Conshohocken High School - Echo Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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Class gpr$ Kathryn Mae Bulger Florence Donnelly Campbell Dorothy Marie Carponet Florence Patterson Crawford Esther Virginia Cressman Alice Davenport Dorothy May Davies Mary Benedicta Fennell Rosella Carolina Gravinese Ann Elliss Griffiths Gladys llorisk Rose Susan Kauffman Anna Mae Keown Vera May Killmer Olglenna Kriebel Genevieve Marie Millhouse Clara May Myers Kathryn Dorothy Ramsay Olive Stewart Robinson Margaret Sampson Ruth Staley Catherine Joanna Sukalski Mary Tancini Anna Marie Townsend Viola Vivian Vercoe Russell Nathan Adair Solomon Auerbach George Russell Barron John Irwin Beyer Edward Glenn Taylor Davis Albert Di Ciurcio Frederick Gottschalk Faust Harold Raymond Frankenfield Raymond Luther Freas Frank Irwin Gilinger Nathan Graubard Paul Franklin Hannum Herbert Edward Hill Cecil Leroy Johnston Donald Randolph Jones Germain Labrecque Igggg George Kentworthy Lentz George Washington Middleton, James Edward Mellon Robert I’augh Neil John Eldridge Prizer Robert Moore Ramsey Paul Dunleavy Righter, Henry Lees Rowan Vernon Harry Scott Chester James Sinclair Theodore Andrew Wiedemann Ray Paul Wilmer Oscar Thompson Wood, Jr. OFFICERS President—John Prizer Vice President—Robert Neil Secretary—Dorothy Davies Treasurer—Vera Killmer Motto: “Knowledge is Power.” Colors: Royal Blue and Steel Flower: White Rosebud

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Editor - CHESTER SINCLAIR Asst. Editor - - - GEORGE LENTZ Literary - - - CATHERINE SUKALSKI Exchange - VERA KILLMER School News - - - REBECCA MOORE Advertising Sales Athletics Humor MILTON JACOBSON f EDWARD HANSELL 1 LEWIS SPONAR I GEORGE YOUNG } SYDNEY FINKELSTEIN OLIVE ROBINSON FRANK GILINGER FACULTY ADVISERS Charlotte E. Gemmill Katherine M. Roberts GRADUATION There is a time when the best of friends must part and this year it comes in the month of June when the Senior class of 1926 leaves for- ever the Conshohocken High School. Graduation is looked forward to for four years and then after it is all said and done, one regrets that one is leaving school. People who have never attended school or who have never graduated say. “Well what good did it do them to graduate?” They may say that, hut have they ever known the happiness, toils, and tasks of high school days? Can they look back and think of the friends they made: the things they learned: and the experience they gained? No, they cannot! But the Senior class of C. H. S. can look back and think how it learned to study; how to win in ath- letics and how to have school spirit. There were many times when the class was called to task but it al- ways managed to come out on top with a stronger will power and with minds set for higher ideals. We've learned that fun is not all we should look for in life. Many years from now when we graduates have drifted apart we will meet again and discuss the good old days that were spent at C. H. S. and again (he bond of friendship will be renewed. So now in this year of 1926 we Seniors bid farewell to the Conshohocken High School and go cut into the world with an even r'd and with willing hearts to set out to win recognition in what ever we do.—ASSISTANT EDITOPv.

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Page Eight THE BLUE AND GOLD History of the 1926 Class Just four years ago on a memor- able September morn, a happy and important-looking group, which has proved to be the most successful class that had ever entered this in- stitution, gathered at the main en- trance of the High School. Pupils were seen strolling from all over the town, and with each new arrival our hearts took courage. Our class membership was strengthened by pupils from Spring Mill, Plymouth and Jeffersonville until we numbered lifty-nine. As we were such a large group we were divided and sent to two rooms. Anyone passing in the halls could easily have picked us out as fresh- men, for with our eyes and mouths wide open, we walked along the hall and stopped in front of each door to read the numbers, only to find that some of those dignified seniors had played their first trick on us. Our knees began to weaken and our chins to shake as we heard whispered conversations held along the hall and a chance word dropped about “initiating those green fresh- ies.” We gritted our teeth hard and bore all the punishments with our usual good humor. During the latter part of our Freshman year, a few of the workers dropped by the wayside. The class, as a whole, set out with the idea of establishing a high academic record and in June, 1923 we parted, feeling that we had completed our first year's work satisfactorily. When, two months later, we re- turned to school, it was not in fear or consciousness of our ignorance, but in glory, for we were Sopho- mores and intended to be revenged for the humiliation we suffered as Freshmen! When we returned we renewed our efforts to maintain the unusual rec- ord we had made during our Fresh- man term. Athletics have played a great part in our history and ever since the day we entered C. H. S., we held the inter-class champion- ship in basketball. Many of our classmates were on the football var- sity squad. As our underclass days drew to a close we awaited with eagerness the last two years in order to make them the shining glories of the first two. We were no longer ordinary stu- dents but upper classmen, and con- sequently had more duties to per- form. Our first was the selection of the class ring. In the operetta, “Gypsy Rover,” many of our class members showed wonderful histronic ability. The Junior Prom which was given at the Penn Club as a farewell dance in honor of the seniors, was the last social event of the year so all efforts were taken toward putting it down in the annals of the school as the most enjoyable class affair. Four of the shortest years of our life have passed. In this last year many of our classmates have shown remarkable ability in athletics—foot- ball. basketball, track and baseball. Several of them received medals as a reward for their efforts at the Penn Relays. John Prizer, our president, not on- ly showed himself a leader among his classmates but also quite an ath- lete. As Seniors, it was our duty to take over the management of that official paper, the BLUE AND GOLD. Through the untiring efforts of its editor, Chester Sinclair, and the as- sistant editors, a magazine has been produced of which the school may be justly proud. Many young thespians were found in our midst as a result of the senior play, Green Stockings” which was given in the High School auditorium to raise funds for our tour to Wash- ington. Vera Killmer and Ray Wil- mer played the leading roles. The others, included in the cast, were: Olive Robinson, Florence Campbell, Clara Myers, Catherine Sukalski, Theodore Wiedemann, Harry Rowan, Oscar Wood, George Lentz, Donald Jones and Paul Righter. Much credit is due to Miss Ebersole who coached the play. The play proved a huge success but, then, I ask you, how could it have been otherwise?