State College High School - Maroon and Gray Yearbook (State College, PA)

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ADVISORY HOARD Prof. W. O. Heckman Miss Carolyne Buckhout Miss Laura Jones Editor-in-Chief......................Mildred Ailman '18 Associate Editor........................Ellen Hassel ’19 Business Manager.................... Lawrence Runkle ’19 Advertising Manager.................... Ralph Taylor ’19 Subscription Manager..................Clifton Pierce ’20 Assistant Manager.......................Nevin Robb ’21 Literary Editor..........................Ruth Kapp T9 Associate Literary Editor............Elizabeth Lowry ’20 Exchange Editor.........................Belle Ailman T8 Associate Exchange Editor.............Helen Woodruff T9 Athletic Editor......................Richard Ernesti T9 Joke Editor............................Ross Edmiston T9 Entered as second class mail matte., March 3. 1915, at the Post Office at State College. Penna., under the Act of March 3. 1879. PRINTED BY SCHOLL LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. WILLIAMSPORT. PA SUBSCRIPTION School term—$1.00. Single copy 15 cents. Commencement number, 25 cents. Published by the students of State College High School.

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MISS CECELIA SHUMPP MR. H. F. WILSON

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BERTHA’S BUSINESS CAREER BERTHA McCOY sat, chin cupped in her hand, on her front porch steps and stared thoughtfully into space. Thinking was not usually one of Bertha’s character- istics, for she was too energetic and always too busy to merely sit and think. But to- day she gazed moodily at everyone and showed every symptom of absent-minded thought. Last week had finished a school career for Bertha. She had graduated with fifty others of her class; a new white gown hung carefully in her closet like fifty other white gowns in her class mates closets, and she had received a reasonable number of presents. But the expenses in- curred by her graduation had taxed her parent’s income to the very limit and, although nothing had been said to the effect, Bertha felt that she should get into some business. However, Bertha was like many other young ladies, she had no special line in which to excel. She could cook, if she had to; sewing always went hard; music required too much practice and patience—attributes which Bertha sadly lacked; painting—well, art of any kind seemed impossible. In High School she had not taken a business course because she had intended to go to college. Not until her senior year did those terrible business failures occur which made it impossible to think of college. She was aroused by her aunt’s voice call- ing her. “Birdie—Birdie! Come in a minute, please.” Bertha slowly arose to her full height of five feet, five inches and sauntered in. “I want you to give me a little advice, dear,” said her aunt, who was studying a style book. “I can't decide whether to get this green skirt which is box-pleated and costs $9.50 or------” But the look on her niece’s face caused her to stop there. Bertha stopped mid- way across the floor and first a look of in- credulous joy flashed from her blue eyes. She began to hop up and down and clap her hands in ecstacy. “Stop acting so foolish,” said the aunt, “As I was saying-------” “Joy, joy,” interrupted Bertha “Don’t you see Aunt Madge? Don’t you see — “Quite well, 1 think,” answered Aunt Madge, a trifle shortly. “1 see enough, Bertha McCoy, to make me think you are decidedly impertinent.”