Leechburg High School - Minetas Yearbook (Leechburg, PA)

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OUR FACULTY MARY CLARKIN, B. S. Slippery Rock State Teachers' College Physical Education, History Freshman Sponsor FOREST A. FORD, B. S. Waynesburg College Physical Education, History Freshman Sponsor HELEN McCAUSLAND, B. S. Carnegie Tech College Ithaca Conservatory of Music Music Junior Sponsor GEORGE M. HAZEN Ithaca Conservatory of Music Music RUTH HILL, A. B. ,. Goucher College Languages Senior Sponsor KATHRYN E. EBNER, B. S. Indiana State Teachers' College Business Education Senior Sponsor DOROTHY KLINGENSMITH, A. B. Concord State Teachers' College English and Social Science Junior Sponsor CATHERINE M. COOK, A. B. Goucher College English Sophomore Sponsor PARKER D. BAKER, B. S. Ursinus College Science Senior Sponsor JOHN McCOY, B. S. Indiana State Teachers' College Science, Geography Sophomore Sponsor WALTER SLONAKER, B. S. Washington and Jefferson Col- lege Social Sciences Sophomore Sponsor T H E M I N E T A S Through the Camera's Eye MICHAEL DZVONIK, B. S. Waynesburg College Mathematics, Science Junior Sponsor CHARLES MESSNER, B. S. Franklin and Marshall College Manual Training Freshman Sponsor MARGARET CAWLEY, B. S. Seton Hill Home Economics Freshman Sponsor HELEN HERR, B. S. Millersville State Teachers' Col- lege Librarian IRMA TEGZES Summer Library at Penn State College Assistant Librarian MARION ARTMAN, B. S. Indiana State Teachers' College English Eighth Grade Sponsor ANNA GROVES Grove City College University of Pittsburgh Mathematics Eighth Grade Sponsor MELVA P. HOUCHENS Grove City College Social Sciences Seventh Grade Sponsor ADDALINE MANNING Slippery Rock State Teachers College Business Training, Writing, Lit- erature, Spelling VICTOR R. BLAUCH, A. B., M. A. Lebanon Valley College Columbia University T. EDWARD TENCH, B. S., M. A. Grove City College University of Pittsburgh Mathematics I

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Administration SUPERINTENDENT PRINCIPAL ln the grade schools children are preparing for high school. We frankly call the high school a Pre- paratory School because we place the emphasis on college prepara- tion. In college our students are preparing for business or profes- sional careers. Then they spend the balance of life preparing for secur- ity in old age. Are worthwhile things always in the future? School life should be a fine and worthwhile thing in itself, so that if a student never goes any further, he has still had a rich and enlarg- ing experience. In a real school we are not getting ready to live-we are living. The best preparation for life is participating in Iife. In the responsibilities of life the carefree attitude of a concentrated mind is the chief essential to suc- cess. Successful men know that the only way to make the future secure is to live wholeheartedly in the present, to fling oneself totally into the work of each day. Goethe put this into unforgettable words when he wrote: Wherever you are, be wholly there. --V. R. BLAUCH. PRINCIPAL In order that people may be happy in their work, Ruskin said: Three things are needed: They must be fit for it, must not do too much of it, must have a sense of success in it. These statements live because they can be applied to so many V. R. Blanch T. E. TEDCI1 life situations. You can not have a successful day in school unless you are fit for it, that is, you must have sufficient rest, prepared lessons, mental alertness. These ingredients properly mixed should insure you a happy day's work. Do not use all your time at your work. This is a more serious error than too much play. Balance your school life between work and play. Attend parties, dances, musical events, athletic contests. lf at the close of a school day you still feel free and happy, you have responded in class, you have enjoyed associations with classmates and teachers, you have properly balanced the school day. You were happy in your work. --T. E. TENCH.

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SENIOR OFFICERS President ..,,......,....,..., Clair Good Vice-President. . . .,.., Albert Harwick Secretary .... , ....,. Melvina Oglietti Treasurer. ....... Robert Tench Seniors Tell Their Story ' The class of '40 began their last year with the usual dignity that be- fits the Seniors. The first few months of the year were spent in the beginning of work of the student publications and other extra-cur- ricular activities. Near the end of the first semester, January l9, the Senior party was held. Dancing was the principle attraction. Games were also played and refreshments served. During February and the first of March name cards, caps, ties, pen- nants, and invitations were ordered and received. Preparations for the Senior play, held March 29, began late in Feb- ruary. The play was a three-act c o m e d y entitled Foot-Loose. Credit for its success is given to the members of the cast and commit- tees whose conscientious efforts backed it up to the evening of per- formance. Minetas sales began at this time, also. On May IO the Senior picnic was held at the Marconi picnic grounds, and a dance was held in the gym- nasium. This was the last informal affair left for the Seniors. May I6 marked the date for the Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet. The theme carried out the effect of an old-fashioned flower garden. The Baccalaureate service was held in the high school auditorium Sunday evening, May l9. Approximately IZ3 Seniors at- tended the service. Commencement services, held on May 24, had as its theme: Music- Indian, Plantation, Modern City. A large number of the students par- ticipated, making the ceremony a truly impressive one. l