The Pittsburgh Academy - Eagle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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l tt ' U lf THE EAGLE For I d1'p't into the future, far as human eye could see. Saw the Vision of the world, and all the Wonder that would be -TENNYSON. A WORD IN INTRODUCTION The future, we know. is a closed hook and wrll he revealed only wrth the passage of trme. To attempt to prophesy the posrtrcrn and degree ul success whrch each member ut the class of 1926 wrll attain, would evrdently he lutrle and hrghly presumptuous un our part. It requires. however, no skrll rn the seer's art to predrct that each graduate utthe Pitts' hurgh Academy wlll succeed rn a hrgh degree and rn the truest and best sense ul the word rf he wrll h but applres the precepts learned at P. A. Vyfrth the equipment received here. our success e lrmrted only by our rnrtratrve and lndustry. Vwle have endeavored in thrs Class prophecy to produce a humorous prognostrcatlon. and shall cunsider our trme prulltalhly spent ll yuu smrle w1th us and at usu as you read our lluturc explorts. NVQ trust that our Classmates wrll accept our attempt at humor rn the sprrrt rn whrch it rs offered. DAY SCHOOL 9 ERRYN, rt says here rn the Mornrng Post that Prttshurgh Academy wrll hold its csllth commencement on Vsfednesday, june 13, at Carnegre Musrc Hall. just thrnk! Six' teen years ago the old school, alter havrng done rts hest for us. sent us lurth tu .git work and torl and succeed, And we have succeeded. haven't we? The world declares we have. Gcurge, But rt's heen a perrod ol' work and wurry. one ul' trcmenduus nervous strarn, l thunk we'vc earned a rest. Let's close the otlrce and take a trrp QIFULJII Ll the world . A r I In the prolessron ol hootleggrng one qurcltly Iorms the hahrt ol dccrdrng qurclclyg rl not, he soon passes on to jorn the ranks ol lailures. In my long scrvrce to the people as an up' holder ul' personal lrherty and the rrght ul a man In drrnk when and what he wrshes. I have weathered many tryrng srtuatrons and seen some sad srghts, hut none murc sorrowful nor heart' rendrnp than that army ol amhrtrous and rndustrrous youths who have failed hecause they were unahle to meet the demands ul. our prolessron. lt was clecrded we would leave on the lol' lllxhllnu dlly Vs'e left Prttslnurglr on a last B. and O. trarn hound lor N Y. ln Phrladelphia lvlr. and Mrs D F f vt rn horrdcd tht trun Mrs Cox rn ll h h d s IVI V o . , Io f: r r r 1 .l rr wr e rcmem ere a. rss l.ltICl1CI'l'II1g' Urn, Vv'e arrrved rn New York the next nrornrng and proceeded lu the best hotel, NXT stayed unly at the hest -that rs. the hest lor our poclcthoclts Vwlhrle rn New York the Last Natronal Bank was rohhed and our old schoolmates. Frank Ravella. Charles Newman. and james Groves. were held on sus wrcron. NVe went lu court lu hear ., , I then' case decrded upon hy judge btanley Snrrth, who was very lenrent. grvrng them llve years at hartl lahor. THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY Thirty-eight S I l

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N 'Sim Ri- gw 4 ie' '.y34t5gvc.- 1 is THE GLE tfl The instructions to inform lvir. Packer, Instructor ol' Mathematics, of any personal affairs such as sweethearts, best girls. etc.. that you know about your' self or about any other student, that you might think would be ol' interest to the classes you attend under M1'. Packer. so that he may use this information at any time. as he may see lit. to your discomfort and embarassment. tgl That part of the City of Pittsburgh beginning at Oliver Avenue and ex' tending to Sixth Avenue, for the parking of automobiles. ubiiggiesm, and many other vehicles such as Fords. Linder the consideration that all those taking ad' vantage of said parking privileges. especially the evening classes, shall attend classes, while making use ol' above said space so as not to infringe on Others parking privileges. FCURTH: To the coming Academic Classes. we give. will and bequeath: tal All our Latin, French, and Spanish. inclusive of rules. conjugations. prof nuneiations. idioms. and our struggles to get same. that we possessed while per' using these studies. tbl All chemical formulas, especially that of Alcohol. CZH5'CH, which has beth experimented upon so much since the enactment of the Volstead IVIeasure: the use of any Herbs you may and around the place for experimental laboratory work: also, all our original knowledge concerning this subject. which was not ac' cepted by Mi', IVIcCarthy. as we have no further use for same. tcl The use of the alphabet for geometric and algebraic letters and the right to substitute equals for equals, correct or otherwise. FIFTH: To the coming Commercial Classes, we bequeath: tal All typewriters. adding machines. etc.. together with their musical melodies. tbl All Chinese puzzle books--we call them shorthand note bookslwhich you may use as models for outlining ditierent words. phrases. etc, tcl Bookkeeping with all paraphranalia connected with it. tdl The 'kStenog's reputation for chewing tel Common sense and ability to use it. gum. SIXTH: To the Juniors. the Class of 'il9'l7 . who must try to fulhll the duties of Seniors after we have graduated. we bequeath: tal Our Senior privileges. tbl The exclusive right to use the word Digni1ied before their names. tcl The right to print their annual next year. SEVENTH: To the So homores, we be ueath: A P V si tal The right to impose on all Freshmen. and to lecture to them about the Superiority of Seniors . tbl All the unsound argument as possessed by every true Sophomore. EIGHT: To the Freshmen we bequeath: tal All the foolish questions we have asked on every subject. during our varif ous courses. NVe hope they may profit by these questions and may eventually acquire a difterent color, as green is so unbecoming to most people. tbl The right to quarrel. squabble and tight among themselves over all affairs, school. or personal, as all children will. NINTH: To the Pittsburgh Academy. we bequeath the honor of having helped to lay the foundation of careers of som: of our future Congressmen and NVomen. Noted Doctors. Celebrated Lawyers. Eminent Statesmen. TENTH: As Milton said. i'The Fairest of Cod's creations! Last and Best. we bc' queath to the entire school. and we hope for many more graduating classes, our own be' loved 'llviothern Lytle, to be loved as we have loved her until such time as she or Another shall see Hr that she shall no longer be a part of Pittsburgh Academy. We do hereby make, constitute, and appoint the Junior class of l927 to be Execuf tors of this, our last Will and Testament. In witness whereof, the Testators above named have hereunto subscribed our name, and affixed our seal, the twentyfsecond day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty Six. -ANNA SNYDEI? CLASS OF 1926 THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY Thirty-seven

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to-s 'af- TI-IE EAGLE That evening we took in a musical comedy on Broadway starring Eva Putch. It was a wonderful show, The chorus girls braved death from pneumonia every time they appeared. The next day we prepared for our ocean voyage across the Atlantic. Leaving the hotel with our bags, we ran into two big steal men. Herbert McGee and Harry Mendlow. We didn't have much time so we bade them goodfbye and hailed a passing taxi. The driver looked familiar and he turned out to be none other than jim Cox who in his haste to get us to the boat smashed into a fruit wagon. Of course there was a big fuss and much excitement at first. but when the owner of the fruit wagon, Florence Mitchell, recognized us, he was very gener- ous in making a adjustment. He permitted us to go after paying him 100 iron men to soothe his feelings. However we arrived at the wharf in time to board the ship and were met on the dock by Captain George Campbell. We were shown to our rooms and made very comfortable. While promenading the deck we ran into a party of women who were part of the Old Maids' Convention also bound for Europe. Among this group were Viola Murray and Jeanette Hughes. We inspected various parts of the ship, and while down in the engine room we discovered Harry Eichenmiller and john Ninness shoveling coal. After a pleasant journey we landed in England and a trip up the Thames brought us to London. We were conveyed to our hotel in a hack reminiscent of the days of Queen Elizabeth. The next day we met the King and Queen and others of nobility. For our special benefit the court jester Steve Zuratovic entertained with an amusing review of songs and dances. That night we visited an old English tavern, conducted by Anna Meyers and her children. Anna's husband was shot and killed in the depot. In one of the numerous cubby holes, we discovered Don Hardy and Quent McAllister dead-drunk. At this time the dancing girls featuring Zelma Heisler came out on the little stage and en' tertained with interpretive dancing. Vwfe haven't interpreted it yet. In the chorus were Mar' jorie Mourer and Peg Rankin who insisted that we see them home. We told them they could send us a picture of it. One of the girls became highly insulted and told the chief bouncer to escort us outside. He took one look at us and decided that he was needed out in the kitchen. We then made haste in getting back to our hotel. The next morning we left England by boat for France. We had a pleasant journey across the English Channel. When we arrived at Calais we took the fastest train to Paris which averaged at least hfteen miles per hour. We arrived in Paris some weeks later. While here we attended the Championship boxing bout between james Crutchfield, American Chump . and the French Champion. jim made the Frenchman remember another engagement in the second round. After the fight we went to Maxim's cafe and ran into Leah Pyles, Katheryn Brassell and Dorothy Thompson, who were busy entertaining three handsome Frenchmen. We joined the party and while there, a beautiful girl came out and sang the Sleeveless Vest . To our surprise it was Ruth Sallade and she surely was wonderful. We hated to leave Paris but as we were anxious to see Monte Carlo we made a hasty trip by automobile. While here we met john McCracken who was notoriously famous for creating another war between Italy and Spain over the price of garlic. That night at the Casino, the great gambler, Alva Loretta. was shot in a quarrel started by Harry VVhitman who claimed that the former had smoked his Y, M. C. A. cigarettes. That's the brand that Young Men Cast Away. Mr. jack Daniels, shoe string millionaire, and his wife. formerly Mattie Adams, were pres- ent during this little trouble. They were very glad to see us. Mr. Daniels' maid. Mary Glass, remembered us and told us she longed for another glimpse of the old school where she had so much fun throwing ink balls at Professor Patlzard. Leaving the Casino we noticed a woman aiicmptng to end her life by jumping from the bridge. We hurriedly stopped her and discovered it was Alice King, who burst into tears saying she didn't want to live because of trouble with her husband. Bob Ricalton. She said she didn't like his apartment, so he knocked her flat, Monte Carlo was too exciting for us, so we made all haste in leaving it. XVe made arf rangements to go to Greece by airplane and our first stop was Athens. We ran into Tony THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY Thirty nine