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

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CLASS HISTORY Q rx X FOR most of us our entrance into West Philadelphia l-ligh School is a memorable event, l-lere we were, akin to a great pile of raw material to be made into a building, When an architect plans a structure he carefully considers his material and the way in which each part is to be assembled to make a perfect finished product. So, alsoj our years at high school were planned. ln the east auditorium, on the first day, which now seems so far in the past, we met the chief architect, Mr, Roberts, As the days went by we met some of the assistant architects the teachers, Into the hands of these people was given a task which they had often undertaken before, For eight or nine years other architects had applied their knowledge to make us ready for this, the final effort to build us into a worthwhile product. They knew that each bit of knowledge must be added to the framework at just the right time., and in just the right way, if a finished product which both the school and we could be proud of, was to be the result, lclard though it was to become accustomed to the new school and all its new and confusing regulations, we did manage to struggle through the first year and were promoted into lOA, Those of our class who had gone to junior high schools now joined us, We were glad to meet them and soon many new friends were discovered, The minds of these new members of our class had to be molded and formed., just as the sculptor molds his clay, to receive, accept, and retain the great number of new facts and regulations, just as ours had been. Our sophomore year was somewhat drab and dull, like a lifeless dance, We continued moving but without great interest in what we were doing. Lessons seemed to occupy all our time because they were so much harder than they had ever been Twenty-one

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COMMITTEES IZB PROM COMMITTEE John Yo rborough, Choi rmon Pronces Donsky Morton Silverstein I-lildo Rogers Dorothy lVlcCouslond Ruth Sherzer SENIOR ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE Jomes Donoldson, Choirmon l-loword Goldstein Eugene Cohen Eleonor Keller Betty Keller Jomes Donoldson Williom Johnston Alice Boile I-lelen Beeby Morion Clime Ethel Cree lylodeleine Deyer Thereso Pogon Morion Gogleyr I Kothryn I-loring George Boll Jomes Allon Julius Brooks John Burdett Stewort Collins l-loryey Diller Ruth Sherzer IZA SOCIAL COMMITTEE Dorothy Work Doris Jones Wilson Touhsoent, Choirmon lyloriorie Vonsont IZB SOCIAL COMMITTEE Chorles Compbell Williom Johnston Dorothy lVlcCouslond, Choirmon Wilson Touhsoent John Yorborough Alice Boile Richord lVlcCorthy SENIOR BUTTON COMMITTEE Arthur Alnrohoms, Choirmon GIRLS' GOWN COMMITTEE Gwendolyn l-lombridge, Choirmon Mory l-louston Dorothy Johnson Korine Lehto Sue Meode Betty McCoy Dorothy lVlcCouslond Elyiro Noyello Irene Powell Alice Pecklor Loretto Ruggiero Willo Sconlon Anno Schmidt Inez Snyder Anne Woldmon Morgoret Wilson Jeonette Youn BOYS' GOWN COMMITTEE Fred Stehle, Choi rmon Chorles Preedmon Sidney Gornish Borcloy I-lomilton Bernord Kelner Peter McConyille Sidney Kine Williom Einwechter Joseph lVlcCorter Wolter Ferroris Edword Miller Wolter Myers Robert Powell Corl Seyhold John Sherlock Seymour Vollen Wesley Whiteley Austin Yockey John Zoorolo COMMENCEMENT HALL COMMITTEE Anno Schmidt, Choirmon Rum Wilggn Williom Johnston I-loword Goldstein Twenty

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THE RECORD FEBRUARY, l936 COUNCIL Top Row-Howard Goldstein, John Yarborough, Ruth Sherzer, Arthur Abrahamsg 3rd Row-Ellen Struck, Richard McCarthy, Karine Lehto, Francis Danskyg Znd Row-Ruth Jones, Isabel Fredd, Beatrice Caplonj Soni: Row-Doris Jones, George Waite, Dorothy i or . betore ond most ot us hcid o teeling ot interiorty, The seniors seemed very wise ond oloot, we regarded them with owe ond wonder ond doubted thot we could ever reoch their ploce. Everything seemed so ditticult thot we thought becoming seniors on ochievement beyond our reoch ond during our bod moments we otten lost hope ot ever ocguiring thot honor, lt wos o depressing yeor Suddenly, we were llA's, The junior yeor seemed to creep up ond thrust itselt upon us. Lite become more interesting ond hopeful. We were, by this time, oc- customed to the school, ond, being used to hord lessons, they did not seem os tiresome os they hod ot tirst. When writing o novel, the outhor usuolly tinds the plot becoming more ond more complicoted os the story continues, Our lite in high school seemed to tollow the some course. We become continuolly more involved in, not only lessons, but olso the sociol ond othletic lite ot the school, cousing the story to become more gripping. We were now port ot the upper holt ot the school, o toct which gove us courcige to continue. ln lll3 our closs cictivities reolly begon. We, os the outhors, chose the leoding chorocters tor our book in the persons ot George Woite, os president, Dorothy Work, os vice-president, Doris Jones, os secretory, ond Robert Dunlop, os treosurer ot our closs. For the tirst time, we elected group councilmen, who ployed on importont port in this novel in which we were oll included. They continuolly reminded us to poy tor our rings. It wos hord to port with those dollors but when we received the beoutitul ring ot our Almci lvloter in return we telt justified. At this time olso come torword os on importont oddition to our closs, o solemn, very quiet person whose motto is Silence is Golden, A smort, clever, little tellow, he oppecired ot the heod ot our tirst llB closs column in the Western News, the Little King, our moscot, We storted os do ot the music scole, hod worked our woy through re, mi, to, so, lo,'f ond were now, os l2Ns second trom the top ot the scole, ti, With only one more note to sing, Lite wos very hopetul, even though l2A did seem to mony ot us the hordest term ot oll our schooldoys. George Woite, Dorothy Work ond Doris Jones were re-elected to ottice ond Jomes Donoldson, become treosurer. In TZA the councilmen storted their hcirdest work, collecting dues. We hod our tirst sociol, which odded spice ond voriety to our novel ond which wos o gregt success, Crimson ond silver closs pins, or chorms, whichever we preferred, were proudly sported by most ot us. - Come the end ot our lost summer vocotion from high school, We returned tg Twenty- two