Newport High School - Blunita Yearbook (Newport, PA)

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XTbe .16luc anO IKfllMte 15 ATHLETICS Blain Vocational School vs. N. H. S. Friday, December 10. The lineup was as follows: R. V. S. Positions N. H. S. Sheaffer .... R. F...... Knisely Johnson .... L. F........ Kepner Loy .......... C............. Dean Rice ........ R. G. .. Whitekettle Smith ....... L. G. Moore Score: B. V. S. 36—N H. S. 11. Time—Two 20-minute halves. Referee—Smith. Timekeeper—McKee. Second Teams. The lineup was as follows: B. V. S. Positions N. H. S. Wilt ........ R. F.......... Adams Hassinger .... L. F. ...Wilson Mangel ....... C............ McKee Anderson ....R. G.........Barton McMillen .. L. G. .. R. Whitekettle Score: B. V. S. 17 N. H. S. 14. Referee- Heim. Timekeeper—Kepner. Duncannon H. S. vs. Newport H. S. Saturday, December 11. The lineup was as follows: D. H. S. - Positions N. H. S. Mutzabaugh ... R. F.......Knisely Krick ....... L. F........Kepner Geoghegan .... C............. Dean Hoover.......R. G. ..Whitekettle Stiner ........ L. G....... Moore Morrow takes Krick's place in second half. Score: D. H. S. 24—N. H. S. 29. Two 20-minute halves. Referee—Sharar. Timekeeper—Doner. A game with the High School of Millersburg was scheduled for Wednesday, December 22, but, owing to rain and bad roads, was cancelled. A game was played between the Alumni stars of N. H. S. and the N. H. S. regulars on Christmas afternoon. Although the N. H. S. lost 19 to 17, the game was very exciting. The lineup was as follows: N. H. S. Positions All Stars Knisely...... R. F..........Soule Kepner....... L. F. ...D. Shreffler Dean .......... c......... Wright Whitekettle .. R. G. . . J. Kough McKee........L. G. .. Ken. Kepner Score: Alumni 19--N. H. S. 17. Timekeeper—Baker. Scorekeeper—Hoke. Referee—Sharar. Waterboy—Bill Bosserman. Summary for First Team. Won Lost p. c. 3 1 .750 Smith Coal Teed Co. Dealers in Coal Carbide Purina Feed Wall Plaster Patent Gasoline Bricks Grain Portland Alpha Cement AT MEMINGER’S NEWPORT, PENNA.

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14 Ube Blue anb Udbite. ters was: Macduff—VVeibley Dean, Lennox—Loy Whitekettle, Macbeth—Edwin McKee, Lady Macbeth—Louise Watson, Banquo—Orpha Liggett, Malcolm—Helen Way, and Donal-bain—Mary Horting. Visitors who attended the Christmas exercises were: Mrs. S. G. Wolf, Miss Marian Fickes, Mrs. Carrie Jeffers, Miss Mary Swab and Walter Hoke. ALUMNI Those Alumni who spent Xmas vacation at home were: Mary Swab, Beechwood School; Anna McKeehan, Millersville Normal; Mary Brimmer, Goucher; Claire Neely, Shippens-burg Normal; Marion Fickes, Shippensburg Normal; Josephine Sharon, Ogontz School; Arthur Campbell, State College; David Shreffler, State College; Oscar Mitchell, State College; Albert WTright, Franklin and Marshall College; Huston Leiby, Pennsylvania University; Anna Bassett, Philadelphia. LAUGHING GAS Some boys were having a guessing contest. At last, one asked, “Why is a pancake like the sun?” “Because it rises mit der (y)east and sets behind der vest,” was the reply of a bright Swede.—American Boy. Jr.—“I think I'll study Agriculture.” Sr.—“Why not Chiropody?” Jr.—“I want to study how to raise things.” Sr.—“Well, study Chiropody, then you’d be raisin’ corn(s).” Mr. Rhen—“Charles, give me a general statement.” Snakes—“Birds fly.” Mr. Rhen—“Now, a particular statement.” Snakes—“ ‘Wrens’ fly.” Loy (checking chemicals)—“Did you get that—‘Summer Savory’?” Weibley—“Yes, that’s just what I think. Some are and some aren’t.”

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16 TTbe Blue ant THUbite LAUGHING GAS SR. LATIN. Our only boy—“And---------the grain refused food -----.” Miss Dorwart—“Explain.” John—“Oh. I guess it’s some more personification!” SR. LATIN. Miss Dorwart “What’s the case of Way?” Any one in N. H. S.—“Swab.” In the Good Old Days—25c a Qt. Herman (after they had eaten one dish of ice cream)—“Have another?” Rebecca (shyly)—“I don’t mind. (Second plate eaten). Herman (rising)—“Any more?” Rebecca—“1 don’t mind another five.’’ Paul Dickinson—“Isn’t that Kathryn Henderson noisy? Geo. MeN. -“I never hear her make a sound.” Paul “Why, she even bangs her hair!’’ Here lies Wm. Johnson, Now he is no more; What he thought was H O, Was H;S04. —Exchange. RURAL KNOWLEDGE. Teacher “Who was Mollv Pitcher? Pupil in First Year History— “WTife of Wyoming Massacre!’’ FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS. “How far do we take?” “I ain’t talkin’ to the walls!’’ “That comes later.” “Remember your feet.” “And then she stopped.” “You’ll have a breakage.” SENIOR KNOWLEDGE. An octahedron is an eight-sided sphere. WHY? During opening exercises do we hear Weibley sing: Love, Be Mine” (Love Divine), when N. H. S. is not provided with a wireless apparatus? WHY? Does W. D. get a reduction at the barber shop? (He’s “raisin’ one.’’) Reggie—“Oh, Anna, I got soakin’ wet last night. Anna—“How?” Reggie—“1 was reading and my light went out and I got up on my bed to fix it and fell-----in the spring.’’ A lady goes away to school— But then we think it’s mean— To brand her as a fresh man, When things ain’t what they seem. Little Johnny rough as------- Pushed his sister in the well, And, his mother, drawing water Said: “It’s hard to raise a daughter.” —Froth. Little drops of kindness, To a teacher, now and then. May raise your lowly standard From a zero to a ten. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust; If Civics don’t flunk us Chemistry must. Boy—“Can a person be punished for something he hasn’t done? Teacher—“Of course not.” Boy—“Well, 1 haven’t done my Geometry.—Ladies’ Home Journal. “Who was Nero, Bill?” asked one man of another. Wasn’t he the chap who was always cold?” “No.” said his wise friend, “That was Zero—another guy altogether.”