Friends Central School - Record Yearbook (Overbrook, PA)

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arf , .um ' ff: ' A Alter struggling witlw grips tlwe delegation finally unpaclced, lunclwed and set sail for l.ee's Mansion and Arlington Cemetery. -llwe Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with its accompanying stony-laced guard was one of our First stopping places. Coming paclc into ll-Xfaslmington we were duly impressed by the l.incoln Memorial.

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I 'rdf- , vf1'!'1 I'f5 5 Q g 2 9 H ' Y P I bv-1 Q 1 '. 5 fi I - wr : , 1' -' I . . 1 ,Q 4. '. 4 ' i,, ,, , I as sl A SENIOR CLASS ON ANNUAL VISIT TO WASHINGTON A -I NINE o'cIocIc on Monday morning, March 29th, the Senior class came through f-X with a surprise. Everyone was at the station. No one missed the trainI Inspired by this, the aioresaid train, hampered by a special car IuII of Friends, CentraIites, managed to maIce Washington in time for Iunch.

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At the conclusIon of dInner, we all went to the CongressIonal l.Ibrary From there the maIorIty went to the movIes Upon return to the hotel, Instead of SOIHQ to bed as normal people should, we made enough UOISZ to attract the attentIon of the house dCtCCtlVC who very oblIgIngly chatted wIth us on the artol beIng SIl6F1fdltZI' two o cloclc These thIngs attended to, we slept lor an hour or two Tuesday mornIng we were cruelly awalcened to go to George WashIngton s ancestral home In Mt Vernon -lhIs proved InterestIng If one could l4eep hIs eyes open long enough to talce advantage ol It The afternoon was left free for the InspectIon of any buIldIngs ol IndIvIdual Interest The evenIng was a free one as regards to sIghtseeIng and the party brolte up for awhIle The gIrls gave a party and managed to lceep the boys and the rest of the hotel up for the better part of the nIght We have It on good authorIty that only the pale streaks of dawn ID the east subdued them Wednesday mornIng was Tl-lE mornIng for the class, especIally the gIrls We went to see the G men' l thInlc everyone was Ius the slIghtest bltdISdDDOII'1tZd when a young man, unarmed and pleasant, guIded us through JustIce s halls There were no machIne gun armed guards to halt us, no DIclc Tracys runnIng around the halls Senously the buIldIng was most InterestIng hngerpnnt hles were opened to our pryIng eyes and the whole system of scIentIFIc crIme detectIon was ably explaIned We left the G men to pull our weary way up the steep clImb to the top of the Wash Ington Monument Not beIng SdfISll2d wIth the clImb up, a very small mInorIty raced the elevator down The WhIte l-louse followed thIs escapade and due to some strIng pullIng of the best sort Mr Crouch got lor us the rare prIvIlege of vIsItIng the upper rooms of the PresIdentIal mansIon We staggered baclc to the hotel for lunch and then were off agaIn to the CapItol and the Supreme Court We later bowled shopped, or went baclc to the hotel and toolc a nap The evenIng was agaIn our own and agaIn a good tIme Most all of us managed to get a solId three hours sleep' Parade Day' We arrIved at fXnnapolIs just In tIme to see a dress parade The mIddIes paraded theIr brass buttons much coveted In front of Lord TweedsmuIr, Canada s Governor General and a DIplomatIc delegatIon of forty from Fnends Central After that FIttIng clImax l thInl4 most of the Class of 37 was satIsFIed to relax and let the traIn return home, unalded I know lInclude the whole class when l thanlc Mr and Mrs Crouch for theIrpleasant chaperonIng and companIonshIp ClUl'Il'1Qtl'1Z entIre trIp Clarence Defhrmond, Jr , . . , , , , l , , D 1 . . 7 . . 3 . . i . . 4' - ' I . '7 . A . 4 . , . ' 1 4 . - 7 1 1 . . . . 7 I . A , , , I . . 1