Milton Hershey School - Acropolis Yearbook (Hershey, PA)

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Harold H. Ashenfelder, '40 Pfc. Jack R. Bennett, '42 Lt. Warren M. Bolden, '40 Sgt. Robert E. Booth, '39 Lt. James F. Brooks, '34 Pvt. William H. DeWald, '41 Pfc. Robert S. Eckert, ex '42 Lt. C. Samuel Engle, '35 Lt. George J. Ensslen, Jr., '41 Pvt. Benjamin Eshelman, ex '40 Lt. Harry P. Forry, '38 Sgt. William M. Fuhrman, '38 Lt. Donald F. Grady, '39 Lt. Robert H. Grell, '39 Lt. John G. Herr, '34 Lt. J. Wilmer Hershey, '38 Lt. Calvin L. Horn, '38 Lt. Charles E. Johnston, '39 Lt. Philip H. Kase, '36 AIC Joseph W. Kerico, '40 Cpl. Robert F. Lawson, '40 Pvt. Charles H. Ludwig, '39 Sgt. John A. Luther, ex '39 Lt. Richard C. Martin, '42 Lt. Eugene L. Mowrer,'38 Pfc. Thomas H. Parkinson, ex '44 Sgt. E. Darlington Poticher, '35 Pvt. George D. Potteiger, '41 Cpl. George S. Race, '40 Pfc. Paul E. Rhoades, ex '44 Sgt. Raymond L. Seed, '41 Robert M. Seiders, ex '40 c Christian G. Shireman, '44 Pvt. Robert E. Shuttelsworth, '40 AIC Joseph C. Smith, ex '37 Pvt. J. C. Haldane Tice, ex '41 Cpl. William H. Wolf, '41 Pfc. S I2

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ln fhe lazy aufumn of l942 fhe presenf graduafing class was beginning ifs fresh- man year. Dreaming of our diplomas, our fufure iobs-in facf, dreaming of any- fhing-we were easy vicfims of fhose yellow defenfion slips. Buf we did do more fhan iusf day-dream fhaf year. Who wouldn'f recall fhose ninfh-grade baskef- ball and soffball games or fhose field-frips fhrough fhe woods. always culminafed by Mr. Shuler's poinfing fo fhe apple free on which he graffed a limb? CLASS HAI TORY Parfy was 'rhe social evenf which success- fully closed our iunior year. Af lasf. on Sepfember 5, I94-5, we be- gan our final year af H. I. S. On Ocfober I3, we were very much shocked and saddened by fhe deafh of our benefacfor, Mr. M. S. Hershey. Eighf seniors had fhe honor of bearing his cas- kef fo ifs final resfing place. Four ofhers were ushers in our audiforium. where fhe funeral services were held. Greafly so- bered by 'rhis evenf, we were G + d- I b h WJ., more fhan ever resolved fp Comiuplgshlgrhegruaspewlearg OEF -,gf mm!! make our lives a 'rrlbufe fo his firsf fasfe of algebra and gf-Lf i' ixx xlmw memory' Lafin. Difficulf fesfs made us - ': ' We had our firsf senior realize how liffle we really knew and spurred us fo greaf- er efforfs. As our freshman year drew fo a close we chose our courses for our senior- high-school years. ff? 'I- ' 36 Q: dance Ocfober 27. This was ' our Halloween Parfy. Senior picfures were faken in November and received before Chrisfmas recess. Be- cause of our influenza epi- ' demic fhis recess became a x- ,q A S gf.. f 2- . 'u ,s . X .i ,Qs -- f T 5 'F '7' I -a wfrl' 5- ,N v,iZi.:,, ,, I' - 42: I 1.11. s ,ff V As sophomores we were splif info fhree main groups -fhe vocafionals. fhe aca- demics, and fhe commercials. New friend- ships were formed, many fo confinue info fufure years. Our inferesfs were gradually widening as we became more fully asso- ciafed wifh school acfivifies. As iuniors we began fo realize fhe im- porfance of a good scholasfic record for life affer school. Once fhis facf dawned upon us, we sef fo work wifh renewed eagerness. Shop-boys, already acquainf- ed wifh fhe fundamenfals of fheir frades, began fo masfer fhem: commercial sfu- denfs learned fhe infricacies of shorf- hand and fypingg and academic sfudenfs delved info such fields as chemisfry, plane geomefry, and Spanish. ln ofher acfivifies as well, we were preparing ourselves for leadership responsibilifies which were so soon fo be ours. The Junior Class Sfag L ' 1 2-' fwo-week vacafion. Our class broke wifh fradi- fion by presenfing fhe Class Play in Jan- uary insfead of waifing unfil Class Day. We were well iusfified in fhis acfion, for shorfly fhereaffer seniors began leaving for Hershey Junior College. for fhe armed forces, or fo enfer indusfry. In February, affer baskefball season, we enioyed our Valenfine Dance. The monfh of May broughf fhe Senior Prom. one of fhe happiesf occasions of our school life. Finally fhe long-awaifed nighf ar- rived. Looking down from fhe brighf sfage upon fhe darkened audience below, we realized fhaf nowhere in fhis world would we find a beffer example of whaf one noble and generous spirif, whose life and work were devofed fo fhe service of ofhers, could accomplish.