New Kensington High School - Taleoken Yearbook (New Kensington, PA)

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Honor To Whom Honor glational .gfonofz Soccefy The high- esT honor which can be besTowed on a sTudenT oT New KensfngTon l-ligh School is To be elecTed To membership in The NaTional l-lonor SocieTy. The New KensingTon ChapTer oT This naTional organiza- Tion was Tormed in I925. Since ThaT Time The aim oT The club has been To promoTe iTs Tour qualiTies- characTer, scholarship, leadership, and service-in iTs members, and To encourage These gualiTies in The sTudenTs oT The school. Any member Tailing .slttfeplfvly Perhaps iT is characTerisTic oT Those inTeresTed in liTeraTure To wanT To meeT and Talk. AT any raTe The LiTerary Club was organized in November, l938. WiThouT beneTiT oT hisToric meeTing place or reTreshmenTs The club has progressed and has been encouraged by var- , ious Teachers. The main pur- pose oT The organizaTion is To become beTTer acquainTed wiTh liTeraTure. AT presenT The membership consisTs oT senior, iunior, and sophomore girls, who are sponsored in Their proiecT by Miss Davis. Being in need oT Tunds, The members worked ouT an idea oT Their own Tor making mon- ey. Each girl conTribuTed her share oT home-made candy, and February 24Th wenT down in The hisTory oT Ken l-li as Fudge Day. The populariTy oT T701 To uphold The ideals oT The club is immediaTely dropped Trom The socieTy. The NaTional l-lonor SocieTy has charge oT selecTing The big broThers and big sisTers Tor The various home rooms. lTs mosT ouTsTanding accomplishmenT is The presenTing oT Ten-dollar awards To The besT boy and girl ciTizens in The senior class. ln addiTion To These worTh- while acTiviTies The club has sponsored a successTul Tea dance, a candy sale, a pencil sale, and The annual privaTe dance in May. Their wares as well as The proceeds oT Their sales was encouraging. In True liTerary Torm The pres- idenT is addressed as chancellor, The secreTary as scribe, and Treasurer as secreTary oT The exchequer. Members of LiTerary Club Like To Read

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TO THE RIGHT are those who d1d the editorial, art and photography work. managers. Richard Suller, Don Reihard, Roberl Clark, and Donald Flick were chosen lrom a mullilude ol applicanls lo lake charge ol all work connecled wilh lhe pholog- raphy lor lhe book. Aller lhe lilling ol lhe olher posilions on lhe slall, a meeling with Mr. Wise was scheduled and lhe Taleoken was oll lo a llying slarl. lmmedialely a subscriplion campaign was launched, and in lhe prescribed lime an unprecedenled number ol subscriplions was enlisled. The pholography slall wenl inlo aclion and in a shorl lime every sludenl in lhe school had been pholo- graphed individually, even lhough some piclures were less prelenlious lhan olhers. The Taleoken ollice, adjoining Room 4Ol, was lhen lurned inlo a bee-hive ol aclivily as lhese eighleen hundred pholographs were sorled, classilied, and mounled by lhe combined ellorls ol lhe pholography, edilorial, and business slalls. Mr. Colao, lhe pholographer, was nol idle, because pictures ol lhe various clubs, school aclivilies, and leams had lo be snapped belore a complele piclure ol Ken Hi in H38-39 could be allained. The edilorial slall, nol lo be ouldone by lhe ardenl pholography and ad-seeking business slall, began lo plan lhe lilerary pallern ol lhe book. lnlormalion blanks were lilled oul by all lhe seniors, and lhe senior edilors spent many hours uncovering lhe varied hidden likes, dislikes and ambi- lions ol lhe gradualing class. Wilh lhe aid ol lhese lacls lhe edilors were able lo wrile lhumb-nail skelches ol all lhe seniors. Aller lhis was compleled, lhe various records ol lhe alhlelic leams, clubs, and olher incidenlals were compiled, and lhe slall changed lrom a swarm ol busy workers lo a clusler ol lazy drones, anxiously awailing lhe day when lheir dream child would assume ils prinled lorm.

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All the World's a Stage mational fl-lzespians Try-outs! Try- outs To-night I was the cry heard early last tall. The National Thespians, in coniunction with the Dramatic Club, were beginning the activities ot the year by selecting new members. The Dramatic Club, which endeavors to promote an intelligent and act- ive interest in dramatics, received its charter to become Troupe I4 ot the National Thespians in 1935. Members ot The Dramatic Club attain the distinction ot being Thespians by participating in a .qpebafe since Tis organization in 1937, the Debating Club has grown into one ot the lead- ing activities ot New Kensington High School. The ardent debaters have enjoyed many an evening, Resolved, That .... required number ot plays and by going Through a trying initiation. At The regular meetings Two one-act plays are given and guest speakers are pre- sented to The members. The Thespians sponsored The Christmas assembly and The exchange programs with Vandergritt, presented to The public Apron String Revolt, a three-act comedy and highlight ot the dramatic year aT Ken l'-li, and co-operated with The seniors in staging Their annual class play. The semi-private dance was an outstanding event. during which They were driven to Trenzy by The heat ot argument. Usually The Tirst number on The pro- gram is a scrap and The second scrapping. Scrap number one takes The torm ot a debate. These debates are very interesting, perhaps not so much to The victims ot The speakers as to The speakers Themselves. A great deal ot valuable train- ing is derived trom these small debates, such as learning to talk betore an audience, how to present an argument, and countless other things That cannot be set down in black and white. The scrapping as- sumes the Torm ot rebuttals. lt occasionally happens that the speakers etticiently ex- tinguish Themselves, showing clearly how much they do not know about their topic. T711