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Published by and for The HOME and SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL Jenkintown, Pennsylvania I LX X XX Volume V MARCH, 1955 No. 3 de JEUNES FILLES - The happy smiles in the picture below are Affiliation smiles. They were induced by the efforts of teachers, parents and school girls an ocean apart geographically, but as close together as peas MARK WELL THE DATE On Tuesday evening, April 5, comes the annual meeting of the Home and School Association--the group to which all parents belong automatically. if not always actively. -in-afpod-in their 'striving-for-better-internatsionalegeodwillfande----f--After the regular-business -session,-audreleetioufei officers understanding. ' H Until now, the exchange student program has brought girls only from Selestat, Alsace, France, to the Senior Class at A.F.S. Now the reverse is about to take place. On April 6, Betsy Helveston, a Junior, sails for France. She will live with French families while studying at the College de ,Ieunes Filles during its third trimester. Returning home in mid-summer, she will complete her Senior year at A.F.S. The invitation from Selestat came alter months of careful planning. Families had to be lound who would welcome the ICOIUTIIIIUII on Page Qt for next year, Herbert Taylor, of the Meeting's School Commit- tee, will trace the growth and changes which the school has experienced over the years. K The program will feature an illustrated tour of the historic spots of Quakerism in the North of England, presented in words and colored slides by Eleanor Stabler Clarke, of the Friends Service Committee. lt is the best opportunity of the school year for parents to learn what the Home and School Association is trying to do for the school and the students, and to make comments and sug- gestions. Betsy Helveston lleftj, of Meadowbrook, and Marie-Reine Matt, of Selestat, France. A.-.l
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OAK LEAVES A STAFF Ellwood C. Parry, Jr. Editor ...............1............................. Ambler 2823 Mrs. Robert G. Warden .................................................... Ogontz 5864- Mrs. Charles M. D. Miller ........ ....... C hapel Hill 0564 Stephen T. Dean .................... ............... T urner 0268 , Mrs. Thomas Allan ............ .............. M elrose 5-3293 Howard W. Bartram ... .................... ......... S chool, Ogontz 1724 Mrs. James H. Fitzpatrick .................................... School, Ogontz 1724 Oak Leaves is published four times yearly by the Home and School Association of Abington Friends School, and is supported by the Association's share in the Annual Giving Fund. The stad is eager for ideas and suggestions from interested parents for the improvement FUN UNDER THE BASKETS of the magazine. LOOKING AHEAD March 30-Final Student Concert of the Season, Philadelphia Orchestra April 5-Home Sz School Assn. Annual Meeting April S-Good Friday holiday April 15--Dramatic Club Play A ril 16-Admission Tests Mldy 5-Activities Dinner May 19--May Day May 30--Memorial Day holiday June 6-10-Upper School Examinations June 12-Baccalaurate June 13-Lower School Closing Day June 141-Class Day J une 15-Commencement June 16-Annual Alumnae Dinner Another basketball season has gone into the record books. Despite illnesses, broken ankles, and the pressure of other activities, Miss Smith is not too displeased. The outstanding event of the season, she says, was the visit of the girls from Friends Academy, New York. We all enjoyed them very much, and we were glad to see so many of our own students out to see the game. Our captains did a very nice piece of work with their respective teams, and we have some fine players growing up. Won Lost Tied First Team 5 2 1 Second Team 4+ 3 0 Color Team 2 3 0 Seventh 81 Eighth Grade 3 3 1 Totals 14- 11 2 AND ON THE TENNIS COURTS April 28 Moorestown Home lst May 2 George School Away lst May 3 George School Home 2nd May 9 Jenkintown Home 1st May 10 Jenkintown Away 2nd May 14- Sidwell Friends Home lst May 16 Westtown Away lst May 23 Stevens Home lst May 26 Abington Away 1st There will also be another match for 2nd team, also Blue and White matches, as well as one or two for 7th and 8th grades. cle Jeunes Filles Ccontinuecll American girl, and money had to be raised to pay her expenses while there. Betsy was chosen as the girl to go by a committee com- posed of student council representatives, members of the affili- ation committee, and several of the faculty. Her fluency in French, her wide interests, and her personality made Betsy the committee's unanimous choice. Behind the scenes of affiliation is a committee of two girls from each class. They meet regularlyto consider fund-raising projects, exchange of correspondence, gifts and students. Through the recent sale of magazines and the forthcoming sale of photographs of all the girls in the school, more than 31,000 is raised. Of this, 3200 will go toward Betsy's travel expenses, and the balance pays the round-trip fare for the girl from Alsace, plus .her incidental expenses here, including side trips to work camps and educational and religious conferences. j ., , TWO NEW CRUTHS. ...V a, o, .. , , Additions to the faculty since September are Mrs. Ruth Field, third grade teacher, and Mrs. Ruth Ammon, secretary. Mrs. Field received her B.S. from Temple, then continued 'her work in education at the University of Pennsylvania and the Vassar summer institute. She taught in the primary grades at Germantown Friends School for seven years. ln Oreland, Mrs. Field keeps house for teen-age son and daughter, Bob and Virginia, and a husband who, as a sales representative of the Dettra Flag Company, Oaks, Pa., with the west coast of the U.S. as his territory, is seldom home. Her spare time, which must be limited, is devoted to read- ing, gardening and the Sunday School of the St. Phillips in the Fields Church of Oreland. Mrs, Ammon studied religious education at the Baptist Institute, Rosemont, was on the staff of the Devereux School for retarded children, Devon, taught English at the Berlin, N. J., Junior High, and moved recently to Willow Grove. With her husband, Raymond, a veteran of the war in Korea, Mrs. Ammon has been gardening and decorating around thleir new home. She sings in the Glenside Methodist Church c oir. THE OLD WRINKLES ARE GONE Have you noticed and admiked -the-face-lifting operation on the former Libby Memorial Library room? New paint and new furniture have joined forces to make a Student Room. The Class of '54, at graduation time last June, presented a green sofa and chair. New stools, a new rug, and the tele- vision set set the stage for comfortable lounging fin oii-class hoursl. Under the supervision of the art department, students are decorating the curtains with block prints depicting the history of A.F.S. The whole redecoration project was managed by a Student Council committee. WOOL FOR WEAVERS For her art classes, Mrs. Grace Duer earnestly pleads for odds and ends of wool which may be used in weaving and 'hooked rug projects. Yes Sir, Yes Sir, Three Bags Full l for lessj will be most gratefully received. Q... ,
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