Mahanoy City High School - Maroon and Black Yearbook (Mahanoy City, PA)

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KVXEKVNOII-725 ww . CHARLES SNYDER THOMAS J. PARMLEY ALLEN ii. SVVALM The First Class ? UST one-half a century ago, in eighteen hundred seventy-five, the first class was graduated from Mahanoy City High School. 'f Different in many ways was the first class from the fiftieth. There Q were only six members, namely: Charles Snyder, our respected Lownsmang Allen Swalm, Thomas Parmley, Carrie Bricker, Ralph Bricker and Howard Bensinger. The valedictorian was Thomas Parmley and Allan Swalm ranked second. Later Carrie Bricker took up the teaching profession, Allen Swalni assumed the duties ol' a Shoemaker, Thomas Parmley became a banker, Ralph Bricker, a saddler, Howard Bensinger, a tailor, and Charles Snyder, a grocer. The High School Building was then situated on the present site, having been erected in eighteen hundred and seventy-one. The A Class, or Senior, occupied one room. Here all members of the class studied United States History, Physical Geography, Orthography, Geometry, Arith- metic, Algebra, Rhetoric, English, Grammar, Civil Gov-ernment, Reading, Drawing, Penmanship, Philosophy and Physiology. The pupils were given no choice in the subjects they took as in the pres-ent day system, but each one was obliged to take every subject placed on the curriculum. To obtain the long desired diploma, it was necessary to r-ecite an essay at the Commencement Exercises. Failure to comply with this rule meant the relinquishing of all claims on the precious parchment. No class day programme was arranged. Only three members of the class survive4Charl-es Snyder, who conducts a grocery store on West Centre street, the only one living in town, Allen Swalm, a resident of Pottsville, and Thomas Parmley, living in Philadelphia. Much gratitude is owed this class for its valiant s.1 ugglc against odds in order to establish a place of learning where rich and poor might have a chance to imblbe the fundamentals which would prepare them to face the great throngs in the game of life and to accomplish -each task with a desire to add something to the worId's store. v v v F5 Page 7

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WXEKVXCDIFQS MEMOIRS STAFF Editor-in-chief CLARENCE YOUNG Assistant Editor CATHERINE RISSMILLER Business Manager Advertising Manager JOSEPH DOUGHERTY AGNES SAKALOSKY Histories ROLAND NEWHARD VIVIAN THOMAS HILDA MOORE Fiction Wit and Humor PHYLLIS WALLAUER MARTIN JOGEESE Photography Circulation Manager JAMES WELDON DAVID MILES Typists RUTH SHOMGARD NAOMI FIGHTER Sports Editor EDWARD BYRON v v v '75 Page 9