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Volume 12
Kiski
HUMILITY
ETAS
SPRINGS
DIRIGE NOS
FAITH
DOMINE
TOLERANCE
Saltsburg, Pa., Saturday, May 30, 1970
HAS
News
PASSED
To the Class of 1970:
No. 15
Each year Commencement somehow brings one the
strange combinations of emotions - a mixture of pride,
joy and sadness. This year! once again feel this pride in
your accomplishments, joy at your successes and sadness
at the loss of the immediate companionship of so many
close friends.
I know that I speak for the entire faculty when I offer
congratulations, best wishes and sincere thanks for your
friendship.
John
Good Luck,
a. Pudgeon
quet will follow the reception, Byrom, Chairman of the Board
and it is here that the "almost of Trustees, award diplomas in
alumni" will receive awards the faithful Old Gym.
which "make it all worthwhile." To make the last moments on
Mr. Pidgeon's remarks will con- the campus memorable, there
clude the banquet after which will be a buffet style luncheon
the seniors will probably spend a served to all members of the
quiet evening with their parents. class and their families. After the
The next morning the Kiski luncheon and the farewells, the
Among Kiski Seniors nearly everybody reads his own text.
dancing lasts from 8:00 until and glare at their watches, clock
12:00. From 12:00 until 2:00 the radios, or grandfather clocks.
swimming pool will be open for A reception for parents and
the prom-goers. The post-prom seniors will be held at the Brink- careers of the ineffable class of "sixty-odd" new alumni will go
will be under the supervision of er's residence Thursday after- 1970 will come to an end when their own ways in hopes of a
Mr. Gastel. After the exhausting noon at five. The graduation ban- Headmaster Pidgeon and Mr. distant reunion.
night, the young couples will en-
Class of '70
To Graduate;
Unbelievable!
joy a buffet breakfast in the din-
ing hall. The remainder of the
morning is left for various other
Surprisingly enough, the Class activities. The Rhythm System
of 1970 has survived, or we should will provide the sounds for the
ward to by all students.
The last week of school, which
starts off with the Junior-Senior
dows, and balcony of the old
gym.
Nine Enter Cum Laude
The Kiski chapter of the Cum Induction into the society is placed upon the society as an or-
say, the school and masters have prom-goers as well as the non- Laude Society was increased by based upon outstanding academic ganization of academically tal-
survived. Graduation day, June prom-goers, who invariably gath- nine members during the Annual accomplishments throughout the ented young people. Most of the
5, has been eagerly looked for- er around the fire escapes, win- Academic Banquet Wednesday. year and voted upon by faculty member schools are private in-
but any secondary
Seven seniors and two juniors members of the society. The nine stitutions,
were inducted in this, the largest new members joined the follow-school is eligible to apply for
As the girls sadly depart on annual addition ever made by the ing three seniors who were in- admission.
Prom on May 30, marks a turn- Sunday and the Baccalaureate Kiski chapter.
ducted last year: Kim McCoy, The officers of the society are
ing point in senior studies. Since Service draws to a close that af- The seniors receiving the William Pioli and Jeffrey Wieser. Mr. Vlahos, President, and Mrs.
all the seniors really want to do ternoon, the seniors, as well as award were Jeffrey Auld, Fred- The Cum Laude Society, which Shuster, Secretary. Chapter
well on their spring finals, they the rest of the weekend-weary erick Fowles, Garry Fowles, provides the highest secondary members include Messers Brett,
have all courageously decided to campus, hibernate in their re- Donald Good, David Guthrie, Ro- school academic award in this Brinker, Zeigler, Botti, Leamen,
terminate senior sack term a spective rooms to begin a long, bert Holiday, and John Robert-nation, was founded in 1906. The Pidgeon, Curtiss, Shuster, Myers,
week early to go out in style. hard week of diligent study. The shaw. The two juniors inducted Kiski chapter was founded in McKelvy, Millar, Gilman, Dr.
Most seniors will not have a week of finals will end for the were James D'Itri and Robert 1952.
chance to start studying until af- seniors Wednesday, but the un- Ondocsin.
ter the prom. This year the prom derclassmen will not be finished
will start at eight p.m. with the until Thursday noon. While the
Biddle, Mrs. Shuster.
A great deal of emphasis is
boys escorting their girls to the freshmen and sophomores Wieser Wins Eidemiller Award
go
Calendar
May 30
elegantly, exquisitely decorated home for a productive summer,
The Adam Eidemiller Award, by an interesting talk by Dr.
Towers Hall. This year's junior and the juniors sit in their dorms
prefects have gone all out to crying because they have to wait a county-wide award for leader- James Furbay. Dr. Furbay is a 10:00 - Varsity Tennis - Nichols
make the prom an enjoyable oc- on tables at the graduation ban- ship, was given this year to Head noted anthropoligist who, in his 10:30- Varsity Baseball -
thirty-one times around the
currence for all involved. The quet, the seniors drop everything Prefect Jeffrey Wieser. The world, has gained much valuable 1:00
"A Thing of Beauty
Is a
Joy Forever."
Do not fail,
therefore, to visit
Kiski's New Library.
SEE PAGE 3
Nichols
Girls Arrive for Weekend
Picnic for Prom-goers at
Summer Camp
Prom Begins
After-prom Plunge in
Pool
Girls in Dorms
May 31
award is given each year for out-first-hand information about the 4:00-
standing leadership and academic world's problems and their solu-
standing to a boy and girl in tions. The program was con-8:00
each of Westmoreland County's cluded with an informal tribute 12:00
twenty-six public and private sec- to Mrs. Adam Eidemiller, found-
ondary schools. It is made at an er of the award in memory of her 2:00
annual banquet which was held husband who was a contractor in
this year at Lincoln Hills Coun- the Greensburg area until his 9:00 - Breakfast
try Club in Irwin, Pa.
death about eleven years ago. 4:00 Baccalaureate Service
The program began at 3 o'clock Kiski's Wieser joins a long list
with a round table discussion with of Eidemiller award winners in- Final
Mike Levine of KDKA Radio. The cluding Edward Preston, Joseph
conversation centered around the Evans and Charles Knapp, the 5:00
eighteen-year-old vote with most last three to be so honored.
of the arguments in favor of it. Besides a plaque, each award 6:30-
At 6 o'clock the banquet began. winner received a pen and pencil
The delicious meal was followed set. Congratulations, Jeff!
June 1-4
Examinations
June 4
Parents and Seniors Re-
ception at Brinkers
Senior Banquet
10:00
June 5
Graduation Exercises
