Shickshinny High School - Legend Yearbook (Shickshinny, PA)

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gba .fslleqeizol LEGEND STAFF Represented 1n thls book are the pup1ls and teachers Whose actrons thoughts and asprratlons have grven color to our school hte The1r photographs and Wrlte ups on the1r 1nd1v1dual and var1ed contrrbuhons to the credrt of thelr Alma 'Vlater are prrnted here1n to serve as future reference to new students and a pleasant remrnder to alumm of the happy hours spent 1n school THE STAFF LIBRARY CLUB Ever ready to serve IS the motto ot the ltb a y Club orgamzed by M1ss Keeports the hbrarran The only requtrernent for membershrp 1 an actlve rn terest rn the lrbrary and 113 Work Each ot the nr eteen member erves an hour a week rn the llbrary Th1s servrce ust ally con 1 ts ol workmg at the desk or re pa1r1ng book Every tv o weeks meettng lx ld at fh ch varlou act1v1t1e are planned such as the succe sful cru ade to promote the u e ol book marks The arms ot the club are to 1ncrease ea h rm mb r knowledge ot books and thelr care to encourage ltbrary manner and to assr L tudents trequentmg the hbrary 40 Nme - 1 1 . , . 1 l 1, - lg' If t. ,. . , . . w r . . L , , . l .: ' , ' ' If 1 S S . . , . 1 S S. - I. L .' LOTS' C. ' V l Fl S '- W c . , Q. , ,, , ' ' f. A Q ',. -. Y. , . X, .J t J .ol ' . , S, Q 1, -nl 7-ll

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ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS Under the ausplces of the very act1ve Everybody Helps Club weekly as semblres have become the rule 1n our school Every Fnday afternoon has found the student body IH the audrtorlum for an assembly conducted by the members ot that club Guest speakers who have appeared at the e assembhes rnclude Attorney Roscoe Smlth of Wrlkes Barre Rev Robert Graham of the local Presbyterran Church and Rev lra Button of Sweet Valley Entertalnlng and mstructlve programs were presented by the Venetran Glass Blowers and by the celebrated p1an1 t Dr Van Zandt Movmg prctures were shown twrce on one occasron by a representatlve of the Pennsylvanla Game Commrsslon to explarn the work belng done by thls Commlsslon 1n con servatron and restocklng and on another cccaslon by a lleutenant ot the U S Recru1t1ng Statlon at Scranton who howed lnterestlng travel prcture deptct mg lrle ln the U S Navy Among the out tandmg programs was that of Aprtl l9 when the Club a1d ed by three prormnent resrdents of the town conducted a constrtutron el1m1na txon contest The purpo e ol thrs p ogram was to select from our 23 competltors two contestant and two alternates to repre ent our school 1n the contest spon sored by the Amerrcan l..eg1on held on May l at lrem Temple rn Wrlkes Barre The wmners of our elrmlnatlon contest were El1zabeth Srmone a sophomore and Angelo Paradrse a freshman The alternates were Earl Barrall IUHIOT and Wrlllarn Robrnson a sophomore The Contest was conducted 1n the man ner of a spellmg bee wrth Mr A W Brown askmg the questrons Rev Robert Graham of the Presbyterran Church act1ng as Judge and Mr l A Gallagher as trmekeeper All the queshons used were ubmltted by students of our school and chosen by a committee of the Everybody Helps Club. Eight Jus l

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lake .geqend -T' THE SOUND SYSTEM The most useful equrpment rn our school burldxng IS the sound system whlch makes posstble rnstant two Way communrcatron between the othce and any class room All announcements 1n regard to school act1v1t1es are made through rt from the othce by elther Mr M1ller or Mr Scott Attached to th1s system IS a 3 band rad1o wh1ch brmgs u all the 1mporta'1t radro programs forergn natlonal and local These broadcasts can be heard rn any or rn all parts of the bu1ld1ng through the use of speakers found rn all the classrooms and also 1n the gymnastum and aud1tor1um Another part of the sound system IS the electnc phonograph whrch plays e1ght records and changes them auto matrcally Thrs part provldes mustc ln the gymnasrum for dancrng dunng the noon hour and at class part1es EVERYBODY HELPS CLUB The Everybody Helps Club as 1ts name rmpltes 1 a servlce club lt germ mated from the 1dea servlce for students by students The chret purpose for orgamzmg the Everybody Helps Club th1s past year was to arou e 1nterest rn school act1v1t1es and problems Wtth th1s rn mrnd the club was d1v1ded lnto seven commlttees noon hour general assembly speclal assembly basketball games trathc llbrary and dance So successful were the commrttees that the noon hour problem Nas solved by varrous act1v1t1es rn the gymnasrum the assemblles became eagerly ant1c1 pated events the basketball games were except1onally hne trathc condltton were bettered the lrbrary was tmproved rn ethcrency and the dances were thoroughly emoyecl Ten . . . L . . . . . . . H . . ' .9 . . m 1 1 - . 1 l . . . .c , - 1 1 0 - - . tr , 11 - S - 1 - ' 1 1 , 1 1 1 - - X 1 1 ' , . .. C 1 , .., I 1 i- 7 -1