Mercer High School - Hi Times Yearbook (Mercer, PA)

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IT I - T I M E S DOROTHY JANE WOODWARD History, alt. (3); Music (4); Invitation Com. Jr.-Sr. Banquet (3); Class Basket Ball (2.4); (Bee Club (3,4); Dramatic Club (3). Why is she always happy? Why is she never blue? It is because she says life is what you make it. And she practices it in school. CLIFFORD SCOTT ZAHNISER Senior 1 1 lay (4). Clifford is a quiet boy. Not too gloomy, full of joy. Every day he comes to class, And every day performs his tasks. RUTH ESTHER WYME (Bee Club (4); Piano, alt. (4); Dramatic Club (3); Menu Com. Jr.-Sr. Banquet (3). Ruth is happy and she’s gay When she's with the crowd each day. But when the teacher calls on her She's quite the other way. MYRTLE MARIE YOUNG Basket Ball (4); (Bee Club (4); Athletic Officer Sec. (4). Never cross and never snappy, Always pleasant, always happy, Brown-eyed girl she is indeed, Trusty friend in every need. DOROTHY MAE YAK JAN Class Basket Hall (4); Glee Club (3). Gentlemen prefer blondes, Say the most of guys; And Dorothy just confirms it With the blue in her eyes. MARY ISABELLE FITZGERALD Glee Club (3,4). Obeys all the rules and never goes to the movies. Twenty-five

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FT I - T I M E S Twenty-four BETTY ANN VAN WOKRT Class Basket Ball (4); Dramatic Club (3); Senior Elay (4). Betty’s little deeds of kindness, Betty's little words of love. Makes Betty's presence. Like the heaven above. MOVIN' BURDVY1N WILLIS Football (4); Class Basket Ball (3); Senior Flay (4). It's not the man that has the most That Rives the most away; It's not the man that knows the most, That has the most to say. ELSIE MADAUNE WEBER Glee Club (3,4). Elsie, always kind and true, Elsie, never feeling blue, Elsie, with her dark brown hair Makes you think she’s liquid air. PAUL ROSCOE WOODS ‘ Wood ” Class Basket Ball (4). This guv’s name is Woods as you can see, lie's tall and strong as a young oak tree. FLORINE ELIZA WELLER English (2); Oration, alt. (3); Extemp. (4); Menu Com. Jr.-Sr. Banquet (3); Glee Club (4); Dramatic Club (3); French Club (4). Florine, who is always very Frank, Is also very gay. She always has her lessons, And can’t be fooled in any way.

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H I - T I M E s (f SENIOR CLASS POEM The gate of knowledge opened a little, A timid Freshman crept in. He gazed in awe At the things he saw, At the children grown women and men. Nine months rolled from the revolving year. Nine periods of joy and dismay. Then with steps more assured And air more secure, He prepared to greet Sophomore days. As he learned about Caesar and studied his works A desire sprung up in his heart. A desire to press on E’re chance had gone, A yearning for Junior art. There he wandered in wisdom's plenteous fields. Sometimes lie was left on a shoal. Hut already in sight I.ike a far-away light. Was the aim of his striving—the goal. As he roved in bliss on the top o’ the world, He paused to look over the years. A regretful sigh And a misty eye, Reveal gladness mingled with tears. The gate of knowledge opened wide, A serious Senior passed through. Time was yet young The year '31, The Senior had done his due. He took his place among men in the world, With a glad, proud gleam in his eye. His tasks he performed With simple decorum, For he was of Mercer Hi. MARGl’ERITE AVER ILL. Twenty-six