Camden High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Camden, NJ)

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r william bmp C1894 19395 Aspxre Persevere and Indulge Not That motto was the guxdmng hght mn the lxfe of our beloved chemxstry teacher and track coach the late Dr Wxllaam H Sexp Throughout hxs whole lxfe short ln years but full xn deeds Dr Sexp followed thls motto and helped others to follow xt through the sh1n1ng example of h1s own clean lxvxng After graduatxng from the Keystone State Normal School 1n l9l'l Dr Sexp entered the World War servxng as a machme gun sergeant mn France R turn1ng at the close of the war he re sumed hxs studxes earmng hxs B S degree from Muhlenberg College 1n 1922 and hxs M A from the Un1vers1ty of Pennsylvan1a xn 1925 Temple awarded h1m a Doctor of Educatlon degree 1n 1931 Before commng to Camden Hxgh D Selp taught at Hatch Jun1or Hlgh I both schools he turned out champxon shlp track teams Dr Selp was never content to teach subyect matter alone but emphasxzed perseverance and hon esty xn buzldmg h1s pup1ls characters Bertram Ruttenberg 1940 Dr Sexp w1ll never d1e Hls memory wxll always lxnger 1n the mmds of the students who loved hun Ralph Burattl 1940 Dr Sexp was a man who was held hxgh 1n the esteem of h1s assocxates for hxs understandxng of human nature and h1s unxque sense of humor John Hess 1939 I To the track team and me the memory of the great wlnnxng sp1r1t and hzs cry of dlg xn IS st1ll wlth us I still look up to Dr Selp as a great coach Harry Luessen 1939 Dr Selp was well known among stu dents and faculty for hxs clever and humorous way of drxvxng home a poxnt The boys of the track teams coached by h1m w1ll never forget hxs xns1stent D1g xn here Stuart MacIntosh We are contxnually thxnkzng of thxngs that we would lxke to do for our own pleasure or sat1sfactxon or advancement xn lxfe But too often we are unwxllxng to g1ve the t1me or expend the energy or make the httle sacmfzces all of whxch are needed to ach1eve any worthwhxle goal Dr Se1p was the k1nd of man who once he had made up h1s mxnd to do somethxng stuck to h1s task untxl lt was f1n1shed When we th1nk how much that fortunate tramt of stlck to xt we ness we reahze that though h1s al loted span was shorter than the aver age h1s llfe was even fuller 1n accom pllshment than that of most men John J Danaher I knew Doc Sezp personally for thxr teen years To me he wxll always rema1n a splendld teacher one who both under stood and loved hls puplls and fellow men a hard worker a perfect sports man a good scholar a loyal fnend a fellow traveler and one of God s True Gentlemen He w1ll ever be respected for h1s rugged heroxc qual1t1es and for the strength of h1s determxnatxon Hls whole lxfe was a record of successful accomplxshment over obstacles Wher ever he was he was a power for good All who came zn contact w1th hxm are stronger because of xt Carleton R Hopluns The High School Record 9 f P I Q .. . .. . x 1 ' ' ' ' , I . . I . . . .. . . ., . . . I , . . I y . . ' ' . e- . . , - . . . . . . , . I 1 ' he accomphshed because he possessed . n . . - . . I 9 - , - 1 s 1 1 u ! . I I . . . . .. ,. . . n y ' .Y ' . . - - 1 1 - ' ' . I I D I . . . . . , .. . . ., . . . . . . .

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om? N NX xON STP' AOWEQLO N 01h xl UM oilaow of TOM was W HAT d1d Lmcoln see as hxs death less Gettysburg Address floated mto the ears of the llstemng mul t1tude'7 I shall always belleve he had a v1s1on perhaps he saw an omnlpotent Unlted States a land of steel Amer1ca of today Now we ex en as our wonderful Lmcoln Unfortunately Lmcoln dld not lxve to see the real1zat1on of h1s dream Perhaps we too shall never see our world of tomorrow estabhshed 1n full completeness over the entlre globe but we can see a partlal reahza t1on of our dreams at the New York World S Faxr Much has already been wr1tten concern mg the mary elous archxtectural and art1st1c character of the Falr but l behexe lt sym bohzes somethmg greater somethmg more 1mportant than mere art and beauty When I close my eyes and concene a pxc ture of the court of flags ln the forexgn pav1l1on I somehow dream of a future day when those flags shall waxe m the Splflt of fraternlty rather than wax mg as rep resentatn es of thelr respectn e natxons The Faxr IS symbolxc of our world of to day a rushxng actlxe world ex er seekmg 8 The Hxgh School Record for somethmg new The Trylon and Perl sphere the theme of the Fa1r are xdeahs 'uc thev seem to emanate an atmosphere of xdeallsm of a future world The YVorld s Falr serx es another lmpor tant purpose It w1ll be to mxlhons who may nex er haue the opportun1ty of travel 1ng a road around the world a pathway mto the customs and arts of lands all over the globe The Faxr wxll be a llberal educatlon any college course l' xery one of us should selze the oppor tumty to Y1S1t the Farr After all though xt xs sxtuated 1n New York It belongs es sentlally to all of us the whole Unlted States For lf lt represents the world of tomorrow we represent the people who shall bulld that world who shall reap 1ts benefits and 1ts sorrows But let us not Y1Slt the Fa1r merely to see the wonderful archxtecture slmply for the thrnlhng experlence It affords or only because we vush to tell our ne1ghbors of our traxels Rather let us peer more deeply 1nto the mean1ng of the Fa1r let our mmds try to concexve the metamorphosls from Today to Tomorrow Let us see as Abraham Lmcoln saw a new and greater Umted States a World of Tomorrow where peace wxll rexgn and freedom wlll trlumph pd' N y G . E k . Cowl!-Q Fai' X . L I L . Y .- - S .1 . , ' . . . , . V . I ' Y ' , . , , V , v , Q . . . haveavlsion. XVe seeaworld of tomorrow. -an education at a price far lower than , . . . u , J V - I Y ' 5 , , , I ' J ' f I ' V ' I ' I . , . V . - . - I V I ' , Y 1 P . 1 V. ' ' 1 v v ' I I ' I .. I , , 1 , , .

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MANHATTAN BOUND DORIQ xx R11 ur 19-10 rl R XIX ro 1rs through a black sub xx 1x LI'lI'ltlS1tS xx heels 1n sereechmg protest and comes to a qu1xer1ng stop X stream of people bursts from 1ts doors then on lt hurrles 1nto the nlght Here IS Rexx X ork CltX ofa m1ll1on moods fXoxx here 1n the xxorld 1s there '1 cltx of such color md contr lst It his come to sx mbol llL the Pl'OI1llSLKl l 1nd tor nulhons ot people Hoxx dlflerent IS thxs modern sophlstlcated metropohs hom the quunt Cllllkt toxxn ot Nexx Amsterdam xxhere Peter vlllllllt held sxx ix Peter XllIlUlt xx is 1 clex er buslness man Xrr1x1ng 1n xlanhattln 1n 1696 he pur chased the lSl3Ilel from the IT1Cll8TlS for txx entx four dollars xxorth ot tools xx eapons and yexxelrx It xxas a good deal uoth the best end ot lt lhe Dutch xxere xerx tortun ate Ill gettxng the lSlil'lCl so che'1plx Amd is It xx lsnt often thit tl1e Ine 1ans xxere pond tor llnd tlken txom them thex felt Klllltl, h nppv lbout the xxhole th1ng A fort xxas staked out it the best loca t1on and ehrlstened Fort Amsterdam Around It stohd rosx cheeked Dutch bu1lt thelr houses and la1d out the1r farms The streets xxere soon full ot 3Ct1X1tX Boxx legged blue exed rolx polx ch1ldren ran through them bobbmg tlaxen curls as thex ran l' xerx one xxas busx and happx under the xx1se and generous rule ot Goxernor Nlmult lhe Uuteh XY est lneha Compqnx en Lllllflbiil Lflllsfltlilll to lNexx Netherlands as the 1Sl3I1d xx 1s noxx called bv grantmg tracts of land to 1 texx Kl1I'CCtOI'9 called Patroons Uut ot th1s dex eloped the P1 troon sxstem of goxernment Fhe txxo goxernors xxho tolloxxed vlllilllt xxere ex traxagant and lDCODblStLIlt but desplte the poor leadershlp the httle settlement prospered md grexx A xx all xxas bullt lC oss the 1Sl'lIlll p1rtlx tor pxoteetlon lgalnst the lnduns p1rtlx as lllllllkl tor the cattle rl'llS bee 1me knoxxn is W1ll Street YY hat became ot th1s pleturesque x1ll'1ge xxhlch grexx so I'1plCllV and xamshed so completelv7 After the capture bx the Pnghsh 1n 1664 the colonx bec1me lNexx 'Iork hnghsh homes and fanuhes sup planted that ofthe Dutch and soon ex erv trace of Dutch hfe xxas obhterited A nexx Amsterdam xx Yoxk tod'1v IS not 1 eltv t xxorld 'lhe lters nlght elubs penthouses slums all thlS IS New X ork It IS re ally hke a xast slexe xxhere the best ind worst of ex erythmg IS tossed together lo spend 1 dav 1n th1s xast space IS hke SI'lltCll1l'lg '1 m1nute from Etermtv for 1tS attr1ct1ons are l1m1tless To all New Yorkers New Y ork IS truly a dream CltV most of them xxould rather l1xe IH a back room 1n one of the poorer SCCUOIIS of New X ork th in ID a tine house somexxhere else From a small x1llage lNexx Xork h lb groxxn to be not onlv the greatest c1tx 111 Amermea but ilso an entrance and IH ex1t to 1 nexx xxorld md an old xxorld tlulx the golden gate o the hast xi 10 The H1gh School Record 7 . I A C e ' C - C .ztvyj ' ' - 11 A 1 . N' -I X .K 1 2 1 c, , V , - . 1 . 2' ' A ' ' v ' 1 ' ' ' A' 1'- H x . . . . W . 1. A J . A 1 , Y 1 1 , , - . , . . . . ' 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 12 ' . 21 1 1 '. '2 2 211. 2: 1 - 2 r 2 1 :2 2 A' 1 11 1 2 5 1 1. 2 1 2 2 jfs: v ' lj , 'w .1 5 1 -w I x 5 Y A- ,xr , v 4 1 Y: . ,. . 1 2 2. 1 . . . . . 1 1 5 1 1 2 , 1 1 1 1 . 3 v L- X K ' v 5 , x A ' . 3 Y C 5 A -1 .N J i V. C 3 1 1 1 '212 1' . L . 1 2 Q 1 . . . . . 1 1 . . .7 I , ' 1 1 f 1 2 .. , - . , 1 If 2 1 . . , - . .. 1 1 1 1. , . tu , K , ky , Y y , A 1 ' 1. ' 5 t 1 ' : 1 2 . 1 1 Dutch and Inehan thought they had won Clty sprang up from what was once New i Lk' x A . ' 'N V Vx Y A x . 2 1 11 f 1 2 12 '. Ne ' 1 1. 2 1 -3 1 IS ll 1 2. '2. 1 2 1 l 1 . 12 1 , ., 1 . 11, ,, , I E I , . , , A, , N , A x. ,Z t l l 3 i tr Z 1 v A ' I . 1 7 l V1 7 I 2 ,. , - , 1 . 2 2 . 1 D 1 1 l I' 1 ,y 1 . . v I I - 3 1 1 . 5 N. . C L n K. , j- 1 2 t , 2 1 . . . . . Y , . 1 . , , . . . , . . . t . L , . - 7 ' Y- y . V ' V I ' 2 ' 1. ' uf L , y Y A. Lv 2 Z 1 - 41. , . Y , , 1' . 1 L Y. J I A ' 'l Y V Y E ' Y' ' i , A... ,Trix xx, Zi ,. , . I . ' 1 1 c , 1 , 1 5 2 . . , 1 . 2,1 ,',i- '.A'1 , ., , , 1 , . ,. 1 f . . 1 , , ,Z , , ' L . - 1 .Sa 1 fr. 40