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

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0THE1935 Rsconno CLASSHISTORY The Colossus of Rhodes, the third great wonder of the world, must have appeared as far away and as aloof to the Greeks as knowledge did to us. This hrass statue of Apollo, erected at the port of Rhodes, was said to have heen seventy cuhits high. It hestrode the harhorfmouth, the vessels passing under its legs. So it seemed that we, in searching for a knowledge that looked too high and farfreaching, had to pass under or go around it. According to tradition, this statue was thrown down hy an earthquake and lay ahout the city in ruins. The people gathered together the hits of metal, melted, and sold them. Thus, when knowledge came down to our level, every one had a share in partaking of it. We did not look up to learning as something unattainahle hut reached out for it with eager hands. Although we eagerly searched for knowledge, we still had far to go to fulfill that great accomplishment. Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, seemed to symholize our hlind instincts, and it was in her Temple that we laid our incompleted works. With the Goddess of the Chase we raced over the sands of time until we found ourselves standing at the threshold of l1A. As the crew of an Egyptian ship exulted when it first caught sight of the Pharos of Alexandria, so we rejoiced when the horizon of a new term loomed into view. On returning from our quest in search of knowledge, we saw the faint glimmer of the friendly lighthouse, a heacon standing at the harhorfmouth, heckoning sojourners to enter and partake of all that was offered. The fruitful period, 11B, followed, and our class sprang up with new life much as did the Hanging Gardens of Bahylon. Weeds and apparently lifeless hushes and shruhs gave forth heautiful flowers. What had seemed a harren desert in the fall now hlossomed out into such fine specimens as our fair President, Lois Ledy, who was aided hy Boh Kahn, VicefPresident. Next down the line came Betty Deininger, Secretary, while from amid the gay panorama, such sun flowers as Catherine Davidson, Vice' President of the C. A., and Nannette Bellina, head of our ring committee. stuck out their heads in wild profusion. Sof mi DANCIQRS CoL'NcIL Crass Som: Eighteen

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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

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W ri QTHE 1935 RECOR Riacoan STAFF Gowrs Firrmr Pnoxi C oxixiirri I But what is this queer looking species heading the foremost row of our garden? Why, it's none other than Leviticus, our class mascot, atop the first 11B column in The Vvlestem News. Our Senior Year! We stood firm and mighty, like the ancient Pyramids of Egypt. These Pyramids were constructed of huge granite blocks huilt one upon the other in the form of a tetrahedron, each of the faces narrowing itself down until finally all culminated in the topmost peak, or apex. All this seemed similar to the purpose of our school career. Incidents in our lives were these granite hlocks that went to make up the faces of our Pyramids. Our studies, our experiences, our aspirations, and our achieve- ments -fall the various sides of our lives which pointed to and aided us on toward Success were represented. The walls were simply the characters which our school life had so large a part in moulding. Within these walls we stored away everything that we wished to preserve and keep for some future time, just as the Egyptians hoarded many valuahles in their tomhs. In IZA our former class president resumed her leadership, ahly assisted hy Boh Herr, VicefPresident, Betty Deininger, Secretary, and Gertrude Maginniss, Treasurer. while Knute Neilson, one of our numher, hecame VicefPrcsident of the C. A. Then there was our first class social, and what a social it was! The committee. headed hy Dorothy O'Brien, provided entertainment fit for a Pharaoh .... Next came the everfurgent question of money, and what a time Gertrude had collecting dues! But who is this little figure dancing her way into our midst? Why it looks liken- it can't he- it is-f Betty Boop! Leviticus, heing too slow for a Seniors mascot, was put hack into first grade, and Betty Boop took his place. just as things were running smoothly again, who should decide to resign hut Boh Herr. who was running for President of the C. A. With this last event another chapter in our school life was closed. The Seven Vxfonders of ancient times lay hchind us: there was hut one remaining' fone our century could claim as its contrihution to :ivili:ation. Nineteen