Palmerton High School - Mirror Yearbook (Palmerton, PA)

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THE MIRROR SENIOR IssUE Senior Prizes Six awards were made at the Class Day Exer- cises on Friday morning: The Valedictorian's prize of a Eve dollar gold piece, presented by the Palmerton Printing Com- pany,was received by Marsden Vanderwaart. The Dr. Bingaman Memorial prize, of ten dol- lars in gold, offered to the student in the Senior Class who did the best work in mathematics and Science was won by Robert Shearman. Rosaleen Hatcher, who has done exceptional work in English, was awarded a book, given by the Concourse Club. Twenty dollars in gold awarded by Dr. S. L. Hermany to the boy in the Senior Class who made the highest grades in English in Junior and Senior High was won by Robert Shearman. The Elaine Wertman Memorial prize of twen- ty dollars offered to the student who excelled in French was won by the Valedictorian, Marsden Vanderwaart. Levan Linton received the Dr. B. L. Ludy prize of ten dollars as a reward for being voted the most valuable member to the Senior Class and the school. Mention was made of the previous election of Seniors to the National Honor Society. The recently elected members are: Thomas Gear- hart, Marguerite Harkness, Rosaleen Hatcher, Fred Heller, Ruth Kistler, Levan Linton, Cath- erine Peters, Robert Shearman, Catherine Steele, Marsden Vanderwaart and Mildred Weber. Recipe for Zilch Pudding Take two eggs Cnot older than two yearsl and beat them into a state of unconsciousness. Throw in one Arrow Shirt Collar, size seventeeng add a cup of pigeon milky stir with a wooden spoon, then throw in the spoong cut last Saturday's Public Ledge into squares one inch long and three inches wide and put them into a buttered pan, add the first mixturej bake three or four days and it will be ready for the table. If it doesn 't taste very good, you must have used Friday's paper instead of Saturday's. In this case write a letter on perfumed stationery with purple ink. Address the envelope to the ZILCH BROTHERS, Room thirty-three, P.H.S. Then throw the letter into the fire and get out your recipe book and try a different pudding. Mr. Learn- What is a batchelor? Linton- A batchelor is a man who looks be- fore he leaps-and then-doesn't leap. Oratoricals On April 22, the Girls' Carbon County Ora- torical Contest was held in the East Mauch Chunk High School. Mildred Weber was chosen from the eight contestants of the preliminaries to represent P.H.S. She won second place in the contest with her oration The Girl In White Armor. The Junior Oratorical and Extemporaneous Speaking Contest was held May 19, in the High School auditorium. In the Oratorical Contest Robert F. Fleming was awarded Mrs. Luther's gold piece, and James Williams received the book given by Mr. Roeder. Fred Heller received Mr. Kelsey's gold piece and Thomas Gearhart won the gold piece given by Miss Ada James for ex- cellence in extemporaneous speaking. The Junior Oratorical and Extemporaneous Contest held in 1931, eight members of the Class of '32 participated-- Elizabeth Philip and Rosa- leen Hatcher were awarded the first two prizes in the Oratoricals and in the Extemporaneous Contest Marsden Vanderawar and Ruth Kistler received the awards. Debating Debating did not come into prominence until the last three years. Although the attendance was low and the support meager, the teams have been victorious. The debating teams of 1932 had a very suc- cessful season. By defeating Lehighton, Lans- ford and Mauch Chunk, they won the Carbon County Championship. The teams defeated Schuylkill Haven, thus winning the champion- ship of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and earning the privilege of representing Eastern Pennsylvania at the State finals in Pittsburgh. The question debated this year was-Resolved: That the State of Pennsylvania Should Enact Legislation Providing for Compulsory Unem- ployment Insurance. It was under the direction of Mr. O. M. Blynn and through the endeavors of Catherine Peters, Robert Fleming, Marsden Vanderwaart, Fred Heller, Thomas Gearhart and James Wil- liams that our school was represented. Liz Mikus- When I was in Rome I fell right down and kissed the pavement. C. Steele- Emotion? Mikus- No, banana peel.

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SENIOR Issun THE MIRROR 'Ili' B Class Will .3 ' Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! We, the Class of nineteen hundred thirty-two, being of sound mind and sound body, do hereby make our last Will and Testament: Firstly: To the class of '33 we bequeath the exclusive right to throw erasers, chalk and paper airplanes in the presence of teachers or otherwise. Secondly: To the aforesaid Junior Class we leave all of our hard-worn, never-used books, our messy lockers, our autographed desk-tops, and lastly, but very important, our girlish modesty. Thirdly: To the Romeos of said Class of '33 we give the remaining tonsorial grease, up to present date used, and highly endorsed, by Messrs. Shive and Nicholas. Fourthly: To the stage-inclined group, the absolute right to form another Zilch Family. Fifthly: To the pugilistic hopeful, the corres- pondence course boxing lessons, and also all the equipment for that sport, heretofore used by Nick Nicholas, of our class, a retired pugilist. Sixthlyt To les femmes, the half-filled com- pacts, the mirrors, and other cosmetics, left in the various lockers. Seventhly: To those guilty of truancy, we be- queath the excuses and alibis of Alvin Fogel- man, Joe Siska, Alexander Peter Delich, Harlan Bossard, and Barthold Zeiser. Eighthly: To the scientifically inclined Chemis- try students we leave a formula for making Hydrogen Sulphide. and also the equipment including the secondhand test tubes, cracked flasks, and seldom-washed beakers. Ninthly and Lastly: We leave a deposit. in the Lehigh Gap Bank, of ninety-eight centsg this amount is to remain in said bank until the interest has grown to an amount large enough to buy Mr. Robert Miller a new hat to replace the one into which a certain Senior, Bossard by name, punched a hole, playfully, not spitefully. Signed-The Class of 1932. Written and signed in the presence of the fol- lowing witnesses: Benjamin Zilch Howard Correll Robert Ripley Plato Zilch Bill Deppe Bing Crosby. Signed and sealed on this seventeenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred thirty-two, being absolutely and positively the last Will of the Class of '32, I. M. A. THEEF, Squire Seniors Plant Trees In celebration of the George Washington Bi- Centennial Anniversary each Senior Class of Carbon County planted trees furnished by the State on Broad Mountain. On Friday morning, April 15, the Senior Class of Palmerton High School motored to Broad Mountain where men employed by .the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company directed the planting of the trees. FOND THOUGHTS While the birds are flying on high And the roaring waves are rolling by We shall ever greet our Palmer High With words of gratitude and praise. Many cheerful days have we all spent In learning our lessons to the end. Now, we're ready to leave our Palmer High To answer the call of our destiny. -V. A. Vegh, '32

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SENIOR IssUE THE MIRROR WHERE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF '32 WILL BE NEXT YEAR FRED HELLER will take college entrance examina- tions and if he is successful he expects to con- tinue his studying at Yale University. ROSALEEN HATL'HER intends to matriculate at Ohio State this September. MILDRED WEBER and DORIs HARRISON will fur- ther their education at Indiana State Teach- er's College. MARSDEN VANDERWAART expects to pursue knowledge at Hamilton College. CATHERINE PETERS has chosen Swarthmore College for her future THOMAS GEARIIALT will ucation at Dartmouth MARGUERITE HARRNESS College. FRED POLASI-I expects to at Rider College. MARIE ZNAIDEN and ELIZABETH MIKUS will enter Mount Sinai Hospital next February. WOODROW SNYDEIL and PAUI. SERFABS intend to claim Penn State as their future Alma Mater. ROBERT SHEARMAN is hoping .o enter the Law- renceville Preparatory School in September. LEVAN LINTON is planning to matriculate at Munsun Preparatory School. Alma Mater. obtain his higher ed- College. is enrolled in Elmira continue his studying Post Graduates Twenty-five members of the Class of '32 have registered as Post Graduates for the 1932-33 term. The Seniors who will continue studying in P.H.S. are: Grace Behler, Josephine Bolmin- sky, Bernice Borger, Harlan Bossard, Betty Breit, Henry Chamberlain, Elizabeth Derkocz, John Detwiller, Marvin Foley, Joyce Green, Robert Green, Julia Haytman, Kenneth Heiney, Donald Kocher, Jack Murray, Matthew Nicho- las, Marion Oswald, Elizabeth Philip, Joe Ple- chavi, Louis Shipcovsky, Roscoe Shive, Joe Siska, Catherine Steele, Barthold Zeizer, Della Ziegenfus. Class Day Exercises The Seniors have made another change in Commencement activities by presenting Class Day Exercises on Friday morning, June '17, before the Senior Assembly instead of the usual time, Thursday evening preceding Graudacion on Friday. Robert Green, Rosaleen Hatcher, Ernest Walk, Woodrow Snyder, and Ruth Kistler formed the Committee to prepare the Farewell Program which was as follows: Short Talks on Class Motto-Marsden Vander- waart, Valedictorian Class Wlll ................... Harlan Bossard . . . .Marcella Alonzo Dance and Song ..... Class Prophecy ..... ...... E rnest Walk Class Presentation ......,..,..... Ruth Kistler Selection ..............,...... Class Orchestra Class Poem-read by the author, Rosaleen Hat- cher Presentation of Gift to School. . .Levan Linton Key Oration ..........,....... Julia Haytman Accepted by ................. Gordon Rhinard Presentation of Awards ......... J. N. Roeder Closing Address-Robert Shearman, Saluta- torian Alma Mater ........... , .... Senior Recessional BACCALAUREATE SERVICE . The Baccalaureate Services held in the High School auditorium on Sunday evening were con- ducted by Reverend Smith. The program was as follows: Processional ..,.. Invocation ......., Hymn .......,.... Scripture Reading Prayer ................. Rev. F. S. Longsdorf Anthem ......... Boys' ..Orchestra .. . .Rev. S. S. Smith . . . . . . . . Congregation . . . .Rev. G. McKinley and Girls Glee Clubs Sermon .... ........... R ev. J. L. Tonkin Hymn ...... . . . ...... Congregation Benediction. . . .... Rev. R. G. Bortz Recessional . . . ........ Orchestra