Westmont Hilltop Senior High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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PHOENICIAN At the top of the panel is a view of the lineup of cars usually seen beside the school, especially on rainy days. Below, “the boys” are helping Tarrie sweep the walk. It is easy to recognize Jim Gurley in the next snap. Why isn’t he given some help from the onlookers? The walk at the bottom is well-known. This view is taken from the roof of the building. Can you recognize who is leaving the school? 22 FAMILIAR SCENES

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PHOENICIAN MRS. ROBINSON Who is that person hurrying about, making the cafe- teria spotlessly clean, and preparing for the oncoming rush of teachers and students at noon? It is none other than the school’s smiling friend, Mrs. Robinson, who plans and oversees the preparation of the delicious noon meals served at our cafeteria. After the cafeteria work is done, she supervises classes of Cooking and Sewing. Mrs. Robinson is a good friend of the girls on the basketball team, for she not only practices with them, but often takes them in her car to their games. MR. TOMB The reason that History taught by Mr. Tomb is actually remembered is the thoroughness of the teach- ing. If a pupil is slow to grasp the material taught, Mr. Tomb devotes much of his time in helping him master his work and retain it. But he gives pupils more than facts; he teaches in such a way that enables one better to realize the trend of the past and better to evaluate the present. In addition to the teaching of History during this past year. Mr. Tomb has had the responsibility of coaching the Debating Teams which derived much valu- able experience through his coaching. The Hi-Y Club progresses steadily and the Sopho- more Class works efficiently with Mr. Tomb as advisor. We also know him for his support of sportsmanship and school spirit. MR. WOLF Full of fun, friendly with all the pupils, serious at the right time—that describes our Math, teacher, Mr. Wolf. Though he has been here only two years, he has already become very popular with the pupils. He in- troduces the Freshmen to the great unknown—Mr. X— and the beginning of Algebra. The burden of proving theorems, he lays on the back of the Plane Geometry students. The Juniors he greets with quadratic and simultaneous equations. And he buries the Seniors in polyhedrons and tons of cosines and identities. Besides all this, Mr. Wolf has been assistant coach. He has de- voted his time to the strong line on our football teams and to coaching the Junior Varsity. When in need of a referee for any sport, we have gone to Mr. Wolf who has always willingly granted our request. MISS WYMAN Do you hear that jolly laugh? Well that’s merely Miss Wyman chuckling with a pupil over some humor found in Latin—yes, humor is actually found in Latin under her guidance. Miss Wyman unearths all sorts of humor and interesting problems which make this study, which is usually considered so dry, “not half bad” after all. Although this is her first year as a member of our Faculty, she has opened the geniality of her character and of her heart to many pupils, including some not even taking Latin. With her challenging ambition and unique personality. Miss Wyman is sure to make success con- tagious. She has fulfilled the capacity of advisor for the Girl Reserves very capably. 21

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PHOENICIAN The Seniors have been builders for four years, and their achievements are looked up to by the underclassmen. The Sen- ior section of this book is accordingly opened with a sketch of the towering Chrysler building to rep- resent the accomplish- ments of the Seniors. But just as greater buildings will be built, so will the Seniors continue to build after they leave the high school and will surpass all they have accomplished. We can apply here in our age of skyscrapers an old quotation from Sallust, “Every man is the archi- tect of his own fortunes.” 23 CHRYSLER BUILDING