Munhall High School - Munhisko Yearbook (Munhall, PA)

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 THE MUNHISKO Annual Sermon to the Graduating Class SCHOOL AUDITOR I CM, SUNDAY, MAY 27th. 192:$ 7:30 O’CLOCK Orchestra—Simple Confession ................... (Thome) Hymn—“Holy. Holy, llolv. Lord God Almighty”..The Audience Invocation—Rev. L. O. Douds, M. E. Church, Munhall. Scripture—Rev. George A. Sutton, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Homestead. Hymns—il) Vesper Hymn (Russian Air) (2) Lord of Our Life, and God of Our Salvation High School Chorus Address to Graduating Class—Rev. E. K. Van Winkle. Christian Church, Munhall. Hymns—(1) Cast Thy Burden (Mendelssohn) (2) Now the Day is Over Double Quartette Benediction-—Rev. D. T. Drawbaugh, Messiah Lutheran Church, Homestead. Senior Class Plays SCHOOL AUDITORIUM May 28th and 29th. 8:15 o’clock FOURTEEN “Fourteen,” a satire on the social climber, by Alice Gersten-berg, is the curtain raiser for the class play. DULCY In this little comedy the authors, Messrs. George 8. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, have brilliantly expressed a “gay thought about some kinds of human foolishness.” It satirically outlines sketches of actual beings happily recognizable as human. Burns Mantle, play critic, in his book “Best Plays of the Year,” lists Dulcy as one of the ten best plays produced in 1922. Twenty-seven

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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

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 THE MUNHISKO Eighteenth Annual Commencement of the Munhall High School SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 31st. 1! 23. 8:1T O’CLOCK GRADUATES 1. Dorothy Averbach 15. Katherine James 2. John Bridges 16. H. Lee Metz 3. Margaret Brownlee 17. Cyrus Miller 4. Jennie Bytheway 18. Isadore Xumerosky 5. Saul Cohen 19. Francis O’Malley 6. Clara Cox 20. Fern Orris 7. Helen Crow 21. John R. Punzak 8. James F. Kdnie 22. Rebecca Riley 9. Oliver E. Gilleland 23. Isadore H. Sellermer 10. Edward S. Graff 24. Clara Simmen 11. S. Harold Grossman 25. Georgina Taylor 12. John Guidish 26. Marie Timko 13. Sarah Gustafson 27. Marjorie Williams 14. Elizabeth Hager President ..... Vice President. Secretary ..... Class Advisor.. ...Francis O’Malley ....John R. Punzak .Margaret Brownlee ...Florence Franklin Programme Orchestra—Flag: of Truce America (Fischer) The Assembly Invocation—Rev. George A. Sutton. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Homestead. Song .....................................Double Quartette Address to Class—Education for the New Era --------------------------------Edward Howard Griggs Violin Solo—Souvenir (Delda) Dwight Woods Awarding of Diplomas and Scholarships—A. W. Soderberg, President of the Board of Education, Munhall. Song—Alma Mater, followed by the first stanza of The Star Spangled Banner— ---------------------------The Assembly Orchestra—Senior March ---(Ascher) Twenty-eight