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

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IHE OWL brought success to hlmself and to hls nation Benjamln Franklln gave to the vvorld a motto worthy of bemg taken as the standard of ev erv per son His motto was I vvlll d evervthmg I can as well as I can and he succeeded for he accepted h1s responslblllty Inv arlbly the grestest men of the natlon have accepted thelr respon blblIItl8S and It has been these men who have set the hlgh standard of our morals and laws We should also strlve to galn a knowledge of our own government for the knowledge of lts own gov ernment IS to any people a matter of greatest lmportance and to a self govermng people an absolute nec esslty No need IS more urgent for c1t1zensh1p than educatlon and no Amerlcan youth for cltlzenshlp vvhlch does not mclude the study of 1ts gov ernment Most of us know that Amerlca s the most prosperous of all modern natlons that xt has hardly en' rged from plannlng the development of the contlnent and that 1ts natural resources have served for our pros pe11ty But few of us reallze the prlce we might some day have to pav for neglect of elementary max lms of good government unless the present and coming beneratlon ac cept thelr responsxblllty and will mglv uphold the standards of gov ernment set by our ancestors Today the real problem of m erlca is to develop and educate the spxrlt of American Ideallsm so that the result wxll be the makmg of an mstrument of government through vv hlch the real wxshes of American people can be expressed No nation can amount to verv much unless the lI'ldlXldU8.lS compos mg It have strlven to beneflt not only themselves but also thelr fel lowmen When the txme comes that evelv voter IS awake to the netessltv of safe guardlng thls general good there wlll be set up 1n the United States the truly I'6SIJOIlSlbl9 mlnlstry that the framers of the constltutlon failed to provlde for that IS a deslr able tpye of publlc Splflt If a falrv could wave a wand over us the one great vlrtue wlth whlch we need to be endowed would be the glft of that kmd of public Splrlt whxch would destroy self Interest as a dommant motlve and substltute loy alty to men whlch would xmprove the soclal l1fe of whxch we are a part Fellow Classmates Truly of our meetmg we mlght say Th1s IS the apen that on another commencement day we should be present and ans vser to the rollcall vuthout ones mlsslng ln the response we should not be the Class of 1932 except m name Somethmg would be lack mg somethmg gone The old bond of unlty breaks thls hour and vve know that as a class of 1932 we part forever We go our way ar' ceptlng our responslbllltxes If there lurks ln any heart an anclent grudge against a classmate a Jealousy a root of bitterness pluck lt out and cast lt far away Let us take each other by the hand forglvmg as we hope to be forgwen and remem berlng that It ms the last time Marjorle Mlller 'Vlr Martm My boy look at the future ahead of you Kenneth I can t today IS Daxsy s blrthday and I m thmklng about the present YY ,Y I A l ' . , I . v . A 1 v - . . - 'iv . ' , 0 . . ' ' U W ' rv, - . . . , ' ' u , 4 u ' 1 - Y in I I u l I Y Y .V , a 1 n q , Lu , I L, 7 '. 9 , . . . . 7' ,. . - ' 1 Y 1 0 - J I u l 0 6' . . Y COUFSG of study C311 DFQQGTIY fit last time. Though it should hap- 7 . . lv y - ' .r if I 9 . ' ,, ' .12 . - ' . ' ' , ' 9 r ' 1 I , ' I. 1 I 1 l v 1 1 ' ' , y . I L 7' . , . V, . Y - . . . ,,. . . ,, A - ' ' 7 Y I I , ' . . , ' . V Y ' v 1 ' v' ' -

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mg for xocational xx oik through oui free public schools Eyerx person should be aided in dexcloping his natix e poxx er to plan to control and to dominate himself and his enxir onment Workeis passessed xxith the spirit of self reliance self sup port and self respect should be dexeloped In our demociacy we look to the goxernment as the great clearing house of our social economic and political troubles Social xxelfare is the dominating aim of oui gox ern mental act1x1ty As a result of the Great War the shortage of skilled xy oikers could be dealt with effect IX ely only through united effort Congi ess in 1917 flamed a new law knoxxn as the Smith Hughes Act which proxlded Federal aid for vo cational tiaining in all schools that xx ould meet certain requirements In 1017 all of the states began to co operate xxith the National Gox ernment foi the establishment of xo catlonal schools In 1926 grants amounting to sexen million dollars xx ere made for these schools Since I haxe shown by the dis- cussion of these problcms the con- nections that the gox ernment has I xvill say in conclusion. No govern- ment can rise higher in moral stand- ards righteous sense of justice and social efficiency than the source of its authority and poxxer with the voters behind it. The voters edu- cation has been derived from funds appropriated by the government. The government also can help the taxation problem by taxing the ones most able to pay it and legislate laxvs for the welfare of the laborer often causing capital and labor to copoperate. This situation is bene- ficial to both. Alton Wrighter INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBII ITY The ieal leadership of America 1s not alxx ays present in political cir cles Political democracx is still in the making and is a relatixely x oung enterprise xx hich has a future de pendent entirely upon the degiee of conscious thought and effort that mdixiduals lut upon its dexelop ment The future of a nation de pcnds upon the older generations setting forth ideals that xvill inspire the xounger fenerations to vxant to poss ss the amount of iesponsibil ideals and standards Desraeli said The youths of a nation are the trustees of posterity The future of any nation the qual ity it xxill haxe depends in a large degree upon the interest it can ax aken in their minds It shall be the duty of exerv parent to make sure that his children xxill feel res ponsible if he wishes to have them become the strong men and xx omen of tomorrovx for an irresponsible person IS iust as xaluable as sand is to a desert In school children should be taught to accept their res- ponsibilities. It has been said that if only onc thing could be taught in a school it should be responsibilitv' for tl at is the foundation of all suc- cess. A person need not be efficient or talented to accept a share of responsibility' but it is very neces- siry that he be keen minded and level headed enough to guide him- self and his felloxvmen toxy ard suc- cess. For an example we have Abra- ham Lincoln. He xx as not consider- ed a great scholar in science. his- tory o' mathematics' neither was l.e a linguist but he was a mastcr of his oxvn tongue and he had a mind of his own. Above all he ac- cepted his responsibility' and THE OVVL 9 ..1 . ' . . - y 1 1 ' ' 7 Il . . I . ' ' - A L- ' - - - ' . . . . . - . h - i . , . , , . A - A 1 . 3 A ' . 1 ' ' 9 I Iv ' - t . . . . 1 1 w 1.1 v 1 K' sv - . . . ' r ' K- -- K , . . - . ., :nous 1 1 1. ' .'. g X .. c.. K L - ' ' ' ' itx' that is nec 'K' ' t h - . ., . essary o meet t ese 7 N . - . . . . ' ' li Q ' Y ' Y , , ' , ' n . v ' - ' . . . i A - . v. . y y - i ' ' Y . 1 4 1 I . . , . D Y I. Q ' - 1 .4 . Y. . Y- y , K- . v - ' . r Y . . ' ' 'S 3 L- ' -s 's ' - 7 4 1 1 H '- L L- 0 Q wr ' . . , 7 A' . . . . , Y , I v v n C ' I 1' K I , . K7 . , . Y 7 9 Y , . . . , . . , , 1 r . '1 I Y w 'A v l ' 1 7

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SCHOOL OTE PRIMARY GRADES The fnst tour glade are plan mng a play entltlcd Mother Goose Cjlx es A Partx vxhlch xxlll be glxen 12 t a t C F Hall The thud and toulth grades art cl sscs are desl rung and palntmg the stage fropertles for the play as xx ell as some xerx attractlve pos tc s The muslc classes are worklng on tl e lV'other Goose songs and folk dances to be glxen The Rhythm Band xx1ll make 1ts flrst appearance at thls ex ent Thls band ls corflrosed of txxenty puplls chosen from the flrst four grades 1 l'e1r costumes are belng des1gned b the Home Economlc Dep t dc txc up IYISIOH of Mlss Persons It xou xxlsh to see the llttle folks perform you cannot afford to miss tlns charmmg llttle play NI1ldred Felton Actlvntles of Fxfth Slxth Seventh and Ewhth Grades On March the elghteenth thc flfth slxth sexenth and elghth grades presentcd the opcretta Hansel and Grctel by Humper dmch 'Ih1s was the flrst operetta excr 1:12611 by the grades The leadlng characters xx ere Hansel Ralph Westgate Gretel Exelxn Gelatt Peter the father Mlchael Was ko Mother fella Kolenda Wxtch Anna Reblch The operetta not only conslsted of songs but also pantomlmes and dances The crcdlt for the success of the opeletta IS duc the chxldlen xxho xxorked falthfully and the dlrect ors lVI1ss Nelson and Mlss Slnger The flfth slxth sex enth and elghth grades entered the county choral contest held at Montrose Wlav the fourteenth Thls contest conslsted of the s1ng1ng of the songs Amarvlhs by Parlovx and The sex enth and elghth grades organlzed a Health Club xxhlch has xmprox ed the health of the chxldren Paulme Nelson FRESHMAN CLASS The Freshmen txxentx three xn number met to organlze and elect officers September 11 1931 The folloxxlng persons xxere elected to fulflll the rcspectlxe posltlons Presldcnt Carl Elgena X xce Presldent Kenneth Iulgena Freasurer Ellerv Ogden Secretarx Edrls Wheeler At a meetlng held soon after the flrst one It xxas xoted that each YHBITIIJGI pax dues xx h1ch xxould mount to a dollar per person tor the vear In addltlon Ito the short enter tamment th t thls class presented to do 1ts share for chapel programs the freshmen xxere dmbltIOUS ough to xx ant to g1xe a larger pro 1 , 9 211 -LT I .1 I 4 J 1 -il-1 ' I I 1 '1k1 ' 1 T.. Q 1 1 1 - 1 1 . 1'. . f I I I 3 AK 1 1 1 1 1 4 ' 1 . 1 - - 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1' ' 1 1 1 1 Ma a 8 p. m., 't he I. J. O. - 1 ' K. .. , , - 1 '1 1 . ' 1 1 ' 1 I' 4 I 1 ru' 1 1 1 V I U vi 4 ' 1 - ' Y J a , . y V L1 , . 1 y . 1 1 v 1 1 1 v v 1 I ' 1- l I I 1 v Wk.. . . . . . U ' I I ' 1 1 1 ,, ' N ,, x V . L. K. .Y ' A . 44, 'J' , ,. ' ' . ., ' v 1 45 ' 1 I 1 7' 1 , ' 1 - - M1 htx Lak a Rose . bx Nebln. '11 1 1 1 ' I ' A ' I ' ' . s AL -1 . I 1 l 1 1 I ' l ,,. . Q . . L, A n 5 11 ' 19 I i-1 ' , . 1 , .. un- ,,. V 1 S fV11' ' '1 L1 I Q V I I' Y K. 1 1 v I '1 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' . ' - K ' 1 1 ! 'l ' 31 1 ' 1 1' ' 1- ? l 1 - 5? ' ' .lil ' -T I I I - I 1 17 'la , . , . . 1. 1 7 ' I ' Y 1 1 1 3 -1 1 ' 1 ' 11 1 1 1 1 1 at , J V' 1 - 1 . 1 1 1 ' , 1 L I v ' 1 1 Y' 1 ku. . ' ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 ' ' 1 - , - ' -:- ' - J en- , Y I ' 1 4 ' -