Abington Friends School - Outward Bound Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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DOROTHY JEAN TURNER Thirteenth Street and Qak Lane, Philadelphia ENTERED 1947 Sophomore: Photography Club5 French Clubg Color Team Hockey5 Cast of The Moonstoneg Sophomore Play. Junior: Glee Clubg Color Team Hockey. Senior: Class Treasurerg Secretary of Dramatic Clubi Color Team Hockeyg Play Productiong Prompter for Our Henri: Were Young and Gay, Glee Club, 'QJ 4?'se,,, my '27 f Q, sae , cg Y, We N , N' 'im ji! T? 5 jdougkfo sleeper fdancw Jigga! if Y? X 5,45 Xe C96 Q KC: A T7 t Balance?.0gQKlianTl ,l H' been Dodie,?mott for, as treasurer of the class,-she,s been extremely busy. t,s been only through her efforts and patience that our Weekly dues have been collected and our rather complicated finances kept straight. Of course, her interests are not conhned to finance alone. Dottie's ability to knit is Well known, and one of her favorite pastimes is making argyles for the men in her life. She's been successful in other fields, too. Dottie has always been interested in dramatics, and in her senior year she assumed the job of secretary of the Dramatic Club in her usual capable and poised manner. Dottie is the girl with plenty of pep and enthusiasm and has always been able to spread her good cheer. Twenty-one

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J'-new Rlllmillhnr' l Qfwsivofvmfb-sv-3K Q 7-,,,,,,W. Qtsu, .LA QA.f-hJfv- t EEINOR AN TRAUTVETTER 356 Evergreen Road, Jenkintown' ENTERED 1942 Freshman: Class Secretary, Acorm Staff, Color Team Basketball, Color Team Hockey, Cast of The Crazy! Fulure. Sophomore: lVIay Court, Acorn: Staffg Color Team Hockey, Color Team Basketballg Cast of The Trystifzg Place. Junior: Class T1'easurer5 Acorns Stair, May Day Script Committee, Student Librarian, Prop- erties for Quality Street. Senior: Student Council Pres- ident, Exchange Editor of Acormg Second Basketball! Team, May Day Committee, Buck Hill Conferencey Student Librarian, Glee Club, Second Princess, May Court, Make-up for Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. ,m4ovg.s.J:'o-.lk5NL x! U '.'n ' .An-ey-:X Lvv Q,.lJ'4--4. ARMA I OJ'G': -VL, b o.Q.D'1lfl,f-V. 'Vibes frvv'A4l3.D.0v-ll Qipwax Kiwfkin our Aearf o liearfo fha Leaufifuf iJeaZ H Freckles and auburn hair-what could be nicer to go with a smile like Elinor's? As president of the Student Council this year, she has proved that she knows how school girls feel about almost everything and that she really knows how to help them. Elinor has a driving force that will put anything over, but she's not lacking in the old Class of '50 foolishness, far from it. She's the first to join you when you're looking for some fun or plotting a practical joke. Hard work on learns and enthusiastic participation in Glee Club and baketball, to mention just a few of her activities, have brought success to her. So you can see that it is Elinor's conscientiousness which has carried her to the top where she belongs. Twenty i l l l l l w

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Class Our history began'iii 1937 when Lynn Davis became a member of the A. F. S. kindergarten. Life was diffi- cult then with the building of all those block houses. The round tables, blue chairs, dripping easels, and music-mad trips around the gym all made kinder- garten a wonderful new adventure. The only member who survived to be a senior made the grade and was promoted. Oddly enough, the first grade room was in the present study hall. The little blue tables and chairs were still our stand-bys. In this grade we got a slight glimmer of the three R's, and added a fourth R, which we soon came to regard with honor. The founth R was recess. Second grade was a year of travel. We made more trips than Admiral Byrd and definitely learned a great deal more than he. The dairy, the Zoo, and the Academy of Natural Science are just a few of the places we honored. Of course we did spend some time in school, our major achievements being clay plaques with our hand prints on them. We had several argu- ments with the boys of the class as to the comparison of A. F. S., G. A., P. C., and G. F. S. In third grade two more girls entered A.F.S.: Barbara Ruch and Stefannie Todd, with pigtails no less. Competition among the girls was strong, for there were only three boys. These boys gave us up as hopeless, and retired to G.F.S. Stefannie became noted for her friendly smile and that unique white snow hat. Barbara Ruch showed her creative genius in signifying completion of a test by introducing her method of slap it down. Her pencil drooping act was also quite amusing. Joan Geiger joined us in fourth grade. She showed us what an athlete should be and proceeded to win the hop-scotch tournament for that year. We were proud to claim the title of being the first class to have Miss Ducker. We'll never forget what she taught us about Aida and Egypt. Our arithmetical ability was practi- cally 0 and, strangely enough, that was the mark we got for most of our math work. Fifth grade added Elinor Trautvetter to our group, and she began solving our problems at the ripe old age of ten. School was harder, and we especially had trouble in following those so called directions in our readers. We found ourselves members of Miss Ritz's music class, and we honestly tried to learn the art of singing. Whether we did or not is still questionable. No matter how much trouble we had with school work, we let loose during gym, playing such games as Come, Kick the Can, and Red Rover. Sixth grade was a year to be remembered, for it brought our mischievous actions and stored up feelings to a crisis. Our teacher and class just didn't see eye to eye. There were many times we felt the world was coming to an end, such as the time Miss Wagonhurst spilled water on a map we,d worked on for hours and then reprimanded us for being so careless. We slaved over a Mexican play and were ready to present it when as punishment we weren't allowed to. That was the end! We spent the entire gym period in tears, with a prayer at the end just for a dramatic climax. Through the help of Miss Erdman, on whom we had made a righteous impression, we were finally able to give the play. This was the year that Stef got locked in the closet and nearly suffocated. Some of the girls took piano lessons from Mrs. Hauser, ending the year with a recital. We made our first money by the eventful sale of Little Afcarm. Truly the year was one we'll never forget, as it was the end of lower school life, and high school was the next step. In seventh grade we got three new members. Jean, Minnie, and Barbara Hartman. Jean proved to be a joker, and her antics have kept us smiling over the years. Minnie,, brought with her a strange liking for our fellow primates, the monkeys. Barbara, admitt- ing that acting was her passion, demonstrated by spouting forth such gems as The Waltz. The first half of the year was strangely calm, its climax coming when we decided to cut math class. We realized that the attic would be the best place to hide, so we climbed the attic stairs. Of course, in our usual naive manner, we left our books in plain view, and it didn't take the teachers long to find us. Getting us down was another story though, for we had barricaded the trap door, and nothing less than a bulldozer could have forced it open. After much persuasion, we decided to come down. We all took it as a big joke, and more than likely the faculty members did, too. The P.C and G.A. dances added much to our seventh grade, for it was here that we first met many of our future beaux. In eighth grade we really let loose. We had only one new girl, our future quiz kid Gwen Mahle. She showed us how the piano should be played. Our year was once again spiked with argument. The cooking classes, if they could be so termed, were something that we'll never forget, especially when Elinor, in separating a dozen eggs, put six in one bowl and six in another. The creations turned out by the sewing classes would definitely have made news in Horror's Bazaar. It was no doubt the behavior of our class which finally caused the faculty to become rather drastic. ln the fall of 194-5, that famous check system with its detention period was first introduced. Natur- Twenty-lwo