Perry High School - Perryscope Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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5. A. I Class History Small but Mighty . Our smallness is evident, now to prove our might' gathered for the first time in the auditorium. We were collected from West View McNaugher and Linwood, girls with shining, new Boston bags frememf ber? and boys in knee breeches. Frightened as we were, the room was by no means quiet. The entrance of a tall impressive person who we now know as our guide and friend, very effectively calmed the crowd. After being told how much Perry felt honored by our presence fHmmj we were assigned to our report rooms and exposed to the mysteries of the numerous pink, yellow and white slips placed before us. We were then prepared to enter our first high school classes as Freshmen. Freshmen! You, as well as I, know all that word implies. The hall monitors were entirely new creations to us. We held in awe those persons who had the power to command us to keep to the right, please and to walk instead of gallop through the corridors. The assemblies! What delightful and novel joys they were to us. Perry was not large enough to necessitate the holding of two a week at that time. We enjoyed the privilege of meeting with all the upperfclassmen very much. Our class at that time was much larger. I do not think it would be exaggerating to say that we were nearly one hundred strong. Looking at us now it seems quite a comedown. However we may reconcile ourselves because small though we may be, we have proven ourselves no less worthy of the title of Seniors than our predecessors. We then turned Sophomores. Sophomores, that indescribable ecstacy of being able to look down upon someone. Some Sophs sort of Lord it over the poor Freshmen. Of course, you realize our class was entirely different. We tried to help them in every way we could. QYou coming Seniors must certainly remember., However, one's Sophomore year is merely that year when you lose the agony of being nobody and come to realize suddenly, that high school is a gay place. Many friendships are made. The social side is looked into. Our class passed through that stage as well as could be expected. We held a Sophomore Hop and made a success of it, too. Individuals began to stand out. The class began to be represented in the Assembly programs. Several stood out in sports and all phases of school activities. Thus we reached the half way mark of our high school course. What a busy year that was. Our class was well represented in sports by this time since a goodly number of fellows were on the football team and the captain also 3, f ltll. l l ICHWHK Ulf J Q iness. On a cold, snowy day in February of 1925 a large part of our class P MT 'yr' f . !1 'A' ,. . L ',fx CE '.' 3 . ' 'g fiia I'----A-'---ff' f sb . f' 1' 4 'H ,,, I i 1 ' .. ,Y, t Z2

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qt ?l5iSaP 'X 12-A CLASS OH'icers President f f f f William Rea Vice President f f f William Bittle Secretary f f f Ruth White Treasurer f Herman Herchenroether Ring Committee Commencement Committee William Rea, Chairman Ruth Scott, Chairman Ted Rodgers Walter Kipp Edward Straub Mary Beck jean Fark Arclell Heckler Russell Brown Baccalaureate Committee Class Day Committee XValter Kipp, Chairman William Lang, Chairman Walter Haller Henry Giles Rudy Banks Nelda Jackson Lillian Reed Earl Rothfuss Sam Singer Senior Play Committee Honor Society Ruth White, Chairman William Lang Ted Rodgers George Hatcher Virginia Snyder Morris Cohen George Hatcher Herman Herchenroether Ruth White MOTTO-Small but Mighty FLOWER--Vtfhite Rose COLORS-Green and White r A1 ,l - t'tf , Q. - A ,- . 4.7, VYV.. ' ' W- , Q X 1 mg 'H . 1 1 WEST viii? Nl N f 11111 sf 1 ll I

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iifV23l': Pff'17f'?F'f1-Zffi-'NI 'r' - ' - ,Q-3'1Vf,Z'2! 'iH':'1-5 4 ' . . '3Q . .,:-Lxfsliizsr. faruliffizaaaxasi ggmxialmhhw? was one of our outstanding members. It was during this year that we realized the full significance of the scholastic side of school life combined with the other phases. Credits were counted and most of us put in a good many hours of solid work. In the A grade our class was organized with Ted Rodgers as Pres' ident and under the sponsorship of Miss Young and Mr. Smith. We had the honor of choosing the ring, the coatfoffarms of Commodore Perry, which was later accented as the standard seal. In june we held a junior Hop which of course was a huge success. September 1928 at last. We have attained the high pinnacle of Senior' ship. The class had dwindled until now only thirtyfthree noble souls bore the titles of Seniors. Despite our smallness we carried the Perryscope Subscription Campaign way beyond that of any other class. The results of the labor of the Perryscope Staff may be summed up in the four issues, namely, The Com' modore Perry issue, the Football Number, the Up in the Air Number, Perry Oddities and the Year Book. The Senior Play was our next big project. Every' thing concerning the play was different from that of semesters before. Its success was undisputed. All attention is now directed to the Senior Prom and to Commencement. The Prom will be held at the Pittsburgh Athletic Assof ciation on January 30th, and on the eve of February 4th we shall pass through the portals of Perry High School never again to enter as students. Yet, her standards will ever remain with us and the friendships formed during our high school career will remain unchanged as we are absorbed in the hurrying stream of life. INMEMORIAM HELEN WEILAND It has been our misfortune that during our sojourn at Perry High one of our members has passed into the world beyond. Although she is gone, the members of our class will always rememf ber herg and she will always hold a soft spot within our hearts.