Meadville Area High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Meadville, PA)

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HHIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIU HUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIliIll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIllIlIllIIIIIlIIIllIiHIllllliI.IIIilililliiiiiillillllillillliillllililiiiiiliil Senior Class History CHAPTER I. A little Learning is a Dangerous Thing, and we all had a little. On September 3, 1918, one hundred and twenty pupils entered Meadville High, the largest class up to that time. Everything went fine the first day, no lessons were assigned and if this has ever happened since we have forgotten it. Our rosy career started with a bloody fight,--that is, bloody for the Sophomores. It was a Free for all and we gave the enemy their money's worth. This battle was fought in the wilds of Terrace Street and was wit- nessed only by sympathizing Amaions. The casualties on both sides were very great. When the moon went down and the sun came up, two of the Sophomores had been lugged off to die in the hospital and there would have been more but just when the Sophs were about to be defeated they were re-inforced by the Chief of Police, the Mayor and his policeman. That however was only the beginning of the fight. Fire was opened the next morning on both classes from the batteries located on Chapel Heights commanded by Supt. Edward Sargent. They failed to get our range as no casualties were reported. With few exceptions, nobody has ever chal- lenged our forces since. With' the cessation of hostilities we gave our attention largely to world warfare, and took part in numerous parades. These were real triumphs for they meant dismissal from afternoon classes, much to the sorrow of the morning session. It will probably never be estimated just how many people we influenced to buy Liberty Bonds or what an increase we caused in the Red Cross Drives. Socially, we were bombs from the start. Our debut was made at the dances after the basket ball games where there was great rivalry as to the size of hair-ribbons and the length of trousers. And, oh, how we danced! It was there that Gerald Crowe stepped out with Dot Hughes, and Pat hasn't stepped out since. At the annual high school circus many of us appeared as workers, and needless to say, all of us supported it by our patronage. CHAPTER II Know Thyself for nobody else will. With all our greenness gone we celebrated the end of the Sopohomore year by holding a picnic at Spades Grove. At first we considered transpor- tation by means of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway, but later gave up our plebeian method in favor of the automobiles offered by three mem- bers of our class. Once there, we had an even better time than we had ex- pected to have and the race between Miss H. Carroll and Charles Haas was the chief feature. Acres of sandwiches and lakes of ice cream made the supper a great success, and later in the evening, the one remaining auto- mobile started to town carrying some shrubbery that Miss Ferer had con- fiscated, and very little else. But there was one hold-up in the start. Bertha Beers and Clarence First couldn't make up their minds to leave and we had to wait around for them. This romance was nearly broken up when Miss I. Carroll accepted a bunch of white violets from the man in the case. When the pilgrims who had started to walk home reached the Country Club their enthusiasm gave out, and everyone started to borrow money from the Chaps . Charles Haas still owes Miss H. Carroll two cents. 24 A

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llllllHHIIHIIIHIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIHIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIlllllllllIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Senior Class Will We, the Class of 1922 of Meadville High School, the City of Meadville, County of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills, bequests and devices of whatever nature by us made. First: We do hereby constitute and appoint Norwood fSnivvyJ Kerr the executor of our estate and we will and direct that the said executor be required to give bond to the sum of sixteen cents as security for the faith- ful discharge of this trust. Second: We give and bequeath to Cracker De Villers the old high school building. May he use it as his summer home. Third: Our fighting ability which carried us to victory in our fresh- man year to the Girls' Basketball Team. They know how to use it. g Fourth: We hereby give the peppy song books as favors at Commence- ment Exercises. Don't all rush at once. Fifth: We bequeath the Athletic equipment such as jerseys, shoes, basketball suits, etc., to the men themselves because we know they will get them anyway. Sixth: We bequeath the proceeds from our Senior Play to the Asso- ciated Charities. Our intentions are good but our proceeds are rather poor. Seventh: Ray Bush's willowy gracefulness on the basketball floor to Jim Trace. We know Jim will cut a sprawling figure. Eighth: Kate Freund's foul-shooting to Ed Davern. It is very un- certain just where the ball is going, Ed. Ninth: Mary Ann's ability to bluff to Hank Weber. We hope he can get away with it. She could-not. Tenth: Francis Picken's voice to Jappy Fairchilds. Take your tune out and bury it, Jappy. Eleventh: William Shaw's popularity with the faculty to Edward Kaufman. We think he needs it more than any other student. Kindly see the said William between the hours of 12:25 and 2:45. Twelfth: We give Donald Cropp's Ford to the trophy case of the new high school and we hope you will appreciate it. Thirteenth: Donald Kightlinger's good opinion of himself to Doc Clawson. Never mind, Doc, a little more won't make much difference. Fourteenth: Angelic Corrigan's dates to Gladys Schade. Fifteenth: Charlie Haas' ability to run things to Neal Rogers. Sixteenth: First-Beers case to Wayne Phillips and Elizabeth Ken- nedy. Aren't we generous, Wayne? Seventeenth: Mid Davis' flirting ability to Catherine Hendershot. Eighteenth: Elizabeth Remler's slimness to Wallace Dean. May be obtained by hitting head on fioor until stars, especially the North Star, is seen. Keep knees stiff. Nineteenth: We sell the school library to Vernier's Second-Hand Shop. The proceeds go to buy flower holders for the halls of the new High School. Twentieth: We bequeath the New High School building to the Class of '23 and their descendants. We would have liked to have had it for our own but circumstances prevented. Signed in the presence of us and each other, we have hereby subscribed our names as attesting witnesses to this statement. fSignedD Olive Branch, fSignedJ Daisy Almond, 23

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