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

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THE OWL MANTLE ORATION The trme hae come yy hcn you are glad for a helplng hand to gurdc you through the trrals of your Sen 101 year Take thrs adyrce rn the Splrlt rn yy hrch rt IS gly en and rcm ember that a yyrse man profrt ly others mrstakes a fool by hrs oyxn Do not let tne honor of bcrrg Sen rors make you too proud or yarn as rt has ome others but be real men and yy omf n Cultry ate modesty and do not let a feyy yyords of flattery spoken rn jest turn your heads There are many les ons to be learned besrdes those 111 the text books and yy hrch yyrll be of benefrt du11n0f the entrr span of your l1y es As trme goes on and the future beckons do not hesltate but folloyy courageouslv to hrgher achreye ments Fou ageously9 Y s b rt tate yyrsely befor you plunge blmd ly rnto somcthrng that you hope might brmg, success Remember thc yvell knoyyn truth Fools rush rn yy here angels fear to tread Hoyy eyer be alert so that you yylll rec ognme Dame Fortune yy hen oppor tlllllty pres nts rtself You are recerylng a great honor that no one but Junrors can appre crate I am certarn that yyrth the ercperrence you haye recelyed and the rnformatron I haye grycn you you can emcrge from the tr rals of Senrors rn safe and sane states I noyy present you thrs spotless mantle yyhlch you should hold at rts hrghest standard Tlrrs can be done rf ey ery member of your class ls most srncere rn hrs efforts Har ron Danrelson 'VI1ss Srnger Where yy as the shlngle flrst used 7 Em rson I yyould rather not tell you JUNIOR RESPONSE Nlembers of the Class of 1939 In behalf of the Class of 1933 I accept yyrth extreme pleasure thrs renoyy ned mantle of black and gold We yyrll do our best to keep rt as spotless and pure as rt noyy rs We haye enroyed your compan ronshlp both rn the school room and rn athletrcs We yyrll mrss you but yye yyrll look foryy ar cl to seerng you as leaders 1n your drfferent yy alks of l1fe We thank you most of all dear frlends for your farth rn us a d ln our future We yvrll endeayor to proye to you that rt has not been mrsplaced We hope to make you proud of us We yyant you to say at some great moment of future achreyement Ah yes rndeed yye knoyy that man he rs one of our yye sent forth rn 1933 Vye yy rsh you the utmost suc ess rn rll of your undertakrngs md may your future be most lllllllallt W Qumncr Spencer FAREWEL1. Tune Belreye Nle If All Thos Endearrng Young Charms Hoyy sard mrd the sunshrrre that gladdens thrs scene Comes the thought that todav yye must part That the bond yyhrch affectlon has ey er kept green Nluse be sey ered today rn the heart That yye meet rn tlrrs home of our chrldhood no more As yye loyrngly meet to the last That yye ney er agaln on thls trme bound shore Mav unrte rn the songs of the past lo ' - 1 1 , 1 1 A 1 111 1 L f I 1.1 1 ' I ' . J A' 4 1 - vv K1 Lv - I Q V K Q hw . ' ' I ' - 1 1' . ' ' 1 . 1 ' ' ' ' v ' 1 ' '1 ' 1 . 1 1 1' 1 1 ' 1 1 - . - . . 1 1 1 1'h1 1 , , ' S J , L. LX. 1 , K, ' , 'sl G 1 I 1 I 1 0 4 v . 1 v Y 7 ' ' Y ' I ' I x' ,, ' 1 ' 1 V N 1 1 , , - v 9 7 n 1 L I W Q 1 v - l ' 1 A1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' - 1 y y 1 1 I , , ' I ' 1 . . I' Il. Y 1 ' Q 7 L 9 I I A 1 1 1 1 , f 1', 1', R . . - . l v l Y v Y . r 1 'I . D Y Y . ' Y 1 V C, e , .. . . Q , A 1 , , ' 1 A 1 ' 1' ' ' I ' ' 1 1 U 1 1 ' 1 y ' 9 ' 9 v ' , . es, 1 . . -. . 1 p 9 K also Cflutlomly' Plan and mfxh' boys. He graduated yy'1th the class ' e - , , . ' - H . L I 1 1 Q 9 1 , 1 , , . , l ' I , I 1 K1 v K1 L1 Lvl f . -- . . . - 2 ' ' 'V 3 L 9 l K v w 1 Q. . VY K ' V V 1 1 I ll '- 1 v 1 K1 W1 1 -J 1- ' K 1 ' 1 ' '1 1 1 v 1- ' 1 10 1 ' 1 N 1 e . 1 . I ' Y. I 0 I. i 1 v. ' . ' . - U ' 1 I 0 ' Y Y I ' ' A xl 4 'Q ' ,Y 3 -'1 1 . ' , , ' ' 1 1 ' 1 - 11 1 4 I F K T v 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 T l J A v V . I 5 V ' v 7 V u 3 1 1 A K ' , 1 ' . 1 ' ' 1 1 1 I . Q A 9 . . 1 1 1 ' ' 1 u' 1 Ll l , ' I 1 ' -l--T 1 ' V 1 Y ': ' S 3 ' ' ' - 1 . 1 ' 1 v , , ' ' 1 ' - D , . 1 - 1' I 1 v ,' ,' 1 . , .

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Il olxe exelx ploblcm and oxelcome cxclx dl lclt becauf au fdthfx s xxol xxl a sml clf lellance and a falth that llugn at all dlfflcultles The cptlnllstlc studcnt laughs at and laughs off dlfflcultles and because of thls tcm pelamcnt le IS mole llkelx to ox Ll come them xx hlle hls LOTUIJIIIIOII xx ho IS a pcsslmlst dlllllfdlllil hl sccmlnglx lmpos lblc tasks x ltll thc cloonlx cxpcctatlons of not su l 111 plnqlsm ls ls OXXH Hxx llc Tloc mall xx ro slngs at hls task and tlllfllgll chcelfulncss and cnthus ldslh 211ClN 0th6lS actuallx COP1lll utr to hls oxxn plcasules and p 9 ls In thl5 xxax he ls stea 1 Lllmblng upward Effort xx Ol ks xx onde s ln tll xx olld It IS the b3SlC platfolm fo all progress the capstone of all torles and the xerx plx ot upon xx hlch all the success of an lncllxlcl ual must turn It lws xxllttcn all the book Ialnted all the D1LtUlLs co lstluctccl all the tcl plcs cleslcn ec all the malble blld ed all hc streams tunneled zll the mount alns produced all the xx ealth col structed all the sclcn es and Idl ecl to the XQIX heaxen the ex QlldStlH toxxers of knoxxn tluth Hc xxho hopes to succeed must flISt plepall fcl hls xx olk and then dlllgentlx ap plx h1I'I1S6lf to It Qlr John Lubbock saxs PGFNSXQIHHLQ IN the Qtatc mans braln the xx lm sxxolcl the lnxentol s seclct and the chol ols open scsame l onc lc galn the hlghest DOIY1tVKlllflLl1X It a ce among, thc Llllllfcl tonc success T c mall of g'tHlllN soals on thf xxlng,s of glftcd poxxcl thc glftc l man llscs bx hls oxx I1 lnherltcd tl folts lnd thl malks the stcpplnc s nc bx xxhlch lllH1lX lse Sllll I bex men haxc llmost unllmlteci Dfisltl lll or taklnf palls ind fcl calm anr teadx effort Thex ale the noral md the ldeal gldllts ot the lice the creat souls of good qualltx xxhose llxes and charactcls ale Ilt models for humanltx It IN a me t mlst llxe to thlnk th xt UI lx the e t cmclx lntelllgcnt C111 succecd Fxcn mc nt ll dullness and xx acc UI ltlxc xxcl l to hlghtl knoxxlccc Tlmc effolt and hlghcr liledlk max oxclcoroc them and flnallx croxxn perslstellt dllpllcdtlfln xx lth the laulel xxleath of xlctorx One should not onlx deslre some thlnff xxolth xxhlle but also should d9Sl'9 to posses It and haxe th: courage and ambltlon to earn It He mlght tlre ln hls eflo c but he must not letlre from the eonfllct for lf he plre he IN sule to cllmb hlgher ard hlgher 111 the 3ttd.1IlYl'19Dt of hls ob lec Thercfc re exelx xouth should strlxc and scheme to leach the hlffn e t helght to restolc hls xx calx 61 ergles t cantlnue hls effo ts and plan and lf he llx es he 15 llkclx to arrlxe at the destlnatlon toxxard xx l l1Ch he has b en YK01klDg Thls method mall s the hlghxx ax to scholarshlp to manhood and t achlexemcnt Ellfabeth Thomas JOKES If lston VS helc dlLXOUg'0ll1 5 lllkttl mild inlta B l ln n coxx o the bank to haxc lts mlllx Ltltlflfill s l ll x lc Name llqulcl that xxlll not fl66lL xldl lOllt Hot xx atel l-1 'l' I JY 'l. 'ff'-l,l -' sa lt -1- f ' ' r Q - ' 1 pry' ' ,S it.' ' 'k th ' le of s ' 4' '. , j ' 3, ' Ss - ' 1 . 1 1 '1 ' 2 1 S 2 ' sc 1-'1 '1 ' A .2 . I A1 A I 1 K 1 K- V ' 1 L1 1 1 1 1 . A, .L1 . A .. ' ' 1 ' 1 1 . L1 s 'S 1 - 1 ' 1 I V G D 1 'A I , K1 1 1 8 A1 2 1 - , 2 . ' , , ' 1 . 1 ,' X 1 ' ' ' 1 -2 . A1 1 ,Ss .1 Q . .11 1 S S 4 b i I VJ X' ' v' I ' X X . v 1 L':g1 x ' lv K' '.v. j ni Y 1 . IJ' . Y C ,1 l ' -U . 1 ' N Flo ' as 1 po ' ' ' are not lars Y .V x- in ' ' Llllul- nr 1- ' xrg. ' 1' . g. Olt Q . J tf -' '2'l- . ',, ' .. '. 1 ' A. .k1' 1 - ' - A ' x- . v. A V is ' 1' .' ' .' ' T4 - ' ' f'tg, j 'Q s ' d'lj.' I Q i j .' : - I . . I .G ' ' v L nw ' 's ' , ' ' 2 . . I 'ks ' 1 . Q E1 . . . V- ,fr 14,1 ' , achlevementsl the heraldlof all VIC' Continues to aclmire, desire, and as- ny T .V v I 'nw L1 Q i . . A 51' Tl ' 4 . p elk Q l ' ' ' .gg ' t - ' 1. ' . f ' 2- , A' , 1 . , 1- ' o 'f ' r 3 A1 1 1 L1 .' , C L1' -1 'S I ' '.' ' ' X . 1 1 1 1 Q ' - 1 K1 ' U- . ' . I I . ' -f .-1 1 1 L, 1 . 1 1 v 1 ,i J 1 K V . l ' V V . . . ' ' l I ' 3 , ' , o . . . ' ' ' Y J . .v S ' K 'Q '1 1 - 1 1. 1. H . . . . ' . . N- ' 'T ' ' , '2?f'E':,. :1 .' ' ' . ' . .',. K1 ..,c , S , '- .'1. Zilll n 1 xx' ll - ,- - A. ' -' - jk. 1 1 .,..,1 -gm, Dla- - f X ' ' 1' s is ol ., .1 z' -g ' We .-I'n tak' gr lx' ' 't h j ' 1 I - A' L' ' .U I 1 1 1 , ' .1 ' - . A 1 ' ' I rx' ' 1 v l -, l r' ' gg ' x' j .' ' l A - Mr. C'hil'ol. 'l l'hjs s: .'- a . A. Z 'S . . L. , ' , ' ' . 1' . .4 A? :to 1 Q ' z aj 'is . I -l . ' '.

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FHL OVS L VI c non hope that xouv school daxs xllll cxer be bllght xR7ItII much fleedom to thlnk and to IIXQ BX the rules that X our teachers haxe struggled mth mlght To prepare and to happlly glxe Iet not moss cox ered elror hold thee at lts slde As the vuorld on truths current glld8S by Qtlll frelghted lx 1th treasured thoughts fllendshly s and hopes We depart then today wlth a s gh But fondlv our thoughts vslll retuln to our school As we later ln llfe drlft apart And our souls shall rejolce a We cherlsh the rule That forever shall dwell ln our Then farewell to our school lnd farewell to our frlends Who hale llghted our pathwax l l h oxe Though todav we must part y ct oul pray ers ulll ascend That our school be unlted aboxc Hclell Whltman MEANING AND DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT A gox ernment IS the agencl through whlch the pulposes o the state ale formulated and exec' tccl It IS a means by vshlch to seculc o operatlon and thlough coopcratlol we ale able to malntaln peace sec Uflty lustlce and publlc serxlces more easllx than lf lndlxlduals act ed alone VVhen a schoolhouse ls bullt to day It lb not done by comblned manual labor but slnce It ls a pub llc bulldlng the communlty LOOINI ates ln paylng for lt Comml nltl llfe IS posslble onll through coop elatlon alld SIIIL6 LXCIXOIIC need clothlng f od and shelter each Olt has to depend upon another T an vsolk IS the sole road to su ce stul lndustry VI hat would thls vso ld be lf ex erwone lnslsted upon slolk mg for hlmself' Xou lexer sau successful basketball team made ull of flxe blllllant play els xx hen each one vs as always trvln to outsh nc llls team mates and wln all the glorx for hlmself Just as that team vsould fall short of x hat It V1 :lt do so would we No one of u can accompllsh anythlng molth XNIIIIC wlthout teamwork Moreol el' gcx ernment brlngs contact wlth othels and broadens our wlewpollts Government help us to be lndependent from f0I'8lgI1 countrles and protects our plo perty from crlmlnals In oul 93115 days a flst flght was the mo t pel suaslle means of settllng a polltlcal dlspute but now peace and order are malntalned by workers coopel atlng wlth the government Thr govcrnment performs functlons for the b tt rment of the country It cares fO1 the D001 and helpless pro xldes free educatlon and protects the publlc morals health and llfe A number of boys vs ho llved ln the clty were asked what goxcrr ment meant to them They sald pollc man because he arrests peo ple and makes us keep off the gl ass IH the parks These ansu QI mlght make some people thlnk that gox elnment restllcts oul IDCIIXICILIZII llcedom and It does to a certalll ey tellt but we should not be elflsh It lb our duty to submlt to what IS best T01 all people In one ot the tralnlng camp dur ln the war an officer told a squ d of new recl UltS that he NNdI1tCCI them to get a rlght ldea of salute He sald I do not want you to thlllk you are compelled to salute me as an lndlxldual but rathel to FLIICICI 1 1 v I6 1 I I 1 1 . . L1 1 V 1 vt- -1 ' 4 L-' - 1 ' '-' Q 1' X . ,' . fs 1 - x 1 . A , I V ' Y 5 Y l s 1 ' I W ' . L' I . v v 1 .'v W fb 11. , . c . - S. . . , , , , , , Y , ' . .. t . n , - L . . . A. , v v K, A. V . - ' - ' ' . ' 7 , , . Y , ' ' ' N . , . I . ' rl sw , v . ' 1 s 1 v 1 1 1 , 1 v 1 1 ..- , . 1. 1 , ' , w' ' v -' '1 v 1 V 1 1 1 c , 1 ' ' , v, , , . . .. ,,. . : , A L K 1, Q ' I rg . - . ' ' ' ' Y- ' ' s s 1 s 1 1 ,M K . . . . 1 N l jk' f 1 l .L . . v Q . ' , . ., ' V Y' 4 ig 1 1 1 .1 v r . y . ' . v v ' I v . cr' N .S . I s u Y . . . K 3 v , 1 I 3 1 S , , J - . . , K .. . . . hearts. - - L A Q ' v 2 I I I . , v y ' 1 5 , '- I v . . A Q . . , , , . s n, 7 4 ' 'X 3 Y I ' A S sf Q 1 . 1 V E. ' ' ' , - 1. 1 . l W 1 l V ' , . 9 Y ' V . . 1 r 1 x 1- ' Y 14 ' , - . . -1 , 1 .. 5 I v I ' ,I 1 ' nu V ' . - if L- 1 c. ' h . , . 1 .A 1 I ' ' .' '. , . 1 l . . 1 1 1' 1 1 - v K- v 1 As x in K - . 1 ' 2 1 . -5 1 i '1 ' ' c' ' . . . . 1, s - , 1 - . - ' A' -- , ' m . . . v . . I - I w v , V, . , 1 1 1 L I . Y . . . V ' I . - K. . . . 1 K , ' 1 11 , - 1 D . .. - '- ' - g ' ' .' ki . 1 ' y . 1 ' 1 11 1 ' 1 ' L ' D 1' 1 ' ' 1 1 , ' , 7 V K 1 . . 1 ' 1 A . .1 ' 5' H ' I Q4 -I , 1 1 ' V' I ' ' 5 0 . I 1 . 1 . . - 1 ' ' A ' K .V - ,