Rice Avenue High School - Unitas Yearbook (Girard, PA)

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WHAT WOULD LINCOLN SAY IF HE SAW THIS? Four score and seven years ago our mothers brought us to this high school, conceived in conceit and dedicated to the proposition that if equals are added to equals the sums are equal. We are now engaged in a great examination to test whether we or any other senior can graduate. We are met in 'I '29 . We are met to dedicate the waste baskets as a final resting place for those sticks of gum which here gave their lives that we might pester our teachers. It is altogether sticking and proper that we shouldnlt do this. But in a large scent we cannot concentrate, we cannot hollow these waste baskets. The reeking gum Spearmint , and juicy Fruitll, have scented these far above our meager powers to add, subtract, or divide. The janitors will greatly note and long remember what we chewed here, nor will they ever forget that which we put under the seats. It is for us the sleeping, rather, to be, concentrated here to the unfinished work which they who chewed here thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be annihilated from the great task remaining under us-that from these unscented sticks we take increased effort to the cause for which they gave their last full measure of flavor-that we here highly dissolve that those chewed shall not have been chewed in pain-that this school under Mr. Sayre shall have a new drinking fountain so the government of the pupils, by the pupils, for the pupils, shall not perish for thirst. BLUE BOOKS REVEAL ASTOUNDING FACTS OF INSIDE INFORMATION Did you know that Buffalo Bill, Howard Taft, and the new Ford were considered Rough Riders, that Beowulf was a German art student, that pastoral poetry is poetry written about the rural part of a city, that the Decoverly Papers were printed in 1911f1912, that the battle of Harpers' Ferry was fought during the Revolutionary War, the new Lincoln is the bigger and better car? Neither did we, but these are statements gleaned from recent examination papers. WHY BE BLUE? Why are you blue, When things go wrong with you? Why don't you make others glad By yourself being happy, not sad. It will only give others pain If you have them think it will always rain, When you are sad Just make believe you're glad. THE SCHOOL BELL Hear the old school bell, And from its lofty place Listen to the great bronze shell, As though it were a mace From its brazen throat Crashing against old armor, Comes many 11 clamorous note. It sounds aloud this clamor. Let its praise be sung Till the last note is rung From the old school bell We all know so well. Page F arty

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J unior-Senior Prom May, 1928 Going to the prom tofnight? These were the words heard in every corner of Union High School on the day of the Junior' Senior Prom last May. 'LSure, I wouldn't miss that for anything, would be the answer. It was a Banquet and Prom where every one enjoyed themselves. Tables were stretched through the upper hall. Everything was decorated in Green and White, the colors of both the Junior and Senior classes. Girls in pretty dresses of pastel shades flashed here and there. Boys looking very immaculate in suits of dark and light colors dashed after them. Every one seemed to have a good time. After every one had enjoyed a wonderful dinner they adjourned to the gym where Morgan's Orchestra had been engaged to furnish the music for the dance program. It was a perfect evening for everybody. Marred perhaps for the Seniors of 1928, only by the thought that it was in the nature of a farewell to their school day friends and DEAR OLD UNION HIGH. Doius Tomas. KQLJL9' vgv Girl Reserve Spring Dance and Gard Party If you braved the rain and ventured out to Union High on the evening of April 12, 1929, you can readily understand why we have voted the Girl Reserve Spring Dance and Gard Party a huge success. Gard tables were placed in the sewing room where all who cared to could play cardsg while the gym was decorated very prettily in pink and yellow, these colors fitting in with the spring atmosphere. Music was furnished by jack Davies orchestra of West Millcreek. Refreshments were served. At last when the time came to depart, every one declared that Union High wasn't such a dull place after all. The girls certainly deserved all the credit they received for their work in helping every one to enjoy himself. ' Domus Tomas. Page 'Thirty'Nine l

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