Munhall High School - Munhisko Yearbook (Munhall, PA)

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2 T H E MUNHISKO ASSEMBLY REPORTS On Wednesday, February 4. the Seniors of Room 17 took charge of assembly. Edward Busch, our prize debater, read the Bible. After the prayer was said, Ladley Pearson favored us with some of his rare specialties on his magic harmonica. I say “magic” because Ladley is the only one who can draw such wonderful strains of music from a harmonica. This was followed by a few selections by our own personal orchestra, consisting of Alberta Stafford at the piano, and Ladley Pearson and Harold Richards on their mandolins. Readers, you have no idea just how musically inclined some of these people are. And. after hearing Dorothy Jones sing “All Alone”, and Bertha Cooke sing “Blue-eyed Sally”, it will be a great disappointment if, in after years. I shall not find them with the Chicago Grand Opera Company or some other company just as famous. But. if you want to have a real treat it’s to the operetta you must go. for most of these entertainers took part in “Bul-Bul”. Mr. Stone announced in chapel on Wednesday, February 11. that he could not arrange to show us a movie of the life of Lincoln, whose birthday is on February 12. so we celebrated this hero’s birthday by being shown a film depicting the life of Theodore Roosevelt. It was divided into two parts: the first part showing the countries through which he traveled, and the second showing what he has done for our country. Students, even though you did enjoy the picture, it was absolutely unnecessary to applaud every few minutes. If there had been a visitor present—and perhaps there was—he would have been under the impression that we acted like little children at a movie show, who always applaud when they see the hero driving like mad on his prancing steed in order to save the heroine from the clutches of the villian. You are all young ladies and gentlemen; act your part. No doubt, half of our students knew nothing about real debating talent that our school possessed—judging by the small audiences that attend the debates. But, after hearing David Click and Burton Gilchrist on Wednesday morning. February 18, who dares deny that we can win from any one? As practice for these boys, Mr. McCready asked them to give their arguments in chapel. Mr. Stevens. Chief Librarian of the Homestead Carnegie Library, and Mr. McCready defended the affirmative of the question. “Resolved, that the Philippines should be granted their complete and immediate independence”. Click and Gilchrist defended the negative. Mr. Stevens, having so large a selection of books from which to get his information, would naturally have some fine points; but our boys refuted practically every statement he made—and their points were worth pondering over. In the meantime Mr. McCready had been jotting down statements that the boys made, and that would likely be refuted by their opponents. He then arose and presented his rebuttal. If he thought his points could not be answered, he made a mistake, for the boys lost no time— in fact. Mr. McCready had to tap his pencil to let them know they were taking too much time—in refuting his arguments. In the semi-finals Dormont defeated Munhall at Dormont. This defeat eliminated Munhall from the contest. Wednesday, February 25, the chapel period was conducted by Room 14. Louise Sherwin favored us with two solos. “Daddy's Sweetheart and Rose Marie.” Following this, the girls of the class gave a very clever, well meaning sketch called “As Others See Us.” It was an imitation of the upper hall of the school building at the noon hour, when the girls—but where were the boys?—are on daily parade, powdering their noses, combing their hair, eating Hershey bars, and scanning the bulletin boards for something of interest. I am puzzled to know why some of the boys were not featured in this sketch. The surprise of the morning came when Dr. Ralph Miller, a Homestead dentist and an alumni of our school, spoke to us on Teeth”. Just to show you how attentive the students were, every time Dr. Miller made a grammatical error—he made quite a few—the students looked at each other in awe. At the conclusion of his talk. Alice Roberts and Louise Sherwin sang “The Sunshine of Your Smile”. The last number on the program was announced as an original sketch entitled. “Three Little Dates . F.veryone sat up in their seats and the girls looked at each other and giggled. but they were fooled. Three girls carrying placards represented three important dates of February: Lincoln’s birthday, February 12; St. Valentine's Day. February 14; and George Washington’s birthday, February 22. Celia Carpe read a poem concerning each of these days and men. Weren't you all thrilled and didn't chills run down your spine when Mr. McCready announced two weeks before that a reformed criminal was to speak to us on March 18? X’ever had the students been so anxious to get down to chapel as they were that day. They all tumbled in, one on the other—especially the eighth graders who had to be reminded of their unnecessary rush and scramble in coming to chapel. V hat a disappointment it was to find that our speaker was not there. Aw, students, you should never lose faith in

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THE MUNHISKO 3 anything. Smile and bear your disappointment. In the middle of our first song, who should stroll on the stage hut the one and only Mr. R. Fenton. There is a well-known adage that says, “Clothes make the man.” It certainly holds good in this case. To he sure, if Mr. Fenton came on the stage dressed in an old worn-out suit, a weather-beaten hat or cap jerked over one side of his head and eyes, his hands in his pockets, and a cigarette between his lips, two-thirds of the audience would have jumped with fright. As it was, the clothes he wore seemed to make a man of him and take away the criminal features of his face. During the course of his talk which consisted of how he became a criminal, how many years he indulged in this crooked sport, and how it could have been prevented, the audi-erice was all ears . Everything he said found a place in the minds of the students—but I wonder if it did any good. After Mr. Fenton served his term in jail, he came out ready to take revenge on every one connected with the jail. While walking around the “loop” in Chicago, waiting for his crooked pals, he dropped in at a mission room. The prayers and appeals touched his heart, and from that morning on. he became interested in the best that is in life. He applied for a position and received one in an insurance company. He worked himself up and now travels all through all the states giving lectures to clubs and institutes on “Does Crime Pay”? and similar subjects. CALENDAR FOR APRIL AND MAY April 17. School Exhibition. April 23. High School Banquet. April 27. Chamber of Commerce Banquet. May 1. “The Boomerang” given as senior class play. May 2. Track meet at Wilkinsburg. Mun-hall entered in French test at Pitt. May 9. Tech track meet. Intelligence test given at Carnegie Tech. May 12. William J. Bryan appears as last number of entertainment course. May 15. Junior banquet to the seniors. May 16. W. P. I. A. L. track meet. May 18. Senior examinations. May 19. More senior examinations. May 20. Last joint assembly of the year. May 22. Final high school assembly. Mav 24. Sermon to the graduation class. M ay 25. Commencement exercises. May 26. Annual school picnic at Kenny-wood Park. May 28. Last day of school. SCHOOL NEWS THE MUNHISKO STAFF FOR 1926 Editor-in-Chief .. Associate Editor.. Advertising ...... Business Manager Athletic Editors.. Calendar ......... Exchange ......... Albert Frantz ....Alice Roberts —Harry Welsh .Burton Gilchrist John Mathieson Florence Taylor Charles Tierney .....Iszella Bell THE SCHOOL PICNIC (Every word of this guaranteed to be true) On Wednesday morning, the twenty-sixth of May, a motorist going up Eighth Avenue wondered who had released the menagerie in the vicinity of the Munhall Municipal Building, but on inquiry he learned that it was the Munhall School children waiting to board the cars for Kennywood Park. And board them we did! With “Red Morgan running the first car and Bill Wazniak acting as the connie”, we ploughed up the hill without any more serious mishap other than Dick Marshall and Kiny” Kistler falling off the roof where they had perched to enjoy their ride. We reached the park and then bedlam broke loose. Mildred pushed Dave Lanyon in the lake, Bertha Cooke broke the rocking horse in Kiddeeland and Eleanor Elliot cried because the man at the Pippin wouldn't let her in. I told her to go into Kiddeeland. Nevertheless a glorious time was enjoyed by all even if Tom Reed’s father wouldn’t give him “just one more nickel” for a hot dog. In the evening all attended the hop and there Alberta and her Pete” tripped the light fantastic toe to their hearts delight. At last we wended our weary homeward way and decided that all had a “bully” time, even if we didn’t find out who the good looking fellows were with Arline Treloar and Clara Kneip. —Burton Gilchrist Miss Price (to Jack Tauber)—“Would you like Macauley to write you a biography?” Jack—“No.” Miss Price—“Why?” Jack—“Because he is dead.”