Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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You were with us at Beach Haven! It was the end of our Freshman year, and Dr. Cobe announced an exploratory excursion to the Zoology class to our knowledge of marine life. Can ' t you just see the joyous anticipation of the crowd gathering at the bus terminal everyone in old clothes, with monstrous lunch bundles, and the few poor optimists with bathing suits dismally the steady drizzle . . . last-minute phone calls checking on belated arrivals before entering the bus . . . Remember the rousing card games . . . the songs, from Shiek of Araby to Temple ' s Fight Song . . . Ruth Yerkes causing howls by playing ball in the confinement of the bus . . . the collection of the tiny sidelights for souvenirs . . . the final arrival at the Beach part of Beach Haven . . . The search for snails and crabs, a few hardy souls braving the ocean barefoot . . the search for a few equally hardy souls braving the Coast

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IRVING MELAMED Pharmacist Mate 3 c 300 Buttonwood Philadelphia, Pa. Overseas JOSEPH A S 2227 S. 12th Street Philadelphia, Pa. Sheepshead Bay, N. Y. JAMES Private 5962 Trinity Place Philadelphia, Pa. Camp Van Dorn, JOHN Private 6500 Fairhill Street Philadelphia, Pa. Boston College Boston, Mass. SEAMON Private 2217 W. Norris Philadelphia, Pa. Camp Crowder, MEYER SLOTT Private 59th and Larchwood Philadelphia, Pa. Shepherd ' s Field, Texas LEONARD Sergeant 43 E. Vaughn Kingston, Pa. Nashville, MARK Corporal 111 S. 7th Street Lehighton, Pa. A. P. O. 960, c o San Francisco, Calif. Overseas

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Guard Station . . . triumphant discovery of Oscar, the horseshoe crab . . . Elsie ' s hurt toe and Scout Master Mike ' s first aid . . . the notes in bottles tossed into the ocean with. a wish . . . Return to the bus, and discovery of the Haven part of Beach Haven . . . clam-chowder and coffee, thanks to Dr. Cobe . . . ball game for the boys . . . our six adventurous classmates in their private car finally catching up to us, and the boardwalk promenade amidst pouring rain and rippling laughter . . . The sun streaming forth at our departure, causing much rueful joking . . . Danny ' s jalopy and the car with Irv, Billy, Danny A., and Tuller, Tonkin, and Goldberg neck in neck on the home stretch . . . the stop at the water tower where Fleisher climbed to the top and almost didn ' t come down again—the right way . . . the second stop because the rear tire of the bus got flat -igued, and the wait for another bus with much fun and exploration . . . Finally, arriving in Philly saturated with sand and water plus Oscar the horseshoe crab to be removed immediately, and many memories to be retained forever. It was fun, wasn ' t it?