Abington Friends School - Outward Bound Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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F OREWORD We, the seniors, have chosen mythology to be the theme of our yearbook. We feel that it not only presents a beautiful background for our class record, but also has a certain parallel and mean- ing. The background set by our class memories seems to fall in accord with the antiquity of ancient Greece and Rome and their mythological legend, both having a splendored past, yet a past that will never fade or be forgotten. This yearbook is not only a factual record, but it contains past and present thoughts and personalities of the eighteen girls in our senior class. At this moment the book may not seem so valuable to us, yet we realize that long after our school days we will return many times to the memories inscribed in this book. That is why we have tried to make our yearbook give a well-rounded and diversified pic- ture of school life as we have known it. Each section, every page, has a special meaning for us, each representing an indispensable part of our memory of school life spent at Abington Friends.

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OUTWARD BGUN D 1956

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DEDICATION THE CLASS OF 1956 IS QUITE PROUD TO DEDICATE THIS YEARBOOK TO OUR HEADMASTER, HOWARD WHITE BARTRAM. HIS DEVOTION NOT ONLY TO OUR CLASS BUT ALSO TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL HAS CONTIN- UALLY MADE US GRATEFUL TO HIM. HE HAS ALWAYS HAD ENOUGH TIME AND PATIENCE TO SHOW A SINCERE INTEREST IN EVERY GIRL. IN OUR CLASSES ON RELIGION, HE KNEW JUST HOW TO PHRASE OUR IDEAS, BRING IN NEW THOUGHTS AS THOUGH WE OURSELVES HAD THOUGHT OF THEM, AND HELP US TO REACH THE CONCLUSIONS FOR WHICH WE WERE SEARCHING. HE HAS TRULY DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN ORGANIZING A GROUP OF YOUNG GIRLS NOT ONLY TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT ALSO TO ACQUIRE THE DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR SCHOOL AND HER COMMUNITY. THROUGH A COMBINATION OF FIRMNESS AND KINDNESS HE HAS MADE ABINGTON FRIENDS AN ALMA MATER OF WHICH OUR CLASS WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD.