Thompson Vocational High School - Owl Yearbook (Thompson, PA)

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THI' OW I H1 eat mass of h11man be1nH m1 be lalgelx ehmmated As ou1 reahfa tlon o the m1sch1ef of oul oxxn mood1ne s Is 1ecoqn17ed 1n ou1 be Ing bx the Slllllt of Lealnlng We shall become moze c11t1cal of ou1selx es and mo1e tole1ant of ctl e we shall defme Olll fun 1 mental ends xx 1th g1eatc1 clealness and IJUISLIQ thcm w1th all thc molc e tcct1xc11css and wc shall encoun tcl the I8 1stancc 1nd ODDOSIIIOH ot othe1s xx 1th less b1ttc1ness and con clemnatlon 'I o meastne omselx es affaln t ou1 fcllows and defme ou1 d1fte1ences 1 not an as ta k but the so111t Ol leaxnlng th1oug,n ps c 1olosfx blol ogy and klndled success that has gone on s1nce thls centu1x befan has bee11 a stcadx apploach to 1 class1f1cat1o11 of tempc1aments and ln e lectu l tx pcs It IS Olll U81 about these thln s The1e ls no I6 cl no to llxe IH that atmo phe1e of cloudx llluslons about ourselt xxh1ch seem to haxe been the lot of ou1 g1andpa1ents The ?p111t of Lea1n1n11 leads Us to know xx hat we can do xx ell and xx hat xxc cannot do well lt ls oul clutx to occupx ou sclx es xx 1th th lt lf we can a11cl do not w1th o e1 thlngs 'lo do xx hat one c1n do best 1 well as one can DOSSlblV do lt ls success 1n l1fe It IS bette1 to be a ,good 1nst1umental mus1c1an than an uno11g1nal composel To do what one can do best IS the xe1x Slllllt 1111 mc 111 succes ln llfe and ho1 o1s 1ewa1ds p1a1se lecoffm lon 1nd 1eco1d and me1e 1I'1L1d6Htl.l stlmulants that h 1xe no p ut ID the tln 1l1eckon1nq The Splllt of Lear mng s lf know ledge 18 not complete w 1th onlx 1eal1Lat1on of ou1 gltts Equallx 1n cumbent ls It to detme and measu1e ou1 clef1c1ences none of these thlnqs fue east none can be achlex ed bx 1 slmple p1esc11pt1on b t the Dlllt of lealnlng leads the xx ax So as xxe step fO1th thlough the gatewax tonlght classmates let Us walk out 1nto the wo1ld blaxelx xx1th a full 1eal17at1on of all that w1ll be expected ot us but lllst as t11lla1eal1fat1onot 0111 own abllltx c meet exe1x 1equ11emcnt e haxe w1th1n ou1 souls thc tull x 1luc of ex elx gnft wc could possxblx Ll 1xc out of llfe s grcat sto1chousc 'lhcre IS absolutclx nothmg to expensnc f01 Us to bux xx 1th the assets It ou1 dlsposal C lx de Potte1 WISECRAX Mlss 'Nl 1ll1 1ms Th1s 1s the th11cl t1me xou haxe lookecl 1t 50111 nelgh lol s papel X 10 a Fx 91 etts I know It aut Int mx fau He dont XXII c leg1blx N11 Fhllson Alton how old a1e xou Alton Flfteen xeazs old M1 ChllSOI'1 Vt hcn xx1ll xou bc slxtecnl Altf n Hx ncxit bnthclax F1eshman to bophomolc W hx clon t xou QIOXK h 111 on o111 hcacl Sophomole el xx hy c o thex glow g1ass on a busx stleet' F1eshman Oh' It cant get L11 thlough the conclete Teachel So xou haxe broken ott 1 tooth haxe xou' How cl1d xou do lt' Idlll 1 D 1x1 Oh shxttlng ge 11s on a lollx pop Ix 1n Nlaw that dent1st xou scnt me to that adxe1t1secl as pamless xx asn t Nlothel He xxasn t Ixan No I b1t h1s t1nge1 and hc xellccl llke anx othel dent1st 1 1 2.3 4 1 J-K1 1 ,S 211 L. K 1 B1 . 1 U S ' ,' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 'f 1- ' , . ' . ,. , ' gf ' . 1 1 1 1 V . ' ', 5:1 F 1 . A 1 - 1 1 ' v , S: 1 W ' . 1- '1' 1 1 ' - V ' , . f Q1 v H ' Y V 1 . . ' 1 , , 1 ' ' 4 .L 1 1 1 1 A l ' Q - 1 I ' ?.,.g1 1 B.. 1 dz- ,, ',,- 1 I v I 1 L. 1 1 1 , 1 . 1 1 11 t , 3 1 11 . ' , J l XY 1 -L- 5 -' 1 1 ' x 1 1 1' ' 1 A1 .1 1 ' ,z I 1.'.'1' W. ' - ' ' '+' A . 1 13 .1 1 1 1 2 ,x V ' 'L1 1 ,1 L1 . A, K1 1, ' , . A I .L1 1 l1L1 1- L1k1 . 1 - -1 1 .1 , 1 ' A, X Ag ,J ' ' . I ' L' ' 1 11 1 Z 1 ' 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1 ' 1,3 1 '1 1. X 111 ' . ' ' . , . v 7 N 'Q 1 ,,. 1-1 1 1 ' 1' If ' . . . 1 , .A .- ' . ' 1 -1 ,1 1 - .UV L A., , ' f I 1 v 1 . v1 1 ,- 1-' . '- 1 11 1 f ' 11 .D 1 ' 7' nr V' -v .' . 1 K1 1 .1 11 1 1 1 1 . Z ' 1. c 1 .1 1 1 '. . . . U ' ' ' I Y 1 I 1 -1 .1 -,11 1 1 . , 1 - . .L l A I I 1,1 4 1 1 c v 1 1 v ' ' ' t l a j , b . - 1. I , I ness, and sp1r'1t of learnlng to know' . . , J ' ' , ' , . -,,1 . -. It 2' U' ' lt. tl s e w' ' ' is ' l wv 'X S S .- 1 ' . cc 1 '. 1 K. f 1 A 1 J S .1 , 1 1 , x , ' Y on k X 1 - I I 1 1 . H , X v. V A 1 1 1 ' .1 '1 1 - 1 A - 1 V 1 , 1A ,. 1 '1 1 A - 1 1 .. 1 .- 2 1 :Q1 Q 1. ' 1 .1 . 1' 1 Y H V ' 1 . 1 2' . -V1 . ,, -13' ' 1 1 .1 1 1 Q ' ' v ' HX 1 ' v Y 1 - f Q -, Q- . N l, 1 nt 1 . 1 -11 ' ' '- 1 - V, ,, , 11 .U 1 ,i 1. ' 1 1 1 f1 . 1 Q l .' yv 11 A2 -1 J '- ss. ' H.- 2 y .1 v1 -' 1 K1 1 1 1. 1 1 1. 1 1 . t . 1 C G A c c B. , 1 c . 1 ' 1 1 1 I ' ' 1 ' 1 1 I C I 'I . 1 1 . ' ' C KV- ' I 1- 1 ' ' f ' vp I 5' 1 1 .1 1 ' .se - 1 . . ' , . N' A . '11 ' N1 1 1 1. 44 1 -1 ' 'Y .1 . k. . . , . ,

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THE OVIL mg us bette1 able to cone xx 1th the ploblem of l1fe as thex AIINQ It xx as pe1s1stent 9ffOlt that gaxe Bell the telephone and XIRILOHI the xx neless The1e bas1c sta1t xx as a xa11ed studx latel fI'1OlJ1lIl9d 111 one speclal fleld Both of these men xxo1ked ha1d to reahze xx hat seem ed an Ilttel 1mposs1b1l1tx at that tlme xxe too haxe 1n the past foul 5ea1s met p1oblems that also seem ed lIYlDOSSllJle to Us but thlouqh the tGLl'1I'1lql1Q of ou1 teachels thex haxe bcen tulncd to DOSS1bllltlQS '1he1efo1e out of the xar1ed flelds of studx that xxe hax e been thlouqh xxe ale at the po1tal of a nexx dax let us do ou1 ass1gned tasks xx1th the techmques xxh1ch xxe haxe 19 CQIN ed 1n ou1 prepa1at1on fo1 llfe R1Ch31 d SIIX er THE SPIRIT OF LEARNING Splllt of lea1n1ng IQ a term used bx manx people as the poxx 61 Ol the xx1ll to lea1n and accompl1sh But to mx estlmatlon I thlnk It I9 a poxx er boln IH on eto do OI accom thlg manx people haxe then Splllt of Lealnlng and haxe made them elxes glcat men and xxomen oi todax A pexson xx ho IS consldeled qulte b11ght 1n l1fe Ib usuallx sa1d to haxe the splllt He 1s called by t rm xx1se O1 Smalt for accompllshmg h1S duty The xxlsest klng that the eaw th has ex 91 knoxxn once sa1cl lrK1SdOI'Yl IS the p11nc1ple thmg, the1eto1e get xxlsdom The xx1s dom Solomon had ln m1nd xx as 1ot the xx1sdom of the head but the xx1s dom ot the he ut To sax that the glcat alm of edu c 1t1on ls LhdldLtLI xxoulcl be 1 c LAIIXIIIL coals to the 11exx castle and to asselt that the gxeat pm posc ot ex e1x l1Ie IN the bllllfllllj., ot lIldlX ldlldl chal 1cte1 'NOlJllltX ot chal actel IN not a mette1 of mtelhgence mo1al qual1t1es sp11ng f1om the hea1t and not tlom the head It IQ lot a mattex of ones eff1c1encx Efh CIQHCX max be moral but It max also be mechanlcal managellal Ol IJIOf9SSlOI13.l John Brlght xx as a man of gzeat 1nteg11tx and molal pu1 pose 1h1ough yeals of pox e1tx smuggle and self denlal he had 1a1sed h1m self flom the facto1x floo1 to a cot ton m1ll 1n England Aite1 th1s hc contmued to the f1ont lank as a B11t1sh statesman lNatu1allx t xx as to be expected that such a man xx ould manage the 1eal xxo1th f men by a tlue standa1d and not by money He had the Learmng Splllt f Also L1nco1n xvas not a man of xx ealth yet he touched the h1gh xx atel mark of Ame11can manhood Ex ery student should get all the scholarsh1p and culture he can but aboxe all thmgs he should st11xe to bu1ld nob1'1'tx of cha1actc1 Scholal sn1p sklll efliclencx man hood and ChdIaCteI ale gems of xx1ll pulchase them IS the coln of IH d1x1dual effolt The gleat pu1 pose of the hlgh school IS not so much to g1xc scholastlc atta1nment as to dex elop cha1acte1 and efficlencx 1n the 1nd1x1dual A1m alxx axs to seek somethlng def1n1te and xou xx1ll gene1all f1nd It The Joy of d1scox 813 OI ach1exc ment ls o11e of the 1exx a1ds of defln 119 purpose successfullx L31llQd out Salllng not d11tt1ng IN the motto of the man xx ho ealns and xx ho se1xes efliclencx 1n h1s dax and gen c1at1on Common exe1x dzx l1fc h1s bc comc mole tllglllllbll kIIlllllLl 1nd mole IDLIIGIUUS Thc h xtcs IL lexenges the scolclxn rs thc 1 ilsc ic QUISIIIOIIS spltc ancl act ot xlolcnce that noxx emblttel the l1x es ot thc 22 ' ' ' 1 n 1 ' ' I ' 1 1 1 0 . A , , ' S Q K U' l ' x' . 1 L1 K1 1 1 I A ,G ' Z 1 L1 . .-'- - 1. 1 -1 1 A 1. 1 1 1 v: N D A Y v 1 . Y 11. 1 1 1 . 1 ' . . ,' , , , , ' ', ' 1 - ' 1 1 ,- -'. 1 1 Q . A - ' v , I ' . .Y l 'lil ' A - ' v '1 c 1 I Q All ,v ' 1' 1 1 1 1 . 1 v ' 1 1 1 1 7 ' V V ' W1 1 v 11 v 1 v 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 - ' v' ' A ' ' A 1 .I 4 1 '1 I 1 1 1 1 v 1 1 a '- ' . ' ' ' T Y 1 1 U 1 1 I v A 1 J 'T 'T' 1 . 1 15 1 l - ' 1 51 L1 K1 I Y. 11 Dv 1 A ,yi c va 1 1 1 w 0 4 7 1 1 1 v T . .' . ' ' ' o , , . . . - v U l I , . . . . ' o ' ' ' ' . ' rr . A . Y 1.1. , Y 7 ,, Q . ,, . . 1 I . ., . , 1 7 y v - y ' 1 1' 1 K v . 1 ' 'V 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 'S . ' 'A' 1 1 1 1 I J1- v 1 I I . ' . 1 117 . 1 - 1. 1 v 1 , 1 1 , 1 ., . 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - . 1 1 . 1 1 1 pl1sh what he loves to do best. To f1rst water and can only COIH that 1 ' H 1 4 - ' 1' 1 1 1 1 1 , . . . 1 ' -A . '1 '. ' 1 1- H. '.' 'Y '1 .L - ' . . ' 9 , 1 JL K 5 1 8 1 ' - K ' ' 1 1' 1 V ' 'I ' A ' , ' ' ' v 'L1 1 1 7 1 ' 1 ,- 1 1 1 1 v 5 1 . ' 'v Q v I ' ' . . L K - V- ' -' ' r' ' 1 1 ..' - x 1 . .' ' ' .. y ' . 1 Q v-N vr ,',, 1 . . 1 1 . 1 V y K I L- 41 , , 99 S f ,' i 11 1 A1 4 v ' A' ' , ' ' .'- L1 1 1 L1 . .tv L1 1 tv 1 T - ' ' 'A - ' aj ' 1 2: +- ,2- K. 1 lk, . , . ','-' V - -,R .. .1-1 ,. . . L. - .. K1 . . ,., . J 2 ,sv tl J 4 11 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 . 1 '4 1 , , LL. . 1 L X r ' 1 ' fs' v 1 C - A C ' ' 1-' H' r 'n L1 f 51' K1 , 1 1 . S 1 A . ' 1 . 1 12 . .I A' ' ' 1 ' . 1 .- 1 1 ' . ' . I. ' x

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'74 THE OVVL SCHOOL FRESH MEN CLASS T c Fieshmen claw o1 10 1 oi gcll11!i,fl its clghtecn I11LY'I1lJL1x Dcc cmbei 10th 'lhc o111cc1x elccted xx ue e1s1olloxxs Piesident Richfud Hinds 1 ice P1 esident Isabelle VS extgate Sec1e1e11 x All6I1Gcl Mock 'l1e.1N111 ci louise Band VK 4 did not cal I1 anx mon x du1 ing the xca1 ae xxc c1u1tc xxillinglx lct thc QGIIIOIS hold all foims of ente1t11nment to eain the11 mone1 Duiing the N631 xxe d1d choose our class colois the floxnei and pui clfased a banner We a1e 111oud 01 ou1 laige Clase and xxe Shall tiy to hold togethe1 fOl four xeaie Qlgned A1 lenea Mock Secietary THE. SOPHOMORES Vie Sopnomoies o1gan17ed ou1 cliss efulx 111 Septembei xxith the 1OllOXX1I1f.f ofhceis Piesident VK anita Geldtt X 1ce Piesident Poland Daxid OI1 Qecietaix Maiqaiet Saitell Nexxe Re11o1te1 121111 TILIQX C law Sponsoi View VS1ll1ams 0111 class has not done much this X031 although xxe decided to sell l1o1 dogs and 1c1lls oncc 41 month a xxx ax and to 11.4x txx e11tx 11xe C611 A 1 n1o11th clucs Vkc did not Ldl1X out the c plane due to thc cf foitx 01 othc1 clawee and o1g1111f1 TIODN 111 thc echool tc1 mise monex 1 c c ue of co1 N 11111111 11 xx 111lcl JL 1cm h 1xc 11151 ch1ncc f ll cl 1 bi kc l.f1 UDLIIIIUWIEIII 111 1lLl1 1ll c TIUH1 the cxe1 1nd eighth gldflt' 1111 to thc 9e111o1 OTE clav took 114111 The Sonhomoiee xx O11 thi tOUlfldIT19fltd11CllQC61X6Cld t1o11hx VX c xx ue xe1x 111 oud of hlx l1c111c xxc xx1ll l1c to xxin 1011111 1n1c11t next x efu .aleo 1 ou n1 IX th111k xxc dic not 1xe1x 1n111o1tant claw but xxe xx1ll rn1ke oui m 11k in Olll sc hool xx oild befoie xxe ledxe Thompson Hiffh School as gidduates Slgned l1x Secrctaix M ll1Y'd'ft 'Sfutell JUNIORS The JUHIOI Class consists of fOUl teen membem OIIHCGIS xx ere elected foi the x efu as folloxxs P1 esldent Anna Binffhani X ice Pieeident Maiion Daniel on Qec1eta1x Alton XVII fhtei IIEJSLIQI Alton VS 11ffhte1 In .Januzux the claes decided to gixe .1 nlax to he111 iaise a fund fO1 the XNaNlll11gt0I1 11111 fo1 the cld 9 'Ihe 11lax Nclected xxds An Old Fashioned 'Nlothei xx huh xas piesentfd in Thon111 on Feb 17 1021 Lanexboio Feb '71 1931 1 hose xx ho took 11 111 xx G1 e VS dnieta Ruichell Fthel Hacklex Iaum Ddxis Nlilton B1111 hcll Riclwncl incls obeit funcs A ton V1 11gzhtc1 C eoige XX hitntx Nlelxxn S1n111son cl1o11 o1 llI1tl6l clu men c th 1111 c 1 n1cn xx ho tool ll 111 111 the 13 ax 1nd hel11cdn11lcc1ta uccc c cnd c11 hi N 11 o T1 env 1 c NNIIL 1 c n1 11 111 xc xc c gc cl o LIIIHI 1 11 111 ll H11 1 xchool xxoik mcc A lt 111111 1e1n11n1 I1 111111111 D 1111cl on . i-1 ' .S I r I 1 n I ' K 111 I. 15, , . 1 Lx. ' Q -- . l.. ' , , x , 4 1 .lv . t 'L. Z 1 -' 1 7, 1 1 1 A '- and 1 '1 1 11l1lv the 1 ' . ' . x A 1 , A -8- , A . . 2 1 -1 tv . . . L. ' .,- fl- -51: 7 Z.. ' vJ.,, 1 2 v ., ' .I ................,. ' I ' 1' ' ' ,, ' I 2. 1 . , - Aw Lu I 5- r I . 2 . ' Y . si - - J 1 ki ' I. . ,lv ..,.....,........... I '1.V A - I Y I I I . 1' lb . 1 4V 'e' ...................... 1 S ' ' 1 I1 ' J. - . v 9 v 1- ' V . -E - v ' .v 1 - iv - , ' A v' ' lv 2 -5. S? K . . , A K ' .S , 1 K. 1 ' 2 . A 1 ' . ' 7. .' v 1 v ' S3 . v - -w r ' 1- -' LL L' l - ' - fa w' v . 1 I L1 . ' x A, sc 1 1 T 1 .nu 1 4 Y I 'L . 'A Y L 1 tv I 1 K - . . v 1 '. 5 ' .. i 7. . ' ...,.............. I '. Rf I I 'iv ................ Q Y ' 'I - 1 H 1 Q - 7 -' - . J ................ U , v - . . . . - . , , Y 'I . , if 1 ZA-if 4 1 nv ' - -' I yrs 1 i. H A K qs I ' ' v . o1 193-. ' ' .' 1 1- 'f .', . , 1 1 44 , , ' .vv , '4 H . A .................. , 1 A , 1 ' ' S ...,.. , ' ' ' :1 -, - L- 1 ' 5 V 1 1 T1'eas111'e1' ,..................... Alton Silver and N01-th Jackson. Maw-11 25. 1' 'f ' ' .............. I. '.' ' Y rr' df ' ZA' ' 1 I .'- ' - W 'I' ' l iw v, I N 'ln 1 v wt . . . Lib- . by - 'A' , Us. A, ' .J I .I ' , , . ' ' ' . ' ' 1' II' R ' P- ' 1.3 l - ' A' 'x ' fx I ' , ' ' 1 1 niv V.-Q . :vv vw ..'- 'x S2 L. . . '. ' 1-. ily, . ' if 1 19- 1 VV1 are gr1'z1te1'11l to e ,der- .. --lv 5,1 1 K- 1. A .. ,li SS , , X 2 . ' 1... - 3 ' A ' - 1: ' . ' 1 7.2 - Z- 1 Z - 1 ' ,- . .155- -' U 1 -' The 1 ' t 's j.'ez11'.' 1 ' 5. 'am VK 1 being a l1xx'e1' 'lass ' ' 11'.'c1 m 12 L- 11. pat,-1 xr ff tylix 1111-1,, thc UW l 1 IWl1'W TU 101 c111111'1c11' z11'k. A11 tl 1' 1' Xill' this tl e 1 ' 2 ' U l'l,'1SS x1'ill ha '1 l1estoxx'cecl 11111111 it Iiarlx' ll1 the SlJl'1lI1. M12 M1 1111 1111 pl-11-116 , wink f S, ' -S in l1el 1 zs'1t-1' ll ' 1 11.-wi-1 1 '- '11 1 - 1,115- xx'l 2 class hs S Uh ' z ' ' :tio . 2 AS A- A' .z 2.48 2