Wilson Borough High School - Des Memoires Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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LES MEMOIRES CLASS HISTORY In the month of September, 1926, great excitement reigned in Wilson High. The World-famed circus with all its curious monkeys, in other words the freshmen, was about to open its gates. Our barker. Mr. J. H. Dew, had his hands full trying to get the folks into the right tents. Then too, the monkeys would insist on slipping away from their keepers and running to and fro across the grounds. He finally caged every one of them, and the show was on. The second year these same monkeys were not much better behaved than the first. Somehow, even against the rules of the show, these monkeys obtained peanuts, candy, chewing gum, etc, These refreshments gave them much indi- gestion so that most of the time they were unable to perform serious acts. Nothing but monkey business seemed to be their Held. The next year found the circus folks back at their old standby, Wilson High. They were still young enough to cause their keepers many trying hours. because of their uncanny love of chewing gum. The class had been promoted to the side show. Curious folks came to watch them perform at the Operetta and at the Junior Hop. Some were stuck in the mud and so could not get much closer to their goal-the Big Top. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the all important year-one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one. In the three rings of this Big Top you will see the biggest performance in this show now starting. So bellowed the class barker. This year was well known as a period of depression, but people managed to pay for Come Out of the Kitchen, The Tea House of Sing Lo, The Echo , and the Les Memoiresn. In the right ring the seniors were seen con- ducting campaigns , giving plays, attending Proms, and rushing towards a great white building. Finally, everyone's attention was centered on the great and solemn act going on in the middle ring-graduation! This was the great performance that distinguished the Wilson Circus. Instead of the usual laugh- ter, one could occasionally hear a sob. Long may such circuses live in your halls, dear Alma Mater! was ' ', .fer-2' . l 4' 72-vm. f - , i .,,,, , . .. . fix, ' F 5-'6'.131'3 -:nf-f::. -- . tw . X .N 'e?v'k,1f51 .y.-'.-Zi ' j, . C9694-' ...- 2-. A s-gseaaei 4-. -:.: . xg i X . iagnga' ' 3 , 9 - f bead? j f . -f '5 I 93531 1' . 'E il l 3 ' gg' S ' - ns, -' T ,sf- twelve

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LES MEMOIRES HISTORY JOHN HESSE, B. S. JULIA R. MEIXSELL Smithsburg, Md., High School Vineland, N. J.. High School Gettysburg College Trenton Normal School IRVIN E. NEUROTH, A. B. NETTIE SHUPP Chambersburg High School Chestnuihill High School Ursinus College E. Stroudsburg Normal School MATHEMATICS MARGARET C. DAVIES, A. B. JACOB B. WOEHRLE, A. B. Easton High School Wyoming Pa., High School Wilson College Lafayette College JOHN E. HERBST Kutziown Normal Trach's Academy FOREIGN LANGUAGE ALBERTA R. CLINE, A. B. MARIAN L. WERNER, A. B. Philadelphia High School for Girls Bangor High School Moravian College Ursinus Coll.ge Ufrenchj fL:ztinj SCIENCE ARTHUR GARNER, B. S. BROOKS L. WALTON. B. S. Wyomissing High School Williamsport High School Albright College Susquehanna University GEOGRAPHY BLANCHE A. HUI-IN Wilson High School Muhlenberg College COMMERCIAL HELYNE M. HOAGEY EDITH M. KLINE Perkasie High School Wilson High School Taylor School, Philadelphia Cedar Crest College HELEN E. PEARSON Limestone High School, Jersey Shore, Pa. Beckley College WOOD SHOP AND HOME ECONOMICS MECHANICAL DRAWING S. ELIZABETH LITTLE, B. S. ROBERT WALLIS High Bridge High School Pennsylvania State College Temple Univefsifl' HEALTH AND PHYSICAL TRAINING WILLARD HESS, LL.B. MARGARET L. WARNE, B. S. C. H. S. Philadelphia McConnelsville High School U. of P., Pre-Law Ohio University Dickinson College Law Temple University, Physical Ed. MUSIC RUTH L. RIOKERT Allentown High School New York University eleven

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