Snowden High School - Aquila Yearbook (Library, PA)

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A Senior Reminiscing When a Senror rs nearrng graduatron he becomes a trrfle sentrmental Hrs rdeals blaze before hrm The thrngs he wanted to do seem to rrp hrm up the back because they are unfrnrshed The thrngs he rntends to do rn the future keep eggrng hrm on draggrng hrm forever forward He remembers when he first started to school yes he vaguely remembers hrs teachers What he wanted to remember was the outstandmg pornts of each one Well when he became that certarn Senror the trme presented rtself He chose from each teacher s personalrty one brrght neon lrght whrch when combrned mth all the others would make up the characters of Grand Amerrcans Our Snowden Senror prcks the quret shy charm of Mrss Agnew as the frrst to be grven the focus of attentron That feelrng of tranqurlrty garned from a talk wrth Mrss Agnew places her rn the brrghtest world of never to be forgotten ones That one rsm whrch we don t want to forget has been defrnrtely set rnto our hearts by Mr Weaver AMERICANISM wrll never be forgotten by any Senror There rs a nrche set apart from everythlng else for Mr Weaver s devout loyalty to a Democratrc country The Senror sees rn Mrss Rerser an attrtude of forever helprng always puttmg herself out of the way to do her brt that wrll help the good cause In the eyes of the Senror Mr Mrnnrck shows a vrrtue of berng able to humble hrmself before the puprls Hrs manner rsn t apologetrc yet rf you were to hurt hrs feelrngs your conscrence would suffer Hrs drsposrtron rs one to envy What every Senror would lrke to garn from contact wrth Nlrss Maloney rs an earnest ness to do work well Mrss Maloney has proven the rnsrstence on exactness Thrs rs another great Amerrcan vrrtue needed to reach the prnnacle of success In Mr Campbell we see the forcefulness whrch so well characterrzes the young ambrtrous Amerrcan Mr Campbell rsnt content wrth one field he constantly delves rnto any related subject that wrll grve hrm a rrcher understandrng of hrs chosen vocatron Mrss Rothaar s srncerrty wrll never be forgotten by those who came rn contact wrth her The more the contact the greater the respect We wrll never have the opportunrty to say Goodbye Mr Chrps as long as we have the good fortune to have Mr Ross wrth us Mr Lamuth rs the center of a cycle around whrch revolves the magnetrsm to attract frrends To Mr Petach we wrll forever look to that never dyrng personrfrcatron of youth at rts best Who among us wrll ever forget that pleasrng hearty srncere smrle of Mrss Smrth3 Mr Phrllrps has us all agog wonderrng where he stores all of the facts that he uses rn answer to our many and varred questrons Mrs McKeever has not only excelled rn the teachrngs of the culrnary arts but she has grven us the example of berng patrent Mr Cutshall has once agarn shown us that a feelrng of frrendlrness and superrorrty can mrx to a happy medrum If each and every one of us were able to acqurre the character trarts that our teachers have brought to our attentron we mrght all lrve a happrer fuller lrfe ANN CASEY Page Twenty r . . . . U , ,, , , ' v ' 1 1 - 1 1 V 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 , . 1 , . u- 11 - 1 - - . . , . 1 , . . . . , . . . . - 1 1 - 1 1 . . . . , . . . . , . , . . . . . - - as - 11 1 1 ' 1 1 v - 1 1 1 '

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Wrllram Bazak leaves hrs Jrtterbuggrng abrlrty to one not too bashful to drsplay rt Lorna ones awards her drgnrty to anyone worthy of rt Urban Vvernhermer leares hrs drplomacy to Llarr Schultz Edward Rupnrk leases hrs stronv vorce to all future cheerleaders Mrldred Holdsworth leax es them all vuessrng oan Barnbrrdge presents her drawrng board and pencils to Constance Buttrce Lorrarne Barton leaves her blonde tresses to Lourse affnow Lawrence Gross relrnqurshes hrs norsrness to anyone who wrll lrsten Helen Brown leases her pep um and vrgor to all future Senrors Stella Bobeck and Mary Anetsky bestow therr salesmanshrp to Helen Susko and Margaret Bruce Andrew Crngel entrusts hrs qurck thrnkrnf' to a unror w ho follows hrs footsteps Vrolet Polgar and Mary Crc bestow therr modesty and shyness to Ida Valdrserrr and Ann Wathk Martrn Secka leaves Frank Tulack and ohn Collrns to shrft for themselves Clara Butellr bequeaths her great charm to Alma Shrffler Collette Peternel leaves her typewrrter and shorthand pad to anyone who wrll take them Edward Yopek and Danrel Tarr yreld therr unerrrng promptness to Frank Mayer and oseph Kurtak Howard Lee bestows hrs masterful solrtude to Tom Lee Margaret Mrller and C-race Plank s shortness wrll be bestowed on Phyllrs Schultz and Mrldred Albert Frank Susko who eats drctronarres wrll show thrs trrck to ohn Ambrose Thomas Smrth wrll leave hrs teasrng to Davrd Bashor Douglas Schang leaves hrs grrn and sarcasm to Harry Roscoe Dorothy Lrberty and Dorothy Kulrk cant find anyone to whom they can bestow therr prrceless drmples Helen Tobrczyk leaves her dancrng feet to Irene Dolh Fred Mrnnrck grves hrs studrous nature to none other than Howard MlnHlCk Lours Domrnrck and Domrnrck Damrolrnr leave then names for people to mrx ohn Mrllrgan leaves hrs frrendlrness to all future Seniors ohn Lrpovsrk leaves hrs trumpet to the Hr Y because rt rs magrcally rnclrned Wrllram Royer leaves hrs secret to success to ames Yunkum Robert Cleary leaves hrs football days ln S T H S to gain a foothold rn socrety Elda Valdrserrr leaves to any Senror the task of wrrtrng all edrtorrals We hereby do nomrnate and appomt wrthout bond or reservatron Mr L R Cut s a and lVlr M E Weaver to be executors of thrs our last Wrll and Testament We the Semor Class have rn wrtne s whereof hereunto set our name and affixed our seal thrs fourth day of une rn the year of our Lord Nrneteen Hundred and forty one CLASS OF 1941 CSealJ ELDA VALDISFRRI COLLETTE Prrrmrrzr. Seal Srgned sealed publrshed and declared by the aboxe testator the Senror Class of I94l on the fourth day of une Vrneteen Hundred and Forty one as therr Last Xvrll and Testament rn the presence of us who at therr request and rn therr presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscrrbed our hands as wrtnesses to the above the same day and date ALDO FLRNO President EDWARD YOPEK Vrce Presrdent ELDA VALDISERRI Secretary GEORGE Srmruoxs Treasurer Page Nmeteen J . lv 1 I . Y. 'i ' 1 I I .I I s . '1 D ' V . ' 1 . Y . . . . 5 Q . Q I . D . . . at J . Y t .1 I ' 1 ii J . . - , J - . A ., I . . .s 1. , 1 . 1 1 J . Rose Celinlleaves her becoming coiffures to Betty Kepple. J . . . ' - . . J .- . . rr ll . . . ' ' , ' 1 . 1 1 C D

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National Defense vs Education Too often 1n our COl1V6I'S3t1OIl vue put Educatlon on one side of our dlscusslon and National Defense on the other In the following few words let us attempt to show that N3tl0H3l Defense and Educatlon work togethei hand 1n glove The first quahty to note IS that both require a plan or a system 1n order to carry on thelr schedules We find that educatlon progresses on a standard set up from the past The same vuth our defense a system and schedule has been determined by a study of past experlences Another quallty about the two IS that one IS definitely related to the other One can not reach 1tS peak unless the other contrlbutes 1tS share Education 1S the baS1S of everythlng Both hold every natlon s lnterest Educatlon is very definltely un1 versal and so It IS with defense All natlons must have some line of pro tectlon or the value of their country vs ould be n1l Could you thmk of what any country would be l1ke if ltS safeguard iust wasnt anymore? What in one gets benefits? From these polnts you can readlly see that the t1tle should have read and instead of versus Now that we haxe convmced ourselves of the necess1ty 1n 1o1n1ng these tvso it would be YVISQ to conslder what good would come of it In our xx orld of heated argument in such trylng times of desperat1on 1n Wh1Ch countues stiess war in times when brotherhood IS a forgotten idea when people no longer feel human and act as barbarous as people of the Caveman age this IS when co operatlon IS imperative Jolning all our foi ces we know that the above two will be very bene ficlal to the Amerlcans of ou1 time ANN CASEY Page Twenty one l 9 - Y. . , . . . . . 9 ' ' . . . . , . the World would our country do without the education from which every- H 97 ' CK !7 7 ' i ' y . . . in s' . s p. , . l 9 9 ' ' . v v y v' - ' 7