William Penn High School - Tatler Yearbook (York, PA)

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on the island home of CIRCE and her followers, all wicked magicians. This enchantress attacked juniors by means of the following formidable weaponszg Junior studies, athletic duties, scholastic, literary and dramatic work. It is not surprising that Circe by using Foreign Languages, Physics, Geometry, and Cicero, can change careless Juniors into enchanted animals. ' But our class, with few exceptions, avoided such lamentable changes. It now became necessary to assist our leaders by electing officers from our own ranks. Accordingly our Class elected the following officers, in order to make the sailing of our Class more smooth. President .................. . . Charles Rudy. Vice Presidenl. . . . . jean Bossert. Secrelary ...... . . Charlotte Rudy. Treasurer ......... .............. F rank Brockman. Under this regime such demons as selecting rings, colors, pins and a motto were quickly despatched. Now when we found that we were withstanding the charms of Circe, we celebrated the fact by holding our Junior Soiree. This was our first real Class affair, and it was a pronounced success. It was held February IO, l922 in the gymnasium. It was again time to elect officers for the coming term. Those members of our class chosen were:- Presidenl ...... . . john Craybill. Vice President. . . . . James Cecil Gerry. Secretary ..... . . . . . . . . Anne R. Brunhouse. Treasurer ............... ........ H enry M. Feder. New lines of work were discovered upon this island, and one of the most important was the work connected with the various Societies of the High School. These Societies are not only sources of enjoyment and pleasure, but they will heap benefits upon their members in numerous ways. Certain it is that the Class of 1923 loyally supported these Societies, and all the Literary success of our Class may be traced back and these Societies will be found to be the sources. Again spring broke over that Grecian island. We realized that our stay here was almost concluded. Our visit here had really been a happy one. We decided to celebrate the conclusion of our visit here by two great events, both ones being made famous by their success. The first one developed and demon- strated the dramatic ability of our Class. The other one showed what a good time we could enjoy. The first was the Junior Play. l am safe in saying that it was the best play ever presented to the public, in the history of the High School. It is true and all who shared the pleasure of seeing this play will agree with this statment. THE CASTE. Clarence Van Dusen ....... ...... R ussel E.. Brillhart. E. M. Ralston ...... . . . Henry Feder. Bishop Doran. . . . . Manning Gibbs. Dick Donally ....... . . D. Hayden Stouch. Robert Bennett ...... . . Robert Martin. Mrs. E.. M. Ralston. . . . . Helen Ort. Ethel Clark ......... . . Bernice Yost. Glen Ralston .... . . Charlotte Rudy. Sable Jackson ..... . . Margaret L. King. Mable jackson .... . . Sarah E.. King. Martha ....... . . Harriet C. Wilt.

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The event that finally concluded our stay upon the island was the junior Picnic, held at Accomac along the Susquehanna River. ln all senses of the word this picnic was a complete success. ACT IV. Our Return to Penelope and HOME., ln the opening of this actgwe catch sight of Greece far off in the distance. It is true that we have changed since we departed from Troy three years previous to this time. We have been battered and bruised from our adventures, but we have also been developed and matured. We still have a few adventures before us, chief among which is the trouble to establish our identity. We also find when we land in Greece that there are many suitors there, who have come in our absence to obtain the beautiful Penelope for one of their wives. Unfortunately at first she does not recognize us, so our big task for this year was the overpowering of the insolent suitors and the establishing of our identity. Before starting these tasks we elected officers, and the results of that election were:- Presidcnt ...... . . . James Cecil Gerry. Vice President ..... . . . Vernon H. Kunkle. Secretary ...... . . . Helen Ort. Treasurer ........ ' .........,..... Neel Cockley. One of the methods of showing that we were the Greek Heroes was the putting of our Colors on the curb of the street, across from the palace where Penelope and the suitors were located, better known to us as the York High School Building. One of the inhabitants of this building failed to recognize this mark and did not note the weight carried by those Red and Blue colors. Indeed, this person, better known as the Class of l924, even went so far as to replace our colors by those of his. This plan, however, did not work, but it brought about the Color WAR of l922. The battle waged from November I5-I7. The contest itself was short lived and one-sided. We had not had our many troubles in vain, neither were we returning from the Trojan War empty handed. All the methods and tactics of warfare were revived in order to make us the victors in this contest. Success and victory crowned our efforts, and our opponent saw that we were the Greek Heroes returning home. From the time of this recognition on November I7, l922, all differences were forgotten and we had no truer, finer or sincere friend than the Class of l924. We were both working for the same thing from that time onfthe Glory and Honor of the Old York High School. To celebrate the closeness we now were to the goal of our ambitions wc had a fine social event, the Senior Soiree. This was the best social event our Class ever had, and it was enjoyed by many of our Class members. Officers for the last term of office were now elected. Those chosen by the Class were:- President ....... . . . Robert Martin. Vice President ..... . . . Gordon F. Ramer. Secretary ...... . . . Sarah E. King. Treasurer ........... ....... . . . Fred Eichelberger. Another evil that we had to overcome at this time was the Annual D. A. R. Essay Contest. We as a Class made a remarkable showing in this Contest, and