Vandergrift High School - Spectator Yearbook (Vandergrift, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR Volume 6 PATRIOTIC NUMBER, 1924 Number 2 PUBLISHED DURING THE SCHOOL TERM BY STUDENTS OF VANDERGRIFT HIGH SCHOOL EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ............................ Joseph Lazier ASSISTANT EDITOR ......................—i...—• Fred Neff LITERARY EDITOR .......................... Margaret Loring ASSISTANT LITERARY EDITOR ................... Naomi Black SMILES .................................. Alice Streightif CLASS NOTES ............................. Catherine Gregg DOMESTIC SCIENCE ....................... Elizabeth Barclay MISCELLANEOUS .............................. Winona Love ATHLETICS .........................-....... Pauline Bolar EXCHANGE ............................................ Beulah Burkehart MUSIC .................................. Madeline Ferguson ALUMNI EDITOR ......................................... Alda Bain ARTIST .................................-. Gladys Phillips CLASS NOTES SENIOR .....,............... - -.... Juliet Costanzo JUNIOR ............................ Estella Bromwich SOPHOMORE ............................. Nellie Gagen FRESHMEN ............................ Valjean Orr FACULTY ADVISOR ....................-.. Edith Steel BUSINESS STAFF BUSINESS MANAGER ................... Professor Margraf ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER .................... Leslie Brookhart ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER Howard Hill SECRETARY .............................. Marie George TREASURER ..................... -..... Martha Anderson PUBLICITY MANAGER ................................ Ena Buckley

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CONTENTS OUR FLAG, THE ONLY FLAG THIS SEASON EDITORIAL— Patriotism High School Failures Lest We Forget Courage and Perseverance LITERARY- HOW Jim Love Saved the Day Tony and America Slumming Johnny—A Hero A Modern Declaration of Independence SKETCHES— “Dreams Come True” America’s First Colleges Gettysburg Heroines The Liberty Bell The Death of Abraham Lincoln The Character of George Washington General Robert Lee “The Old Block House” POETRY— Why Worry “Poppies” Winter “Leap Year” Forlorn and Deserted MUSIC— High School Orchestra Lincoln Building Orchestra Music Memory Contest Glee Club Music The Life of Francis Scott Key A Patriotic Song Review NEVER-TO-BE-FORGOTTEN WORDS CLASS NOTES HOME ECONOMICS SPORTS COLLEGE NEWS ALUMNI EXCHANGE ARMY CHATTER

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Our Flag, the Only Flag “Our flag is the only flag,” Said a little boy to his brother, “I wouldn’t give up my Red, White and Blue, For fear I would not get another.” Red, White, and Blue stands for Liberty, And Liberty we all shall attain, Each man, woman, and child alone Shall have Liberty just the same. The stars are for states there are forty-eight, The White Stripes for purity blend. The Red Stripes were washed in the Martyr’s blood, And they’ll all stay together till the end. When our flag does not stand for Liberty, Let the earth be worn and oppressed. But I’ll stand for my flag till the very end’s end, Or the country’s no longer at rest. The flag will fly o’er the forty-eight states, For many long years to come, It will fly for the poor and the needy For FREEDOM for them has been won. I love the flag to the depth of my heart, Would I let it be wasted? No, never, I’d carry it high on a pole in the air, To show nations we’ve FREEDOM forever. —Margaret Hamilton, 26.