Parker High School - Torch Yearbook (Parker, PA)

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NATURE CLUB This year the club was greatly hampered durlng the year by not enough periods convement to all for meetmgs by had weather, and not enough of the members contrlbutmg to the meetings Therefore they dnd not acquire as much practlcal knowledge of the fundamentals of nature as they should have However Mr Corbett through h1s mterestmg and Informative talks on the varuius flelds of nature mstllled some of h1s knowledge and love for nature mto the club mem ers These xndoor chats were enjoyed when the weather would not ermlt outdoor QCtlVltlCS However a few hlkes were taken to study nature flrst hand III the fnel , as xt should be studled to get a real apprecxatlon of xt Bird charts and pamphlets were gotten for mdoor study Movxes and blrd song recordings also were procured and enjoyed by all the club members What IS nature? Webster defmes xt as the total of all the agencies and forces ln creatlon Perhaps that IS the meanmg ID cold exactlng sclentlfxc terms but what IS nature to an mdlvxdu al person? To one person It ma be a fraglle vlolet or the llquld song of a robin rn the sprung To another, the glory of soft paste and blazm reds and pxnks ln an arrangement that no artist but the Master Palnter could dupllcate To stxlf another person lt may be the soft southem breeze after a sudden summer shower or the clear crlsp nxghts and frosty mornxngs whlch herald fall But to all lt IS a grand lntrxcate comhmatxon of all those llttle thlngs that make a man ln these troubled tlmes of world conflicts belleve that maybe llfe IS worth llvlng after all 1 .af 7 . . . . . . . . . , . . . . r . . . . . . ,, . , r . . . . ..- , . . . . . . . s 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . H . . . ,, . . . . . . . .. . . .. 9 9 ' . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .. . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . .. .

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STUDENT COUNCIL The fxrst Wednesday of every month the student council of our school met to dlscuss the problems that confront our student ody As we look around the councll table we see that each class IS represented by two people the presldent and the councll representatxve These members are elected by the popular vote of thexr consecutlve classes The purpose of those meetmgs was to cope with the problems and sxtuatlons that affected the student body as a whole The general axm of student councxl IS to give the students valuable lessons ln student government as the voter and as the office holder Of all the problems that came up during the year all were dlscussed and settled satls factorxly Our student council still has not reached our ideal of a student council but we feel a good foundatxon has been made for a great future ln our student councll we . 1 . . , . , - n . ' a . 1 . , , .

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TATTLETALE Sometxmes words spoken thoughtlessly can cause a m1nor catastrophe ln an average Amer xcan home such as happened ln the llves of the Blames 1n the Junlor play Tattletale The culprlt was the 16 ear old daughter Patty By merely wrltmg own the remarks s oken by her farmly she almost wrecked her o der slsters romance caused her father to lose h1s posxtlon as coach and her mother to be ousted from her favorlte club However provlng that people can be hu man and have a sense of humor and through the axd of a young newspaper edltor a tragedy was averted After readlng Pattys artxcle, whxch was really her secret dxary, they saw the truth about themselves as they really appeared Patty very frankly and honestly, expressed her cr1t1c1sms of adults, as any youth often does. As lt had been publlshed ln the weekly paper many alumnx realized that w1th a llttle ard from each of tlum Mr Blame s dream of a new stadium mlght be fulfilled Patty fortxfled by the help of her loyal boyfrlend Tod confessed the whole mlstake and Artle her k1d brother even offered hls lxfe savings whlch was to have paid for a drum hrs only prxde and joy Glorla Guntrum gave a very effective performance as Patt ,lack Crowley made a very handsome boyfrlend although slightly bewildered throughout the play at Pattys changeable antxcs Dlck Overhelm added a great deal to maklng It a success by being the clown of the play and Tom McClung the edltor, proved to be a very necessary char acter, and provlded the more serlous outlook of the SIIUBIIOD Wlth the ald of the entlre cast, and under the dtrectxon of Mlss Bxsh, the play proved to be very successful, and was well recelved by all. l i 1 l ay . V, if . 'Q , , K L 1 .L , Y 1 A r .Q ' I A 4 ' 1 . . . . I . , , V , . . - ' - c 4 1 1 - - - , 1 . 1 5' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' . 1 1 Y V ' 1 1 ' 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , , 1 , 1 . . - . 7 9 Q . . 1 1 , . . , , I . . Q . . . . . . , . . ' . 1 1 . 7 o