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

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Tri-Hi-Y is Ten Years Old CN' . . JPL-qglil-cl! WiTh The roliclring Tun oT an iniTiaTion aT The expense oT new members, The Tri- l-li-Y, a club composed oT junior and senior girls. begins The school year. Since Their organizaTion in I929 This group oT girls has been one oT The mosT acTive and disTinguished clubs in Ken Hi. lTs pur- pose is To creaTe and mainTain high sTandards oT sporTsmanship and ChrisTian characTer, noT only ThroughouT The sTudenT body, buT also in The com- muniTy. The club Tries To accomplish This by such Cvarszfy The purpose oT The VarsiTy Club, says a member oT The same, is To TosTer a love Tor aThleTics and To promoTe a genuinely en- ThusiasTic spiriT in our school. Only sTudenTs who have parTicipaTed in and have earned a varsiTy leTTer in one oT The Tive recognized sporTs can achieve membership in our organizaTion, which is rec- ognized by The school as an honorary insTiTuTion. Aside Trom acTual parTicipaTion in aThleTic evenTs, The members are guiTe limiTed in Their ac- TiviTies. The ouTsTanding of These is Their managemenT oT The Allegheny-Kislci Valley BaslceTball TournamenT. From The club a number oT boys are selecTed To handle The various phases oT worlc and The diTTer- enT problems which arise dur- ing The TournamenT. Among T731 acTiviTies as iTs campaign To promoTe good sporTs- manship in assembly. Each year aT ChrisTmas Time The girls disTribuTe basl4eTs oT Tood To The needy oT The ciTy. To provide Tunds Tor This worlc a semi- privaTe dance is held early in The Tall. The FaculTy Tea and The lVloTher and DaughTer BangueT, Two oT The ouTsTanding social evenTs oT The school year, are sponsored by The Tri-l-li-Y. All These acTiviTies are under The leadership oT Miss DoherTy. These acTiviTies are securing adverTisemenTs Tor The TournamenT programs, selling The programs, operaT- ing The haT and coaT check rooms, cleaning The basl4eTball Tloor and The halls, and oTher deTails. Wearers of The K Belong To VarsiTy Club

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These Moderns Enioy Their LaTin Latin IT a Roman lad oT The days oT Cicero should sTep ouT oT a hisTory TexT and inTo The halls oT Ken Hi, he mighT noT Teel aT all losT in The TwenTieTh cenTury environmenT. Especially iT he chose To drop inTo Room 2ll on The lasT Wednesday oT The monTh. l-lere he would Tind some subiecT Trom ancienT days being discussed by modern girls and boys, ThirTy or Torty upper class- men oT Ken l-li. l-le would be guiTe aT home dis- cussing The Toga, Roman myThs, Roman homes and The members OT The Culinary ArTs Club are Ken l-li's experTs on cookery. Supervised by Miss BryanT, They prepared delicious viands boTh in class and aTTer class. They Boys, Too, Go ln For Culinary ArTs The calendar. OT course These subiecTs are noT discussed in LaTin, buT many common English words would have a Tamiliar sound. l-le mighT be sur- prised To Tind girls parTicipaTing, or To discover ThaT The direcTors oT These acTiviTies were Miss l-lawk and Miss Rorabaugh, Two women members oT The TaculTy. lT is probable, however, ThaT having aTTend- ed one meeTing, he would Tind The conTines oT obscuriTy raTher dull and be loaThe To reTurn To his niche on The shelT. sTudied noT only The preparaTion oT Tood, buT also iTs consTiTuenTs. They looked inTo The maTTer oT eTiqueTTe and learned The TundamenTals oT serving. They demonsTraTed Their accomplishmenTs in This respecT by serving aT The ban- gueTs held in The school. Be- sides meeTing regularly Twice a monTh, once Tor business and once Tor pleasure, They made delicious candy Tor ChrisTmas and sponsored a successTul Tea dance, wiTh The popular cake walk as a TeaTure. Needless To say, They prepared Their own reTreshmenTs Tor all social aT- Tairs. The boys have shown Their abiliTy To keep pace wiTh The girls in The arT oT cooking and serving. AlThough This is one oT Ken l-li's smallesT clubs, iT boasTs an enviable spiriT and conTinues To progress. T771

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From Able Followers To Capable Leaders leaders The Leaders Club has a membership oT abouT TiTTy-Tive girls, sophomores To seniors inclusive, who are inTeresTed in a+hIeTics, good sporTsmanship and wholesome Tun. Under The guidance OT Miss Davis, These girls hold one meeTing a monTh, aT which They discuss numerous plans Tor developing The club. To become a mem- ber, a girl musT have aT leasT a B average in gym work. ATTer she is elecTed To membership by The club, she is assigned some clever Torm oT iniTiaTion. C3 UVILOV .lairol For seven consecutive years The sTudenTs oT Ken l-li have been under The saTeTy supervision OT The Junior PaTrol. lNleiTher rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail deTers The paTrol Junior Pa'l'rol Defies The WeaTher-man Unless a suiTable excuse Tor absence Trom iniTiaTion is presenTed, The girl is dropped wiThouT TurTher noTice. The acTiviTies oT This group are numerous: They play basl4eTball aTTer school, when The gym is availableg They assisT Miss Davis in gym classes by serving as reTerees, roll Talcers and grade TabulaTorsg They parTicipaTe in play days managed by oTher high schools, and sponsor Their own, and They con- Tinue To supply Ken l-li wi+h The popular conTecTion necessary Tor an annual Lollypop Day. boys Trom pursuiT oT Their duTy, and iT is on This ac- counT +ha+ The sTudenT body has been so eTTicienTly saTeguarded Trom accidenT and injury. These boys, who are Trained under The supervision oT PaTrolman B. Fowler, promise To TulTil The duTies oT Their oTTices as laid down by The oTTicers oT paTrols and To cooperaTe wITh The local police Torce. Their up- To-daTe red and black uniTorms are a Tar cry Trom The original whiTe canvas Sam Browne belTs and niclcle-plaTed badges, and Their ranks have increased by leaps and bounds since The change. STudenTs in The Ridge Avenue building seldom see The enTire paTrolq insTead They usually see The Two paTrolmen who supervise TraTTic aT Ridge and WoodmonT Avenues and The inTersecTion oT Ridge Ave- nue and WalnuT STreeT. T791