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

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RET ROSPECT lngly good manu scrlpts were handed I haven t heard whether the vunners haxe been gn en thelr prxze money yet but after all Erm1 only nme years The Tr1 H1 Y g1rls sure pulled a neat one when they threw the Best Beau Ban quct Remember the food that mght Erm19 And say those candld camera boys sure do get around don t they? X 1 I' 1 Here s a pxcture of an Amerxcan fIag wxth a host of knds dancmg on the gym floor underneath xt That must be the Student Councxl Jamboree Oh yes there you are Erml over by the refresh ment stand Probably trymg to mooch a free cake Some shutter bug seems to have caught a mxschnevous looking boy vsorkxng on 1 desk wnth a knife Seems to be a brznd new tablet arm chalr probably up ln Room 25 I can just hear Mr Strong say Don t adxertnse unless you lntend to pay for xt to that Il'l It t00 Some fellows ln out of place aprons dommate the next plcture It seems they were takmg Home Ec as part of thenr shop course and gue a dmner for the faculty It s hard to tell from the faces of the telchers whether the meal was good or not Vlost of them just look camera shy Too bad they don t have a plcture of the assembly committee As I remember It was rn 1941 that we had those bang up assemblles without any audntorlum too W had a good program of speclal assemblles that year wnth a cute lxttle man nn a navy umform and an anrlme hostess among the speakers Sure she had a nnce Hgure but they dldn t have to hold up classes all day talkmg about nt Wasn t nt dnsgustmg the may the boys rub bered at that champnon duvet? Speaknng of good assemblnes the tumbllng club turned ln some good performances that year as I remember One of the glrls jabbed herself wxth a hanr pm doxng a fish flop and had 1 good excuse for not studying for a week The gurls went nn for sports nn a bxg way that year even without a xarsxty basketball team The G A C sponsored Saturday morn mg swlms and bowllng fl got my name mn the PIPER by breakmg l00j As I remember Mass Caxrns was eonsndermg the advlsabxhty of startmg a penalty box for some of the ugorous hockey players You wielded a pretty mean stuck nn those days yourself didn t you Erm15 But thus lust of honor students nn the Class Day PIPER remmds me that Ixe got to get back to Bxrthollet and Lavoxser nf Im exer going to graduate from thus college Yours 1 um , GERTRUDF l9l - , ll'l. V V- Y I ' 4 7 ! 5 I r f 7 ' 3 .lI'.'l ill 1'l.ASSUl-'l If'IlIS 1 .Xl Ihnughs-rty, Trs-:usurn-r: l'Ili'.uh4-tl: Y:-:lull-y, S4-4-ro-tary: Nlzurgalrs-I Ilusu-.', , . 1'rc-hills-nt: lluve lla-ss, Vive l'r0'Si1I4-nt , . V ' s 9 1 is 1 ' - 7 I V . .X - . V . B . . D k 2 . 5 . I ' fr s V - 1 - - H . , . , fellow. Mr. Strong's room had those relnef-map-of-the-United States hnoleum desks , . . . . , . . , . . ' 1 ' . I , . . x Y . ' T v a ' C . . . . , 1 u , . . , . . . . J Y C . y . H , . . , I. . . . - . H . . . i . I . - - . Y . L . . Y . ' U K . - l 7. . . . . , . . . , , . - , V . . . , V x L l A K x ' ' 1 SUI' IU. II-I VLAN! nl-'l l1'El:S Wi min- N4-ylmrt. Tr'-usur.-rg Hill Hrantlins, S4-1-rvtury

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I THE YEFIR IN une 7 1950 Du AR ERNIINGARIJI Hesterday I found one of those old hugh school yeurbooks from 1941 Ibelueye, an my dear, the thungs I duscoy ered' That was the year they buult the new addutuon remember? They' seemed to haue everythung n e w They had some new teuchers, new unu N 1 4 N NU N M I mu NN 4 forms for the cheer u ..u s ur leaders, new drum mayorettes for the band, new flag way ers rught behund them, flag wavung for dear old State Hugh The bas ketball team had new unuforms, and Muss Clauss managed to squeeze a new pencul sharp ener out of the school We even had pneumatuc drulls workung outsude on the rocks and unsude on the nerves The W P A hud done such a complete job of tearung down the plaee that they had oy erlooked the small utem of school openung, and the Old Buuldung was heated by four sux unch electruc heaters for a whule, remember, Ermu5 The seventh grade stayed un the Nuttany Ayenue buuldung untul there was room for them over there, and three of our teachers had to commute betvu een the tyyo outposts Tch' Teh' One of those neyy teachers got the swell udea of organuzung 1 school swung band, and before the year yy as oyer they vyere guvung out wuth some pretty solud stuff They played at partues we held after basketball games un honor of the y :unquushed yusutors Call but once and I guess 1 certaun drug store mught just as yyell haye closed shop on Fruday nughts so he announced a eourse for hams and prospectuve hams, called F11 muufary Radio M Wrught has been a raduo amateur for some tume you know, Ermu Not to be outdone, our own Uncle Dudley countered vuuth a new course of hus oyvn, called F11 me nlary Mlllltdl Auranwmznf Braunehuldren and both parents reported to be doung nucely, thank you Here on u back puge I ve found a pueture of all those poor kuds trumpung through the snow to get to the lubrary They moy ed ut way oy er on the next bloek, remember? Ey en the study hulls Ind to be held un the Buptust Church base ment But vye sure dudnt haye ut tough all the tume, eause heres unother pucture of the Fall Senuor Alumnu, and we sure yyere enyoyung our selyes' Beeluse the old uudutoruuun had been torn out to make room for the neyy one the ienuor Play yy us the only mulor produetuon guyen that year But yye mude up for lost plays on thut one, dudn t yye 1Irmu5 Tyyo galu easts yyuth thur teen stars eaeh nught, sux yy eeks un produetuon and yyhut s more yye shoyy ed a profut' x Theuu along un unuury the PIPER an nouneeel u short story eontest und some suurprus , u 4 u I I J , V V . . , d, g I 7 I V ' V 1 I m 7 I V. surf 1 claus: ou-'u-'ue' :las , - llaur .' lir-mu, 'I'r-:u.'uuru-r: Iliuuluuurd Iluulstouu, Vi-- I'r 'l-uul: Fruuuuk IIu-.'.-, l'r-si- ul -uut: Iluuluu-rt ltr use. .'u-A Maury V . . - . . H V I x I I I I x x .V u, Y V m 1 7 vm 7 I I I I vm t 1 . I I I 1 1 v . I V y I . But remember, Ermi? Mr. Wright just had to have something new of his own, V' I I s 1 . . , .'. . A V V , D , V , . r - . V V v - I I V I I '- u ' . ' . I - I 1 I YI - v - x 1 1 r V K 1 I , V V, I r I V I ' V , . , . ' . . V V ' x V I I I l a A A V' , - sou-uumuouul-: u'u..us.- url'I'lu'IIlIs H A Q ' ' Q J, . uuuuuuu- umm., vi.-.1 I'r--iulu-lull ru-..u Mu-uzzufr. - V - V L ' - ' I'r -siulu-uut ll

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