Vandergrift High School - Spectator Yearbook (Vandergrift, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR 9 EDITORIAL THE SPECTATOR The Spectator is published by the students of the Vandergrift High School. It contains the work of the V. H. S. pupils and accounts of the everyday incidents of the school life. It is hoped that it will be a factor in enabling the different classes to understand each other and in helping to make the school life profitable and enjoyable. It is the aim of The Spectator to help to improve the school life by pointing out faults that need remedying, and commending those qualities that are praiseworthy, in the school and in the student body. The Spectator will be the means by which the Alumni may follow the events of the school, and perhaps recall their own happy school days. It will also serve to give the townspeople, the fathers and mothers of the high school pupils, a concrete example of the kind of work the school boys and girls are doing. So it is with the purpose of helping to make the school life more enjoyoble and more profitable that The Spectator takes its place in our midst. ----oo---- THE NEW BUILDING Every pupil of the Vandergrift High School is happy, because we are now in the new building. And what a building it is! The old building compares with it as—but comparisons are odious, someone has said, so we shall refrain from making any. The heating system is not perfectly adjusted yet, but when it is, the temperature will be uniform in all the rooms. “Patience and perseverance conquer many obstacles—in time! The building has the windows arranged so that the electric lights need to burn only on very dull days. There is plenty of light for every seat. The seats themselves are of a comfortable and convenient type. The domestic science, chemistry, and physics departments are very well equipped, making possible a thorough course in the sciences. The location of the building, in a quiet part of Vandergrift, is unsurpassed. Situated at the summit of a hill, the building gets plenty of sunlight on account of its elevation. The view from the building out over the hill and valley, looking up the winding Kiski-minetas, is inspiring. With a gymnasium and auditorium, which we earnestly hope the future will bring to us. we shall have in Vandergrift one of the very best high school buildings in the state. ----oo---- A SUGGESTED TRIBUTE TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT. - In honor of Theodore Roosevelt it would be a splendid plan for each student to plant a tree or shrub that would live for years. It could be planted in a park or on the school grounds, where the public could see it at all times. As long at the tree or shrub lived, it would be a beautiful monument to him who so heartily loved the great out, of-doors. Harry Goldstrom—’21 OUR SERVICE STARS LeRoy Felker, T9 was in France about four months. He was wounded severely July 19, 1918 and died the following day. John Wherry, T7, died at Luxemburg Heights, from spinal meningitis following a gas attack. Second-class Seaman Harold Bair, T6, is now at Bucknell University. He was in the Naval Reserves at Cape May, New Jersey, but was never sent across.

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8 THE SPECTATOR THE SPECTATOR VOL. 1. FEBRUARY. 1919. NO. 1. Published (luring school term by the students of the Vandergrift High School. EditOr-in-Chief ............. Associate Editor ............ Secretary and Treasury .... Business Manager ............ Assistant Business Manager Faculty Advisor ............... ....Harry Fresch—T9 ....Louise Bortz—T9 ....A. M. McNutt—T9 ..Carl M. Harmon—T9 William McKinney—T9 ..Florence M. Griswold ASSISTANT EDITORS Alumni—Senior Notes . . Junior Notes ........... Sophomore Notes ........ Freshman Notes ......... Junioi High School Notes Smiles ................. Junior Representative ... ....Lillian Mclntire—T9 Verncn Heffelfinger—'20 .Kenneth Thompson—’21 ......Caroline Orr—’22 .........Molly Eeck—'23 ....f-ladys McKee—T9 .... Merle Allshouse—’20 We the staff of The Spectator, the official high school magazine, wish to announce that through loyalty to their school the staff of “La Nouvelle” have turned over to The Spectator fifty dollars worth of advertising, and have agreed to discontinue their paper. TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial ..................................... Our Service Stars.............................. In Memoriam ................................... First in War. First irr Peace.................. The Great Heart................................ Cupid’s Victory ............................... The Greatest American ......................... The Autobiography of a Mouse................... Guiding Heart Strings ......................... Our Three Great War Presidents................. To Photography—Veise........................... Night in the Forest—Veise...................... The Happy Man ................................. Red Tape ...................................... Athletics...................................... Alumni ........................................ Exchange ...................................... Class Notes ................................... Smiles ........................................ From My Classroom Window....................... ................. 9 ................. 9 ................ 11 .. . .Gladys Agnew—12 Margaret Clawson—12 ....Hazel Henry—13 ..Evelyn Swanson—13 .......Paul Long—14 ....Louise Bortz—15 ....Evelyn Love—15 .....Mae George—16 .....Julia Beck—16 ..Margaret Patton—16 .... .Frank Aflams—16 ....A. M. McNutt—17 ..Lillian Mclntire—19 ....Louise Bortz—19 ..Class Reporters—21 ...Gladys McKee—22 .... Edna Kemeza—23

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10 THE SPECTATOR Sergt. Donald Bladen. ’16, Is now at Rahway, New Jersey. Sergeant James Bortz, T7, was with the S. A. T. C. at Bucknell University. Corporal Avard Brinker, ’17, is now at Camp Mills, N. Y. “Skinny” landed in the United States February third, after spending an active year and a half in France. Private Thomas Ceraso, ’17, was in the S. A. T. C. at Pitt. Private Wallace Cowan, T7, was with the S. A. T. C. at State College. Private Clair Clepper, T9, arrived recently in the United States after spending some time in France. He was woundqd slightly. He is now at home. Private Mateer Darbaker, T6, was in the naval unit of Michigan. Private Henry Fletcher, ’20, is still in France. Private Guy France, ’20, is in France. He has been cited for bravery in action. Corporal Thomas George, T7, is now stationed in Virginia. He has been in the service for two years but was not sent across. Private Frank Gigliotti is now in France. He has been severely wounded. Private Arthur Gumbert, T7, is now on his way home from France. He was expected to arrive about the seventeenth of February. Private Frazer Horne, T7, is at S. A. T. C. at Andover. Sergeant Samuel Henderson, T7, is at Camp Huston, Texas. He has been in the service on this side for almost two years. Private Arthur Hilty, T7, is honorably discharged from the service. Private William Hodge, T8, was with the S. A. T. C. at Muhlensburg. Corporal George A. Hunger, T7, is with the famous Tenth Regiment in France. Private Ralph Hodel, T8, was with the S. A. T. C. at Pitt. Private William Dock, T8, was in the S. A. T. C. Naval Unit at Pitt. Private Floyd Mohney, T7, is in France. Private Russel Mohney, T8, was the Pitt. S. A. T. C. Private Louis Morris, T7, is in France. He was severely wounded and is now helping in one of the government post offices. Corporal Frank McGregor, T7, was in the S. A. T. C. at Bucknell. Private Merle Yerty, ’20, is at Camp Normoyle, Texas. First class Fireman, Ralph Mclntire, ’21, is expecting to leave for France. Second-class Seaman, John McKim, T8, was in the Naval Reserves at the University of Michigan. Private John McMahon, T7, was with the Allegheny College S. A. T. C. Private George Owens, T8, was with the S. A. T. C. at Pitt. Sergeant Joseph Patton, T7, is still in France. Private Neil Patton, T8, was with the S. A. T. C. at Pitt. Private Judson Prugh, T7, was in the Naval Reserves at the University of Michigan. Private Harold Richey, T8, was with the S. A. T. C. at Allegheny College. Private Eugene Schall, T7, is on his way home from service in France. Private Allen Snyder, T7, was in the S. A. T. C. at Worchester. Corporal John Townsend. T7, has been honorably discharged from the service. He arrived home from France February third. Private Lawrence Walthour, T7, has been honorably discharged from the service. Private Karl Watt. T8, was in the S. A. T. C. at Bucknell. Private Rudolph Wherry, T8, Is In France. Sergeant-Major Guy Whitacre, 16, is now in New York. Corporal Roy Yerty, T7, is now with the Ammunition Train, stationed ten miles across the Rhine, somewhere in Germany. Charles St. Clair, one of our former teachers, is at Cape May, New Jersey. Lucius Ward, another of our former teachers, is also in the service.