Oakmont High School - Periscope Yearbook (Oakmont, PA)

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Room 102 Ifaitom Rom: G. Hughes, J. Douglass. H. Foust, F. Carlberg, E. Dzivitt, G. Kaulfnmn, A. Davis. .Second Row: D. Heathcore, A. Conrad, W. Dryburgh, B. Duden, C. Bain, M. Donoughe, B. Davis, C. Flynn. Third Row: D. Dickinson, D. Engle, J. Ander- son, B. Campbell. J. Horvat, F. Arthur, G. Kokales, D. Donaldson, A. Conte. .Fourth Row: J. Gaines, S. Cratsa, J. Givner, W. Clxalnbers, R. Copley, J. Grosse, W. Dunn, R. Ingrnluun. Absent: T. Caldwell. On Being Fm glad that Fm a junior. Can't say exactly why. This hasn't been an easy year, But I know that I did try. NY e juniors claim this year book And the junior-Senior Prom. Yes, there are very many things To draw our 1nen1'ries from. Yes, Tm JU IOR, , Q 0 0 ::fX,:Q-1 I ' if X. Xl A 0 OZRCIQQ' J . 'A' 'lb' :SP or XZ S Room 103 i Bottom. Row: R. Waldo, F. Yillella, S. Price, H. Sproule, L. MeJunkin, D. I son, R. Robbeloth, J. McMillen. E. Scntenn. Second Row: F. MeElrnth, B. McMaster. B. Schmitt, J. Overbeck, D. Reiuh I. Lewnudowski, B. Ondrizek, I. Saunders, M. Krieg. Third Row: H. Melaro. K. Lunsford, W. Wallace, E. Siena, J. Ornea, M. Sylba White, D. McCormick. Fourth Row: T. Moskoxvski, E. Slmdle, C. Kruger, J. Marutiuk, G. Saunders, Young, C. White. .lbsrntz T. Sells. a junior just look at all the fun we've had. Sure, we had our troubles too, . But l, for one, will recall the fun, Not the troubles, when I'm through. And we're really the nicest people You'd ever want to know. Vile feel that you'll all miss us VVhen our time comes to go. glad that I'm a junior, And Ilve had a, lot of fun, But I'd rather be a Senior And know that school is done. -Betty LIICGOMQII. 2 8 i

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A junior's Memories of O. H. S. Realizing that you will soon be a senior, can you remember, off hand, the high lights of your first three years at 0.1-I.S.? Of course you can't,-not all of them. Oh, you probably remem- ber your first bewildered way as a freshie',, your first A, and that tirst dateg but do you recall the really important incidents of three years of fun and work? Probably, you have forgotten most of the big eventsg so l will recount memorable incidents for you, hoping that twenty years from now when you take an old, but well-cared-for Periscope from your bookshelf, you will be able to smile and say, VV hy, I remember thatg that was the day when- and so on as you recall pleasant memories. Our freshman year was one we never want to forget. Do you remember the lirst day of school when we rushed around, with no more sense of direction than a bunch of lirecrackers, vainly trying to get somewhere before the be-lls stopped ringing? Then followed the initiation full of embarrassment and chagrin at the hurdles those awful sophomores made us take. Do you recall the fun we had working on our lirst Book VVeek project? All year there was the thrill of meeting new friends, of having dif- ferent teachers who treated us as grown-ups , of attending a weekly assembly with the entire school, of reading a school news- paper, and the even bigger thrill, after waiting ten long months, of receiving our iirst year book. Our sophomore year lacked the excitement of the tirst year and was a little disappointing. Our members were diminishing rap- idlyg the teachers lost their head-waiter-likes' smiles and began to make us really workg we no longer ran around the halls but slowed down to a gentle trotg and our musings became, VV hat is so rare' as an A in June? VV e had come to know our teachers as text books wired for sound and the upper-classmen as the reigning autocrats of all activities. Xvith looks of anxiety, we said, 'Wait until we're juniorslu The junior year at last! In the fall we came back to our two- story Cathedral of Learning where we have developed in ten months into veterans whether it be at schoolwork, athletics, par- ties, or hookey. How could we ever forget the election of class officers, the beating Oakmont gave Verona in both football and basketball, the organizing of our iirst school band, the fun of entertaining the Vtfestern Pennsylvania Music Association, the planning of a penny-a-pound dance, the thrill of receiving class rings and the gala climax of the junior prom? To top it off is the expectation of being a senior and thinking how swell'l it will be to graduate from a grand school like ours. In short how can we ever forget C.H.S.? F Rixxcrzs CARLBERG Fnumivx ARTHUR H mmm'S 27 ' TQ, li iii ' ll IATIO 1 g.. . Q? K 1g2,f'2.!E ,, 'fi ,AJ A FIR 'DHTE ' rj, .H ,liffiiii I' '3 , .---. 4 ' 'JI TTER BUG' DHNC E S , lik 1 .Sk X 19,1 A l 'st 44 X' N QIYUGHT - PUIYIIVG HDOKY' A 'Q R -va' I uugziiiins M 33 'ffc ....Z , an

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1 x ooK Boa ARD TO '40 unior Americanibus QGenus Dopusj This queer animal combines the charac- teristics of various members of the animal kingdom and is usually found residing in or near high schools over the greater part of the United States. Sheer laziness, ordinarily attributed only to the sloth is the cardinal mark of the junior fcommonly known as dope, jerk, drip and, slug. j In 1939 the junior was shown to be a definitely differ- ent species from the homo sapiens Chu- man beingj which it so closely resembles If any human being makes the mistake of associating with a junior over an elon- gated period' of time he unconsciously ex- poses himself, frequently with disastrous results. The research, recently made public, at- tempts to prove the theory that juniors really are human beings, merely suffering with a dreadful 'malady of unknown in- tensity. According to the hypothesis when the high school student reaches his junior year, work begins to grow more diflicult. If the student possesses unusual mental faculties, he is safe but otherwise only the certain fate of being classed as junior Americauibus remains. The scientists fur- ther contend that this disease is typified by, at least, a temporary mental relapse. Much has been brought to light concern- ing the habits of the species but as yet no practical method of checking the ravages of this dreadful malady has been suggested, Every year more and more unfortunate students contract this disease and suffer dreadfully, and apparently the slaughter of the innocents will have to continue until science iscovers the solution to this prob- lem. K A -101111 Orlzra. My slit Bottom Row: M. Suntucei, E. Coyle, M no, J. Connelly, W. Rupert, P. Butera. Kovel, R. Miller, E. Blv eette, D. Fabian E. Irwin, A. Adams, S. Honsperger. Third Row: K. Flowers, I. Heil, D. Mo roif, E. Aubele, V. Beard, B. MeGough, U Daprn. G. Giganti. ,r Fourth Row: W. Ludelmk, E. Doyle, R Melina, W. Orzecliowski, V. Merlot, R Ludchnk. Absent: D. Webb, A. Bancliiere. Dasta, R. Kauffman, J. Auld, L. Maugi- Scvond Row: G. Hnskin, M. Sublinsky, A-