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

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1884 - 1899 ,WM if fc x 3 E- ,f 5 1 9' Q, '1 ,1J 'Bti Q., 52 While in Cheltenham George W. Flounders did more than found a high school in X884 in Cheltenham Township - he added a new part to the community machinery, propelling it forward into the modern age. Changes were evident across the township as Beaver College's Grey Towers were built, to remain a landmark even today. The Elkins Park Railroad Station opened up the area with modern transportation. Cheltenham's John Wanamaker, famous for his department store, was made President Benjamin Harrison's Postmaster General, while Ezra Pound the controversial poet, and john Luther Long, the author of the Madame Butterfly tale, were growing up in Wyncote, literary figures in the making. 3 4 f. Q 'C

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f i Q ee ar America embarked on her second century with the construction of the Washington Monument and the Statue of Liberty. Grover Cleveland served as president once in the '8o,s and once in the '9o's. Politically, the nation was saddled with the Pullman Strike and the Spanish-American War. Teens were overjoyed with the introduction of roller skates, and mothers were relieved when evaporated milk came to markets. The Metropolitan Opera opened, and Vaudeville gave smiles, while Edison's motion pictures forever changed the meaning of the word 'entertainmentf . - sity, . Nm. 5 - 5 n Wh, 1? X. , at r. A, , 70, Q 'Y ,, X A at l