Overbrook High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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NAVAL ARMAMENT CONFERENCE CALLED GERMANS DYNA- MITE THEIR FORTS BABE RUTH SIGNS CONTRACT WITH YANKEES FOR 570,000 A YEAR Ol' man river, dat ol' man river, He must know sumpirf, But don't say nothirf, He just keeps rollin', He keeps on rollin' along. The first issue of the Towers, the new school magazine, appeared and was immediately sold out. The editor-in-chief presented Mr Schoch with a copy on behalf of the staff, The problem of commencement gowns next came up for consideration, After much deliberotiont black gowns edged with orange was selected for the boys and white satin ones for the girls. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH IN THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS FLIES FROM CURTIS FIELD TO PARIS IN 33 HOURS, 29 MINUTES, 30 SECONDS A TRI-MOTOR FOKKER CARRIES BYRD AND HIS CREW ACROSS THE ATLANTIC MODEL A FORD BROUGHT OUT IN DECEMBER lln the cinema world Emil Jannings stars in The Way of All Flesh and Variety. Janet Gaynor plays the leading role in Seventh Heaven. What Price GIory is the big stage success ot the year. The Story of Philosophy becomes the best seIIer.l To provide some relief from the serious activities of the year, the Students' Association sponsored a doll contest which became an immediate success. The sofcalled big sister movement was initiated by means of which the seniors were to take the fledgling freshmen under their protectivei wings Thzs sudden hobnabbing with royalty amazed and terrified the timorous 9A's and 9B's Toward the end of the term a plan was drawn up for a senior honor society to be called Cum Laude. Later its name was changed to Sigma Delta. 1928 SUBMARINE DISASTERg NAVAL AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE SINK- ING OF THE SUBMARNE S-4 NOBILE'S FLIGHT TO THE ARCTIC FIGHTING IN CHINAg JAPANESE AND CHINESE CLASH REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION HELD JUNE 12 HOOVER BECOMES REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT When there are grey skies, I don't mind the grey skies, You make them blue, sonny boy, Friends may forsake me, Let them all forsake me, You'll pull me through, sonny boy. The new senior honor society began to functiong at the first induction, seventeen students were admitted to membership. Mr. Schoch sent out invitations to the parents of students so honored to attend the exercises, a custom that has been followed ever since. Commencement was held in February of this year and Overbrook High School sent forth its first group of young men and young women into the world. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HELD JUNE 26 . NO- BILE'S AVIATORS RESCUED HOOVER DELIVERS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE SPEECH ALFRED E. SMITH DEMO- CRATIC CANDIDATE STARTS HIS WESTERN CAMPAIGN WITH OPTIMISTIC VIEWS ON THE OUTCOME HOOVER CAMPAIGNS IN THE SOUTH GRAF ZEPPELIN CROSSES THE ATLANTIC KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND VERY ILLg WORLD WATCHES WITH CONCERN PROGRESS OF THE MONARCI-PS HEALTH lShipwreck Kelly makes flagpole sitting record--Bunion Derby run-430,000 Americans spend 5650,000,000 abroad.l Athletic interest was aroused in the school and the students set about industriously to.produce good teams School spirit was stimulated Overbrook High devoted much spirit and energy to learning its new school song.

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. AND ALL 0UB YESTEIIDAYS . 1926 GERMANY ADMITTED TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS GENE TUNNEY CAPTURES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP QUEEN MARIE OF RUMANIA ARRIVES IN NEW YORK FOR AMERICAN TOUR HUR- RICANE STRIKES HAVANAg GREAT DAMAGE DONE PHILADELPHIA SESQUI-CENTENNIAL THE NEW OVERBROOK HIGH SCHOOL OPENED IN PHILADELPHIA Not for just an hour, Not for just a day, Not for just a year, But always, always. The Overbrook Senior High School was opened in September, l926 The building was still in an unfinished condition when the first contingent of students arrived Between the hammering and the sawing of the carpenters and the builders and the uproar of confused boys and girls running wild through the halls, chaos reigned But within a few days order was restored Before long school activif ties were begun. The first Student Association elections were heldg Lillian Reinhold was chosen as president of the organization and Jack Lillianfeld as vice-president. A school newspaper was launched under the guidance af Miss Andersen and immediately the Beacon became an integral part of school life. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN A SIX TO THREE DECI- SION UPHOLDS THE PRESIDENT'S POWER TO REMOVE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT STRENGTHENED LIQUOR SEIZURE AT SEA, CRATES OF ILLEGAL LIQUOR DESTROYED INTER-ALLIED CONTROL OF GERMANY TO CEASE JANUARY 31 tRudoIph Alfonzo Raffaele Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguollo died in New York at the age of thirty-one. A huge crowd that lined Broadway through eleven blocks shuffled through the undertoker's establishment where Rudolph Valentino was lying in statet. 130,000 PEOPLE PAID NEARLY 52,000,000 TO SEE TUNNEY DEFEAT DEMPSEY AT PHILADELPHIA Mr, Parke Schoch, the principal, gave the school's organization additional encouragement and invaluable advtce in his articles outlining the purpose, atrn and structure of a school A school's chief aim is to be of service to both parents and students l-le urged loyal support of all school activities Soon the first assembly was held, and the newly organized orchestra added much to its success The newly elected officers addressed ,the students, and the result of this meeting was a better under- standing between faculty, students, and officers A student council was selected and its first task was the planning of a constitution by which all student government in its various branches was to function 1927 FIRST TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LONDON OPERA GIVEN OVER RADIO FOR FIRST TIMEg FIFTEEN MICROPHONES BRING SCENE FROM FAUST TO 10,000,000 PEOPLE

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BOULDER DAM BILL SIGNED KELLOGG-BRIAND PEACE PACT RATIFIED BY SENATE EINSTEIN PRESENTS NEW THEORY ALL EUROPE SNOW-BOUND AS NORTHERN HARBORS FREEZE U.S. CANAL ZONE AIR MAIL ROUTE BEGUN LABOR TAKES OFFICE IN ENGLANDg MACDONALD, PRIME MINISTER I . 123,000,000 passenger cars in service in the United States. The changing American landscape: garages, filling-stations, hot-dog stands, tea rooms, tourists' rests, camping sites, chicken-dinner restaurants.l So long, sad times! Go along, bad times! We,re rid of you at last- Happy days are herc again, The skies above are clear again, Let us sing a song of cheer again, Happy days are here again! Sigma Delta, senior honor society, in coniunction with graduates made definite plans for a meeting to form an Alumni Association, The tirst meeting ot the Association was a great success Almost everyone was present and the prospect ot a strong alumni for Overbrook- arose The seniors took a trip to Wilmington by boat in lieu ot the usual Washington trip 1929 PACT OF PARIS PROCLAIMED GRAF ZEPPELIN CIRCLES GLOBE STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES HEAVY STOCK EXCHANGE CRASHESg U. S. IN A PANIC STOCKS FALL THROUGH BOTTOM ON HEAVY SALES BYRD FLIES TO SOUTH POLE THE A'S BEAT THE CHICAGO CUBS TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES tlCinema notes: George Arliss in DisraeIi , Ruth Chatterton in Madame X , Bebe Daniels in Rio Rita , Ronald Colman in Bulldog Drummond. Amos 'n' Andy- l'se regusted - Check and double check -Troubles with the lunchroom-arguments with Madam Queen,t Overbrook students won tive lViayor'S Scholarships to the University of Pennsylvania There were many more given through other sources Through these students and those already graduated, Over- brook was building up a reputation for scholastic achievement. Nor were the athletic teams idle Joe Brown landed a berth on All-Public High Football Team The name of Overbrook was beginning to carry weight in athletic circles As the term drew to a close, the school received the news that Mr Parke Schoch was leaving to become one of the Associate Superintendents oi Schools lvlr Schoch was charged with the guidance of Secondary School Education in Philadelphia. With the passing of the l92Ofsl and the departure ot Mr. Schoch, one step in the development of this huge and intricate institution had been concluded A new generation was growing up. The hard boiled school of literature and of life was dying. Gone was the flapper. Gone was flaming youth. A more serious attitude toward life was displacing the spirit of futility and cynicism that had raged rampant in the drama and in literature. The new generation took the radio and the talkies for granted. lDo you remember the thrill of getting W.lZ on one tube and o bundle of twisted wires? Do you remember AI Jolson in the Jazz Singer when you actually heard for the first time the voice of an actor on the screen?l The depres- sion had turned people's attention to the more serious problems of life. lWhere was the man who had bought the set of books guaranteed to improve his mind by a few minutes easy study each day? One evening the boss had invited me to dinner. Someone mentioned Hemiptera. l leaned forward. I could tell them all about this large order of true insects having jointed proboscis . . . they all gathered about me. l told them about hemiplegia, hematite and hellicopter . . .? Where was Mr. Addison Sims of Seattle? . . . Where were the snowstorms of ticker tapei and the tons of torn telephone directories that greeted our heroes and distinguished visitors? Times were certainly changing. The l93O's had arrived. 1930 CHARLES E. HUGHES MADE CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT EX-CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT DIES GHANDI STARTS CIVIL DIS- OBEDIENCE S.S. EUROPA SETS NEW TRANSATLANTIC RECORD PRINCE CAROL MADE KING OF ROUMANIA FRENCH EVACUATE RI-IINELAND R-101, BRITISH DIRIGIBLE CRASHES WITH GREAT DAMAGE INFANTILE PARALYSIS WAVE GRIPS COUNTRY Dr. H. Ross Smith was chosen as the new principal. An enthusiastic reception was accorded him both by the students and the faculty. Once again the vibrant hum of school activity resumed its normal pace and the school grew Many graduates won scholarships and the Mayor's Examinations awarded tour scholarships to Overbrook students In the meantime, the orchestra had been progressing very successfully and Mr. Kazze, its conductor, was chosen to conduct the All-Scholastic musicians