Camden High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Camden, NJ)

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om? N NX xON STP' AOWEQLO N 01h xl UM oilaow of TOM was W HAT d1d Lmcoln see as hxs death less Gettysburg Address floated mto the ears of the llstemng mul t1tude'7 I shall always belleve he had a v1s1on perhaps he saw an omnlpotent Unlted States a land of steel Amer1ca of today Now we ex en as our wonderful Lmcoln Unfortunately Lmcoln dld not lxve to see the real1zat1on of h1s dream Perhaps we too shall never see our world of tomorrow estabhshed 1n full completeness over the entlre globe but we can see a partlal reahza t1on of our dreams at the New York World S Faxr Much has already been wr1tten concern mg the mary elous archxtectural and art1st1c character of the Falr but l behexe lt sym bohzes somethmg greater somethmg more 1mportant than mere art and beauty When I close my eyes and concene a pxc ture of the court of flags ln the forexgn pav1l1on I somehow dream of a future day when those flags shall waxe m the Splflt of fraternlty rather than wax mg as rep resentatn es of thelr respectn e natxons The Faxr IS symbolxc of our world of to day a rushxng actlxe world ex er seekmg 8 The Hxgh School Record for somethmg new The Trylon and Perl sphere the theme of the Fa1r are xdeahs 'uc thev seem to emanate an atmosphere of xdeallsm of a future world The YVorld s Falr serx es another lmpor tant purpose It w1ll be to mxlhons who may nex er haue the opportun1ty of travel 1ng a road around the world a pathway mto the customs and arts of lands all over the globe The Faxr wxll be a llberal educatlon any college course l' xery one of us should selze the oppor tumty to Y1S1t the Farr After all though xt xs sxtuated 1n New York It belongs es sentlally to all of us the whole Unlted States For lf lt represents the world of tomorrow we represent the people who shall bulld that world who shall reap 1ts benefits and 1ts sorrows But let us not Y1Slt the Fa1r merely to see the wonderful archxtecture slmply for the thrnlhng experlence It affords or only because we vush to tell our ne1ghbors of our traxels Rather let us peer more deeply 1nto the mean1ng of the Fa1r let our mmds try to concexve the metamorphosls from Today to Tomorrow Let us see as Abraham Lmcoln saw a new and greater Umted States a World of Tomorrow where peace wxll rexgn and freedom wlll trlumph pd' N y G . E k . Cowl!-Q Fai' X . L I L . Y .- - S .1 . , ' . . . , . V . I ' Y ' , . , , V , v , Q . . . haveavlsion. XVe seeaworld of tomorrow. -an education at a price far lower than , . . . u , J V - I Y ' 5 , , , I ' J ' f I ' V ' I ' I . , . V . - . - I V I ' , Y 1 P . 1 V. ' ' 1 v v ' I I ' I .. I , , 1 , , .

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Small Town Harry Xxxl Qfrcxr 1919 A ae lam exg lte 1 that age '1 fellow should be thmk mf' SQI'10llSlS of hls future He h is to haxe amlutxon el desue to lmeeome some lnoelx 7 Harrx LIllplldSllLtl thls last sentenee lux shaklng 1nto the a1r the remalnder of a plece of meat ll3I'lEl1DEI from hls fork The other memlmers of the Samson famxlx had to dodge these emphatle sxxmgs to pre xent lmemg slapped Ill the face hx a pall of the ex emng s supper Harrx , please put x our fork down xx hen vou talk for the good of all our futures l told xou son, that l can t mcrease vour allowance a cent, nor am I IH a posltxon at the present tlme to finance anx 8.ClCl1tlOI1Ell bibfllhtlllllg of xourself xou are old enough to xxork for vour needs Now please tm xsh vour meal Okax Dad l xx xlll determlned Harrx and flashed a xerx Cillllleleflt and mature SI11llL it hxs llttle sister xx ho sat across from hlm and stared nn bexulelerment at hex brother s secret future Dill he xx ant to be a doctor, 1 lawxer, or max he presldent of the countlx ' She lIHelgll'lf.Kl that he would haxe to work texulalv hard to earn enough monex to obtam such an xmportant stand mg as that She certamlx wouldnt lend h1m anx of her saxlngs IH her pennx bank upstalrs l'arlx the next mornmg found Harrx ac ceptxng a polm as erranel box for the town grocerx store W hen the dax xxas done, a xerx tlred luox entered the Samson house and plopped hlmself mto the nearest easx chalr, kxcked eff hlS shoes, and relaxed luxurlouslx -X eontented smlle lllummated hls xouthful face at the thought of hls lmrll hant future and the necessarx meomxng wage xxhlch would help hxm ach1exe hxs goal Somelaodx has to he outstandlng here he decided, for the welfare of the town s esteem lor the next txxo months Harrx worked elexotedlx energetlcallx, and eapablx H 'lCqlllI'Lel a few slde yolus and some extra monex for speelal famllx selxlees How exer, he retused to d1x ulge hxs secret non chd he ellscuss hls personal 'affairs The elax flnallx arrlx ed xx hen Harrx rushed lnto the house hke a hurrlcane and sxouted with LXllltelt10Il, Dad xlot mer Sls l xe made xtl lxe just got enough monex to achlexe mx ambmtlon Oh lxox I m the lucklest fellow 1n the xx orldl W 1th the lE1IT11lW Clldilllg after hls heels shoutlng questxon after questxon at hlm and beggmg h1m to dlsclose hls purpose, Harrx ran lnto hxs room threxx hls su1tcase oxer the bed thlngs readv Oh lmovl Oh lmoxl XX here are .xou goxng to go' W hat are xou QOIDE to do? the Eroup asked ex cltedlx IH a s1ngle chorus Dad took the zealous Harrv hx the shoulders hrmlv stared StI'8.lgl1t ll1tO hls son s dancmg eyes and asked, Harrv, xxhat eollege are xou planmng to attendq l xx ant to know College H asked Harrx perplexed XX ho saxel l was golng to eollege' l m going to be the f1rst person 1n P1kesx1lle to go to the New X ork W orld s Falrl ui., T in L. 1 ui 11 - . by 111141 rel U :,, , T U l7'l'lfR all, ll' l, ' Vgl lex! At 7 X ' -, ' K' ' ' x s K is - ' - v 1 tv' 1 vs l I lv - Lf. C , ., ,. ,.'., ,. ,. ,- ,A, ' - ,1'. l. 'Lv S,-,'.,L. .- v l, I Y i I '.' X .' ' L K il 1 'l' L Ax 'I ' ' l I' g l 1 , H V . , L, A ,.,. A, X I l l N x ki' 5 xr ' v 5 3 , A N I . X ' I X ' ' Ye ' ' . -- .l - ' ' ' Y . l f Y H v -m ' v i - V x ' K 1 's ls Lv I 1 V U 'll L Z Y x xi lL'. I .KY 'L' Z I ls' hx ', I f Y ' , . L x l' . I' . ' D I . e ' e ' ' L 1 I KV . . l 1 V 'L . 1 vi v education for you. If you xvant to make and lmegan to pack. l'x'e got to get my 1 3 ' v wx w v 1 5 5 . 1 31 7 I, 1 ' A an I L I u . , ' ,,, i T , , ' - Y x , ' , 'l ' . - M pr , 4 u v Aj' . a yy u 1 to 1 sd in . g 4 1 v x vx Y X ,L ' i ' X' ' Y ' x ' x m. A g l x x ' I ix ' ' x nfl- 1 v L-1 1 N 1 1 x S . . . , . X X' . . . H A ' ' , ' , , ' , K . ,1 t , L , . , , f . . V - A .I x Y 1 ' l ' V Y V V I ' If n K ' l V I V g F . IA Y ' r - n - 5 -4 wx 1 ' - x, . , , V V ,X V I ,. - 1 t 1'. .1 .,'4 ---

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r william bmp C1894 19395 Aspxre Persevere and Indulge Not That motto was the guxdmng hght mn the lxfe of our beloved chemxstry teacher and track coach the late Dr Wxllaam H Sexp Throughout hxs whole lxfe short ln years but full xn deeds Dr Sexp followed thls motto and helped others to follow xt through the sh1n1ng example of h1s own clean lxvxng After graduatxng from the Keystone State Normal School 1n l9l'l Dr Sexp entered the World War servxng as a machme gun sergeant mn France R turn1ng at the close of the war he re sumed hxs studxes earmng hxs B S degree from Muhlenberg College 1n 1922 and hxs M A from the Un1vers1ty of Pennsylvan1a xn 1925 Temple awarded h1m a Doctor of Educatlon degree 1n 1931 Before commng to Camden Hxgh D Selp taught at Hatch Jun1or Hlgh I both schools he turned out champxon shlp track teams Dr Selp was never content to teach subyect matter alone but emphasxzed perseverance and hon esty xn buzldmg h1s pup1ls characters Bertram Ruttenberg 1940 Dr Sexp w1ll never d1e Hls memory wxll always lxnger 1n the mmds of the students who loved hun Ralph Burattl 1940 Dr Sexp was a man who was held hxgh 1n the esteem of h1s assocxates for hxs understandxng of human nature and h1s unxque sense of humor John Hess 1939 I To the track team and me the memory of the great wlnnxng sp1r1t and hzs cry of dlg xn IS st1ll wlth us I still look up to Dr Selp as a great coach Harry Luessen 1939 Dr Selp was well known among stu dents and faculty for hxs clever and humorous way of drxvxng home a poxnt The boys of the track teams coached by h1m w1ll never forget hxs xns1stent D1g xn here Stuart MacIntosh We are contxnually thxnkzng of thxngs that we would lxke to do for our own pleasure or sat1sfactxon or advancement xn lxfe But too often we are unwxllxng to g1ve the t1me or expend the energy or make the httle sacmfzces all of whxch are needed to ach1eve any worthwhxle goal Dr Se1p was the k1nd of man who once he had made up h1s mxnd to do somethxng stuck to h1s task untxl lt was f1n1shed When we th1nk how much that fortunate tramt of stlck to xt we ness we reahze that though h1s al loted span was shorter than the aver age h1s llfe was even fuller 1n accom pllshment than that of most men John J Danaher I knew Doc Sezp personally for thxr teen years To me he wxll always rema1n a splendld teacher one who both under stood and loved hls puplls and fellow men a hard worker a perfect sports man a good scholar a loyal fnend a fellow traveler and one of God s True Gentlemen He w1ll ever be respected for h1s rugged heroxc qual1t1es and for the strength of h1s determxnatxon Hls whole lxfe was a record of successful accomplxshment over obstacles Wher ever he was he was a power for good All who came zn contact w1th hxm are stronger because of xt Carleton R Hopluns The High School Record 9 f P I Q .. . .. . x 1 ' ' ' ' , I . . I . . . .. . . ., . . . I , . . I y . . ' ' . e- . . , - . . . . . . , . I 1 ' he accomphshed because he possessed . n . . - . . I 9 - , - 1 s 1 1 u ! . I I . . . . .. ,. . . n y ' .Y ' . . - - 1 1 - ' ' . I I D I . . . . . , .. . . ., . . . . . . .