Upper Dublin High School - Mundockian Yearbook (Fort Washington, PA)

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Sept. 1955 Dear Diary, Aren't they wonderful! every junior exclaimed as he saw the samples of the class rings that they were soon to have. As it turned out it wasn't so soon after all, because when the rings finally came they had to be sent back. Nasty break, then to make things worst our ring dance was snowed out after all the decorations had been bought. To in- crease our class treasury, we decided to have a cake sale at the Montgomeryville market. By the time the first week of January rolled around we were busy working on our prom which we called The Winds of Wai-Ki-Ki. Now that we had such a romantic title, we had to have appropriate decorations. We knew just the thing, place mats made out of burlap. What fun we had building grass huts, decorating bleachers with fish nets, painting fish and mermaids, and the most fascinating octopus. Our teams showed great improvement this year as the boys captured the Tri-County baseball championship, and the girls received the trophy as the Tri-County hockey champs. Sept. 1956 Dear Diary, As we start our senior year we feel as though we will soon be losing a dear friend. But we are too busy to think of that as we are caught in the whirl of our senior year. The first thing at hand was to elect the class officers. Dick Wolf was elected as the president, Lee Mogg as vice president, Lucille Wilson as secretary and Diana Schmidt as treasurer. We all think that we made very good choices, and that they are all doing a terrific job. Soon plans were started for our Christmas dance which we decided to call Crystal Ball. We decorated in blue and silver. Then with the help of Mr. Wert and Mrs. Basenberg we began work on our yearbook. Without the understanding and helpful advice of our two advisors we would probably still be working on the yearbook in June. To both of them we are very grateful, not only for their help with the yearbook, but also with all of the dances and other activities that we so madly plunged into. Naturally we will never forget the little things that make the school years so wonderful, especially those odd excuses for getting out of classes, such as picking ants out of candy bars, setting mouse traps in the school store and working on Chemistry projects long finished. Then there were also the equally odd excuses for being late to class, one example being- But Mr. Beck. I was the last one in the shower. This might sound like a per- fectly logical excuse for being late after a physical ed class, but not when its the excuse of every boy in the room. Now as graduation day draws nearer and nearer we often stop to think of all the won- derful times we had at Upper Dublin. Of course there were times when we wished that we would never see the inside of the school again, but for the most part, we hardly ever had a dull day. We all want to thank Dr. Eshelman, Mr. Jones, Mr. Keim, and all of our teachers for the very important part they played in our school life. They have advised us and helped us not only in school adjustments but also in personal problems. To them-we give our sincerest thanks. Upper Dublin High School, in our estimation the best school ever, we thank for a wonderful six years, and to the lower classmen we pass the cloak of sportsmanship and scholarship. ii-1 ,ii ,,,- Ziff-'T .?:-g

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i- An-Y' Sept. 1951 Dear Diary, Well, we've finally made it-we're in high school. All of us are so confused. Between meeting new people and finding our way around our huge new schoolg we have little time for classwork. We finally settled down to more important things, then we heard that there was going to be a dance. Our first dance! It was held in the library which seemed awfully big. We are holding all our gym classes in the halls, and in the small conference room since there is no gym. Sept. 1952 Dear Diary, Here we are again. It makes us all feel pretty good to be able to direct the seventh graders around and tell them all that they should know about Upper Dublin. Since the school is being enlarged there is no peace for the teachers. It seems as thought the students were more interested in watching everything that was going on outside than English or geography. It was an exciting day as we boarded the bus for Harrisburg. We visited the Capitol, then went on to the Hershey Park and the candy factory. I'm sure that everyone will agree that we had a marvelous time. Well, diary, at least this year we are having our gym classes were they should be held, in our new gym. Sept. 1953 Dear Diary, We start this new school year as Freshmen. Imagine, Freshmen! Our school years are really flying by, although some think that they are going awfully slow! With the explosion of test tubes came our Ninth Grade play, Danger! Willie at Workf, The play was quite a success and the three little pigs made a big hit with everyone. As the year came to an end we found ourselves in excited preparation for our class trip. New York here we come. One of the things we remember most about that trip was, of all things, the Chinese funeral procession going down the main street of Chinatown. How proud we were that day in the gym when our graduation exercises were held. Our junior high days were over. Sept. 1954 Dear Diary, We're back in school again, but now we're up another notch, sophisticated sopho- moresf' The year starts out with a bang as the boys try out for the senior high football team and the girls try for the hockey squad, although we're the lowest grade some of us proved to be quite the athletes. We held the annual Valentine's Day dance and had a wonderful time planning the decorations. As the year draws to a close some of us are found still struggling through Caesar's wars as we diligently study our Latin. T -T' J- .. , -s - :nl 'T 411, .lg

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EDWIN W. ABBOTT Amdemir Ned AMBITION: Doctor. FAVORITE SAYING: Tough Break. Football 10. 11, 12g Band 10, 11, 123 Year- book photographer 12g Vice President Home- room 113 Chorus 10. GEORGE B. ARNOTT Amdemic George AMBITION: Salesman. FAVORITE-SAYING: D0n't get all pushed out of shape! Football 12g Senior Play 12, Band 11, 12, Baseball 10, Rifle Club 10. rm CHARLES S. ARNOLD Indurlrial Arif Razz AMBITION: To own a 57 Thunderbird. FAVORITE SAYING: Want to read that rat! Football 11, Varsity Club 10, 11. JOHN W. BANES Academic jack AMBITION: To be a coach. FAVORITE SAYING: Gee Whizzf' Basketball 10, 11, 12, Co-Captain 12, Foot- ball 10, 11, 12, Co-Captain 123 Varsity Club 10, 11, 12, Prom Committee 11.