Munhall High School - Munhisko Yearbook (Munhall, PA)

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ON THE GRIDIRON FOOTBALL As usual the perennial flower of sports blossomed in late August when Munhall’s football squad, coaches, and trainers boarded a train for Camp Sagamore. Two weeks of intense training, liberally sprinkled svith fun, put the team in good shape for the season’s grind. Thirty-six made the team, and enthusiasm ran high for the first few games. The players showed plenty of spirit and promise, and it looked as if this really was Munhall’s year. However, three grid warriors, Balent, Jacobs, and Cybotar were lost to the team when the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company found three new employees. Injuries temporarily claimed three other good players. These handicaps kept the winnings at a low level, two victories, six defeats, and a tie with our neighbor and old rival, Homestead. The following is the schedule of the season: MUNHALL 19—CECIL 0 Under the glaring flood lights of the Homestead Athletic Field, Munhall opened her football season with a decisive 19-0 victory over her unfortunate opponent, Cecil. Munhall played good defensive and spectacular offensive football throughout the game and had Cecil reeling on the ropes, as it were, when the contest was over. MUNHALL 20—DUQUESNE 7 This game was a surprise to everyone but Munhall’s fans. Hlasnick and Vasko were the lethal weapons in Munhall’s powerful running attack that both baffled and crushed Du-quesne. An added attraction of the game was the appearance of Munhall’s 60-piece band in their new uniforms. MUNHALL 0—TURTLE CREEK 30 Munhall’s aspirations for an undefeated season were abruptly ended by Turtle Creek’s, so called inexperienced team, on Sept. 23. The game was played in the Turtle Creek Stadium, better known as the Dust Bowl. Perhaps it was the dust, which was at least an inch thick, that stopped Munhall from showing what they really had. At any rate it was an off-day for us and an on-day for our opponents. MUNHALL 0—NORWIN 21 A huge crowd turned out for the initial game on the new West Field, but went home disappointed over Munhall’s 21 to 0 defeat by Norwin. MUNHALL 0—BRADDOCK 18 We were all set to whitewash Braddock, but when we learned they hadn’t won a game all season, we decided to let them score. They scored, and how! 18 to 0. Generosity backfired. MUNHALL 6—RANKIN 19 For the first time in four games Munhall was able to score a touchdown but was beaten out by the law of mathematics. Since 19 is more than 6, we lost. MUNHALL 0—NEW KENSINGTON 51 With four of Munhall’s crippled regulars out of the game and watching from the bench, a fast and powerful New Kensington eleven pounced all oven Ken Mights Stadium to stack up a score of 51-0 over our Munhall Warriors. MUNHALL 7—SWISS VALE 26 In the muddy water of Lake Homestead Athletic field, Swissvale’s swimming team defeated Munhall’s merman in a bitterly fought contest. Oh! pardon me, this is a football game. But that’s all right, Swissvale won that too. MUNHALL 0—HOMESTEAD 0 The long awaited day finally came. We went to West Field for the annual classic. We nervously sat and waited for the game to start. Finally the kickoff came; we saw 4 quarters of thrilling football—w-e saw long passes, short passes, end runs and center plunges. We bit our nails and pulled our hair and went home with a 0-0 tie. THE MUNHALL BAND The Munhall Band has become one of the principal interests of our school this year. Maybe it’s because of their flashy new uniforms which were bought from the proceeds of the H. M. S. Pinafore” presented last year, the firemen’s benefit, and the cooperation of the entire school and community. It has taken much time on the part of the students and our capable music director, Mr. Todd, to make our band the fine organization that it is at present. The students of Munhall have agreed that it is worth anyone’s time and money to go to a football game just to hear the band and see them drill. The majorettes, in their striking uniforms, skillfully swinging their batons, are the added attraction and one of the outstanding features of the band. It now consists of sixty-two pupils, including the drum major, a lieutenant, four majorettes, four color guards, two bell-lyrists, and two mascot drum majors. On leaving Munhall, we hope that Mr. Todd and the future band members will have as much success in the coming years as they have had this past year.

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STUDENT MEETS FACULTY Congratulations to the Seniors who have followed through the seasons of Autumn, Winter, and Spring, and who are now at the threshold of a new and interesting season. The seeds of self-confidence, self-reliance, and high ideals which you planted in the Autumn, have germinated and developed through the seasons of study and investigation; you are now about to reap from your cultivation the power to plan your own pattern of life and your own way of living. Today our familiar patterns may be lost, but new ones must be woven in industry, in the sciences, and in the arts. American youth must discover new patterns and fill in the new designs for the American way of life. As the seasons follow, one after another, may you be guided in the weaving of your life patterns by a confidence and a reliance on your own ability to hold to your high ideals. May you also become a creator of your own designs and not an imitator of others. May you, each one, have a happy and an abundant life, and may you, in all things show thyself a pattern of good works”. Sincerely, Earle O. Liggitt Mr. Earle O. Liggitt Superintendent of Munhall Schools Miss Cleopha Mosbacher Secretary to Mr. Liggitt.