Cheltenham High School - El Delator Yearbook (Cheltenham, PA)

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parficipalion each week. We willingly gave our confribufions during 'rhe Red Cross and War Chesi' Drives. We scoured around for warm cloihes io send +o The Russians and Greeks. We gave dona- 'lions so fha? Chelionions mighi be sen'r 'ro our graduofes who are overseas. We wen+ +o lhe Roller Skafing Parfy, noi only for pleasure buf because ihe profifs weni' fo ihe War Council. Chelfenham was one of +he firsi schools fo insii- 'luie o democrafic form of homeroom, We eleci our leaders wifhouf any resiriciing qualificafions, and our meefings, during which we discuss proiecis and oiher business, are conducred wi+hou+ any direcfion 'from fhe faculfy. Our homeroom secrefaries mus'r keep neo? and accuraie minufes, which are filed away for fuiure reference. We wanf +o express our sincere cppreciofion +o our homeroom Teachers who have been foifhful friends and advisers Hwroughouf our high school years. Red Cross Collecfion Y is ear ook Collnnon Sfar-gazing

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i Q i HUGH B0 ogggggggrfwlo We gather im in Q Mglfiil Hofviriaoofvxs R00 41. i955 '54 4 WM xx yi 9-54 '55RooM 941. 45800 '56 WDOMQJQ i955 i41 ' 57 Ro' 65 , 8 59014138 i937 3 a 598 0 'A- ie? ws' 4th War Loon Drive me Yxxnuie ao 106' Do you remember ihe morning when our iirsi period 'ieachers genily read us The announcerneni ihoi' informed us, School will begin 'five minuies earlier each morning, sfarfing 'romorrow ? Oh, we were greaily disiressedl Thai exfra five minufes' sleep in ihe morning had always meani so much To us! How could we possibly gel io school ai 8:35? Buf wiihoui loo much pain, we became accus- iomed 'ro our longer hours. and finally were grareful for Thai exrended homeroom period each morning. Our numerous drives and aciiviiies, which reflecied an aimosphere of warfime emergency, were conducfed during homeroom period. Whai' a busy fime fhaf was! The Bible was read. Library slips were given our. Roll was 'ralcen amidsf a cry of, Did YOU buy a war s+amp 'rhis week? The sale of War Bonds and Siamps was 'rhe main ac+iv- ify, and our represenfafives were consianily a+ our heels so fha? our homerooms mighf have IOOZ,

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All ol us study ENGLISH i n mf X X U I Rx! , li if , 4 7 in S i ! 7- Qil l fl! ' X L K ' ' 1 f X C. Roberf Cunningham, B.S., M.A. Mrs. Margaref Echenhofer, B.S., M.Ed. Mrs. Margaref S. Jones, B.S., M.A, Mrs. Dorofhy M. Lcmberf, B.S., M.S. Alberf E. Weslon, B.A., M.A. in Ed., Chairman Our English classes were divided info lwo sec- 'I'ions: academic and non-academic. The senior academic was handled complelely by Mr. Weslon 'lhis year, and some of our mosl enioyable pe- riods were spenl when Mr. Weslon read Shake- speare +o us. His impersonafions of rhe wifches from Macbe+h were simply auf of fhis world - remember? Even grammar was fun in his class. 'I'oo. Mrs. Jones' English curriculum was composed moslly of wriling, grammar, Shakespeare, and 'ihose wonderful modern, one-ad plays which we all liked so much. Mrs. Lamberl will be besf remembered for her famous Journal, and of course, grammar and liferarure won'+ be 'ForgoHen, eifher. Miss Slraub 'rook over commercial English Ill and lV lhis year. She divided fhe reporl periods info fhree weeks of lilerafure and lhree weeks of grammar, which splif lhem up very nicely. Mrs. Echenholer and Mr. Cunningham have borh slressed 'rhe fechnical end of English for lheir commercial sludenfs, wilh lhe former going in for 'lhe felephone work. filing, and liHle exlra lhings which help so much in fhe business world.