Shaler High School - Shaleresque Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Are you Keeping Fit? Ah ha' What have we here? It s our weak er Pl sex tonrng up those muscles You can see them tW1St and bend to the tune of Mrs Barrs One two any day you chance to stroll 1nto our gym Perhaps they are warm W1Ck8d mushball Lat or maybe they are lust try1ng to waylay a few extra pounds but dont ay we told you Once rn a Wh11e dur 1ng the fall we caught these 1ass1es trlpprng the llght fantastlc Wllh the boys rn a com bmed Frxday gym class All through the year they have had a goal rn mmd though to To the lett Mr Martrn Sylvester Wagner Frank Fle schman To the left Leaders wrth an exercxse group keep actrve tor health s sake and hepped up for jrve s sake Boxmg 1S a part of the boys gym actrvrtres Especlally does th1s GXGICISG come 1n handy when there are a few drsputes to be settled avarlable Mr Martm reported that Mr Gra ham was gomg to organlze a boxlnq club th1s year but ev1dently thlngs drd not rna terlallze Basketball however remalns the chref and most enjoyable gym act1v1ty for most of the boys most of the trme 1 ing up tor spring when they will swing a among the boys, or when the gym is not 27

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Call them Agg1es Ioe Mxro and metal lathe Mr Lower and some FFA boys H1' Ho' Its off to work we go And to work they d1d go An even half hundred boys Kpardon usl young men under Mr Lowers superv1s1on cleared an acre plot plowed planted and harvested lt They worked on many projects poultry gardenmg truck Spealung of Ha Shalers boys are pretty handy If you happened to pass the shop any t1me dur1ng school hours you more than hkely heard any amount of buzz1ng bang1nq and ham merrng Perhaps then we should tell you that these currous notses turned 1nto foot stools sewrng baskets gun cabrnets sewrng cabmets and coffee tables and many other art1cles Yes we thlnk that the boys are qu1te and rabblts What a m1xture' Two thousand l1ttle chrcks prospered under the care of our agncultural boys Cmore fondly called Ag g1eS J When we thmk of the palatable frnale they wxll have w1th tempt1ng vegetables and mouth waterrng frurts ummm for the l1fe nds expert too For 1nstance rn the p1cture above one of our experts Ioe MIIO 15 work mg on the metal lathe He 1S callperrng the PIGCG of materral to check 1ts dlameter If 11 IS too large he w1ll shave off some wlth the cuttmg tool under h1S r1ght hand What? You thmk 1t must take bra1ns'P We mrght say dttto to that remark ,,,, , O it 4 - l W gardening, swine, calves, field corn, fruits, ofafarmer! I I I I n I 26

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A Blg Hand These were acclalmed Sha lers marchmg mus1c makers oi th1s fall You remember how they pranced down the gr1d1ron am1d the Ohs and Ahs of the s1del1nes dont you? COHf1 dentrally those comments made us hit our heads just a llttle b1t more Wlth prlde We thrllled 1n many an assembly durlng the wmter too as they Sllffed our hearts ID xousmg song Here we captured a cross sectlon of the band to help keep 1t V1V1d 1n your memory Among the mem bers prctured are I1m Caruso B111 Roy Claude Taylor and Sara lane Schm1dt What ho' Four of our cheer leaders CM11dred Teslrk 1S not pxcturedl 1n resplendent act1on Of course you recogmze Davxd Schrelber Elmore Le1tch Madge Stromosk1 and Bob Leety as they reach for another cheer owe qurte a few hoarse vocal cords to them for maklng us g1ve wrth the yell but we loved 1t Many a llmld soul shouted a lusty Blp zow zow because of therr leadershlp They are a fea tured attractlon of our school year Four more ace thr11l g1vers' Shalers magnetrc drum mayor Ruth Ke11 and her tw1r1ers Lou1se OWIDQS James Gardner and Ruth Bender Thls st1rr1ng quar tette made us tmgle w1th excrte ment when they dlsplayed thelr gravlty defymg g e n 1 u s Ruth Kell s double tw1rl1ng ga1ned for her outstandlng applause We only w1sh our fall had been longer so we could have w1tnessed more of just such 1nsp1r1ng actxon To the band the cheerleaders the twlrlers we say Thanks for a swellegant season Lets glve them a Blg Hand' 28 I . , , , , from the crowd. Believe us, we , . . ,