Gettysburg High School - Cannon Aid Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

Page 32 text:

G.H.s. 1925 Class HISIOIY In the fall of the year 1921 we entered Gettysburg High School as an class of some seventy scared, doubtful, bewildered and nerve- racked Freshmen. We had formed, each of us, an idea as to how High School was and ought to be run, but, well, we found out dif- ferently as most Freshmen have. Our class was strong in num- ber but weak in mind in the eyes of the upperclassmen, who would continually remind usof the fact. But nevertheless in the ranks of our class there are Athletes, Musicians, Poets, Actors, Orators and Students, who needed only a few years in G. H. S. to claim some talent in their respective professions. The Sophomore year helped to make us closer friends as class- mates, it also brought out our athletes, and positions on the scrub teams were efiiciently filled by the boys of '25. At the end of the year we were glad when the finals were finished, but we hated the idea of not meeting in the assembly room again until the summer vacation was ended. The Junior year saw not a few of our classmates shine in ath- letics, music, and all the schools' activities. During the year the Hi-Y was enriched with many new members from our class, who should during the next year lead that organization. The musical comedy Miss Cherry Blossom, and the athletic play On the Hiring Line, were put across by the aid of members of our class, who filled their parts exceedingly well. Near the end of this year we were looking forward to being Seniors and to come back in the fall with the sincere purposes of making our Senior year's studies the best ever. It is now September, in the fall of 1924, and our class begins the last lap of the four-mile relay. It is said by runners that the last mile in a race is always the best, for the last mile determines victory and the winning of the race. The Class of '25 is the one contestant, the other is Work and Study. In this race our class must overcome to win. In this race our class attempted something never attempted before in the history of' G. H. S. That something was to publish the news of the High School in a paper issued every two weeks. Now this attempt could only be carried out successfully by the direction of a capable, hard-work- ing editor and staff, who would receive the co-operation of the entire class. Our Maroon and White was a huge success from

Page 31 text:

ADA ALVERTA WETZEL llrdlieii lwlclinightstown. Flohr's School: Lu- therang Republican: Just Out of College. Tillie has spent four long Years with us. She is very studious, although we know she has time for other things. Til- lie, the class wishes you happiness and success. May you find the wonderful trail of love. CLIFTON JAMES WIERMAN aD ukeu Chicago. Chicago and Gettysburg Pub- lie Schools: Methodist: Republicaug Hi-Y: Chorus 3, 4: Double Quartet 3, 4: Maroon and White Stan' 3: Editor 4: Cherry Blos- sxrmmng Adam and Evan: Once in a. Blue noon. Girls beware! Pictures are deceiving. You would think Duke is a. quiet unassuming, extremely modest H. S. student. But his expression is all camouflage, He has been very active in class and school activities and much of the success of the Maroon and NVhite was due to his ability as editor. Best wishes Duke, for a. successful business career. ELVA MABEL YOHE Elvira Hamilton Township. Pine Run and Ab- bottstown Schools: Lutherang Democrat: Just Out of College. Elvira is the fiapper of Abbottstown and became famous by playing volley ball. Elvira is one of the singers in our class and intends to be a. music teacher. May she instruct a chorus of hundreds. From this source, sweet streams of music flow. KENNETH ALLEN YOHE Hxenil Hamilton Township. East Berlin Schools: Reformed, Democrat. Kenneth has been with ns only this last year and has proven himself to be a good sport in more ways than one. After his Trig, Ken likes his radio the best, for he has been bitten by the bug. We know that Ken will be 3. successful Electrical Engineer. The best wheel in the wagon creaks the least.

Page 33 text:

G.H.S. 1925 every standpoint, and we hope that the coming classes will have equal success. We must mention again the athletic activities: Our class furnished a better part of the men for football, basket- ball and baseballg and any college should be proud to count any of our athletes on their entrance lists, for their ability is supreme. Then there is the G-Club which is made up of practically all '25 men. The Girls' Council has done wonders for High School and the organization is maintained by girls of '25, The Class of '25 furnished members to fill the leading roles in the athletic play Adam and Eva and the musical comedy Once in a Blue Moon. The Senior play Just Out of College, was a roaring success, and was enacted entirely by our classmates. Now since the race is won, that race in which we have been a contestant for the last four years, our day's work is done in dear old G. H. S. We can never have those happy old times again. We must start all over as Freshmen, either at college or out in the business world, to be served with its helpings of Success and Failures. But let us partake of this destined Success or Failure and swallow it so that courage and sincere perseverance may digest the worst of them. Now that we part and will never again assemble here as the Class of 1925, let us not forget as we leave what G. H. S. stood for, so that we may carry the ideals of her teachings with us for ever and ever. BENDER, '25, Dax ,gl 5' ,ral