Conshohocken High School - Echo Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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Class 1927 Rachel Batty Katherine Brack Johannah Brown Catherine Campbell Louisa Campbell Rose De Haven Polly Di Pallo Sarah Douglass Edith Perrier Dorothy Griffiths Thelma Hallman F.thel Heislcr Frances King Gladys Laverty Dorothy Link Mary Lee Gladys MacMullen Clara Marks Rebecca Moore Eva Pierson Alice Potts Elizabeth Wallace Margaret Webb Rebecca Zook Thomas Celli William Dunlop. Jr. Sydney Finkelstein Harold Griffiths Murl Griffiths Edward Hansell Milton Jacobson William Jennings David Johnstone Samuel Kessler Kemery Kieffer Norman Lawless Frank Ramsay Charles Schimpf Louis Sponar David Traill Joseph Wallace George Young Class Officers President George Young Vice-President Joseph Wallace Treasurer Milton Jacobson Secretary Gladys MacMullen Corresponding Sec'v Edith Ferrier Motto “We seek higher things.” Colors Green and White Flower White Rose Bud

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2 e Editors Blue And Editor ......... George Young ’27 Asst. Editor Milton Jacobson ’27 Literary .......... Alice Potts ’27 Exchange ......... Rebecca Zook ’27 School News Gladys MacMullen ’27 Gold Staff Advertising ..... Edward Hansell ’27 Sales ............. Joseph Wallace ’27 Athletics ........... Edith Ferrier ’27 Sydney Finkelstein Humor ........... Samuel Kessler '27 Faculty Advisors Charlotte E. Gemmill Katherine M. Roberts Staff of Senior Issue Class Historian Valedictorian Salutatorian Class Prophet Class Orator Composers of Words Music Class Will Who’s Who Gladys MacMullen Alice Potts Rebecca Potts Samuel Kessler Milton Jacobson Class Song— Rose De Haven Rachel Batty Joseph Wallace Louis Sponar Presentation of Mantle George Young Personals Frances King Thelma Hallman Rebecca Zook Katherine Rrack David Johnstone Kemery Kieffer William Dunlap. Jr. Presentation Speeches- Elizabeth Wallace Edith Ferrier Ethel Heisler Frank Ramsay Murl Griffiths David Traill HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY Mr. Robert C. Landis. Superintendent Mr. Edward W. Oerman. Principal Mrs. Elizabeth H. Atkinson Miss Alice I. Buckle Miss Lena M. Carl Miss Charlotte E. Gemmill Miss Miriam J. Gilbert Miss Jane E. Griffith Mr. M. Randolph Grimmett Miss Verna E. High Miss Margaret A. Jones Mr. Axel R. Nelson Miss Isabelle H. Radcliffe M iss Katherine M. Roberts Miss Dottie C. Rockhill Mrs. Harriet M. Sagebeer Miss Maud D. Sagebeer Miss Caroline M. Schreitz

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Page Six THE BLUE AND GOLD History of the 1927 Class “We seek higher things’’ has been chosen as our motto. Could we have selected a better one? Since we en- tered high school in 1923, this has ever been our purpose. I wonder if we shall ever forget our first day at high school? At least we shall remember that we had been promoted to the dignity of—well, it would be proper to say “promoted to the dignity of putting our hair up for the first time”—but nowadays it would be more proper to say that the peaches-and-cream perfection of our skin felt the first effects of a drug store complexion.” But, however sophisticated we may have tried to look, we failed utterly. “Freshie” was plainly written over our faces. After gathering all the 'members from Spring Mill, Plymouth and Jeffersonville, our class numbered more than a hundred members. Nat- urally. be ng such a large class, we had to be separated and were placed in different rooms. I believe we would easi’y have been lost had we tried to find each other. As it was. we were given a schedule and set out bravely enough to find our classrooms We thought at first that it would be wise to ask how to reach the rooms but. after asking informaion of a dignified” senior and following her directions, we found that they had played their first trick on us and that idea was given up. While walking down the hall, we heard whispers of initiating those green freshies” and we trembled in our shoes. But soon our fear and timidity left us and we began to show them what we could do. At the end of the first year, we lost quite a few of our classmates. When we came back in the fall, however, we no longer entered hesitatingly, but walked bravely in for we were now persons of importance. We glowered at the new freshies and otherwise showed our superiority by talking on seeming’v intimate terms with the upper classmen.” It was during our Sophomore year that a nation-wide in- terest was displayed in spelling. In our classes we held spelling bees and finally held eliminating contests in as- sembly exercises. A member of the Sophomore class was the winner of the final contest It was also in this year that a de- bating class was organized. This comb ned with our most interesting science class, formed a perfect basis for a debate on evolution. The de- base was held in assembly, the title of which was Resolved that Darwin’s theory of evolution is correct.” The affirmative was taken by: Rebecca Moore, Marie Mosteliar, Gladys Mac- Mullen with Frances King as alter- nate. The negative side was Milton Jacobson. David Traill, William Jen- nings, with Sydney Finkelstein as al- ternate. I am sorry to say that the boys were victorious. The rest of our Sophomore year was very un- event fu . Our Junior and Senior years were our most interesting and successful. At the beginning of our Junior year, we organized our cl»ss, the officers elected were: President—George Young Vice-President—Kathryn Maguire Secretary—Milton Jacobson Treasurer—David Traill L nder the able direction of these executives we gave a farewell dance to the graduating class that was en- joyed by everyone present. To make this possible, it was necessary to set an amount to be paid as class dues each month, beside holding our first money-making event, a pie and cake sae. The dance was held at the Plymouth Country Club. In this matter, our class set a precedent to hold the annual farewell dance other than in the town. It was decidedly a successful experiment. During this year an elimination con test was held for the National Ora- tor ca Contest. Those who took part were George Young. Milton Jacobson, and 1 homas Celli. Milton Jacobson was chosen as the winner and repre- sented our school at Norristown. The I unior Prom was the last social event of the season and we parted to spend