Vandergrift High School - Spectator Yearbook (Vandergrift, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR 33 Senior Notes The class of ’26 is about to pass on into the world of work and w'orry. Our hearts are heavy to think that our school days are over. How we longed to be the envied seniors and above all be through with the work and grind of school but how little we realized that our school days are our happiest and best days. Our class organized sometime before Christmas electing “Swede” Hammer, president; Chuck” Mitchell, vice president; Agnes Allen, secretary; and Ruth Anderson, treasurer. Later we ordered caps, scarfs and pennants of our class colors, Blue and Gold. We received them shortly after our Christmas vacation. Next in the line of events w'e ordered our rings and pins. Of course wre always have our ar-guents about those things. I think all senior classes do. They haven't come yet and we can hardly contain ourselves in our anxiety to get them. At a recent meeting we chose our class flowers and motto. The choice being the “Violet and our motto: “The Door to Success is Labeled Push” (So is McCroy’s 5 and 10c store door.) Now, the last that happened was ordering announcements and cards, also getting measured for our caps and gow'ns. My! That sounds good but we hate to think of Senior In September 1922 (A. D.) A band of eager freshmen Entered the portals of V. H. S. The joke of the upper classmen. They looked into our freshmen rooms, And said that grass grew there; They called us green and babies, We took it all though it wasn’t fair. We had our “greenie” party, Then all worked with a will, To pass the final examinations That shoved us up the hill. In ’23 we organized, And officers elected. The green and silver banner As class colors we selected. Our spirit was undaunted, Although we lost a few; Some entered the business world, Others entered matrimony too. the night we wear them because we will disembark on another shore. On Thursday morning, April fifteenth at our regular chapel service, Supt. Omo gave a very interesting and beneficial talk to the student body before presenting our varsity basket ball team with tokens of appreciation for their successful season. Sweaters, letters, basket balls and wrist watches w'ere awarded each member of the varsity team. The hasket-balls were given by the girls basket Hall team with the aid of the senior girls and other girls of the High School. A bake sale was held to raise the money for the purchase. Our basket ball girls were also presented with letters and pictures. All of the girls team are seniors, except one. The varsity boys who will graduate, are Hammer, Mitchell, Lash and Kirklewski. We feel very important to have the championship Basketball team of Allegheny and Kiski Valley members of our class. I guess this ends our Senior notes since nothing has happened. Our parties will be during the month of May; the first being the evening of the seventh. We Seniors say “Good Bye” with sad hearts to our beloved school teachers and class mates. —Evelyn Young ’26. Class In '24 our dream came true— The annex w:as completed. And in the new gymnasium Great athletes competed. In Chapel exercises we did our part. In readings, songs and plays; Oh, when we were Juniors Those were the good old days. In ’25 when we came back, We lost some teachers dear. We looked through all the building. But they haven’t been found this year. Seniors we are in ’26 With the largest enrollment yet, Our colors are blue and gold Our flower the violet. We started out to find success. We have reached the end you bet The door of success is labeled “push” But we haven’t pushed it yet. —Adelaide Coleman ’26.

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