Blue Mountain Academy - Echoes Yearbook (Hamburg, PA)

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Thzs, the last Penn Dzal to the students and faculty ever assoczated wzth thzs school A school is not bricks and mortar equipment and technique methods and theory A school is the warm vibrant communication between and under standing teacher and an eager student as together fresh springs of happiness and a clearer conception of the wisdom power and love of God Philadelplua Academy has been richly blessed in this heritage for as the lives of students and teachers have touched a touch has been kindled that will never go out The inspiration of this school is already holding high the light of truth in many fields of endeavor We have come to the year when new vistas of oppor tunity are opening to us and the dream of a pattern school has becomeareality Philadelphia Academy 1S closing her doors only to open a larger one and to continue to inspire the young people of this confer ence through the channels of Blue Mountain Academy And so the day has come and the hush ras fallen and the footsteps of us all have echoed down the halls and disappeared But before we start our journeys far apart knowing that the heart of every one of us will linger here we want to dedicate to all those teachers who have felt the joy of service here and to every student who has entered these doors to learn that he might go forth to serve this our Penn-Diall 0 Philadelphia Academy, is dedicated they explore the vast fields of knowledge and discover

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Elder H. W. Bass, the first principal of Philadelphia Academy guided the school through its formative years while located on Germantown Avenue During his administration from 1939- 1943, nineteen students graduated from the Academy. Elder Bass is now Educational Secretary for the Potomac Conference. The photograph is a recent picture of the Bass family. List of Graduates Under Elder Bass CLASS OF 1940 Edna Andress-Bouland Virginia Creamer Jack H. Hamm Madeline Roeder-Schmidt CLASS OF 1941 Luther Belote Ruth Henderson-Gimpel Rose Huber-Guinn Mico Klingler Philippe Klinger C LASS OF 1942 Betty Seith-DiNenno Barbara Gimpel Kathryn E. Hamm Dorothy Hallman-l-lopwood Paul Iac kson Catherine Goumas-Nash Horace Reading Wallace Stephens CLASS OF 1943 Mary Jo Mitchell-Hasso Mary Gilbert