Oakmont High School - Periscope Yearbook (Oakmont, PA)

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Class of OFFICERS 1 E I 1 BOSSERT ..... ......... ....... T r easurer JOHNSTON . . ......... PresidenT FERGUSON .... ..... V ice Presideni' KAUS ........................................ Secrefary SENIOR COUNCIL SeaTed: I GORDON DAVIS , .... .... STEVE CIRINCIONE ELLIS LONG ........ BETTY FLIAS .... STanding: ROBERT LANDSEADEL CHESTER JOHNSTON .. . HUGH PORTER ...... Senior Reviews I'Ier High School Days The oTher day I cornered a senior and asked him iT he had any regreTs aTTer spending These IasT Tour years in good old O. H. S. Nope, he said, excepT The TacT ThaT I'm leav- ing. Gosh l've had Tun heire. I'II never TorgeT when I was a Treshman. EveryThing was so diTFerenT Trom whaT I'd been used To. Half The Time I was IaTe Tor classes because I couIdn'T Tind The room, and iT Took nearly haIT The year Tor me To geT on To Those ex- cuses and permiTs-a blue one Tor This, a pink one Tor ThaT, a whiTe Tor anoTher, and a yellow Tor sTiII anoTher. I remember The TirsT Time I was absenT and Tried To bring- an excuse wriTTen b my moTher as I did in grade school. Greenhorns They call us. And ThaT's whaT I was aT IeasT. Boy, ThaT sophomore year! I saw Caesar in my sleep. He was a nice guy Though, in his way., ThaT's also The year I learned whaT The kids meanT when They said. CommenT-allez-vous? We sophomores had our TirsT TasTe of puTTing on a dance. IT was The Junior DramaTic Club Dance. My iunior year was swell. I was an upper class- man. Did ThaT make me Teel grown up? No. IT Room I02 Room IOI Room IO4 Room IO4 Room I02 .PresidenT Room IOII seems There was much more going on ThaT year. Our class puT ouT The Periscope-The besT so Tar. There were IoTs oT club acTiviTies Too. I'II never Tor- geT The Tun we had aT The picnics aT NorTh Park. I had weiners every nighT Tor supper Tor a whole week, and was I sick of Them-buT noT of The pic- nics. We had The Junior Jive and The prom ThaT year Too. Boy, The hard work The juniors had geTTing The prom ready, buT we never IeT down and had one of The nicesT proms. Now I'm a senior and having a wonderful Time. AT ChrisTmas Time we helped SanTa by having The Toy mission. We had iusT as much Tun Tixing Toys in Miss Ray's room as SanTa did in his Toy shop. The spring oT The year was scrumpTious. Never again will There be Tor us such a gorgeous Time as Then- Class play, Senior Day, anoTher prom and' Then commencemenTI E - Yes, I Think if someone asked me whaT Tour years of my life I'd like To live over again, I'd choose my Tour years in high school. , BeTTy Raymond '4I

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Students to Learn and Live The pillars ol lhe English Deparlmenl have a gel logelher. MISS SHOTT gives sopho- mores lhe knowledge ol senlence slruclure and a lundamenlal inleresl in lhe classics: MLLE. HARTER, lhe French specialisl, rnan- ages lo leach lhree English I classes as a sideline: MRS. EOSTER'S specialily is par- liamenlary law, which lhe iuniors lind spiced wilh punclualion and Teller wriling: MISS EKAS helps lhe seniors appreciale lheir na- live longue and slarls lwo classes ol lresh- men on lhe lrack ol proper English. The camera calches MISS GILLESPIE, lhe girls' gym leacher, MR. HELLER, lhe alhlelic coach who mixes boys' gym wilh his American Hislory classes. and MISS WHITE who holds solilary command ol lhe Arl Deparlmenl. The Science Deparlmenl gels a bil ol sun- shine. Besides coaching a snappy baskelball leam. MR. WOOD expounds on lhe diller- ence belween H2O and HSSO4, lhen lurns lo his General Science class. MR. MASTER'S job is lo enlighlen lhe presenl generalion on Biol- ogy and help lhem survive lhe horrors ol pickled lrogs 'n such. The Commercial Deparlmenl gels acquainl- ed wilh MISS OFEUTT. a newcomer lo O.. H. S., who leaches a variely ol subiecls: General Malh, Typing and Bookkeeping. Teaching Commercial Law and Bookkeeping and serving as school lreasurer are MR. GLENN'S dulies. The Commercial Club is his special proiecl. MISS SHELLABY spends her day wilh slen- ogs and lypisls-lo-be and guides lhe desliny ol lhe Oak Leal. The clacking ol lypewrilers rings in MISS SACKTER's ears, excepl when her lwo classes in Social Science bring oppor- lunily lor inleresling discussions. GLADYS SHOTT, A.B. MARGARET H. FOSTER, A.B. ALICE HARTER, A.B. MARC-UERITE EKAS. A.B., lv1.A JOYCE GILLESPIE JAMES M. WOOD. A.B WARREN HELLER, B.S. PAUL E. MASTERS, B.S. HELEN E. WHITE, A.B. -4 BETTY OFFUTT. B.S. in C. HELEN R. Sl-IELLABY, B. ol Ed. A. L. GLENN. B.S. in C. VIOLA SACKTER. B.S.. M.A. Zfpggloic

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I f y Senior s Unloclced Diary Tells All Sepfember, I937. Dear Diary: I'm so unhappy. Oh! if only I could be a senior! Buf no, I'm iusl' a liffle green fresh- man. Everyfhing's so differenf from whaf I was accusfomed af Tenfh Sfreef. Up fhere our class was looked upon as very superior by all fhe ofhers. Now I have fo sfarf all over again. Thaf's fhe reason, my liffle diary, fhal' I long fo be a senior! Sepfember, I938. Dear Diary: I'm all fhrillecll I've been promofedl Jusf fo fhinlc-only fwo more years and l'll be a senior! I can hardly waif! Things are going a Iiffle beffer now, and I know quife a few more people. I'm also geffing used fo my surroundings, alfhough l'll admif fhaf if did fake me some fime. Well, good-bye, dear diary, and l'll be seeing you nexf year. Sepfember, I939. Dear Diary: Whoopee! I'm iusf boiling over wifh ioy! I have pushed myself righf info The shoes of a 'uniorl Nexf year, my Iiffle cliar , l'll be a full-fledged SENIOR. I don'f fhinlc I've ever been so happy. Pardon me, if I Ileave you when I've hardly begun fo say anyfhing, buf I've iusf gof fo do somefhing ouf-of-doors fo work off my enfhusiasm! When I see you again, I will have so much news abouf my senior life fhaf you'II never be able fo hold if. Sepfember, I94O. Dear Diary: I'm so unhappy! And I'm a senior! All of a sudden I realized fhaf fhis really is m Iasl' year, and soon I will be separafed from my friends and saying good-bye fo all fhe good fimes. I can'f say any more, Iiffle diary. I'm af my Iowesf ebb. Why was I ever so anxious fo become a senior? Now, I wish fhere really were bars on fhe dear old prison 'Io hold me in for iusf one more year of all fhe nice 'Ihings school life gives you. Bul' if's foo Iale now. If's gone, well, almosf and fhen-on my own. Well, I've said if once before, buf I really mean if fhis fime. I iusf can'f fhinlc of if any more. Good-bye, dear diary and dear old O. I-I. S. Isabel Eclcer '4I. WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG I-Iere are fhe six oufsfanding seniors vofecl fhis disfincfion by fheir own classmates. I Who are fhey? See page 95. I 7