Everett Area High School - Warrior Yearbook (Everett, PA)

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ALMA MATE R Everett High, so true. How we all love you! And we're proud to say “You belong to us always.” Everett High, we call Greatest school of all. Victory or defeat. We’ll all repeat Our praise for Alma Mater, Everett High. HISTORY OF E. H. S. The high school of Everett was begun on May 10, 1885, when $5,000 in bonds was issued to help pay for the construction of the building. The high school had previously been in the present grade school. E. H. S., as it appeared in 1886, consisted of the four rooms, now occupied by Miss Howe, Mr. Shirk, Mr. Startzell, and Mr. Hudson. The school, including grade and high, employed eight teachers. The first class graduated from the high school in 1889. The class consisted of two members, Mr. Howard Gump, Sr., and his wife, both deceased. Matters continued on this way for about ten years. In 1901 a total of $10,000 in bonds was issued for the present grade building. In 1928 there were 93 freshmen—25 more than the year before. The crowded conditions made it necessary to add two new classrooms, at present occupied by Miss Black and Miss Stayer, a new stairway and entrance, and a new heating system. In 1932 plans were made for the addition of two more classrooms, but due to the impending school legislation it was deemed advisable to await governmental regulations. In September, 1933, the high school enrollment numbered 251. The school board was compelled to make provision for more room. The completed school consists of the original six rooms, the home economics and chemistry laboratories, the typing room, the new office, the boys’ and girls’ shower rooms and the E. H. S. auditorium. The auditorium has a floor space of 58 x 66 feet and will seat 600 people. The ceiling is 20 feet high. There are six double door exits, one leading directly to the outside, two leading through short halls at the end of the stage, two going into the hallway, and one into the physical education office. The auditorium has been equipped for a number of sports. The total enrollment today is approximately 700 with a faculty composed of 22 for the entire school. Page ten

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SEN IO R REVIEW On Thursday, September 6, we, the class of ’39 started our epochal Senior year. There were 103 effulgent, smiling faces. Dignity, sophistication and the usual antiquated senior traditions were not yet incipient. Even the teachers responded to the tide of good humor that first day. They distributed long white sheets of printed paper. The inevitable schedules which set us to cautiously choosing the part of the curriculum that we desired. Each one secretly promised himself to accomplish great things this year. We were innocuous enough about getting to classes and resuming the “ole text”. We were exuberant when clubs were revived and set into action. We were delighted when elections were held and the new officers installed. All those within our institution of learning became industrious. After a few weeks an insipid atmosphere pervaded. However the monotony of the situation vanished when “The Panther’s Claw” came to the rescue. The cast really terrified the audiences. Next we clamored about basketball season. Would we ever see the first game? Perhaps it was intuition, for who will ever forget such a victorious season. That night at Saxton! And then Bedford! How our hearts leap up when we behold those glorious trophies. Semester exams have a queer way of lurking in the dark and then suddenly leaping out. Some of us were caught. Others graciously took the hurdle. Tragedically or triumphantly we stepped into a second semester destined to go much more quickly than the first. We began to be impressed with the realization that this was our last year. One morning we went down the hall and donned something that felt like a straight jacket. We posed in graduation robes for the year book. A class meeting was held and we selected announcements and name cards. Remember how diligently we made lists of all our doting relatives and wondered what they would give us for graduation. We felt grand and proud when we were measured for our caps and gowns. How suave and composed we were when the Shippensburg play cast was all seniors. Our arrogance at their success was not over emphasized. At last the joyous spring was upon us. And every senior’s fancy lightly turned to thoughts of a new suit. We gossiped and speculated about a trip and a banquet and the dance. Finally we knew that May 19 was the night of all nights. We were adventurers into something new and different at E. H. S. The Junior and Senior proms were to be together. Our curiosity kept us in a stage of anomalous anticipation. Every one had great plans about making whoopee until some pessimist reminded us that this was probably the last dance which the whole class would attend. With the approaching Baccalaureate and Commencement we weren’t quite so frivolous. After all we had spent four years in the place. Formerly we were incorrigible where the last day was concerned. Each one resolving never to look at school again, yet impetuously arriving for a new term when it began. These experiences were over for us. They belonged in what is called a high school career. Our class has ever been the quintessence of the school. Yet we feel confident of a quiescent period when we no longer strut up and down her noble halls. Or even if we fail in this, we have a part of E. H. S. which no one can take away; the friends whom we have made and the knowledge which we grasped. Thus the class of '39 will grow far into the past and be no more. Page twelve