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

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Top Row-Dubin, Gould, Todd, Farrington, Lipschutz, Oritt, Barg, Lipschitz, Kraieski, Dubin, Kohn, Simpson, Wells. Third Row-Reinhardt, Barmash, Goldberg, Corchin, Robbins, Zlotnick, Smith, Geiss, Gobler, Hudson. Second Row--Kolb, Levy, Ostroff, Bloch, Weisman, Frost, Gaber, E. Miller, F. Miller, Dortch. First Row-Goldstein, Campbell, Co-editor Jacobs, lCo-editor Sauber was obsentl, Sacks, Aaronson, Blank, Folanga, Brener. WESTERN NEWS S the ottrcral publrcatlon ot the West Phrladelphra l-hgh School, we endeavor to uphold student actlvity and school tradrtuon, and as we are deducated to the best tnterests ot the school, we exlst as a nwedrum between the student body and the powers that be We try to report. the news truthfully and rn e' clear lrght so that West Phlla- delphua l-llah School shall appear before its undergraduates and the comnrtunlty IO the manner whrch rt lustly deserves, Thus terrn, the statt and advlsors ot the school publrcatlon have ardently en- deavored to carry out that pledge ln the course at our dutres rf we have bettered by an :ata the school or ourselves, we feel we have been successful, By our predecessors thls herrtage was bequeathed to usg tor a short whrle we have carrled the torchg we hope that those who shall carry on atter us may deruve as much pleasure as we have from editing the paper. oftvsblfxcoes ly CO-edws RoBERrsf-tuBER, ,l Twenty-three

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Gould, Gaber, Cherry, Beckerman, Segal, Mann. T R I B U N A L PII Irthttrtal, thu term as III urevtaas terms eartststs at sux members, tear tram I I , the IZI3 class and tvva tramthe IZA Class, Wtth Wm A Frtertdf' cur Camhatart slogan, Stull ut mma vve have auute successfully abtatrtea the eaaperattart at the SIUCIEXIII boat We are- mat merely art argamzattart ta ritarttsh aftertders, bat rather ta helt them and ta vrevertt tuture dlfheahtes nrt whteh the mt ht be mvalved I I I Q Them, tae, we have a rtevv preseeatmg system thts term There are three elected prasmatars vvha Investigate all Casee betare they are brought ta trtat. NeedIess ta saw, thte system as extremely hetptal ta the Trubuttal We have gurrcereh' trtea to make thus Trtbahat arte at the best Itt the htstart af our schaatl and we hape we have succeeded ZELDA BECKERMAINI, Secretary ef Trabamal INICRIVIAN CHERRY! Chatrmart Twenty-two

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TALENT SHOW A BEST BET Go West, Young Mon, they soid, ond he did, so did literolly everybody, to the first tolent show ever held ot West Philodelphio, Combine the efforts of three terms, the cost of three hundred, production cost of five hundred dollors ond you hove Western's musicol extrovogonzo Go West, Young Mon, For three nights the old ouditorium vibroted to the stroins of the title song os well os l've Got My Sweetie's Picture, Coctus Blooms on Locust Street, Cowboy Song, ond numerous other eorfuls with cotchy melodies. The oudience sot enthrolled ot the beouty of the bollet, The Spirit of Win- ter, performed to Tchoikovsky's Fifth Symphony, ond turned iitterbugs to the rhythm of the Swompy Stomp. Some Personal Glimpses: A , A Orchids toloe Pollock for his swell pinch-hitting for Morvin Becker. . A . Eleonor l-lollond's impersonotion of Miss Cullen brought down the house. , . . The horse with yellow ond oronge socks wos quite o success. . . . The only people who were unhoppy obout the sell-out were the ushers. They hod to stond up oll night, A . , We hope the girl who wos olwoys looking for room lOl finolly found it with the help of mon-obout-town, N, Worthington Blight, A A , Mr. Roberts should give Arthur Do Costo o commission for thot crock obout two hours' homework, . . . For those who doubted her obility, the end girl in the l-lorlem number wos supposed to be out of stepA , . . One thing left unfinished in the show is still bothering us. Who won the bottle of Chickohominy? . A .The hots worn by the Glomour girls weren't so bod os wos expected. Insteod they looked very nice. , . . One of the biggest loughs of the show: Nothon Korff's You con't find o better dump thon West Philly. . . . We hove been wondering whether the lorge collor button pre- sented to Mr. Cory come from crock broin Lorenzo's Godget Mochine or wos the hondiwork of stoge croftsmen Not Josper ond Bernord Kouffmon . . . The response which oll three oudiences gove the school song wos not only grotifying but very thrilling. A . . lf the top-doncing of Rolph Rosen ond Florence Morinoff plus the ocrobotic doncing of Mory Romsdell ore shining exomples of our school tolent we should soon be swomped with oll sorts of scouts-lond not lndion scouts eitherl . . , Whot boy iinitiols J, l-ll hod whot girl's picture loutogrophed Love, Morgie l honging in his locker? Western Success This show of tolent is truly Western's, script ond music hoving been written by students, scenery mode, ond production monoged by students. Extro speciol thonks ore due to Miss Smythe for her work os Choirmon of the Foculty Entertoinment Committee, to Mr. Cory for time devoted to direction of the show, to Mr. Richordson for his musicol direction, ond to .loe Pollock, choirmon of the Tolent Show Committee, who storted the whole thing, They ore to be congrotuloted for putting on the most successful show ever held ot West Philodelphio l-ligh School. Twenty-four