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

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M A RrO ON AND GRAY 15 Seventh, to our dear faculty, for their future use and perusal, all useful bits of knowledge and otherwise with which we may have enlightened them during our four (?) years’ association with fruitful imaginations. We also wish to dispose of the following educational elements: 1. To James Rupp, Ivan Erb’s privilege of paying weekly visits to our school. 2. lo Mary Reno Frear, the privilege of utilizing McDowell’s renowned ob- servation course. .V lo I.uther Krebs, Ellen Hassel’s role as player in chapel. 4. 1 o Joseph Neff, Ross Edmiston s business-like manner of conducting things in general around S. C. H. S. 5. To Ronald Robinson, “King” McDonnell’s talent as a “lady killer”. ( . To Dean Kennedy and Russell Tressler, Helen Woodruff’s ability to read Cicero. 7. To Helen Musser, Ernest Harper’s whimsical laugh. 8. To the 1920 Class, our ability to sing in chapel—may they bring out the same mesmeric harmony that we did. i 9. Io all the boys in S. C. H. S., Dewey Krumrine’s promptness in paying athletic dues. 10. To the lower classes, George Frear’s brains—do not scramble as there is no demand for it. 11. To Cornelius Houtz, Ernest Royer’s duty as monitor and chief adviser to his majesty, W. O. Heckman. 12. To Miss Buckhout, the unique sum of 13 cents to be used for the purchase of Victor Record No. 64360, namely, “In the Gloaming”. This record to be played in the rest room by the aforesaid party continuously from nine to nine fifteen A. M., so she need no longer endure the harmonious harmony of the angel-like voices of future Senior Classes. 13. To Clifton Pearce, Ernest Royer’s privilege to walk all over the building at any time of day or night. 14. To the 1920 Class, our dignity, for their unsophisticated cerebral jelatine would be at a loss as to how to fill our former places without it. In witness whereof, we hereunto set our hand and seal this sixth day of June, in the year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen. The Class of Nineteen Nineteen.

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14 MAROON AND GRAY 1919 CLASS WILL NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the class of 1919, of State College High School, of the city of State College, State of Pennsyl- vania, U. S. A., being of sound mind and memory, do hereby publish this our last Will and Testament. No doubt some articles we bequeath may seem small, but their actual value can be measured only by the joy, peace, content, misery, amusement, sport, enter- tainment, etc., they afforded certain members of the 1919 Class or the Faculty. Some of these gifts have been our best friends for only a few months, while others were born in our infancy four years ago. (lather near. then, all of you, and receive your bequests from our dying hands with our last wish, namely, that you make the same use of them as we did. We give and bequeath unto the insignificant members of the class of 1920 the row of seats commonly considered the rightful property of the Senior class; the aforesaid seats are to be NEXT to the eastern wall but not AGAINST it. Also all the regal privileges understood to go with the said seats, enumerated below ac- cording to their intrinsic value: First, the “Animalistic Tendencies”, usually thought of by Miss Buckhout to be the property of Ernest Royer, together with the parrot language and similar barn- yard noises. Second, the Physic’s apparatus, broken, lost, confiscated and otherwise dis- qualified, to be utilized in their futile search for the ever-forbidden fruits of that science. Third, to those students of Miss Jones’ hobby, namely, the gentle art of type- writing. the Seniors efficiency of placing the shields on the machines upon the un- expected appearance of the said member of the faculty. Fourth, to the girls of the 1920 class, the privilege of loafing in the library en- joyed by the present Senior girls. Fifth, to the Sophomores and brilliant upper classmen who may be exposed to Caesars’ Commentaries we give this warning: “BEWARE of Miss Buckhout’s long- ing, craving and capricious appetite for the acquirement of an additional volume of the same in English”. Sixth, to all succeeding classes, especially the 1920 class, we give the great re- sponsibility of always keeping the Maroon and Gray up to the high standard to which WE have raised it.

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16 MAROON AND GRAY THE JUNIOR PROM HE JUNIOR PROM, which was held in the I. O. O. F. Hall on the evening of April 16th, was one of the most enjoyable events of the school term. The greater part of the evening was spent in dancing and play- ing games. A sthort time was given to speeches by several members of the School Board, teachers, and also some of the boys and girls of our class. How- ever, the best part of the entertainment was the presentation of gifts to each member of the Senior Class. The verses which accompanied the gifts were com- posed by Miss Gallagher. The Class of 1919 congratulates the Junior Class upon their successful en- tertainment and feel sure that you will be rewarded by the members of the suc- ceeding class. William McDonnell, Tank William McDonnell plays with ma- chines. In a child-like simple prank, So, as mechanic he may now work On this little baby-like tank. George Lewis Frear, Rook George Lewis Frear, we’re giving you A little book, as you will see, So when your studies are o’er You may add to “Wisdom’s Tree”. Dewey Krumrine, Candy and Chewing Gum “Got some gum ? gimme some ; Candy also I desire”. Dewey! Why on earth don’t you Seeking such things ever tire? Mary Kidder, Automobile Here’s to the girl of auto fame, From Flivver to Packard, her skill's the same. She now hacks from Belefonte to State. The Fmerick bus has met its fate. Jesse Klinger, Williams’ Shaving Stick Williams’ Shaving Stick is good, Says a well known ad-ver-tise-ment; So if you’ll use this now and then, You’ll make an excellent gent. John Thomas, Dictionary Some words are big, and some are small, But you can’t get some words at all; We pray you. please do not get sore— This will help you out on many a score. Ralph Taylor, Dog Darwin holds that he believes true Animals once were me and you. Now is it so you squeal and bark, As animals out on a morning lark? Helen Woodruff, Lamp The foolish Virgins’ lamp went out, So you must careful be, Lest such a fate should you befall; You could not grind so Ernest-ly. Ernest Royer, Shoe Ernest, aren’t you afraid, When dark nights come about, And black cats live upon a fence, And then begin to shout? We‘re giving you a weapon When these things are around, But pray, please have a heart, When old black cats abound.