Overbrook High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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-rsnn.uARY- 0 H S w 1928-'Y' '-----'------- 1 Qllum Zlauhe N ORDER to recognize special qualifications for citizenship among its graduates, the Overbrook High School has founded an honor society to be known as CUM LAUDE, whose members will be chosen from suc- cessive 12B classes. To be considered for membership in this club a student must fulfil two requirements: Q13 more than average scholarship 3 and C21 genuine loyalty to the school proved by unusual service in its varied activities out- side the -class room. The following students have the honor of being the first members of CUM LAUDEZ Anderson, Presco Kline Irene Cloux, Alice Lilienfeld Jacob Cohen, Leon Lindauer Jerome Fidler, Harold Polakoff Beatrice Gordon, Ruth Reinhold Lillian Grant, Esther Semple, Gladys Hayllar, David Taylor, Mildred Kaplan, Harry We are sure, of course, of the great pleasure and pride that these members of our class felt at the honor bestowed on them. But perhaps even they did not understand how greatly their classmates appreciated the honor, and how very much the forming of this society has added to the pride that each of us feels in the Class of January 1928 Deininger, Dorothy O'Hara, Marie 3 C

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W-is .yg5nuAgy- ,.192g'c.f- 1 1 The iBatruI HEN Overbrook High first opened its doors in September, 1926, it became evident that some guiding power in addition to the faculty was imperative. Confusion reigned between periods on the stairsg the lunch-check lines were not lines at all, but large, unruly mobs, and many pupils through ignorance of rules or in a spirit of rebellion went outside during the lunch periods. This was natural in a new school. It is said that the old order changeth, and certainly the old order, or disorder, did change through the efforts and guidance of Overbrook's first patrol. Lunch check lines became a reality, and those who wandered outside during the periods found themselves quickly recalled. The members of this first arm of the law were chosen by Mr. John Alker, a very able member of our faculty. With but few exceptions the patrol was made up of boys and girls of the senior class. At the first meeting of this new official force, officers were elected and insignia dis- cussed. The Home Economics Department was kind enough to make the patrol's badge, an arm band of yellow with two letters O. P. in black super-imposed. Armed with this weapon the officers of the school-law sallied forth. Their effect upon the conduct of the school-at-large was nothing short of magical. Lunch-room conditions improved, courtesy on the stairways became a habit, and in short, the conduct of the entire student body altered. It soon became evident that no longer were guardians of the law required, and accordingly this, the first Patrol of Overbrook High, was abandoned. C

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