Munhall High School - Munhisko Yearbook (Munhall, PA)

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 THE MUNHISKO 1 Class Prophecy Munhall, Pa.. May 31. 1933. Dear Helen: — Ten years since we left dear old Munhall High! I have just returned from France, where for the last six years 1 have been teaching English in a private school for girls. As I left the ship I bought a copy of The New York Times. But why repeat the headlines that you have ere this read! I immediately sent a cablegram to Kathryn .James, congratulating her for breaking the running broad jump record at the Olympian games. I have since heard that she has agreed to coach the Vassar track team next year. As I got out of the taxi at the New York Central Station. I met Sarah Gustafson. She had just returned from Chicago, where she has established a branch of her famous designing shops. She told me much about her flourishing business. I asked her the whereabouts of our classmates. She pointed to my paper and answered that 1 could locate one of them by reading the editorial page. I followed her suggestion and there learned that John Punzak is the editor of The New York Times and a political leader. On Sarah’s urgent invitation I postponed my trip home and spent a delightful week end with her. I am now wondering how much was unadulterated hospitality on her part and how much was business, for she persuaded me that I needed a new gown and that her shop was an ideal place to leave my order. That night we attended the Hager, Bridges, Metz concert. Before the hour set for the artists’ appearance the house was sold out. Lee is now known as a second Fritz Kreisler. Across from us in a box sat a rising young criminal lawyer, who bowed most graciously in response to our stares. It is said that Harold Grossman formed his inclination for jurisprudence in Mr. Walbert’s social problem class. His private secretary is none other than Clara Simmen. During the intermission Harold sent an usher to us with an invitation to breakfast with him the next morning at Sherry’s. Of course, we accepted! I was delighted with the breakfast, so I asked who the chef was. “Why,” exclaimed Harold, “don’t you know that he is an old classmate of ours who in 1923 won the Duquesne basketball game with his wonderful foul shooting? Cyrus Miller, of course.” We were recalling events of our school days when Harold informed us that Jennie Bythewa.v is private secretary to John Rockefeller. Jr.; and our class midget. Eddie Graff, who was known throughout the scholastic world as a clean sportsman, has iust completed a most successful season as coach of the Yale football team. I was surprised to hear that Oliver Gilleland is chief chemist in the General Electric Company of New York, and that Margaret Brownlee is teaching biology in the Brooklyn High School. What a surprise met me when I reached Munhall! No one had told me of the magnificent new station, and, as I did no. recognize the place, I would surely have been carried past had not a familiar voice shouted my name and asked me why I did not get off. It belonged to the station master. John Guidish. The next few weeks were delightfully spent renewing old friendships. One day Rebecca telephoned and suggested that we call upon Georgina Taylor and Fern Orris, who have just returned from Chicago, where they have their “Venus de Milo Beauty Shoppe.” Rebecca, I suppose you know, is head of the commercial department of Carnegie Tech. To Whitaker we went over the new suspension bridge, which was constructed by Francis O’Malley and James Ednie, now renowned engineers. I was very sorry that I did not return home two weeks sooner before they left for South America, where they are going to fill a large bridge construction contract. I was amazed to see the beautiful homes Twenty-five

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' = THE MUNHISKO History of the Class of 192a In September, 1919. a large group of fresh-faced, eager children joined the crusade of tin youths of Munhall in their march toward higher learning and ideals. From the very beginning our class stood out as one especially fitted to represent the school in scholarship. W e have led on the honor roll. Was a pupil required for a difficult or responsible task, he was sought and found in our class; and no one ever failed in his trust. In debating also we leave an enviable record. As juniors we won the junior-senior debate and were chosen in preference to the seniors to represent tin school in the Allegheny County debate; and in 1923 we triumphed over the juniors. Socially our class is among the first. We not only had more parties than the other classes, but all looked forward to them with eagerness. One peculiarity of our parties was the abundant supply of nourishment—something uncommon to most class affairs. Our class record athletically is one to be proud of. We have had more than our share of stars on the gridiron, on the floor, and on the track; and we have furnished a captain both for the football and the basketball teams. Now we are about to leave this institution wiser in the ways of the world than when we entered. We realize how much more we must learn before we approach those high ideals imbedded in our minds by the brave, conscientious teachers of Munhall High and acknowledge our great debt to them and to the school for guiding us upon the right path to attainment and to better lives. —Sarah Gustafson $ Twenty-four

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 THE MUNHISKO and business houses in the new district. Saul Cohen and Isadore Schermer have both established large stores and are following in the footsteps of their fathers; and Dorothy Averbach owns the largest pharmacy in the valley. We made an engagement with Georgina and Fern to go to the Alvin Theatre to see Marie Timko, who is now a character analyst. I am sure that she is capable, as she has been practicing it ever since our senior year in high school. As we entered the foyer of the theatre we met Isadore Numeroskv, who is a successful judge in the Pittsburgh Circuit Court. During the intermission we went into Marie’s dressing room; there we found her in conversation with Marjorie Williams. Marjorie is the head nurse at the West Penn Hospital. But. Helen. I have been telling you about everyone else, it is time that we learned something more about you beyond that you are happy and contented in your little gray home in the West. Why not a visit to Munhail at an early date? Until we meet, CLARA COX Farewel 1 Add ress As we stand upon the threshold of manhood and womanhood, reminiscences of the past high school days crowd the memory. Reminiscences, cheerful or sorrowful, bring us to this question: “Was my high school career at Munhail worth the time and the effort expended?” High school is one of the most important stepping stones in the life of any person, if we may judge from the sentiments of both graduates and non-graduates. Any one who has not bridged this gap finds that he has suffered a loss which cannot be replaced it is a greater loss than a college career. For these years which we spend in high school are years in which a great change, a metamorphosis, takes place. The wise, mature counsels of prudent teachers stand us in good stead. Excellent traits of character, indispensable in future years, are developed. There is a chance to engage in recreational games which build the body and the mind at the same time- games which form habits of fair play and self confidence. It is true that there are successful men who have not had a high school education, but such cases are rare—exceptions, not rules. The great majority of business men and women in general are not geniuses possessing natural ability, but those who have built a firm intellectual foundation by attending high school. We. the class of 1923, as we look back with experienced eyes, possibly see now where, if we could begin over again, we should not make the mistakes we have made. And, if experience is the best teacher, most of us have a wonderful store of knowledge. So now, as we leave better prepared, we wish to make a public expression of gratitude to our teachers for their interest in us. As the years go by, we shall cherish more and more their devotion and patience; our obligation to them will increase day after day; we shall always recall their names and associate them with pleasant memories. The places we leave vacant will be taken by others, leaving to us only pleasant, but, nevertheless, valuable recollections. Truly all of us will answer in the affirmative. “Yes. Our high school days have been worth the time and effort expended.” But this is not the end. As Longfellow said: “Let us then be up and doing. With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing. Learn to labor and to wait.” —J. R. PUNZAK Tw enty-six