West Philadelphia High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Roberta Ambrose Eleanor Bailenson Barbara Barakat Freda Barr Virginia Bondy Howard Boyd Helen Bryan Einer Christensen Dorothy Cohen Lola Cooperman Lester Gorrsin Betty Deininger Howard Douglass Regina Edelman Norma Endy Dorothy Friedman Janis Goldstein Marian Gray Virginia Hanley Mary Harvey Robert Herr Estelle Hollander LAUREATI Helen Janulis Lena Kooperman Howard Kremer Gertrude Maginniss Dorothy Malakoif Albert Mart Joseph McKendree Ruth McLaughlin Burton Mendlin Orabell Mohn William Netsky Irving Nuremberg Dorothy O'Brien Gicely Pointer Lillian Powell Frances Robinson Howard Schachman Louis Slifkin Rose Solnek Jean Sparkman Martin Stein Ruth Teitelbaum

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D' L. ...Q - Class of June 1935 B y B.-xRs.AxR.-x B.xR.uc.fxT He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not. He is u Freshman -V-shim himq He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, He is a Sophomore-V-pity lnmg He who knows, and knows not that he knows, He is a junior --honor himg He who knows, and knows that he knows, He is a SENIOR--fereverence l'll?7l.l-l N ANCIENT times our forefathers constructed what were deemed hy the world as the Seven Great Wciiiders, hut it remained for the present generation to complete the list hy adding the Eighth Wmiiider, namely- -'-- our Class of June. 1935. Let us con' sider each of these wonders in turn, and, hy applying them to our high school career, see how our class has progressed to the esteemed place it holds today. Wlieii we first entered high school, West Philly seemed to correspond to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassusf -an inanimate edifice erected to hold equally inert conf tents ffus freshmen. How we wandered through the hare vaults not knowing which way to turn! Lost in this lahyrinth of intricate networks, we would suddenly come upon a sentry, or patrol, who was carefully guarding a sacred passageway. It was these patrols with their up and down stairwaysn and one way corridors who caused our days to he filled with confusion. In QB we had harely heeome acquainted with our school surroundings. The one thing that had influenced us was the high and mighty dignity of the seniors. They impressed us much as the Statue of Olympian Jupiter at Athens must have impressed the ancient Greeks. This statue personified their supreme diety whom they feared and honored, As Jupiter was the originator of all that took place in the sky, so we helieved that it was the Seniors who controlled our paths. Rain and thunderholt alike hailed down upon us in the form of summonses and detentions. Through all this tumult and turmoil, however, we still looked up to the seniors with a respectful and reverent eye. Seventeen