps, unlike Mr. Kirk, we did not start soon enough. At the age of eight years he began to study music seriously in Pennsylvania, where he received all of his elementary education. Later he came to Baltimore and continued his progress in music at the Peabody Institute and there received two scholarships- one in piano and one in composition. He has also studied voice, violin and baritone horn and plays the pipe organ at the Reform Church which he attends. Since the age of twelve years he has been giving lessons in voice, violin and composition. He now teaches in Hamilton where he lives in a five-room bungalow containing two studios. Mr. Kirk's chief interest is in concert piano work. Many of us will recall the fine exhibition of his skill at the last Assemble here in the Auditorium. A lover of music, he naturally is fond of Operas and considers Carmen his favorite Grand Opera and The Tales of Hoffman his favorite Comic one. He admires the American composer, MacDowell, and the French composer, Debussy, Strange to say, one of his greatest ambitions is to play the piano for one full hour without a single mistake. Even artists have their difficulties. Music does not comprise all of Mr. Kirk's abilities. About the age of ten, he began writing poetry. Several of his poems have been published in THB OWL. The majority of his later poems relate to the War, in which he served in the 313th Infantry. He now belongs to the Fifth Regiment. Mr. Kirk has chosen for a hobby the collection of furniture and art objects, including grand pianos, me' lodeons, violins, etc. As a pastime he has produced a fair amount of work in water colors and oils. Mr. Kirk was born at Mechanic's Valley, Marylandg spent most of his life in Pennsylvania, has traveled to France and Italy, and if he ever travels again, he expects to return to France. The fine culture of the French people greatly appeals to him. This is his fifth year at City College, where he is working for an Academic diploma. He hopes to graduate next year. A seemingly queer remark he made was that he has given up trying to speak the Ba1timorean Language. He claims it is very much different from the English he has learned. Of course, Mr. Kirk likes to read, and he especially enjoys plays and books of travel. Rudyard Kipling holds the place as his favorite author. As he parts from City for the summer, he is looking forward to spending many delightful hours swimming and canoeing. Like most of the rest of us, he likes to come to night school, but just now has a touch of Spring Fever and is glad the end of May is near at hand. The Ship of Learning Oh, there are so many ships sailing along the sea of learn' ing at our Evening High School and so many, many mid- shipmen, members on board, anxiously awaiting their arrival at the port of success, there to receive their com- mission after completing their cruise in Academic, Com' mercial or General waters. Our ship, though its crew be modern, is very old, dating away back to ioo B.C. Three nights of every week the captain and his crew board this boat and spend 45 most pleasant minutes reading, and discussing Caesar's own writings in Latin and translating them into English. Some' times we meet with a squall and then, at other times, we run straight into a high sea storm, but with the worthy personage of Prof. Mills as our captain and a crew of about zo, fthe majority of which can take or at least try not to fear the storm and the others, well-they just hide themq selves below deck until the storm is overj, we intend to conquer all of these storms and steer safely into our port by the end of our term as midshipmen should on the good ship Latin II. True, when we first boarded this ship way back in September we wondered just how our captain would be in the discharge of his duties-whether he would steer us safely or whether we would lose time finding our way back from the wrong course, whether it would be a pleasant trip or not-oh! so many whethers came but they have disappeared almost like magic entirely from our view. So far it has been a most pleasant voyage and I am sure it shall continue so. And so to our Captain Found loyal and true The Latin II Midshipmen Take their hats off to you. Your hours spent with us During your reign this year Have not been wasted Have no fear. Come on, class, one and all and continue your cruise with your able captain this year. And here may I breathe a fond hope that we who intend to return for Cicero and Virgil may be privileged to have him for our captain for those two years. A Latin Il Cruiser. Fifty