Vandergrift High School - Spectator Yearbook (Vandergrift, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR THE SPECTATOR VOL. II. FEBRUARY—1920. NO. II. Published during the school term by the students of Vandergrift High School. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF....................................Esther McDowell—’20. ASSOCIATE EDITOR.......................................Helen Welsh—’20. SECRETARY..........................................Merle Allshouse—’20. TREASURER............................................Myron Lauffer—’20. BUSINESS MANAGER...........................................Ted Hill—’20. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER...........................Howard Morgan—’20. FACULTY ADVISOR..............................................Edith Steel. ALUMNI NOTES..... SENIOR NOTES..... JUNIOR NOTES..... SOPH MORE NOTES... FRESHMEN NOTES... JUNIOR HIGH NOTES SMILES........... CARTOON EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITORS. .................... Harrriett Withington—’20. .......................... Pauline Kemeza—’20. .........................Eileen McLaughlin—’21 .......................Madalene Fitzsimmons—’22. ...............................Anna McClure—’23. .................................Grace Hill—’24. .........................Vernon Heffelfinger—’20. .............................Eugene Fletcher—’20. CON TENTS Page a 8. 8. 9. it 9. tt 9. tt 9. tt 12. tt 13. Madalene Fitzsimmons tt 14. tt u. The History of St. Valentine’s Day Esther McDowell—’20 Harriett Withington tt a 16. 16, Estella McDermott a 17. 18. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Our Household Poet tt 19. 20. tt 23. tt 25. tt 27. tt 31. it 32. it 35. it 36. it 37.

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6 THE SFECTATO R HOOSIER... The Kitchen Cabinet that saves miles of steps. Our early Spring allotment for Vandergrift store is twelve cabinets. We ordered a car load. Better get yours now. A Kitchen Cabinet is just as important to the woman as the Bench to the workman or the Laboratory desk to the chemist. Nearly two million women use this great labor-saver everyday. Why don’t you? Armstrong Furniture Company. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $265,000.00 TOTAL RESOURCES $2,225,000.00 Vandergrift Savings and Trust Company DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WITH THIS BANK. IT GUARANTEES YOU SAFETY. You can start an account with One Dollar and get interest compounded twice a year. OPEN ON SATURDAY NIGHTS.

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PATRIOTISM IN V. H. S. In 1916, when war was declared on Germany by the United States, many of our high school boys enlisted to defend our flag. V. H. S. is very proud of these boys and has hung in their honor a service flag which contains thirty-six stars, two of these stars being gold, in honor of John Wherry and Le Roy Felker, both of whom made the supreme sacrifice for their country. The boys and girls who stayed at home worked hard and sold Liberty Bonds as their %“bit”. Then, again, in the last September 1919, when the Bolsheviks were trying to put this country in a turmoil, a num -ber of high school boys volunteered to work in the mill from 6 until 12 o’clock in the evening. These same students al -so kept coming to school regularly. Therefore, I think V. H. S. has shown great patriotism during the war and the labor trouble, and we are proud that “our bit” has not been in vain. JOE MURPHY—’20. -------oo------- COMMON SENSE At the present time, common sense is what Americans need most of all. The menace of Bolshevism is very thre atening, not only to America but to the whole world as well. The U. S., founded by patriots such as Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton, has always been a progressive nation, due largely to the fact that no group of radical thinkers has been allowed to manage the affairs of the nation. But now the radical Bolsheviks! And what does Bolshevism mean? Few people understand the real meaning of the word, which really is “We want more”. That is the whole thing in a nut-shell, a few wanting more than the majority. Are we, as Americans, going to allow a few raving, unbalanced foreigners to guide our national ship on the stormy sea of time? I should say not! We can manage our own affairs without help from any other country. Our ability along this line has been shown ever since the founding of the nation. Few people understand the real mean ace Bolshevism is. Most people say “Oh, the people wn’t stand for it! It will never dominate in America”, or something to that effect. But do they stop to think that some very influential men are being influenced by this ery movement? And the lower classes also are being subjected to its’ fanaticism. This is what we should realize, for what would a nation be without the influence of common people? No, brother Americans, this Bolsheviki movement MUST be crushed! We will not tolerate it! So, let us deport not only the leaders but also the thought of Bolshevism. Let them go back to Russia and fight it out! Americans is our motto, and by Americans we mean anyone who can behave as an American should. My plea is for the use of a little “Common Sense”- horse sense- if you please. The only way to break this movement is to use force, and so: Altogether now as Americans, ready- aim,-SMASH EM! VERNON HEFFELFINGER ‘20