Huntingdon Area High School - Argus Yearbook (Huntingdon, PA)

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6aQz'0f's ,ga-ge Dear Reader The members of the graduatlng class of 1936 present to you the 21st annual edltron of the Argus It has been our pur pose to set down here those events rn our hrgh school career wh1ch we have deemed most rmportant together vyrth those features vyhrch to us seemed most lrkely to furmsh rnterestmg srdelrghts for your amusement In dorng thrs rt has been nec essary for us to pattern our yearbook upon those of preyrou classes They haye lndeed establrshed hrgh standards of workmanshlp WhlCh have been drfficult to surpass but fully realrzrng our tradrtronal responsrbrlrty We feel that thrs Argu represents a Work rn most partrculars the equal of and on thr whole superror to those produced by the1r commendable ef forts Thrs IS as rt should be Nor do We expect thrs progress to stop here As We enter upon the thrrd decade of Argus work we rssue a challenge to the ensurng classes to carry ever hrgher these standards and to make the1r annuals superror to ours rust as we have made ours the superror of those that have gone before rt Thrs vear the Argus contalns no rmportant new features except that of a more complete department for the admrnrstra Argus more worthwhrle from a hterary pomt of vrew We have attempted to present artrcles yyhrch are concrsely and rn terestrngly expressed and vvhrch at the same trme contam the rmportant facts about the subrect or organrzatron upon vshrcb they were Wrrtten The hterary sectron represents a vast rm provement over past efforts along thrs lrne We recommend rf for your perusal Another obrectrve has been to unrfy the yearbook mto an organrzed and vyell knrt Whole a phase of the Work wh1ch has been slrghtly neglected by recent staffs If We have accom plrshed these deflnlte alms to your satrsfactron then the Argus may well be consrdered a success We of the staff wrsh to extend our apprecratron to the fac ulty and to the underclassmen for therr helpful contrrbutrons to our work Therr support whenever needed was not lack rng We also deslre to thank the advertrsers for therr vxllllng cooperatron rn sponsorrng the Argus financrally That under takrng rs not really a success wh1ch rs not a financral success In partrng we W1 h to say that rt has been an honor a pleasure and a valuable experrence to have thus served our Alma Mater and we only hope that thrs Argus measures up to the noble standards of the lnstrtutron rt vsas wrrtten to com memorate SAMUEL SOMERVILLE BECKEL Edrtor rn Chref ' in L . y . .' S n . Y . Y V , x s ' A 1 an u K u n n n . Ll LK : n , 5' . . , . s . ' ' . A 1 K u , A w n , ' K f se S . , f ' ' L , 1 L , . U 7 3 A . . u . 1 S L - tron. The main purpose of the late staff has been to make the . H v . , A . , . 7 . . . D . - . . . Y . . 7 - . . , . K , -N . L A , v Y , r ' . . . . V. . , . . . , .S ' . , ! 2 ' - , .... Y . - 9