West View High School - Westvian Yearbook (West View, PA)

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3rd row: W. Schanc, R. Schuldt, R. Arn, Fullerton. E. Mc-Crow, D. Bailey, H. Dollhopf K. YVL-st, D. Archer, VV. Brumm, J. Cummings, H. Horsch. V 71 2nd row: A. Eylcs, D. Millhizcr, R. Stagner, F. Johnson, A. Lanicker, M. Iclc, D. McElroy D. Dietrich, S. Lawrence, S. VVhitc, P. Holland, A. Smnmcrs. lst row: ll. Mullen, il. Spatz, NV. Husck, Mr. Mngnani, F. Blzlclcstrmc, T. llCl'lillL'1', J. Hoy. Champions Speaker of thc Housc Sccrctary Varsity Dchatcrs Prcsiclcnt of the Slfllillll

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Science Club Back row: Nliss Alcott, D. Funston. A. Purtinglton, ll. Arn, ll. Nlontgomery, NI. Bra-Unis, YV. Schane, D. Mclndoe. Frou! row: ll. McCartney. A. Eyles. lf. Kennedy, li. Sehaml, S. NYhitc. C. Roberts, li. Stagner, R. Schuldl. linsign . . . Rudy Arn Chief Petty Officer , Yeoman .. . , . Quartermaster . , Rear Admiral , . . No ship can sail smoothly without some hard working scientists and laboratory technicians. On the good ship VVestvian,' they can be found in either of the ship,s well equipped laboratories. Preferably Room 110. The Science Club on the VVestvian was organized in the fall of 1943 to satisfy those desires of our science minded stow-a-ways. Rear Admiral Alcott took complete command of their scientific voyage and proved as competent a leader as the scientists could hope for. They agreed to meet in their laboratory every XVed- nesday afternoon and this they did. Special programs were planned for each meeting and our scientists brought many of their problems there to be discussed and solved. The WVestinghouse Science Talent Search proves to be the goal of most of these students. These tests are given to all senior students and with the back ground they expect to receive in their present work, they have hopes of achieving success. VVe feel sure that they will, for aside from this goal they have already become success- .. Robert Schuldt .. , Alberta Eyles , . , james McCartney . . ., . Miss Carolyn Alcott ful in other fields. This group of S. S. Westvian scientists is carrying on many co-projects with the Science Clubs of America. These include the F. B. I., the Aeronautical Association, American Cancer Society, and others. Each member of the science club has entered upon some special pro- ject or study of their own. 4 These special projects include work about the human brain, chemistry of cosmetics and study of medicines. In the spring of each year the students who had some individual project of their own, were given the chance to enter them in the junior Science Fair. Last year the stu- dents from VVest View High School took more prizes than any other high school. This in itself proves how successful our Science Club is. This year, as before, they entered projects in the junior Science Fair. We're wishing them the best of luck and we feel confident that their studying and hard work will not be in vain. Herejs to smooth sailing for the future scientists of America. Carol Becker

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National Forensic League 3rd row: M. Schmidt, P. 0'Kcc-fc, J. Spatz, C. Knrnckc, S. I.uurL-nec, J. Kaylor, M. Idc, J. Kallenhach, D Dietrich, B. Stcclc, B. Singer, A. Sommcrs, A. Eyles, B. McElroy, A. Lanicker, F. Johnson. 2nd row: R. Scott, P. Ley, R. Fitzgerald, H. Jacobs, D. Cotton, J. Dickey, P. Taylor, J. Catanzaro, S. White S. Beck, R. Stagner, M. Skinner, D. Millhizer, M. Bumham, A. DeMaria, D. Grosic, A. Orr, P. Myers. lst row: J. Fullerton, R. Schuldt, K. YVest, W. Schane, E. McCrew, YV. Gample, S. Stroup, R. Dollhopf XV. Hasek, NV. Blackstock, H. Cain, L. Murray, D. Haws, C. Dirkcr, J. McCarthy, R. Steele D. Gehring. Ensign .. .. ..,...., .. . .. .,,. ...... Franklin Blackstone Chief Petty Officer ..., Yeoman .. .. . Quartermaster . Rear Admirals ,, , . . . As the contributor of all our ship's trophies, the National Forensic League Chapter stands out in our roll of activities. For this reason, we deemed it only just that its achievements be por- trayed on two pages of our log Before we proceed any farther, it might be well to point out the accomplishments of the District Tournament of last April. We cap- tured the usual two trophies at the Carnegie Tech speech finals, usual, that is, for West View. Dick Margerum came through by winning the Oratorical Declamation Championship for Penn- sylvania for the first time since Dick Spatz brought home the corresponding cup. Bill Ha- sek, one of this yearis crewmen, came home the most admired type of champion-a dark horse- with first place medal in Original Oratory. Bill really kept up the tradition. For the last three years, a junior from West View has been crowned champ in that division. Bill Perlik won in 1942, Jim Gammon in 1943, and Bill in 1944. Dick Hol- land got into the final round, which in itself is an achievement of no mean worth. He, too, was entered in Oratorical Declamation. Franklin Blackstone finished fourth in Extemporaneous Speaking, beating all other underclassmen. This year we looked forward to the Extemp first from either John Mullen or Franklin. Bill Hasek and Jack Roy stood as good a chance as anyone in the field of Oratorical Dec., on the basis of .. ..,,,.,, ...... J ack Hoy ,...... ., Thelma Helfner . .. .. . William Hasek , Mr. Carl E. Mugnani Miss Emma Dean Morris victories in practice tournaments. For the same reason we expected Jeanine Spatz to win the Humorous gold key in addition to her Dramatic one. ln debate, John Mullen and Bill Hasek on the negative, and Dave Bailey and Franklin Blackstone, the affirmative, were out to win the championship which has been denied for the last two years through no fault of theirs. This year,s question of Resolved, the legal voting age should be lowered to 18 yearsv was of particular interest to high school debaters. The 1946 West- vian will doubtless tell the full story we are un- able to record. We do know, however, the results of the District Student Congress. West View regained the Presidency of the Senate with Franklin Blackstone wielding the gavel. John Mullen took over Speakership of the House and ruled there as ably as only John can. Bill Hasek was elected Minority Leader and ranked in the upper three speakers from the Hoor of the House. We brought home second place in the race for the Congressional Trophy. For three months the S. S. Westvian reigned as leading ship in Pennsylvania NFL, in spite of the hardships imposed by wartime changes. Thus again we are able to justly salute the Na- tional Forensic League Chapter for its efforts for our good ship. Jeannine Spatz