Downingtown High School - Our Year Cuckoo Yearbook (Downingtown, PA)

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COMMERCIAL Dorothea E Cummrngs Stenography Junlor Bust ness Irannlng and Iypuna R Vrnton Smedley I-lead ol Department Booldceeprng Qlllce Proc tnce and Typing I Clyde R Sprtzner Busrness Arithmetic Typ lngl and Consumers u Catton ENGLISH Esther C Mullowney Elevertw and Twelfth Grades Phyllrs Hurloclc Seventh and Eight Grades Alrce W Dennrs Librarian Nnnth and Ienth Grades HEALTH and PHYSICAL EDUCATION Anna M Wrse Dental I-lyglenlst Jane Kepner Girls Physncal Education and English Donald F White Boys Physical Education and Science Lrllre Flynn School Nurse Erancrs Tweed Cl-lead ol Department Boys physical Education and Mathematlcs LANGUAGE John Heffner Latin and English Margaret Whrtecar French and I-'llstory II ' ' 'c g g J . V I 1 Ed Cl-lead of DepartmentD c l 'A 1 , I I

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Ernest Smedley President George E Perry Vnce President N Leland Wllson Secretary Robert T Ash Mrs Belle M I-lutchlnson When IS one educated, or what constitutes an educatlon7' Certaunly the posses sion of a diploma, be If I-llgh School, College, or Unnverslty, rs not Flnal proof Some of those who stand highest IH the I-Iall of Fame had llttle formal educatlon No one wlll deny that Abraham Lincoln was a well educated man But he one time sand to an acquamtance who had expressed surprlse at his lntellngence, I never went to school more than slx months In my Isle Yet Lincoln stands as one of Earth s Immortals Life to hum was a great school and he never ceased to be a learner An old Greek phllosopher, slttlng on his porch, lookung tovvard Isle s sunset, was approached by a vrsntor, vvho sold I observe your old and happy Isle I-Iovv do you attann ltr? And the old phllosopher replued You see also, the line trees and orchards I possess Well, I have them because I planted them as a young man So, In youth I land the Foundation of my Inle I dnd not walt untll I vvas old to begun to build for thus clay And so to you who are graduatlng from Dowmngtown I-Ilgh School, the Board of Education commends the message of the old Greek phllosopher with the hope that you will make the sprrlt of If your own only then can you lay claim to being educated ERNEST SMEDLEV Page eleven

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MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE .IoI1n H Rerst Science Physics Geo metry Algebra Il Anna L Hall MNH' Junior I'Ilglw Mathematics Glen H Clark General Science Blology Clwemlstry Job Study HISTORY C Calvin Adams Jr European I-Ilstory and Civics Marlon V PI1lIups Aubrey G GOUdIe Junior Hugh I-llstory GEOGRAPHY Ida V Lrllar QM ZQM, ARTS and SCIENCES Harold E Kuhns Music Lewls Lear Slwop Mary Mahan r Ellzabeth B Martin I-Iome Economics OFFICE GIRLS Allce R Wrndle Secretary to Mr Clwollee Verna John Secretary to Mr Mcclaun fwfr CI-lead ol Departmentb X. I 0 fd If . X It A t QD-