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

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WESTMONT BOARD OF EDUCATION UPPER YODER BOARD OF EDUCATION Walter H. Statler, President Mrs. Harry Hager Dr. Frank G. Scharmann E. Arthur James Mrs. David C. Boag Gustav A. Jahn, Secretary Lewis I. Miller, President Charles W. Tilley James B. Hershberger Arthur Rummel Luther E. Lehman, Secretary

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1834 1914 WESTMONT- UPPER YODER HIGH SCHOOL A CENTURY COEDUCATION 1934 IN PENNSYLVANIA Eighteen hundred thirty-four—In Pennsylvania . . . 1000 school districts . . . 2596 teachers . . . 4000 schools . . . 150,000 pupils . . . fifty-four priv- ate academies. Nineteen hundred thirty-four—2585 districts . . . 62,000 teachers . . . 2,000 buildings . . . 2,000,000 pupils . . . 1200 high schools. TWO DECADES OF EDUCATION 1934 IN WESTMONT-UPPER YODER HIGH SCHOOL Nineteen hundred fourteen—high school pupils from Westmont were tu- ition pupils at Johnstown Central High . . 1916— -union of Upper Yoder and Westmont school districts to build our high school . . . 1917—two jitneys twenty blushing girls . . . twenty s'udious youths . . . first high school class in Stutzman building . . . first basketball team organized . . . 1918— issued first volume of The Red and Gray . 1919—new high school build- ing initiated . . . library started . . luniors donated set of Mark Twain s works . . . 1920—Indoor circus . . . Initial Fun Night . . . Big Tent in the library . . . 1921—first class of twenty-three members graduated . first Phoenician: twenty-eight literarv pages, thirteen of advertising . . . 1922- first trip to Washington . . . National Honor Society introduced . • 1923- school modernized by auditorium and gymnasium . . . 1924— Dave O Lough- lin won Boys' Tennis Championship of the United States . . . .irst iootbah team 1925—seventeen teachers, two hundred and fifteen pupils . . ten in orchestra—with the help of Mr. Belles . . . 1926—school banking estab- lished first basketball team for girls . . . 1927- first school in Johnstown to be admitted to the Middle States Association of Colleqes and Secondary Schools . . . 1928—County Scholarship won by Sylvia Klatzkin . 1929— literary magazine of school changed to newspaper in form . . twenty-four in Home Economics . . . 1930—won County Debate Contest Constitu- tion of Student Council revised . . . 1931—Boys' Basketball team gained Trophy of St. Francis College . . . Frank Bracken won Cambria County Scholarship Award . . . 1932—celebrated the George Washington Bi-centen- nial at the dedication of the Price Memorial Athletic Field . . . William Kint- ner won county extemporaneous speaking contest . . . 1933—orchestra wit i forty-seven members entered into State contest at Sunbury . . 1934—-twen- ty teachers . . . three hundred ninety-four pupils . . . sixty-seven in Home Economics . . . retaining wall and bleachers built . . . band organized . . . detention hall revived . . . picturesque pageant produced . . showed pro- gressive steps in history of Johnstown . . . first class to be graduated in caps and gowns.

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E. PRESTON SHARP Understanding . . . reliable . . . co- operative . . . supervisor of Westmont- Upper Yoder schools . . . secures sup- port because of hiqh standards in scholarship and school rating . . . chief desire is for progress in the school . . . and the maintenance of a sincere school spiiit . . . assists Stud- ent Council in promoting student re- sponsibility . . . attained his Ph. D. de- gree from University of Pittsburgh . . . has an active interest in community welfare . . . has extended his scope of activities to county and state organi- zations . . . makes business a pleasure through an engaging personality. CLARENCE L. UNDERWOOD Systematic . . . brisk . . . matter of fact . . principal of Westmont and Upper Yoder High School . . . official responsible for the coordination of the departments of the school . . . com- bines guidance with friendly interest in activities of the students ... an en- thusiastic backer of the athletic inter- ests of the school . . . graduate of West Virginia University . . . scientific . . . dynamo of the chemistry lab . . . graphically demonstrates the intricacies of chemical formulas.