Oakmont High School - Periscope Yearbook (Oakmont, PA)

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OFFICERS Pages from a Senior's Diary On june sixteenth, 1939, Father Time slowly closed the four year diary of one hundred and two Oakmont High School seniors. Before Fate turns the key on the memories of those happy years, let's rem- inisce. The autumn of nineteen thirty-live brought to our Alma Mater a conglomera- tion of knee pants and big hair bows in the forms of one hundred seventy-nine freshies. The lirst few weeks were occu- pied with attempts to rind the assigned classrooms and to keep the initiation-loving sophomores from finding us. Remember how we hid when we saw one of those big brutes coming! Unanimously we agreed to let x equal the unknownf' NVilling that Latin remain a dead language, we busily thought about the possibilities of burying it. However, we soon buckled down to real study and came through with rlying colors in the true O.H.S. fashion. lsflllldlllflp GERALD STEFFEY ....... ..Room xo4 JOHN' INIELLIN .. ...Vice-President HUNT KUHN .... Room IOS JOSEPH CARTER . . . . . . I'IEI.EN Id1ERS-HEY GLENN Moxks ... ..... C5'ea!cdJ ADAH RHEA ..... .... QIEANNE lXIEANo1z .. .. JANE Lan .... ........... SARA L1EnEiuiAN Cabsentj Room IOI Room IOI Treasurer Room 104 .President -Secretary Room IOS L ' 1 G Our sophomore year we distinguished ourselves in the Book Wfeek celebration by a travel display which drew ohs and abs from the younger generation and very clever from our elders. Nkle should have won the prize, but someone bribed the judges Qof coursej. Our heroes in the var- sity football and basketball lineups did their bit in the field of sports. So ended our second high school year. Nineteen thirty-seven began with one hundred and fifteen juniors caught in the dynamic whirl of Social activities with Joe Carter, our president, as the guiding star. VVe all donned our best and trucked to the February Junior .Dance where a good time was had by all. Quite a few of us displayed our dramatic talent in one act plays given by the Math and Dramatic clubs. Then came the operetta, 'The Fire Princefl Mirable dictul Some of our song- birds captured the leading parts. Others GLENN 1XlONKS . . . . .Trcrzsurer IRANNE MEANOR .... Prc.s-rdtizt JANE LEE ...... ..... S ccmtarv Joi-IN .RIIQLLIN . . . . . Vz'ri:-President

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J: 0. wft ':' M,-editfi 4.4 ...Q 175.77 'Q' 'J n PAUL E. Mixsrsiis, B,S. DAN KICCYRDY, AB., Ed.M. N. K1.1skRY, BS. hlARG.'XRli'l' H. Fosrrtlr, AB. Amer: ldAR'l'lER, AB. Hg N. Emiisrox, AB. XVhile Mr. Masters and Mr. McCurdy skeptically lend their ears Mr. Kliskey ex- pounds one of his pet theories,-subject unknown. Mr. Kliskey gets a real chance to lecture, both to his football team and his American History classes. Mr. McCurdy and Mr. Masters concentrate on Civics and lliology classes. As a sideline, Mr. Masters has a Plane Geometry class and Mr. Mc- Curdy has a lone General Math Course. Is it the class-room boners of the fresh- men and junior English classes that bring smiles to these second floor teachers? For the time being, at least, Mrs. Foster is not at all concerned about those terrible mis- takes the juniors make. Although Mlle. Harter shows interest in 'her colleagues papers, her heart is really with her own classes as she struggles through first year linglish or helps them to parlez-vous. In Mr. lidmiston's Algebra classes the poor frcshies Hounder through piles of mean- ingless signs and numbers, but linally win a victorious battle over that'-unknown quantity. Two of the male constituents of our fac- ulty enjoy a friendly discussion. P.0.D. becomes an interesting subject under the direction of Mr. Marshall. just ask the seniors! Through his efforts a Hi-Y Club was organized this year at O.H.S. Mr. Glenn keeps the high school financial as- sociation out of the red and te-aches his classes how to balance the budget. He also heads the Commercial Club of O.H.S. CIIARLICS S. lI.'XRSH.Xl.l.', AB., MA. A. I.. GLENN, HS, in C. JS y 'Q'

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added further to our glory by becoming members of the National Honor Society. lVe almost forgot about our yearbook, the pride and joy of every loyal junior. The Periscope assembly program, Snow VK-Vhite and the Seven Dwarfs was nothing to be sniffed at, either. Then, even the seniors will never forget the Junior-Senior Prom. Before we realized it, we were full- Hedged seniors with plenty of responsi- bility upon our shoulders. For the first time in years a girl captured the presi- dency and she saw to it that our last year had a full social schedule :-picnics. dances. a spring frolic and a successful class day program. The book week Information Please program, the Thanksgiving and XVashingt0n plays, the annual dramatic 0. H. S. Says Au Revoir to the Seniors -index-egg, Lois . . . Lois enjoys basketball and volleyball as well as roller skating and swinnning. . . . She is a member of the Periscope Staff, Commercial Club, Girl Reserves and Art Club .... Hopes to be a. social worker. Anderson, Betty . . . Secretarial work as a vocation and traveling and roller skating as hobbies are Andy's choices. She is a member of the Commercial Club and the Girl Reserves. i -Xngelson, John P. . . . John is a rabid music fan as his work in the orchestra and his ambition to own a swing band prove. His French Club activities go well with his interest in music. -lngelson, George P. . . . Music is the hobby of this future transport flier. George plays violin in the orchestra. Both football and basketball prolited by his stamina. ' Banehiere, Alfonso . . . Knot a graduatel Al's hobby is stamp collecting. To be an airplane or auto mechanic is they desire of this Commercial Club member. Bnnnen, hvlll. J., Jr. . . . Bill brought honor to himself in his senior year when he played the French horn in the All-Western Orchestra Festival. Bill also ha.. a flair for driving and the ladies. Beck, Julia . . . To become a social worker is Judy's ambition. Reading and trave- eling claim her leisure, while Commercial Club and Girl Reserves interest her. club play and the class play displayed senior dramatic ability. Then we gave Santa a run for his money by sponsoring the toy mission project. Remember how bare Miss Ray's room looked after all the toys were delivered! XVhat would the school newspaper, i'The Oak Leaf, have done without our journalistic-minded sen- iors? Remember how scared we were be- 'cause we thought we might trip going up to the stage to get our diplomas at Com- mencement ? Last of all, with the visio11 of one hun- dred and two seniors in caps and gowns. grasping tightly their diplomas, we close this diary. Reluctantly we turn the key on the memory of four of the happiest and most worth-while years in our lives. JANE BLACKBURN, Historian. is i l l l l 1 1 Q l 1 4 1 4 .4, ec Ni e iii 5 H