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

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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

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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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They Swing and Sing ocflle LjuCen5ylUa llan5 The Kensylvanians have been playing tor all the club tea dances since way back in l93l. l-lowever, it was only recently that the orchestra received its clever name and came under taculty supervision. Membership, as in any ot Ken l-li's musical organizations, is open to any student with musical talent and ability to pass a demonstration try-out. Arthur Gregory, taculty supervisor and music instructor, rides herd with an E tlat alto sax. The reed section is composed ot 907161 As tall ushered in tootball try-outs, she also ushered in band try-outs. Mr. Gregory con- ducted the latter, with each applicant tor a position playing various selections on his instrument. Atter the corny ones had been weeded out, Mr. Gregory im- mediately undertook to mold the torty-tour remaining play- ers into a group ot competent musicians. Soon, with Millie Del.uca as drum maior, the band became the tamiliar her- ald ot the Flying Dutchman's approach, and demonstrated many intricate maneuvers be- tween the halves ot numerous tootball games. The arrival ot the winter months meant many busy nights tor the band, be- cause basketball season was in tull swing. Part ot the basket- ball team's success should be attributed to the 'tight' songs f- ISO! Charles l-logg, Lynn Long and Paul Zender, who play the sax and double on the licorice stick. Dick Brown, Merle Ruppel and Mike Sluser swing sweet and hot in the trumpet section, and Americus Bruno accompanies with occasional booms on the old bass viol. While Tom Hanna hammers the hides and keeps rhythm in the tamily, Martin Brill and Dave Seesholtz keep the slush pumps well lub- ricated. Hudson Clements pleases the iitterbugs with a high-handed display ot piano playing. played by the band in the midst ot a hectic game. In addition to these notable activities Ken I-li's band marches in various parades, plays tor student as- semblies, and also presents a concert in the spring. Ken Hi is Proud of the Band T. Dorsey Style