Grier School - Pineneedle Yearbook (Birmingham, PA)

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V' A fXCTlWllTIllES At the turn of the century, a Grier girl's time was Hlled not only with her classes and athletics, but by such organizations as the Y. W. C. A., the Missionaries, the Knitting Club, and the Nature Walkers. Today our program includes clubs and organizations of all types, choral, language, publications, and Student Council. swwfqe From Knit 2, pearl 2,', to 'Track'-in half a century! 6- 59 'lull' 9.7 it lei! g, 417 27

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PHESHMEN W A social note from the good old days, printed in The 1901 Cardinal. 4'Mr. Alvin R. Grier and his bride return from honeymoon. 'The welcome which the students gave to Mr. and Mrs. Grier, on their return from their wedding trip, was worth a journey to Birmingham to see. The girls, costumed for the occasion, escorted the bride and groom from the train to a carriage lighted with Japanese lanterns and completely covered with white ribbons. They dispensed with horses and made a spirited team of themselves, they whirled the carriage along to the accompaniment of sleigh bells, horns, drums, school yells and impromptu songs. Most of the inhabitants of Birmingham joined the company. Even the dogs were decorated with white ribbons. As the procession approached the school grounds, pumpkin lanterns grinned from the gate posts, trees, and from the porches and roofs of the cottages. Japanese lanterns and a tri- umphal arch guided the company to Shelter Oak, the Grier cottage. Meanwhile all the bells of the school were ringing wildly. By the light of a bon- fire the bride and groom responded to calls for a speech from the balcony. The bride was then car- ried to supper on the shoulders of her enthusiastic welcomers, and the festivities of the evening were concluded by a reception. Kaufman, Lapkoff, Glen, Zimmerman, S. VVils0n The call of the wild! Cats, Iversen, Dawe, Best Colonnade capers.

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First row: Stone, Comcly, Cats, Collins. Second row: Alderson, Zuill. Madame Zalitis, Mulert, Schoenl-man, Wleadock, Pirie. Third row: Lapham, French, 0lReilly, YVelsh, Nonnan, G. XVilson, N, Horlick, Baruch, Chalmers, Donnan, Lund, Goldstein, Berks, Johnston. Parlcz-yous francais? If you do, you arc cligible to bccomc a Incmbcr of Frcnch Club. In 1911, undcr thc- direction of Miss Allcn, thc First French Club was organizcdg thcn in 194-7 Madcmoiscllc Rcnouard rcyised thc club to cncouragc French conycrsation. Finally, thc prcscnt Frcnch Club was cstablishcd in 1949 by Madame Zalitis. Thcsc last four years havc bccn thc most cxciting and actiyc. For example, wc hayc joincd forcvs with thc Spanish and Latin Clubs to producc a fcstive Spring Carnival and a Grand Masqucradc. Rcmvmbcr, if you can answcr Oui to the in- troductory qucstion, you arc a Frcnch Club mcmbcrl Ycars ago Miss Davis was thc instructor teaching thc main subject of thc School, Latin. For this coursc, cach girl arosc in tht- wcc hours of tht- morning to study hcr dcclcnsions and conjugations. Today the Tcinplc, thc Colonnadcf, and thc statue of hlincrya lcnd a touch of Roman atmosphcrc to the Cricr campus. Thcsc- rcrnindcrs of days long past aid thc Latin Club, organizcd in 1948 by Mrs. Hoover, to promotc a grcatcr intvrcst in this ancient languagc. First row: Collins, f1Nlim-rvah, Eiseri. Barnes. A. llorlick. Glass. Goodwill, VVeadock. Second row: Hynes, Fowler, Carrier, Salomon. Gillingham, McAvoy, Rapport. Piriv, Lanham, Stahlhul. Third row: lklrs. Hoover, Rive, Camp, Day, N. Horlick, Sun, Mule-rt, Oppunhuilm-r, Alderson, Aitchcson Duvall, Young, R. llalnagr, Slaughter. JOY LAPHA M 5.WW4 MRS. HOOVER PHE EH CLUB OFFICERS ELIZABI-:TH ZUILL NANCY NORMAN Vice President President RUTH ANN A1.Dr:RsoN .AMY WEADOCK MADAME ZALITIS Secretary Treasurer Faculty A dviser LAT1 CLUB OFFICERS M.'XRllP1NH R1XPPORT JEAN NIE MCAVOY Vice JOAN STAHLH UT President President Secretary Treasurer Faculty A dviser