East Lampeter High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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OCII1 lnto this house of learning Over Stumbling stones And NVeary paths NVQ have trod. Each year We built Upon A foundation firm XVhat we could By NVhat we knewg Now NVe see A house completed- A goal. At first It seemed so distantg Our hopes fell 5 Fears materialized 5 But Courage and faith came All! Our task complete Our house beautiful-the goal Was not In vain. And now In reminiscing The house Well built Is Far too soon Completed g Our education ln itself Has just Begun. Always Everywhere In rain and sun Our thoughts Of this house NVe shall carry Not with us But within us. ELEANOR REESE 31

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enior ass History UGUST 27, 1934, sixty boys and girls gathered at E. L. H. S., as freshmen, and started laying plans for building our home, ' which would take four years to complete. At first we were greenies at our work, but after we had been initiated, we organized and started our work. Our architect, Mr. Czapf, and master builder, Cyrtus Rodgers, helped and directed us in getting the stakes to their proper places, and the lines squared, all this took quite some time. We couldn't work steadily as many of us had joined a club and other school activities. After a much needed Christmas vacation, we Went back with renewed strength, and we could all work much faster. Although the work seemed hard and the days were long, the digging was completed and our first year of Work was finished. Our vacation being over, we started to lay the foundation of our home. Many of our builders were discouraged and didn't join us in our sophomore work, but we were pleased to have several new members with us. As we were no longer the babies, we tried to become good examples for our underclassmen. This year we elected Jay Wenger as our master builder. Our architect and master builder taught us how to lay the foundation firmly so that it could withstand all kinds of weather. Al- though We toiled many long and dreary hours to lay the foundation, there were many days we could not work because of bad weather. In one of our pleasant hours we gave the Davies Light Opera Singers, and we are sure it was enjoyed by all. As the year was drawing to a close, the foundation-the hardest task was completed. August, 1936, forty-three returned to the doors of E. L. H. S. as juniors. This year our builders were fewer and our work became more skilled. Our architect was changed to Mr. Kilhefner, and our master builder to Cyrtus Rodgers. We started immediately to put up the struc- ture of our home. This was hard and dangerous work. It took many steady hands and strong bodies to make the structure strong. When the Christmas vacation came, our frame work was erected. We were ready to lay the floors and put in the partitions. Our class was divided and half of us laid the floors while the other half put in the partition. When each had his trade learned, we exchanged jobs, so that everyone could learn the different tasks. In our leisure hours we prepared for a Hallowe'en Social, largely attended. With the co-operation and many willing workers, we completed the structure of our home. On arriving at dear old East Lampeter High in August of 1937, we found that only thirty-three skilled laborers had returned to work. Our architect, Mr. Kilhefner, and master builder, Oliver Hess, started us on the finishing touches of our home. There were many jobs to be accom- plished, such as plastering, painting, and paper hanging. These jobs sounded simple to us, but after we started to do them, we found it took straight eyes and straight minds to accomplish the work so that it would be done neatly and exactly. We were delayed by the senior play, Headed for Eden and by the El Dorado. As spring was approaching, we saw that our work was coming to an end. We bought the furniture and arranged it properly in the rooms. When the home was entirely finished, graduation day was at hand. We were ready then to move into our home for our future life's work. Throughout our four years of work, we had for our motto Honor lies in honest toil. We hope that our achievement in building for our future needs may be a goal that the following grad- uates of East Lampeter will endeavor to copy. May they also learn that real honor lies only in honest toil. ELSIE MARIE LEAMAN, '38 29