Haverford High School - Greystones Yearbook (Havertown, PA)

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IOHN HERMAN BURDICK Iim. Bird Entered: 1928 Soccer '37g H '38, Capt. '39 Basketball '37, H '38g Capt. '39 Track H '37, '38, '39 Current Events Club '39 Class Sec.-Treas. '39 Student Council '38, '39 Athletic Association '39 Dance Committee '39 Cheer Leader '38, '39 I have been around Haverford for eleven long years. I imagine that by this time the masters are getting tired of seeing that same old face. Well, I'm leaving now after stumbling up through the grades and forms. Once I slipped and next year found myself in the same form but with different class- mates. For the last two years I played on the Soccer, Basketball, and Track teams. This year, for some reason, I had the honor of captaining the Soccer and Basketball teams. In my estimation the best organization to which I belong is the Student Council, with all due respect to the Athletic Asso- ciation, Dance Committee, and the Current Events Club. Also for the past three years I have held down various jobs in the school: day laborer, playground master, and now, the short change artist of the bookstore , just ask the customers. My future is very indefinite, but whatever I do, I won't forget Haverford and the good times I have had here. I will come back as often as I can. iii EDITORS NOTE: Iimmy, who has been in the Upper School longer than any other of us, is our candidate for the title of Haverford's most loyal son. 21 ' u l Y HD' 39

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2 I 9 39 1-HBH' IOHN HOLLAND BROWNBACK Brownie Entered: 1931 PENNSYLVANIA Swimming H '37, '38, '39 Football '39 Current Events Club '39 In l93l I entered the Haverford School. I passed through the Fifth and Sixth grades of the Iunior School rather unevent- fully. I made the Honor Roll once or twice in the First and Second Forms, but that all dropped behind when I graduated into the Third Form. There I began a titanic struggle with Latin under Mr. Dutot. Finally I emerged from this, and for the first time in my career, I made the swimming team. That was in 1936. I am still at swimming and like it as much as ever. In my Senior year I made the Honor Roll in the first month, much to Mr. Boocock's surprise. I played on the sec- ond football team and retained my place in swimming. The only thing I have to say about the School is that it has been a great education in more ways than one. ti-'Af EDITORS NOTE: We wonder about Iohn's last remark as he insists that his proper nickname is Darling. 20

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f4lx'I19 'l ': I9 lm 39 ROBERT D. CHAFFE Bob, Charly Entered: 1927 CORNELL Track Team '37, '38, '39 Football 135-lb. '37, '38, '39 Glee Club '39 Honor Roll 1926-1939 Cum Laude Dance Committee '38, '39 Game Committee '39 I was born in Ardmore in the spring of 1921. As we moved four years later to a less crowded neighborhood, my earliest and only memory of my birthplace is that of a certain Christ- mas Eve, when. trying to get a glimpse of Santa Claus, I crawled out of the crib and managed to reach the head of the stairs. I succeeded in intercepting Santa Claus, who tripped and fell all the way down the steps amid heaps of bundles and packages. Years later I found out that it was my father. Since then I have lived in several localities, the last oi which is Paoli, that giant metropolis about twelve miles from school. I have been coming to Haverford since I was six years old, and as far as I can see there's no better school. During the past two years it has been my daily effort to better a record of fifteen minutes driving-time from Paoli to Haverford School. Next year I hope to go to Cornell to study chemical engineer- ing. If any of you get up Ithaca-way drop in and see me. I Q 9 EDITOR'S NOTE: His morning trip to Haverford is fast, but his after- noon iourney to Gladwynne is even faster. For an evening of entertain- ment, get Bob to play the piano. 22