William Allen High School - Comus Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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. I W N 4 VVILLIAM CLARK Wlzscorz, Pres. RIARIIE P15Ru.1.A, Vice-Pres. VERONICA O'K1f15FE, Scc'y Barrels BAUMAN, Treas. l-listory-Class of I937 Three years of hard plugging, three years of fun, three years of waiting, now at last we're through. Our Sophomore year was our biggest in point of numbers. No sooner had we started school than our basketball team walked off with the State Championship. There were none of our class on that team, but we made up the junior Varsity. We held our own pretty well in inter- class sports, and added several members to the track and swimming teams. With our Junior year came our social functions, our round of big times. Our Prom was the most successful one held up to that time, and our class play succeeded in drawing quite a number of admissions. A wealth of talent was discovered in the class, both for managing ability and theatrical skill. Many of our juniors filled places in the interclass play held later in the year. lnterclass sports had declined, but quite a few secured positions on the varsity squads. Sadly depleted, having lost many of those with whom we had started, we started off our Senior year auspiciously by presenting an electric organ to the school. Faced with the necessity of raising a large amount of money to pay off our indebtedness we presented our Senior Class Play which, from both financial and artistic standpoints, was most successful. By means of a theatre benefit, two dances, another play, and class dues, we cleared our slate of debt. And now we are leaving, with no misgivings and with justifiable pride in the record we leave behind, and with an active hope that we may maintain the standards of citizenship in the community. Page Fifteen -. A .Y ---- -A - 4- -4'

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LL.. l 3511 Memoriam Q DR. I-IIRAM W. DODD Live for others, llzal is the only way of really living for yourself. fSENEcA With the passing of the late Dr. Hiram W. Dodd, Superintendent of the Allentown Public Schools, we pause to reflect upon the ancient Roman sage. For in the life of Dr. Dodd we see personified the advice of Seneca. Dr. Dodd's life was full and rich, for it was devoted to others. l-lis career was one of service, a lifetime spent giving knowledge to youth. For twenty years he served as head of our public schools, and in those twenty years he advanced Allentown to the fore as a leading educational city. l-le was not content with drifting along in the wake of far-seeing educatorsg rather, he himself advanced the cause of education with bold strides, leading others. He might easily have let matters work themselves out, but to a man like Dr. Dodd that would not be living. There was no man better fitted for his position. Decisions had to be made, and decisions had to be executed. But to do this involved not simply strength of will. Tact, friendliness, and broad-mindedness were the characteristics which won for Dr. Dodd the good feeling and co-operation he received from his co-workers. This is why the schools-indeed, the whole city-mourns the death of Dr. Dodd: Every pupil, teacher, and administrator feels that he has lost a friend, a much-needed friend, But it is for ourselves and for the grief-stricken family that we mourn. Dr. Dodd has no need for our sorrow, for he lived the greatest, fullest life of all. He lived for others. R. FEGELY - MISS MARY CI-IUBBUCK The friendly little lady in the corner room is no more. It is with genuine sorrow that we note the passing of Miss Mary Chubbuck, for twenty-five years a member of our English Department faculty. The quiet smile of the gray- haired lady in the corner room was a daily feature in the lives of the students. But ill health crept upon her, and finally this year forced her to retire. ln her years of experience she had training in the best schools in the East, many alumni recall her as one of their best English teachers, but we recall her now as the smiling lady who worked on despite a gradual decline in health, and resigned only a few months before her death. There are few whose lives are so wholly dedicated to education. When Miss Chubbuck died March I4, we felt the loss deeply. - Page Fourteen

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'ff 1 rn' T few 1 KW' EER 5 XX ., , .ft A-Q 1, 4 as ' , qu , N- JS , f- ' E. 1 f '- x4 , AA ,,.. dir 3.51. K , - 3511 jliilemuriam ALICE LOUISE HENNINGER February I9, l9l9 January 20, I937 What we loved in her shall be Glowing still in memory. All that fretted her is goneg All we loved in her lives on. Page Sixteen Selected