Fairview High School - Challenge Yearbook (Fairview, PA)

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Page Twenty-six THE CHALLENGE May, 1936 I-'rant Row-left to llilll-:UQX Rubin, Jack Holland, Roscoe Baur. Second Row-Ellinor XVeis- louel. Helen Carlson. Miss Black, Agnes Benedik, Loyall Thrall. Third Row-Esther Light, Charlotte 1ICl,'Ik1Y. Alice Sisson. LAMBDA SIGMA In the fall of 1933, Miss Black and the peo- ple who had been in the literary contests went down to Holland's and organized the very ex- clusive Lambda Sigma. Later they decided to receive into their midst all those who had par- ticipated in the literary contest or who had done good work in English or dramatics. The club continued, meeting from time to time at the homes of its members or at the high school. At the first of this year, according to cus- tom, the Lambda Sigmas held a thrilling initia- tion ceremony for three new members, with Alex Rubin officiating. Part of the initiation ceremony is the same every year, but the thrills are changed for the sake of variety. When other special clubs were organized in September, the Lambda Sigmas were able to meet during school hours. At their first meet- ing they discussed several suggestions for the year's program, and finally adopted the most ambitious suggestion-the publication of a high school newspaper. The club members became a newspaper staff, and everyone took turns at writing the various kinds of articles for the paper. Several amateurs got some ex- perience on the typewriter. Every one of the four issues was sold out, and so there wasn't any doubt that the school liked our project. We were only sorry that we couldn't print a larger number of copies on the mimeographing ma- chine. On May Sth we went into Erie to see the exhibit of high school newspapers at the Y. M. C. A., and that made us want more than ever to fulfill our big ambition-the purchase of a printing press. Certainly we feel that we have something definite to show for the time we have spent in club meetings. And who knows? We may turn out some real reporters, or feature writers or columists. SUB-DEB CLUB This year the Sub-Deb Club, made up of upper-class girls under the direction of Miss Tate, reorganized with the following officers: President, Ellinor Weislogelg Secretary, Ann Williamson. During the year we have enjoyed some very interesting programs. Miss Postance, a visiting teacher from the office of the Erie Superin- tendent of Schools, gave us a delightful talk on character and personality. Miss King and Miss Black were very kind about giving us several readings. Among our social high-lights was a ctmblned Bunk?-Dance party on October 25th, and we expect to give a dance the last day of school. Altogether we have had a very enjoy- able time, and that is what the club is for. HI-Y As we bring to a close the third year since the organization of the Hi-Y, we are able to look back on a period of enjoyment and ad- vancement. Our branch of the 1-ii-Y assembled this year, after having acquired many new members from the former freshmen cla-ss, with the purpose of creating, maintaining, and ex-

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May, 1936 THE CHALLENGE Page TWenty-five to obtain this stamp in the diplomatic way Tom attempts to circumvent Hirohito, the Lord Keeper of the Seal. by securing an introduc- tion to Hanano, Hirohitos only daughter. This ruse leads to complications, for Tom falls in love with Hanano! Hanano, however, is en- gaged to the elderly Prince Matsuo. Matsuo is far from being Hanano's choice, but her father considers it her duty to marry the prince for reasons of state. Tom and Hanano are meet- ing for the last time, secretly, in Hirohito's garden, when Hirohito enters and banishes Tom under pain of death, decreeing at the same time that the marriage of Hanano and Matsuo be celebrated that evening. Tom fails to heed Hirohito's warning and re- turns to see Hanano, but he is apprehended and sent to the dungeon. Bill, assisted by Toshi, daughter of Manyemon, a fortune teller, suc- ceeds in having Tom brought before Hirohito while a tumbling act is to be presented for Hirohito's pleasure. Manyemon suddenly re- veals to those assembled in the garden that Hanano is not the daughter of Hirohito, but is the only child of an American missionary who was killed years ago in an earthquake. Hiro- hito admits the truth of the assertion, and un- der the accusation he releases Tom, pleads with Hanano for fo1'giveness, and gives the two young people his blessing. I-Ie also puts his official stamp upon the American made prod- uct, Long's Life-Time Suspenders. Bill suggests a double wedding wherein he and Peggie will play an important part. Some of the tunes which still stick in our minds include, When Dreams Come True , The Good Old U. S. A. , April Showers , and Land of the Rising Sun. The Cast Hanano .,....... ..............,...,,,..,..... D oris Grubbs Tom Long ...... .,..........,..,., ..,....... I r win Fall Peggie ......,..... ,,...,, E sther Light Bill Wood ..,.........., ....... D avid Schwartz Prince Matsuo ............ ........ J ack Holland Emperor Hirohito ...... ...... H erman Weiss Juja ........,...,...,.......... .........,.. E dward Cohen Toshi .............,.....,.. ,................,. A lice Sisson Catherine Williamson Anne Williamson Ishl 5 .,..i,,.,.. Nishlda ............ Yatsubusa .,..,.. ........ R alph McCray Manyemon ....., ,.,....,... P hil Baskin Lototo ................. .,..,...,..,,.. ....,..... B e tty Getz The Coolie ..............................,.,.,...., Charles Rood Both the Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs took part in the Eighth Grade Day program and the Forum which the Parent Teachers' Associa- tion held. The Glee Clubs made their final ap- pearance at the Commencement Exercises. They sang Night in May , The Green Cathedral , and The Waterlilyf' HIGH SCHOOL POLITICIANS On the afternoon of Friday, April 3rd, ten delegates from the Junior Class journeyed to the Mock Political Convention sponsored by the Erie Center of the University of Pittsburgh. At 3:30 o'clock Friday, delegates from ten schools assembled for a general meeting. Fol- lowing this they adjourned to their respective committees to formulate planks for party plat- forms. Committees of the three parties KDemo- cratic, Republicans and Independentl were: Currency, Tariff and Banking, Foreign Rela- tions, Labor, and Farm Labor. The afternoon was mainly spent in becoming acquainted with other delegates and the con- vention's procedure. At 10 o'clock Saturday morning, we resumed committee discussions and completed our planks in time to do a little shopping before luncheon. An interval of elevator riding infu- riated the operators: and so we returned up- stairs for luncheon which was served by Sigma Nu Sigma Sorority. At two o'clock each party met separately and adopted the platform which the committee had formulated. The presidential nominees were: Roosevelt on the Democratic ticket, Landon on the Republican ticketg and Thomas for the Progressive Socialists. Because of the unit rule of voting, which was determined by the school population, eight Republican delegates from Fairview had only one vote, as did the two Democratic delegates. We relaxed after the strain of mental con- centration by seeing, Follow the Fleet and by consuming sundaes. In the evening, all the parties met together in a general assembly to C0mpal'E platforms and to hear campaign speeches, given by Pitt Center Seniors. Students had been invited, so the assembly hall was more than full. Dr. Sones extended an invitation to the high school representatives to attend an academic meet to be held later in the spring. To enable the rest of the student body to benefit from their experiences at the convention, the dele- gates later held a forum in chapel. EIGHTH GRADE VISITING DAY On arriving at school on May 4th we found that the student body had been enlarged. It was Eighth Grade Visiting Day and forty-one future freshmen were being welcomed. They spent part of the morning taking an Intelligence Test. Mr. Hauck, Mr. Moore and Miss Tate described the high school program and activities and answered their questions for the remainder of the morning. The Borough P. T. A. and the Township P. T. A. served these visiting students a very good lunch. The menu consisted of escalloped potatoes, baked corn, meat loaf, cabbage salad, rolls, jello with whipped cream, cocoa and cookies. They were entertained by a program which included acrobatics by a few students of Mr. Moore's physical education class, several selec- tions by the Glee Clubs, a one act play Six , by six Junior boys under the direction of Miss Black, and orchestral pieces under the violin baton of Miss Tate. After they had been shown through the Sci- ence laboratory they were supposed to have be- come sufficiently acquainted with the high school so that they will be ready to start next year.

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May, Page TWenty-SeVen tending throughout the school and community the high standards of Christian character. Our platform is: clean livingnclean speech, clean athletics, and clean scholarship. During the term we were honored at various meetings with talks from outside speakers in- cluding Mr. Herbolsheimer and Mr. Hengst, the district Hi-Y Secretary, whose most wel- come talks were appreciated by-the freshmen boys who were our guests at several meetings as well as by the club members. One of the big events in our year was a swim at the Erie Y. M. C. A. building to which all Hi-Y members were invited. To pro- vide for club expenses we sponsored a bake sale early in the term which proved a financial success. The officers for this last year were: Jack Holland, President: Robert Barron. Vice- President: Lee Pratt. Treasurer, John Ropach, Secretary. Gerald Moore was our faculty ad- visor. We are all agreed that the club has been a source of enjoyment for every member. CHEMISTRY CLUB The Chemistry Club was organized at the beginning of this year with Catherine William- son as President. And we are closing the year with many accomplishments to our credit. These benefit and interest only those who have taken the subject, because we have carried on technical experiments under Miss Tate's direc- tion. We made qualitative tests and then ap- plied them by analyzing unknowns. We even made guncotton, and tried our luck with two industries-blue printing and bead manufactur- ing. Our only difficulty was that we didn't always have all the time we needed to work in the lab, Club periods seemed very short for all that we wanted to do. THE C. B. A. In September when Mr. Hauck announced our schedule, he said that special clubs were to be held on the third Friday of every month. Per- haps it was Miss King or perhaps it was some- thing else that lured a host of freshmen and sophomores into Room 9. Everyone found a place and sat down. After much discussion about what to do in our new club, we chose a name. It is Le Cercle des Beaux Arts, and it stands for our work. Our club is open to freshmen and sophomores only. The next few meetings we were busy organizing. We de- cided to have five main types of work, and for each one a chairman was elected. These chair- men make up the executive committee. The departments are as follows: WVriting .....................................,.. VVilma Furber Drawing ................... .......... ..... V i rginia Stuntz Crafts .................. ...... B etty Walker Literature ............................................ Phil Baskin Public Speaking ........................ Edward Cohen After organizing thus far, we began work- ing. Our first accomplishment was setting up our constitition. Every organization must have finances. We have no dues in our club: and so we hunted for a way to make money. We under- took selling Christmas cards and with the co- operation of everyone we made enough to take care of our financial difficulties. We bought supplies for our club work, and we bought the lattice work to add to the stage decorations. We have had three parties and have had many other good times. Our club has put on two plays for assembly. A group of our talented members also present- ed short stories, poems, and readings. This program and our plays were coached by our adviser, Miss King. We have donated the post- ers for the operettas and baseball games. Our C. B. A. has grown considerably since the first of the year, and we hope it continues to grow. This year's sophomores must leave and make room for the incoming freshmen. Everyone hates to leave, for we certainly have enjoyed ourselves. THE MATH CLUB We opened the year with an enrollment of seventeen members, but we were surprised to note that there were only three boys among us. Before our next meeting we peered through a transit which Mr. Charles Weislogel demon- strated. The transit had to be lowered for one short member. At our second meeting we be- gan a plan of the school grounds. Under Mr. Hauck's direction we have worked on these plans all through the year, and hope to grad- uate as full-fleged architects. Class Officers The seniors elected Jack Holland, President, Helen Carlson, Vice-President, Owen Grubbs, Secretary, and Ernest Leopold, Treasurer, for 1936-1937. The juniors elected Phil Baskin, President: Alton Skelley, Vice-Presidentg Elizabeth Mul- ler, Secretary, and Doris Pieper, Treasurer. The sophomores elected Marcia Cochran, President, Gladys Baur, Vice-Presidentg Oliver Place, Secretary, and Sylvia Rubin, Treasurer. ORCHESTRA Fairview High's Orchestra meets every Mon- day morning in the Assembly Room. Our Orchestra isn't very large, but it is often said that good things come in small packages. We are hoping that next year's Freshman Class will all be musicians. The Orchestra played for the Literary Contest and for the Eighth Grade Visiting Day. The members of the orchestra are: Drum ........................................ Ellmor Weislogel Bass-horn ..,,....,,...,.....,.....,.. LeRoy von Treptow Piano .................................................. Betha Lewis Clarinet ............................................ Jack Holland Violin ........ Gloria Herbol, Kenneth Osterberg Cornet .....,,................,.... Lloyd Allen, Irwin Fall Guitar ................ Helen Brown, Marcia Cochran Director .,.,. .......................,... M iss Gladys Tate SENIOR SIX On May 7 each report class voted on the Senior Six, and although people protested that they didn't know whom to vote for in some cases, the totals show that in some mysteri- ous way everybody agreed decisively with everybody else. Check your vote with the fol- lowing list, and see whether you picked the winners. Most Pouplar Girl ................ Ellinol' Weislogel Most Popular Boy ...... ......... R Obert Barron Best Girl Athlete ...,. ...... C harlotte McCray Best Boy Athlete ....... ........ Robert Ba1'1'0l'l Best Girl Student .......................... Edna Leffler Best Boy Student ........................ John Ropach LeRoy von Treptow took second place for the best boy athlete, and Charlie Rood took second place as the best boy student.