Port Allegany Union High School - Tiger Lily Yearbook (Port Allegany, PA)

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A. 'Hera fcJtiHi “Confound that bell! scarce have I slept One hour since into bed I crept.” Vera, the belle of our class, never has time for anything except dances and lost sleep. Occasionally she studies very hard in Biology, and manages with difficulty to hand her note book in at the appointed time. Perhaps some day after endless years of study and hard times, Vera will be a librarian, as she is thinking quite seriously of this vocation; if so, she will have to accustom herself to early rising. iluaaeU fll. idiyar “Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look.” Bumpy, as he is familiarly known, was captain of the basket ball team and is a general favorite with his classmates. He and Bill see that the rnysics apparatus is kept from getting dusty. He is a shark in Physics and spends much time in trying to convince Mr. Fetterolf that he has passed a back test. He is also a “crack” in drawing Biology specimens but he has strict orders to label all of tnem. He is not easily discouraged, however, and will surely be a success in life. iFrcriia (£. SulfttBon “Maiden with the meek brown eyes, In whose orb the laughter lies.” Here is the baby of our class, she is only—ahem. She is our poetess and talented musician. We had a hope that she would some day write the great American Epic. But it is feared she will never make her mark in that way because she is devoted to another Art, and she blushes if questioned concerning her future. Freeda is a brilliant history pupil and one night had a dream of taking three histories at the same time. Fear not “Freja,” dreams do not always come true. Esther fflrEaugtjlin “I love to wind my mouth up, I love to hear it go.” Esther is the most ambitious, talkative, flighty, brilliant, good-hearted and lengthy individual in the Senior Class. Still more adjectives are necessary to describe her complicated character. Esther is especially noteworthy in basketball; she gives her opponents no chance of beating for she has merely to walk to the basket and drop the ball in. Athletics, however, do not occupy her entire attention: in history and English she leads her class, and in all school afTairs can be depended upon to do her share.

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alir aujrr CUtj our last two years so successful. Our staff of officers consisted of Esther, Harold, Pauline and Russel. Immediately we set to earning money. We have the honor of introducing the now popular Friday lunch counter, which is quite a money making scheme. So successful were we that all the classes since imitate us. We had many wajs of earning money and all were just as successful as the lunch counter. We bought our pins when we were Juniors, another thing no other Junior class has ever done. We helped give the Freshman reception another innovation. Our reception to the Seniors was given late in the year and we have the Seniors’ word for it that it was a success, but the crowning achievement of our Junior year was the publication of the first High School Anual in Port Allegany, “The Tiger Lily.” The other classes scoffed when we started to work upon it but we were persevering and so in May the book was placed on the market and was received with enthusiasm; so much so that the demand was great er than the supply. Well, that year ended and we were sorry to lose some of our class-mates. And then .ve were Seniors—Seniors! Oh how proud we were and yet how sorrowfully we watched the days pass that drew on to the end. But we were happy too and we have enjoyed this year more than any other. As we wished to take a trip to Washington, we set to work to earn the necessary money for this trip. Because we had been wisely economical, we had a nice nest egg. We had lunch counters, picture show benefits, an extra lecture number, and soap orders, soap or- ders and more soap orders. During the first part of our Senior year the events were few, just another Freshman reception and a Halloween party. But besides all the things we have told of, there is one other thing. In the eighth grade we got the habit of giving something to the school. That year it was a small but extremely useful book, “The Age of Fable,” but during our Senior year the class gave to the High School a statue of Mercury. Of this we are very proud because we are the first to do it, but we are also very happy to leave the gift to our beloved alma mater. During the latter paid of the year events moved swiftly; work and play were nicely mixed. Exams—their name was legion but so were the affairs of fun. Mrs. Ventres entertained at her home one Saturday evening and two weeks later we were entertained at the country home of “Uncle Eber” after a delightful sleigh ride. To tell of the fun we managed to have in school would take the rest of this book so you will have to imagine it or look on the Calendar. The days passed and the hurry and flurry of graduating began. But why should we go further with this tale. We cannot tell what lies before us nor how many miles of land and sea may lie between us in the coming yea.s. We can only hope that all will be well vifc'i every member of the class of 1914. We are sure that you will agree with us as you read this that our class deserves the name of the “wonderful class of 1914.” E. McL, ’14.

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AUijn? arfft ‘‘When love and study clash, let study go to smash.” Allyne is the most popular girl in our class if we judge by the number of her beaus. That fact probably accounts for her having so little time to spend on her school work. Another reason may be Allyne’s fondness for sleighrides and parties. She believes there will always be studying, but parties must be taken when they come. Already rumor says that instead of Commencement invitations, she contemplates sending wedding invitations. (Oral A. GHfompaott “Small is the subject but not so the praise.” Oral’s greatest fault is not wanting to study; she is always worrying about flunking her exams and getting low marks, but when the quarterly reports appear in the local papers her name always heads the Honor Roll. She is a member of “The Corner” and always ready for a good time. Oral is our President and has endless trouble in the class meetings, for the Senior’s have very decided opinions. After graduating, she expects to teach. ffliirirl t. Hputrca “Oh, my hair’s like a red, red rose.” Muriel, the future suffragette, is considered the most pious member of the class of 1914, but to this we cannot all agree. She enjoys a jolly lark as well as anyone, and loves to debate on woman’s suffrage and the W. C. T. U. She is ambitious by fits and starts. After allowing her work to accumulate for some time, she then studies frantically for ?. few days, until at last she is overcome by brain exhaustion and is forced to take a rest. She is planning for past graduate work next year. ffiarulti UHppppr “As idle as a painted ship, Upon a painted ocean.” When younger and below the High School, he used to make two grades in one year, but now it takes him two to make one. He is a dreamer and has beautiful visions of dances, sleigh rides, etc., and says the visions of school grind are vulgar and monotonous beside the others. He has ability and can do good work. He has never gone in for athletics much. “The devil of procrastination is an easy boss, but he pays low wages.” Wake up Wiepper, in time.