Greensburg High School - Brown and White Yearbook (Greensburg, PA)

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Qur T School Our wel 09 The modern high school is lar removed lrom the one-room schc house ol' days go ne hy. The three Rs haye given way to a hewilder array ol' suhiects and activities. This year more changes are appearing. The paper that were hc accustomed to using for impromptu drawings. notes. and the ineyita C paper wads has suddenly assumed eonsiderahle yalueg rumor has it tl ff' Q a shortage ol paper may preyent puhlication ol a year hook next ye 'PY and already teachers are insisting that papers he filled on hoth sid L' f lt is known that next years pencils will he without erasers Cliils lt Q E and learn first aid. and a number of hoys have exchanged sehoolhoc , . 5 6. . . x Q! ki 'L' 2 i l l' ' ' T ' Third row: Wineman, Demoise, Schumaker, McDowell, Allison, Stiver Mlclinig . Whalen, Wolf. Second row: McCavitt, Hudson, Richards, Clark, Stevens, Fisher, S ing, Bair, First row: Baird, Wardrop, Sehoepf, Gensbigler, Best, King, Young , odycombe, Johnston. lo 'W l T I

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THE BOARD . . . Responsihle lor the succcsslul management ol our Cireenshurg lligh School is the lf-oartl ol' litlueation, a group ol' seven capalvle Clreenslwurgers who have yet to meet a prolwlcm that they can not solve hy their sagacious government and tletailetl planning. .Ns they pcrlorm their myriatl ol' cluties. the Boartls prime consicleration is the welfare ol' each intlivitlual conneetecl with our school: the liaculty. the students, and all the personnel .Nlthotigh we are prone to forget our heneliactors in the rush ol' each day. the results ol' their ellorts tow artl our convenience antl comlort constantly rcmincl us that they are on the alert to malte any repairs or changes that are necessary or tlesirahle lhey see to it that each stutlent. is supplietl with pencils, paper. tahlcts. antl most im- portant ol' all. the hest instructors availahle. They wrestle with the hudget. levy taxes. anti tven see to it that the school ealentlar contains a few holidays. The health, attentlance. antl seholastic progress ol' the stutlcnt hotly are stutlietl antl reported to Superintentlent l3uliclt As lor those prolwlems that each new year hrings. this erutlitc council taelxles every one. giving it unlimitetl attention until there is fountl a solution satislactory' to all concerned. ln appreciation ol' their unlailing service and prudent -iutlgmcnt. the citizens ol Cireenshurg High School vote their esteemetl Boartl ol lftlu- cation a w ellftleservetl rountl ol' applause. BOARD OF EDUCATION Messrs. Mclntyre, Marsh, Burhcnn. Nevin, Bulick. Henry: Miss Felgar: Messrs. Peterson. Thomas. l 5

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lor tinilorms. No one knows what the future will hring1 hut, lor the present. we work. plav. and are thanklul lor what we have. ln our work we are led hy the laeultv. who lrom time immemorial have hewildered lowlv lreshmen and lordly seniors alike with questions that make strong men weep and would even cause Gerard Darrow considerahle mental anguish, The lacultv possess qualities combining Doctor an armv top sergeant. and any of those motherlv characters who ahound in radio soap dramas. These qualities are necessary. for the faculty. hless em. are the haekhone ol the school. The trend ol current events has given considerable importance to history classes, where students are tossed ahout like mental loothalls in the whirlpool of past. present, and luttire events. l-'rom the Greek phalanx to the Naxi panzer division. from the first crude war canoe to the modern hattleship. the pendulum ol history swings hack and lorth with hew ildering speed Beggars and kings pass in review in a never-ending stream. 'liogaed Romans mingle with men in modern khaki and gray, woven together in the lascinating tapestrv ol' history. lt is only a short ment' jump from history to Shakespeare. who has heen in his grave lor lo these manv vear' it who still lingers on in linglish classes. Students still recite choice hits ol' the old s eris works with Barrymore-like fervor. When not engaged in perusing the writin ol' t immortal hard. students Gnd diversion in grammar studv. dehating. theme wi' g. and the works ol authors from Hemingway' to Chaucer. ln their varied topics 'ervone finds something to match his interests. Third row: McFarland. Keener, Highberger, Grubbs, Porter, McCormick, Kuhns, Wesbcrher. Second row: Barnhart. Shields, Wirsing, Chase, Herr, Barron, Sloan, Benson, Day. l-irst row: Douglass, Brunelli, Davis, Nieewonger, Stewart, Null, Stahle, Walthour, Landis. l7