Milton Hershey School - Acropolis Yearbook (Hershey, PA)

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When we read hisTory boolcs, we Tind iT cusTomary Tor hisTorians To begin wiTh prehisToric days. We are noT quiTe +haT old, buT we shall have To blow The dusT oTT The pages oT yesTeryear and peer inTo -Tor us-The remoTe pasT. On OcTober IO, l935, The TirsT member of The Class of I94'-7 enTered H. I. S. Fear- ing ThaT he mighT become lonely, more of us joined him, and by The end oT The sec- ond grade we were TwenTy. The resT OT The Time aT The Main was spenT in acquir- ing The TundamenTals needed as a sound basis Tor TuTure learning. When we came To The high school as sixTh-grade men, we puT aside childish Things-noT counTing peashooTers and spiTballs-and began To lay a sTiIl beTTer ToundaTion Tor our TuTure acTiviTies. ATTer a Tew raTher unevenTTul years, we became Sophomores and elecTed The courses which we would 'Follow Tor our lasT Three years aT H. I. S. Some preTerred groundwork Tor college educaTion or The business world, while our mechanically- minded whizzers chose vocaTional courses. We began To parTicipaTe in school acTivi- Ties and were becoming Tarm-home lead- ers. Three of us earned TooTball leTTers, and Two received baslceTball leTTers-rare indeed Tor a Sophomore group. As Juniors we became Big Wheels. We excelled in all branches oT sporTs, music, and scholasTic work. There was only one year To go, and we swelled wiTh pride To Thinlc ThaT we would soon be Seniors. ATTer a drawn-ouT summer oT various Tarm chores, we again enTered The im- macuIaTely scrubbed high-school building. This Time we even lisTenecl To The opening addresses. We wenT Through The experi- ences ThaT belong only To The lasT year- The Things ThaT disTinguish iT Trom all CLASS HISTORY oThers. Our more businesslilce welchers Turned on Their high-pressure salesman- ship To sell name cards. The ever-vigilanT class sTaTisTician began To counT The days, hours, minuTes, millcings, and squirTs unTil graduaTion. Senior picTures were Taken wiTh The usual hub-hub of shaves, hair- cuTs, and hair-combing. ATTer driving The oTTice secreTaries berserlc wiTh consTanT cjuesTioning concerning The arrival oT The rings and picTures-They Tinally came! BeTween branding underclassmen wiTh our school rings and Torcing Senior picTures upon unTorTunaTe relaTives, we had a jolly Time. AT lasT The TesTive days oT graduaTion neared, and aTTer The joyous celebraTions we Tound ourselves seaTed rigidly on The CommencemenT plaTTorm, wearing smiles Trom ear To ear. BuT aTTer The usual pomp and ceremony, The curTains slowly closed upon a phase of our lives. WiTh a sudden realizaTion of The evenT, we Turned To each oTher wiTh blanlc expressions. This was The separaTion oT our class. We were aT The end of our sTay aT H. I. S., buT we hope This hisTory will serve as a reminder oT our pleasanT years TogeTher as well as a record oT our accomplishmenTs. 5-1332 7x-7-ffhizq gf' no 4 - -ies-The

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CLASS DIARY 9fl I948-I949 school year began. 9fl9 Sunsei deleafed Glendale, 5-I, for inlramural baseball pennanl. 9222 Senior Class oHicers elecled. IOXI7 Acropolis slafl appoinled. IOf2I School rings ordered. IOf27 Senior piclures Taken. lOf23 Halloween Dance poslponed- scarlel fever quaranline. IIXI3 Annual H. I. S. Homecoming. I If2O Thanksgiving Dance. IIf2l Glee Club al Florin. II225 Senior High allended Harris- Penn ioolball game, in Sladium. I224 Band al Harrisburg for Annual Chrislrnas Parade. Glee Club al Harrisburg's Fore- man's Club Convenlion. I2f5 Glee Club al Spring Creek Church. I226 Hershey Rolary Club H. I. S.-H. H. S. Foolball Banquel. I2f7 Sludenl body al Ice Follies of I949. IZX8 Senior foolball Iellermen al Nobe Frank Memorial Banquel. I22I2 Glee Club al New Kingsion. l2fl5 Glee Club al York Foreman's Club. I2fI8 Holly Hop. I2f24 Glee Club caroled in Hershey. D9 X u ni why. A 124 129 I2IO IXI3 I2l6 I2I9 I223 225 22I3 2226 326 32:3 Firsl baskelball game in P. I. A. A. League-wilh Sleellon. Glee Club al Hershey Communiiy Prayer Week service. Sparian Orcheslra members al Hour of Charm program. Senior Menlal Abilily lesis. Glee Club al Liiilz U. B. Church. Seniors al' H. H. S. Career Con- ference. Glee Club al Campbelllown. Valenline Dance. Glee Club al Palmyra F. U. B. Church. Glee Club al Harrisburg Evangel- ical Reiormed Church. Choir al Spring Creek Church. Glee Club al Reading H. I. S. Parenls' Club meefing. 3fI8,I9Coun'ry Forensic and Music 32I9 3220 3227 428.9 42IO 4222 League Conlesls. Glee Club al' Holel Hershey for lhe Regional Convenlion of 'rhe Insurance Women of Harrisburg. Glee Club al Sl. Pauls Melhodisl Church in Lancasler. Glee Club al Lawn Evangelical Presbylerian Church. Dislricl Forensic and Music League Conlesls. Glee Club al Covenanl Presby- Ierian Church in Harrisburg. Glee Club Washinglon, D. C., Concerl. 4228-30 SIa+e Forensic and Music League 52I 52I3 52I5 5220 5230 624 625 626 Conlesis al Poflslown. Annual Spring Band Concerl. Band hosl lo V. F. W. Class A Band Conlesl in Hershey Sladium. Glee Club al Palmyra Church of 'rhe Brelhren. Annual Spring Glee Club Show. Band in Hershey Memorial Day Parade. Senior Class Banque? and Prom. Baccalaureale Service. Class Day and Commencemenl,

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CLASS Wlll We, The Class of l949, being of sound mind and sane body lor something like ThaTl do solemnly swear This To be our lasT will and TesTamenT. We make The Tol- lowing group bequesTs: To The Juniors go our collecTive inTel- ligence, aThleTic abiliTy, personaliTy, and many hidden TalenTs ThaT have yeT To be discovered. We also will Them six weeks in quaranTine. !XTTer all, Tellows, you can'T geT someThing Tor noThing. To The Sophies go our books and equip- menT, badly baTTered by consTanT use. Make good use of Them, boys. Tor They hold The key To wisdom and success. We bequeaTh To The Freshmen all The bubble gum collecTed by Miss Early and a 2 x 4 picTure oT Gravel GerTie and B. O. PlenTy. lndividual bequesTs Tollow: Bob Buck's versaTiliTy is given To The enTire Junior Class. We hope They Tind a worThy successor To him. Bruce Lone STar DieTz's brain, un- maTched as oT 1949, goes To John WhiTe, provided he can answer every quesTion asked by Mr. Gibble in healTh class. RoberT High and Dale PeiTTer, Those in- comparable music makers, leave Their piano Technique To Barry Love. Jim EisenhuTh, To keep iT in The Tamily, .fwxw rCF1i'1g j.: OO V EE 'QP gp ' - . mg f F' T' 'fir 'f, fXxX Xi gives his so-called muscle To broTher Tom. Ray Topper wills his abiliTy To make 'em swoon To Joe Roeser, while Ray and Bob Buck will Their abiliTy To lug leaTher To The enTire I949 backTield. Dave Shaver reTurns his 200-word-a- minuTe Typing speed To his Teacher, Mr. C. C. Miller. Elmer ZiTsch wills his handsome profile To Gil Barker. His pleasing smile is be- queaThed To Richard VogT. Bob STadulis couldn'T Tind a Junior or Sophomore To raTe such a perTecT speci- men oT brawn, so he wills his physique To Freshman Byron Weidow. Bob Buck's sporTsmanship and leader- ship on The gridiron go To Bill Fry, and Pud King's aThleTic abiliTy goes To Red PaTTerson. STadulis wills his dancing abiliTy To The Junior Class. There's enough oT iT To make Fred AsTaires or Gene Kellys ouT oT all of Them-wiTh some IeTT over. Zeke HarTman and Chic Hughes will Their abiliTy To rip The cords To Sophomore Red Richards. Freddie Madeira wills his wresTling Tech- nique To George The ATom KeighTly. Ralph LundquisT wills his enTire ward- robe lmoTh balls, diapers. saTeTy pins, and WildrooTl To AlTon Buck. ATTer draining all The knowledge from his shop books, Fred Hand wills Them To Felix Ladzinski, who needs Them badly. From behind The TermiTe-ridden door oT our Treasury Tlows our Tinal giTT-one I948 Dewey campaign buTTon salvaged Trom The sTunned body oT Mr. KleinTelTer. We hereunTo make our oTTicial mark lxl and aTTix our seal on This, The sixTh day of June, nineTeen hundred and TorTy-nine.