Wellsboro Area High School - Nessmuk Yearbook (Wellsboro, PA)

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THE NESSMUK TRADITIONS Although the Class of 1932 will be the first to graduate from the new building, yet to the seniors of next year as well as to all those who will be enrolled in either the junior or senior division of the high school, will go no small task in setting the tradi- tions for all the generations of students to follow. The first and foremost tradition will be that of studies. With the new facilities for better teaching and the improved environment for both teacher and pupil, it should be easy for the student to set a new standard for his scholastic achievement. It will be expected not alone by the faculty, but by all who have shared in the enthusiasm incident to the erection of the building, and in this number are included all the people of Wellsboro. They expect it and it is your job, yes, your privilege to meet their expec- tations. There is no better means of expressing your appreciation for what has been done to promote your best interest than to avail yourselves to the limit of the advantages offered. Next to studies and following closely, will come sports. It is for you undergraduates of next year to establish a record in athletic activities that will live as long as this new school is in existence. It has always been felt that, given better conditions, we could have winning teams. You are fortunate enough to have the improved conditions. Will you turn out teams which will do them credit? This is for you to think of and work out for yourselves. ' A sportsmanlike attitude should be the outstanding feature of all activities whether social, athletic or interclass. Here, too, you have a new tradition to establish. lt is this: Be good losers but not contented losers. Other traditions may be in customs, such as the annual Junior-Senior Prom, politeness to teachers, and to others as well, recognition of certain rights of seniors not to be enjoyed by the lower classes, and the keeping of records showing achievements in sports and organizations. These are left to you, undergraduates of next year. May you succeed in making a right beginning, and may your memory be cherished in the traditions of the new building as long as traditions remian.-Q. L. W. '32. THE DEPRESSION DEPRESSED At a time when the rest of the world was in the clutches of the worst business slump it has experienced in years, Wellsboro has gone blithely on her way with a build- ing program never equaled in the annals of the town. The world has suffered but we have been extremely fortunate to be touched only lightly by the finer of depression. Our new and remodeled buildings are visible evidence of this. First consider the new school building. In its construction many men have been employed, and as much local labor used as possible. It has afforded work for scores of otherwise jobless men. Even the imported labor has helped, for the workers have spent, bringing material gains to stores and rooming places. Then the remodeling of the Court House. This was a much needed improvement. For the court of Tioga County the old edifice had become woefully inadequate. Now because of the improvements very skillfully designed and capably executed, it is a source of delight and is justly appreciated by all who take pride in Wellsboro. This project too, supplied Work for many men, both local and foreign talent. Because of the large number of patrons an addition was necessary to the Penn Wells Hotel. It was anixed, and across from this a new postomce has sprung up. Both of these have meant employment at a time when people, less fortunate, have been seeking desperately for means of earning a livelihood. This prosperity of ours is due to some extent to the gas industry, which arrived at v-ery opportune time, but for the most part it has been maintained because the people ' elgboro have never thought depression. They kept their heads, did not hoard by not spend lavishly, and everything has run as it always has, happily, prosperously 1-11 ' ' -- that spirit of hopeful optimism which has been so characteristic of the town 73 'fn founded.-Q. L. w. iaz. 9 3 J , -N.-2 X sf . we we W Q Q N.: 5 3 - fam' if ff- riff 1 i f-9252 Q' TESQT AMEEQQ Page Eighteen

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