Munhall High School - Munhisko Yearbook (Munhall, PA)

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THE MUNHISKO Jptstorp of tlje Class of 1919 President N ice President Secretary Treasurer Faculty Advisor Colors:—White and Blue. Leo. A. Patterson Elmer P. Thorpe Mary D. Heilig Dorothy M. Schaup Miss Rankin Speaking of dates. August 30, 1015 shall always he remembered for two things,—the beginning of the 1915-16 term, and the entering of that memorable Class of 1919 upon a High School career. (jiggles from the girls, (which to this day have not been forgotten), grins from the boys, excited little groups here and there, and everywhere suppressed excitement reigned supreme. Amid such true characteristics of Freshmen we started. In each and every class-room we entered that day, we were met by meaning frowns from the teachers with an eye to future trouble. Those haughty Sophomores laughed at and fought us and tried their hand at initiation. (Parenthetically) we will have to admit that they certainly did decorate two of our members beautifully with the aid of oily cosmetics and iodine during the lunch hour. The Juniors condescendingly reached a helping hand, and as for those dignified Seniors, they simply considered us as too trival to notice. But now we are, shall we say, “it? Yes. sophisticated Sophomores with the accent on the “phist.” In athletics we are certainly “there with the goods. On the football and baseball held and basketball floor we are always prominent. Our fellows were strong for football during the Freshman year and this year a good part of the team were Sophomores. Many other notables are found in our midst. For instance we have the tallest man in the school, who it is said walks around with his head in the clouds, stopping not to gaze down on the poor innocents at his feet. In the musical line, we have both vocal and instrumental artists. Constituting the instrumental side we have several line violinists, many splendid pianists, a saxophone player of whom it is whispered that were he to pay more attention to his instrument than to the fair sex he would progress more rapidly. There are also several other musicians playing various other instruments. In the vocal line we have many artists. Most notable however is the “Grand Tenor.” One day, the music teacher reminded him that when he became a second Caruso, not to forget us when giving complimen-taries. Last, but not least, we must mention our great three-cushion billiard player. In fact one has gone so far as to say that his next match will be with McCourt for the United States Championship. During the Freshman year, we sorely lacked that most necessary thing—“Class Spirit. However this year we have certainly improved. Dur-