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

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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 ' -

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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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l'HE OVSL duction to yyhlch the public yyould be 1ny1ted This deslre yyas ful fllled on February 26 1932 yyhen a large audience enjoy ed the pres entatlon of the three act comedy The Poor Marrled Man by Vial ter Ben Hare The Personale f the plav were Poor married man Carl Elgena Doctor Matheyy Graham Hovy ard Sartell Billy Blaqe Emerson Burchell Jupltar Jackson Kenneth El gena Mrs Iona Ford Mary Bamchv Zole Lillian Crane Rosallnd WIISOH Beulah Pepro lune Graham Fdrls Wheeler The cast enacted the plot so cred ltablv that the performance was considered a complete success The ab1l1t1es of the members of this young class have not been sel fishly expended to benefit this group only but they have also been exerclsed ln other extra curhlcular aCtlXlt18S of the school For ex ample It contrlbutes three players to the basket ball team four mus lclans to the orchestra and for next vea, two officers to the H Y They are desirous of lncreaslng and xmproylng thelr SQTXICSS to the school and community Edrls Wheeler THE SOPHOMORES The Sophomore class consists of fourteen members re organized December 1931 Officers yy ere elected for the year as folloyys President Louise Balrd X lye Presldent Esther Gillette Secretary Stuart Broyyn Treasurer Dorothy Riyenburg In January they had a one act play for chapel Lncle Hlrams Cold They had a receptlon for the Freshmen February 23 1932 Thlrty four yy ere present Some persons haye taken an act lye part ln extra c1rr1cular actlyl ties louise Balrd Arlena Mock and Claude Gelatt are in the hlgh school orchestra Claude Gelatt and llTlChd9l Stack are on the baseball team Arlena Mock IS the star cen ter basketball play er Claude Gel att has been elected president of the H11 for 1932 Stuart Broyyn JUNIOR CLASS The Junior class was re organlz ed earlv 1n the year 1931 and con SlStS of tyyelve members The fol loyymg officers were elected President Sumner Spencer Vlce president Julla Yudoffsky Secretary Wamta Gelatt Early 1n the fall yye held a box social from which yve reallzed a good profit On May 6 1932 yye presented our plav Trusty Jim The cast in cluded the folloyy mg Alberta Shel dn Julla Zudoffsky Alberta Dayls Margaret Sartell Wanlta Gelatt Rlchard Broyyn Milton Burchell Alton Sllyer Roland Dayldson Sumner Spencer Our class sponsor Miss Williams oached the play and also helped u ln many other yy ays The money yyh1ch yye receiy ed IS to be used on our Educational Trip to Washing ton D C VS anita Gelatt 'Vlr Chllson Why yyere you late this morning ' Bob Barnes The bell rang before I got here 24 ' ' ' , ' ' , 1 u Y . . ,. . . H ' Q 7 , Y , , , y y , . . . .' 'Q A ' - H ' H, y 7. , - . 1 ' I . . v A Y 1 ' I4 K ll 0 I - 4 I v ' ' Y - . . v v - ' .. - , - V - ' K c v l V 1 v 1 1- '. Y . , . 1 Y 1 W I 1 l u l 11 . 1 A ' ' .1 . , , . . K ' I - r' - K 1 1 . . .' . Treasurer-Margaret Sartell. - Y . ' Y 7 K 1 8 u u I L Il 1 ' Y H ' 1. U ' 1 - . -1 1' ' sa ' yr ' 7 . H . . - , , - ' . y Y' Q - 1 V 7 l 7 7 -- 1 v '1 . n 1 1 -11 . - . . , .. , . . . . . ' S ' Y ' ', , ' v . v . ' y ' 1 , - . . L' - 1 1 v n V . f L A n ' v. 'K . 5 ly. '-l' , ' . . , . v . . . . . , , as ' ' 1 n ' '