Grier School - Pineneedle Yearbook (Birmingham, PA)

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SPA ISH ElNID WINKELMAN JOANINE Cook Alxw STONESIFER Liar NORRIS I PAT CURPHIQYK SEINORITA RIVERA LIBRARY ETHEL BARLOW SANDRA SHEESLEY SYLVIK HAUGH Susxx BLOOMER Miss KELLX' CLUB OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Faculty Adviser if vw Y G - . Table left: Salomon, Hirsch, Norris, Kidd. Actresses: Casablanca, Barlow, Curtiss, Crawford, VVinkelman, B, johnson. First row: Slaughter, Rapport, S, Wilson, Winn, Bloomer, Arble, Zimmennan, Lapkolf, O'Rcilly, French Welsh, Seiiorita Rivera. Second row: Alderson, Oppenheimer, Stonesifer, Young, Baruch, Campbell, Curphey, Donnan, Cook Aitcheson, Edwards, Berks, Cats. The first young ladies attending The Mountain Female Seminary would not have been able to conjugate the verb 'iestarn because it was not Latin or French . . . it was Spanish. Approximately thirty years ago, Birmingham Hrst offered classes in Spanish. In 1945 Senorita Rivera organized the Grier Spanish Club. Today the mem- ory book of the Club is filled with enjoyable events . . . an evening's entertainment at the Cafe Sanborn, The Pan American Day program of 1952 with its bull fight, style show, and banquet, and the breaking of the 'iPinata at the Christmas Fiesitas, now a tradition at Grier. Turn back the pages! The library then was in what is now our main office and was combined with the English room. Looking for a good book to read just for fun? Oh, no! These shelves were lined with volumes on religion, histories of the Presby- terian Church, and classics from Miss Davis's personal collection. Turn the pages to 1920, when the Davis Library was opened, then to 1949, when Miss Kelly, the Hrst trained librarian, took charge, and note the evolution! In 1953, we enter an attractive well-equipped library and find shelves of fiction, drama, biography, and research material to suit every need and taste. First row: Norris, Slaughter, B. Johnson, Winkelman, Sheesley, Bames, R. Ramage, Oppenheimer, Lapham Second row: I-laugh, Pirie, Campbell, Rapport, Nonnan, Barlow, Miss Kelly, Hynes, Fowler, Kingsley. Third row: WVeadock, Chalmers, Zuill, Cook, Racusin, Stone, Curphey, Baruch, Crawford, NVelsh French, Bloomer, 0'Re1lly, Berks, Stonesifer, Bartlett. ELUB OFFICERS President Vice Prexident Secretary Treasurer Faculty Adviser

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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

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B Johnson R Ramage, Kidd, Campbell, Iirnmy La Rosa. Zuill, Bloomer, Curphey, Baruch, Slaughter, Barnes Haugh, Scheider, Bartlett. PUST ANU RAIL ELUB A young lady of the Birmingham School astridc a horse! Probably not . . . until Mrs. A. R. Grier taught riding from 1912-1917. We are certain that this daring new custom was not changed when her son, Thomas G. Grier, became riding instructor in 1921. Since then, generations of Grier girls have plowed their way up the hill to the riding ring through snow, mud, or heat. Grier has become noted for its horseman- ship. The Post and Rail Club, organized in 1948, and now under the instruction of James La Rosa, has put on spectacular horse shows and had girls compete successfully in the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. JUNIUH RIDING CLUB First row: Collins, Stahlhut, Nonnan, Welsh, Norris, jimmy La Rosa. Second row: Montgomery, O'Reilly, Cook, French, Oppenheimer. ---q11-H- :li:- . OFFICERS ANN SLAUGHTER SALLY MONTGOMERY RUTH RAMAGE SUSAN BLOOMFR Secretary Treasurers JAMES LA RosA