Swatara High School - Yearbook (Oberlin, PA)

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A Flrihuie With deepest respect we take this method to express our whole-hearted thanks to Mr. G. W. J. Stroup for his untiring efforts in the production of this, the second volume of the 4'SWatara Swatterf' We realize that without the expert advice and ex- cellent cooperation of Mr. Stroup it would have been an impossibility to make this book such an overwhelm- ing success. It was through the suggestion and hard labor of Mr. Stroup and the graduating class of last year that the ' ' Swatter '7 originated. Since he was the Faculty Advisor and a member of the staiif, Mr. Stroup, by his close supervision has made it indeed a hard task to insert this page Without his knowledge. With deepest respectsjto Mri Stroupg r BY SENIOR Cmss AND STAFF. ...3.A..

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Svvninr Gilman Qiainrg '23 SALM Swatara Township 's our Alma. Mater We do not want to leave it. It taught us not to lie down on the job. lt lead us on the path toward knowledge. VVc entered as Freshman, numbering twenty-nine. Although half a score left us. Yea, verily we survived it and continued 'as Sophomores. , The faculty Watched over us and taught us our lessons. 'lleey-prepareddcng lists cf ons for-ur. A f i' 'MQ A' f W They prepared us a. place i'n the class called the Juniors. Yea, tho' we labored, our work was rewarded, They annointed us Seniors, our heads filled with knowledge. Surely the thoughts and remembrance of our Alma Mater will follow Us all the days of our lives and we shall dwell in its Pleasant recollections forever. Our class entered the sacred precincts of Swatara Township High School in the fall of 1919, numbering twenty-nine. Then as we were taught in Civics that A people without a government are a mob, we chose unto ourselves such officers as we saw tit to govern us. After nine long months of hazing and guying we completed our Freshman year and returned as Sophomores, though 'ftherew in spirit our members were sadly depleted by the loss of several more, leaving a class of eleven to commence the Junior year. During our Junior year, thanks to the whole-hearted and untiring efforts of Miss Ethel E. Aungst, we presented a three act play, 'Hllhe Junior, with great success. This was the year our class took an active part in athletics, having four players on the varsity basketball teams, three on the reserves, and one on the varsity baseball team. ' As Seniors we did not undertake to put out the Swatter by ourselves, realizing that there was equally good, if not better talent i'n the rest of the school and also to give the lower classes an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the facts necessary for the publication of such a book. '23's motto is Finish VVhat You Attempt and this we have done to thc utmost extent of our ability. Let us live in the hope that the class of 1923 has done something beneficial to repay the efforts of the Swatara Township High School in divulging to us the path toward knowledge. IHSTORIAN HARRY H.xDLiQY 181

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A THANKING ALL THOSE IVHO BY THEIR EARNEST CO-OPERATION HAVE MADE THIS BOOK A POSSIBILITY AND A SUCCESS ..S.B-