Conshohocken High School - Echo Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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THE BLUE AND GOLD Page Nineteen Bee, 3, Basketball Team, 3, 4, Blue and Gold Staff, 2, Miniature Lady,” 4, Glee Club, 2, Christmas Play, 4, Commercial Club, 4, Gregg Club, 4, Commercial Club Play, 4 Saluta- toria n of Class. Tin” is a very chatty girl who is always busy. She runs about wildly hunting for something she never lost. She is often at the movies. She al- so likes to read. ‘Full of fancy is our Mary, Full of jollity and fun.” MARIE TOWNSEND “Hefty” “M’ree” “So’s your old man!” Basketball, 3, 4, English Club, 1, Science Club. 1, Greeg Club, 4, Com- mercial Club, 4, Spelling Bee, 3. Marie is one of the prettiest girls in our class. She is interested in all school athletics and played on the basketball team. She is fond of leading. She has high hopes in the business world. “Laugh and the world laughs with you.” VIOLA VERCOE “Vi” “Huh, so that’s it.” English Club, 1, Science Club, 1, Commercial Club, 1. Viola is one of the quiet girls and how she does love to work. She is always willing to give a helping hand and you can rely upon her when you need any help. “A willing heart, a helping hand. Always ready on demand.” RUSSELL NATHAN ADAIR “Si” “RUS” “Wait a minute!” “Cut it out!” Science Club 1, English Club, 1. Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4, “Minaiture Lady,” 4. Russell is better known to us as Si, and sometimes as the painter boy. He is a very great favorite among the faculty because of his ar- guing ability. His favorite pastimes are painting, driving a Ford and taking in shows. His chief inter- ests are the ladies, his present one being a Sesqui girl named Virginia, lie is quite a fiddle player and can sing. Si was an unusual violinist because be played with only three strings. “A fiddle a fiddle my kingdom for a fiddle!” SOLOMON AUERBACH “Sol” “Monk” “Come on now.” “Aw. git out.” Manager Football team 2, Basket- ball team. 3. 4. Football team. 3. Eng- lish Club, 1, Science Club, 1, Delta Club, 4. Sol is one of our biggest teasers. He spends most of his time annoy- ing others. He often gets “squelch- ed” for his remarks, but we know he never means what he says. “C'mon. Get going.” GEORGE RUSSELL BARRON “Georgie” “Kitty” “Aw, come on. Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4. Glee Club, 1, Science Club, 2, English Club, 1, Band 3. 4. Chemistry Club, 4. George enjoys burning gas, espec- ially if he is taking Kitty out. He has brightened our four years of high school work with his good- natured smile and his quiet dispo- sition. “Few words suffice.” JOHN IRWIN BEYER “Lightning “Speed” “Beyer “Oh, I ain't got no book.” English Club, 1. 2, Science Club, 1, 2, Civics Club, 2. Beyer’s Ford is the high school bus. Every lunch hour you may see him hauling fellows up and down Fayette street. We hope that he will be as helpful when he gets out of school as he is now. “Taxi, sir?” GLENN TAYLOR DAVIS “Slim Jim” “So is your old man.” “Come around tomorrow.” Orchestra 1, 2. 3, 4. English Club, 1. Student Council, 3. Secretary of Delta Club, 4, Band, 3, 4. Glenn is known among musicians as the jazz hound and among his fellow “prisoners as Slim Jim. He is mostly interested in music, for he always thinks of “sharps” and “flats, but he is generally natural. i is chief sport is tennis, as he is a fh st cousin to Bill Tilden in height. “All things he doeth to perfection.” ALBERT DI CIURCIO “Al” “Curch” “Churchie” All right, now.” English Club, 1. 2, Science Club, 1, 2, Civics Club, 2.

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Page Eighteen THE BLUE AND GOLD Class, 4, Treasurer Science Club,2, Secretary English Club, 3, Glee Club, 1, 2, Commercial Club, 4. We all know where to go when we want a lively person. “Jane” de- lights in telling little stories — es- pecially to ..Miss Schreitz. She al- ways blames Olive when her pencils are missing. Gen” is most oblig- ing. She does everything she is told to do—except keep quiet in study- periods. It used to be that Jane was always powdering her nose, but since she got that permanent wave her time is divided between powder- ing up and combing her hair. “Will you do this, Oh, let's do that. Is ail she has under her hat.” CLARA MYERS “Myersie” “Kid” “Oh, I don’t, do I?” Vice President Student Council, 4, Basketball, 3, 4, “Gypsy Rover,” 3, “Miniature Lady,” 4, “Green Stock- ings ' 4, Glee Club, 1, 2, Commercial Club, 4. Clara devotes most of her time to flirting. She is always running from place to place—never still for two minutes. Clara is quite a dancer, sue hopes to be somebody's stenog- rapher. “Vanity—thy name is woman.” DOROTHY RAMSAY “Dot” “Oh, hello, dearie.” Student Council, 1, President Room (i, 1, “Old Louisiana” 1, Basketball, 2. 3, Captain, 4, Gypsy Rover,’ 3, President English Club, 3, Glee Club 1, 2, Spelling Lee, 3, Blue And Gold, 2, 3, Commercial Club, 4. Dot usually spends her spare mo- ments in filling dates. She has shown her ability in basket ball when, as this year’s basketball cap- tain. she led the team through a very successful season. “She hath all the charm of a woman.” OLIVE ROBINSON “Speedy” “What do you say boy?” “Gypsy Rover, 3, ‘'.Miniature Lady,” 4, “Green Stockings,” 4, .Manager Basketball Team, 3, 4, Sec- retary English Club, 1, Team, 2, 3, 4, Science Club, 1, Commercial Club, 4. “Speedy” is quite popular with all the members of the class and is a very good basketball player. It is her earnest wish to be a leader in the business world and we think she can do it. “Merry, bright and full of fun.” MARGARET SAMPSON “I don't know.” Chemistry Club, Latin Club, 4, English Club, 1, 2, Science Club, 1. Margaret is one of our friends whose pi-esence is felt, rather than heard. Margaret has a habit of drawing pictures on the song books and on all her papers. She is very fond of reading. In September Mar- garet intends to further her educa- tion by going to college. “Still water runs deep.” RUTH STALEY “Rufus” “Charlie” “That’s great!” “Gypsy Rover, 3. Glee Club. 1, 2, English Club, 1, 2, Science Club, 1. We are inclined to believe that walking makes a person slim. Evi- dently Ruth thinks just the opposite for she drives her car to school each morning. There is a certain reason why Ruth likes hardware stores in preference to the others. You know, that’s because of Charles. Ruth is going to college in the fall. A regu- lar school inarm. “Step on the gas! CATHERINE SUKALSKI “K itty” “Applesauce” “Oh. that whatcha- call-it.” English Club, 1, Science Club, 1, Winner Spelling Bee, 3, Gregg Club, 4, Glee Club, 3. Commercial Club, 4, “Diogenes Looks for a Secretary,” 4, “Green Stockings.” 4. Secretary Student Council, 4. Literary Editor Blue and Gold, 4. Class Historian, Class Salutatoriam Catherine is one of the active mem- bers of our class and has participa- ted in all school functions. She took the Commercial Course and will be an asset in someone’s office. She likes to paint—no, not herself, but pic- tures and she is forever reading. “She came, she saw, she conquer- ed.” MARY. TANCINI “Tin” “Well, I'll be jiggered.” President of Room 9, 3, Spelling

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Page Twenty THE BLUE AND GOLD A1 is the smallest boy in the class. He is the speed kins: on the type- writer, too. He always produces good work in his classes. We wish him success in the business world. “You know me, Al!” FREDERICK GOTTSHALK FAUST “Fritz” “Fred” “Did you hear this one? “When do we eat?” English Club, 1. ”, Science Club, 1. 2, Civics Club, 1. Band, 3, 4, Orch- estra., 1, 2, 3, 4. Fred is one of our “wise-crackers.” He is always thinking of something funny, but they say he never thinks about himself. Fritz has two favor- ite pastimes which are always on his mind. They are telling jokes and eating. “A good time in life is taking fun when it comes.” HAROLD RAYMOND FRANKEN- FIELD “Hayseed” “How do you get that way?” Secretary English Club. 1, Presi- dent Science Club, 1, Vice-President English Club, 2, Baseball, 3. A classmate who devotes much of his time to lessons, especially short- hand and typing. He is one of the jolliest fellows in the class and we are always ready to welcome his cheery smile. True to all. RAYMOND LUTHER FREAS “Freasie” “Squire” Quiggie” “Hey, come over here!” Football 1, 4, Track, 2, 3. 4, Stage -Manager of “Green Stockings.” 4, “Cherry Blossom,” 2, Gypsy Rover.” 3, “Miniature Lady,” 4, Vice Presi- dent of Delta Club, 4. When you see a Ford skid around Sixth avenue on two wheels, and stop abruptly, you know that’s Freasie. He is energetic, sparkling with wit and running over with fun. Whenever something is doing, then we naturally look for Squire. “Thoughtful, yet of ready wit and readier laughter. FRANK IRWIN GILINGER “Goat” “I knew there was a ‘ketch' in it.” English Club, 1, 2. “Cherry Blos- som, 2, Painter of Scenery for “Gypsy Rover,” 3, Chemistry Club, 4, Orchestra, 3, 4, Joke Editor of Blue And Gold, 3, 4. Words can't define him—he’s clev- er, bright and always on the go. ‘Goat is forever talking and is so humorous that one can not listen to him without nearly going into hys- terics. Everything he says there is always a joke in it. He is also our cartoonist. You usually know when Goat is around, for you either see some cartoons or hear his Ford. “Active always: talking ever. Witty and merry; decidedly clev- er.” NATHAN GRAUBARD “Nate” “Abie” “Ah, go on!” English Club, 1, 2. Science Club, 1. Civics Club, 1, Football. 1, 2, 3. 4. Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4. Nate is adjudged the laziest in our class, but he is not as slow as all that. Ask one who knows. He showed us that he was not in foot- ball and basketball this year, any- way. “Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.” PAUL FRANKLIN HANNUM Peewee” “Hey, watch yourself!” Manager Track team, 4. Football, 4, Delta Glut». 4, “Gypsy Rover,” 3. Peewee hails from the West Side. He thinks that high school is a won- derful place but for the classes which it is necessary to attend. His genial personality is an outstanding characteristic to whom more than one girl has wanted an introduction. As active as a Swiss ship, Fpon a Swiss ocean.” HERBERT EDWARD HILL “Eddie” “Hilly” “Fish” “Try and do it.” English Club, 1. 2, Science Club, 1, 2, Civics Club, 1. Envied for his energy, his excel- lent grades and his good disposition, Ed is popular with both students and faculty alike. May a bright fu- ture be predicted for him. “Sunny and bright.” CECIL LEROY JOHNSTON “Cecil” All right; go ahead.” English Club 1, 3. Science Club. 2, Secretary Biology Club, 2, Glee Club,