Perry High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Perry, OH)

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ACTIVITIES Music . . . lilting sopranos . . . mellow basses . . . sweet harmonies swelling into melodic beauty . . . the bright confusion of sound as many instruments are tuned . . . musicians of varying ages and talents . . . but all working hard . . . And the Drahma (or is it the Drayma?) . . . long, tedious hours in a cold auditorium . . . the final terrible dress rehearsal . . . the exciting smell of grease paint and powder . . . and swish of costumes . . . applause . . . flowers . . . congratulations . . . and the cast breathes one last quivering, relieved sigh . . . The honorary organizations . . . toast of the school . . . cream of the crop . . . the right to wear a glittering emblem on one's bosom ... a boost to anyone's ego . . . and rightly so! f $

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Perry, Ohio May 4, 1939. Students of Perry High School Perry, Ohio Dear Friends: Perry High School enjoyed in 1933-1939 one of its most successful athletic years. A boy derives a great deal of good from athletic participation. He learns to work to the top of his capacity for the coach good of the group. He finds that study of the best methods will save him much work and add to his success. Boys have to make many necessary adjustments to each other and to learn to work together. They learn how to take proper care of themselves and develop a desire to do so. Of the sixty-seven boys in our school thirty-eight were active on at least two squads each, while five boys participated in all four sports. Our football squad was light and inexoerienced but had a desire to play well. This stimulated them to practice faithfully and to study their position play until they became proficient, fter each of their few defeats they came back and played better which is really the mark of a team with strong character. In basketball we were shorter than any of our opponents but the same qualities shown in our football carried us to the completion of a fine season. More interest has been shown in track than for several years and eleven boys have been entered in the league meet at Chagrin Falls. We are tied for the league lead in baseball which makes us a total of thirty-four wins and fourteen losses for the year. We hope to add to the wins before the end of the year without many additions to the loss column. We have joined a new league with Chardon, Chagrin Falls, Kirtland and Mentor. Championships are to be decided yearly in four sports. I am sure this league will improve the fine sportsmanship on which we pride ourselves. Many people erroneously think that the athletes are boys who can do little but play well. All coaches know that a boy without scholastic ability and a desire to keep up in his studies will never become a great athlete. Of the thirty-eight boys on our squads seventeen were on the school honor roll, eight are members of the county Scholarship Club, and three are members of the National Honor Society. The grade average of the athletes was much above that of the boys who did not participate. A large number of the athletes are also active in music and drama. Very truly yours, COACH HAWKINS twenty-eighl

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GIRLS' GLEE CLUB—First row: Joan Blackmore, Harriet Lord, Barbara West, Matilda Orosz, Sophie Grech, Mildred Stinson, Marian Bittig, Marilyn Burt, Annabel Norris, Barbaro Brewster, Wilma Stinson. Second row: Nancy Barrett, Thelma Compton, Martha Kish, Elizabeth Fallat, Iris Taft, Allene Chapman, Helen Wheeler, Fay Belding, Irene Stinchcomb, Elizabeth Spiesman, Maxine Enoch. Third row: Pauline Hilborn, Rosemary Black, Fannie Lou Thomas, Betty Blackmore, Patty Smith, Gladys Pcattie, Fayetto Hall, Charlotte Champion, Carolyn Greening, Norma Niedermeyer, Frances Sargent. Fourth row: Elaine Tikka, Marjorie Melcher, Arlene Hietonen, Beulah Mattice, Oleda Torch. BOYS' GLEE CLUB—First row: Clyde Lapham, Bill Hoyt, Warren Chapman, Paul Szomszlo, Gail Fankhauser, Bill Stephenson, Charles Neu, Edward Palmer, Edward McFarland, Jack Compton. Second row: Kirk Keener, Royster Whiting, Vaughn Johnson, Kenneth Wilhoite, Carl Torch, John Oliver, Sterling Averill, Jim Shook, Charles Hull. Third row: Maynard Whiting, Don Chapman, Lowell Morrow, Alfred Fobes. Girls Glee Club The girls' glee club, composed of girls from the entire high school, is another of our advancing clubs. The girls entered the district music contest at Kent this spring, there winning a rating of excellent which qualified them to enter the state contest at Columbus. After spending a pleasant night at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus, the girls sang at the university where they again received a rating of excellent . All in all, we consider them an excellent group. thirty