West Chester High School - Garnet and White Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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2 ▲ ▲ a The Garnet and White (Tn (Our . rhonl The fleeting days have passed, as transient as A sputtering spark which, from a camp-fire thrown, Glows for an instant—then is cold again. The days we’ve spent, unlike the spark, live on Immortally in happy memories. We thank thee now, dear friend, for many joys, But even more we thank thee for the gems Of wisdom which we have gleaned within thy walls For preparation to become, not as Fair-weather sailors, but as mariners Of skill upon tempestuous billows of Life’s seas. Oh, may we never wander from The guidance which thou gavest us counsel Which in the years to come will prove thee as The dearest friend that we have ever known. Leonard Godsiialk, '34.

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JUNE, 1934 Volume XXVI No. 6 Price oj SUBSCRIPTION THE GARNET and WHITE Published in Not’., Dec., Jan., March, April and June Per year, $1.00 Single copy, $.20 Commencement issue, $.50 Students of West Chester High School WEST CHESTER, PA. • ♦- Garnet and White Staff 1933-1934 Edilor-in-Chief—Marguerite Hagemans, '34 Entered as second- class mailer, Janu- ary 10, 1927, at the post office at West Chester, Pa., under Act oj Congress oj March 3, 1907. Assistants Louise Strode, '34 Judith Walter, '34 DEPARTMENT HEADS Literary Notes and Comments Mary Weir, '34 Pecgy Groff, '34 Alumni Sports Dorothy McGinn, '34 Emily Keech, '34 William Ingram, '34 Art Assistant Betty Cohee, '34 Assistant Miriam Kimper, '35 Franklin Newman, '35 CLASS EDITORS Literary Notes and Comments Ruth Jefferis, '34 Charles Burke, '34 Helen Kirkpatrick, '34 Anna McNeal, '34 Daniel Weiss, '35 Mary Frances Weeks, '35 Betty Jackson, '35 Janet Robertson, '35 Eleanor Jackson, '36 Jeanne Walter. '36 Alyce Goldberg, '36 Walter Heed, '36 JUNIOR HIGH Literary Notes and Comments Louise Heed, IX Barbara Lewis, IX Barbara Hoopes, VIII Willard Ronk, VIII Vircinia Wynn, VII Nancy Jefferis, VII BUSINESS STAFF Jfonagers Vincent De Tullio, '34 William Krauser, '34 Walter Kerwin, '35 Charles Henderson, '35 Morton Weiss, '35 Richard Moore, '36 Assistants George Terry, '36 Robert Scott, IX Edward Simon, 'IX Harlan Slack, VIII

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The Garnet and White A A 3 (thanUs for tltr JtfricitMy fJusli Three rungs of the “Ladder of Success” we have climbed through your help, and your faith in us. The first of the three rungs was the Sophomore year; the second rung, the Junior year; and last of the three but not least, the Senior year. It is hard for a young child to learn to climb a ladder and some friendly hand must guide the young feet firmly to the first rung, from there to the second, and so on until the child learns the art of climbing the ladder and continues by himself. So it has been with us; we have learned to climb the Ladder of Success” and V. C. 11. S. has been the guiding hand. The art of climbing the Ladder of Success” we have found to be, first and foremost, work; and indeed you have taught us the meaning of work and how to work. That we must not give up if we fail in the first attempt, or even the third, but we must continue to try: we have learned from you. You have made these words live for us: ‘This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way. —Henry Van Dyke. The second study of the art of climbing the Ladder” is the knowledge of the value of learning. Not only that we should learn when we are in school, but that we should expand our knowledge when we are far from its friendly walls. You have taught us the use of the newspaper and the magazine. You have helped us to acquire a knowledge of books so that we will know what books to choose when we wish adventure, romance or instructive literature. Third in our study you have taught us cooperation. For we do not climb the Ladder of Success” alone. There are others on their way. If we push someone else aside to rise higher ourselves, we shall probably be pushed aside so that others may rise. By helping one another we can reach the top more easily, and we will not be so likely to fall from the Ladder.” Even as the young child falters, moves a step down, or sways backward; so we also do. You have come to our aid, dear W. C. H. S., in those moments. You were always standing by, ready to aid us when we needed you. You helped us regain the step we lost; you helped us stay more securely on the Ladder.” Now if we falter we must remember these words: Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. —Conjuciiu.