Claymont High School - Clay Tablet Yearbook (Claymont, DE)

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GRADUATES l,Z5,l5,ll,lllllllSillSlSillllll5,l5,Zl,ll,ll.l5,ll,l5,l5,l5,lll5,l5,l5,ll,lSill5,ll,l5,lll5,ll,ll,Zl,llll,l5,l5,l5,l5,l5,ll,l5,l5,l5,l MISS GLADYS C HALL MISS MATHILDE SEIPP Spgngm 0 Senggr Clary CAMILLO GENTILE Spomor 0 Semor Class Preszderzt Student Counczl GRADUATING CLASS OF 1938 Camzllo Gentile 1938 E ARE it proathmg, the end of our hi h school days As we look back oxer the years we should he lad that modern e lut mon genes opportunities to learn through experi Girls and Boys St ites we haxe seen how a representatixe pox ernment works At the conferences held at Temple LlIllXLI'Slfy in conjunction with the Civic Forum League we haxe pondered on the problems of national 1nd internfitlon xl fifffurs Throug,h our hockey foot hall and track hasehall find basketball teams we haxe learned the lessons of cooperation 'ind sports manship Much of our hook learning., will soon he for otten hut if we have learned how to acquire knowledge if we haxe dexeloped the characteristics of industry integrity initiatixe and COODCYHKIOD we shall he looked upon as assets to our respeetixe LOHIHILIDIYILS The time has come for us to make our own decisions We must find our places ln the work of the world lt IS here that our characters will be tested May we the members of the class of 1938 prox e ourselx es w orthy citizens w ho will reflect ereclit upon our school and upon our homes Our parents and our teachers haxe striven to give us hi h ideals of conduct Let us strive to attain them t ' ,amp A . , . I 'l 'Q 1 w i ' 1 ' ' 'gl ' ' . ' V I 0 Q- xgc 1 x K -1' ,'v,N V s s y .if ', '. 'U ence as well as from hooks. Through our Student Council Activities and the recent ' ' v'y2 xl- vs - 'xx-is - . ,-. 'v,y 4. , Y -. 1 1 1 x . x s ' v i K-' r ' - ' 1 ' y' ' ' y ' f A 3 ' 2 . ' . ' . ' z . Q '. 1 ' ' , - c Y, , 1. . , 4 . ' ' ' Y 1 ' ' '. S A 4. ' 1 ' l - -, ' 7 1' V g x 1 ' va K . . v - ' 1 . ' V Y L s V . x - - ' ' -- ' ' ' ' ' ' ' y ' , Q Y 7 Y . ' , . ' ' , y v , 5 x - 1 y A v V 1' 7 'I . i I V' W ' 5 Y . . .U . . D

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525355525552555Z53555lemlililfitllllllllllfllfl5525555555555l5l5l8l5l5l5E5l5l5l5l5l5l5l5l5l5l5l5l5l3l The purpose of tlus tsme of the CLAY TABLET zs to commemorate the Tereentenary ofthe Foundmg of New I T 0 A l Su eden and to salute those TSI settlers ulio helped to gue Delauare a noble ltentage OUR SWEDISH HERITAGE Marcia Sanders 1938 HE Blockhouse at Naaman s IS a concrete example of what the Swedes haxe given to Delaware Old Swedes Qhureh althou h bu1lt durmv the English regime IS another They are the physrcal monuments to the abstract QU8l1I1CS whlch were Sweden s g1fIS to Amerlca One of the noblest Elf-IS was that ofthe fear of God The Swedes have always been a reverent people In New Sweden from the xery tirst there was publlc worshlp The Qld Swedes Church ln Wllmtngton IS an anc1ent and sllent testtmony to the plety of the first Swedlsh Amerrcans The Bloekhouse remlnds us of their hardrhood that sturdy qualrty whleh enables men to endure adverslty to defy dlfhcultles and to w1n through to an objeetlve It glves men power to make thetr ldeals real ustlee and fairness of mrnd were other gifts Unlrke many settlers the Swedlsh colonists bought the land on w hrch they wished to llxe True for only a copper kettle and a few tr1nkets but were not the Red Men sat1sfied7 And for the sklns whlch the Indrans sold them the Swedes pald well Cther erfts were honesty and a law abrdlng nature The Honorable Thomas F Bayard once sa1d I eannot ree ill the name of a statesman or a dlstrn ulshed law BIVCI' among them Qthe Swedesj nor a ro ue nor a felon The Swedes had LIVIL xlrtues Industry was another prft After therr arrlval ID March 1638 the Swedes bullt thetr forts completely settled Many of the Sw edlsh folk who have come to Amenca smee that tlme have gone to the Mlddle West There they haxe acqulred large farms and have settled down to ttll the so1l The land was fernle and they worked uneeasmgly to make rt produce the best Thetr lndustry rn addttlon to benefitrne those of Sw edtsh descent aids those who are exposed to If for such lndustry IS contagious The Swedes are said to haxe lntrodueed the lov cabln mto Amerrea Thls type of arch1tecture IS consldered as typ1cally American as the skyscraper Many of the p1lots and captarns of the boats wh1ch now sail from Amertcan ports are of Swedlsh or1g,1n What a wealth of sea lore and loxe of the sea the Swedish natton has gtven to Amerlcans The Delaware educattonal system has derrved numerous beneflts from the Swedrsh natlon In each of the fields of physleal edue mon chemistry musrc llterature and manual tratnrnv some worthy LOIIUIIWLIIIOD has been made by Sweden The Adult Edueatron department IH Delaware IS xery aetne Plans for adult edueatron or the folk hlbll sehool were first made rn Scandmavxa In a world rn w hleh there rs so mueh strrfe loxe of peace IS to be treasured The Swedes are a peace lOXlI1 people In the past they haxe preserx ed peace by therr falrness to others Today as a goodwlll token from thelr country to ours the Swedes are placmv a granite monument on the slte of the landxn of the1r country men on The Rocks alon the Chrrstlna Rn er rn Wllmrnvton Exen th1s ranlte symbol of eoodwrll cannot outlast the sterlxnv qualities whreh the Swedes haxe contrlbuted to our natlonal herxta e We haxe reaped the benefits of the eomlng of the Swedes to our shores Is tt not frttln that we eelebrate wholeheartedly the tercentenary of that OCCHSIOU7 44444 44444444444-'4444444V'44444444'44444444-4444444444 ' I X V V . X . Y ' I T 3 g - . D . . 7 I ' . . . X . , . 1' 1 X T X X X. . X. X . J .X . . X X, X . . . Y ' Y Y x 1. vx . . . . . ,, X X . . XX . X. X , . . D , XX X X ,, X X. .X X. C, . . ' 7 Y Y plowed their land, and sowed their crops. So industriously did they work that by July they were s 1 1 X V ' V ' ' f ' y ' ' X V X X , , . O . X K V Y Y Y DY X X . X X . X X .XX X X X . . X - v - ' - X V f X YA g A J' Y Y I . ' , f f s ' V V V ' 7 ' ' V D , VV , V ,V , V X H . I D D V, ' U ' V , -' ' ' ' V '- V D A ' D ' ' ' ' .Q . V V - ' V V ' ' U ' o

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1 CATHERINE ANDERSON BLANCHE BENNETT 5- if MARGARET BOLIIN JOHN CARTY SUE CHANDLER PATRICIA CRERAND GEORGE DALLER WOLDEV DEVORE PEARL DUTTONJ BETTY GARVIN DORIS GIBNEY K RODNEY GREGG GRADUATES ' x y 0- Sn Q- L' , 5 A 'If R , xx l' I I, ' , ' A ,i J 7 r