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

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DISCIPLINE AND GUIDANCE: THE Mr, Haig Kupjian Principal NECESSITIES CF LIFE Education is the apprenticeship of life, sagely wrote Willmott. Do you agree with him? Have your years in school produced a successful ap- prenticeshipn? If not, this is the opportune time to do some serious thinking and just as serious acting. My sinoere best wishes to you on your graduation from Claymont High School. Haig Kupjian, Principal To the Graduates: Thomas Edison once said that his success was due to one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. In other words, if you have learned good work habits during the last four years, you have been taught much. Don't make excuses, but try to make good. Remember that he is best educated who is most useful. Always remember these words of Horace Mann: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for hu- manityf' H. Cunningham Assistant Principal Mr. Howard Cunningham Assistant Principal GUIDANCE The Guidance Office is a focal spot where counselors, students, parents, and teachers confer - aiming at all times to stimulate a desire within the individual to reach his highest potential. Two full-time counselors administer and interpret test data, distribute college information and applications, and disseminate infor- mation on vocational pursuits. Mrs. Griffiths and Mr. Phillips spend much time in face-to-face interviews with students, helping them to plan their futures wisely, with a knowl- edge of themselves. Mrs Helen Griffiths Guidance Counselors Guidance Counselor Mr. Henry Phillips 6

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Stepping to the podium to receive your diploma, you may realize that you could have done more. As you live your entire life, you may never fully realize your capability for productive work. A wholesome family member, a productive worker, a generous contributor to a strong community - all are yours to work at dai- ly. May you always be able to say I did my very bestf' J. B. Clinch Administrative Assistant TO THE SENIORS: You belong to a generation that will be tested by great crises - new ideas, new issues, perhaps by fire. MHY il be Said of you that when the world called for volunteers, for men of faith, of patience, of charityg you responded to the call of humane and brave living. R. L. Durkee Superintendent of Schools

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FACULTY xx Old Stone School - 1805 The first building in the Claymont Public School System was the Old Stone School, which is located at the intersection of Darley Road and the Wilmington- Philadelphia Pike near the geographical center of the school district. The Old Stone School was originally one room, built in 1805 on land donated by john Dickinson, the signer of the Declaration of Independence. The walls were constructed of native Brandywine granite. A Second room was added in 1905 as the school enrollment increased. By 1917 the number of pupils in the district had increased to 350 because several large companies had moved into the area. Each of these industries built its own school building to relieve the overcrowded Stone School. Although the increased school enrollment finally made necessary a move to a larger building, the Old Stone School had remained in active use. It housed the kin- dergarten classes until 1958 and still serves as the Claymont Public Library.