Germantown Academy - Ye Primer Yearbook (Fort Washington, PA)

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A +4+++L4Le+t.e . 'Prophecy Prophet: CHARLES S. TRUITT Associates: WILLIAM A. CRAVEN, JR., CHARLES MCC. Mounts Ladies and Gentlemen: .A ',e-, ,f NEED not waste time in impressing upon this intelligent and august lr, i N 'ni -,iii gathering fperhaps I should say June gatheringj, the vast advances ,that , T l have been made in the Held of science. Of all these, however, I am sure I i that none can compare with those made in connection with the machine gh- 7ii,,l which I and my associate prophets have arranged to borrow for this occa- sion from the American Television Corporation unlimitedj, of New York, and Egg Harbor. Indeed, so progressive are the methods of this company that by means of this machine I can speak with each of my classmates as he will be twenty-five years from now, and as I speak to him, you will see thrown upon this screen a picture of him as he will look at that time. The following is an outline of the information thus secured: First is Foster. Ben is a bronzed and hardy explorer in Florida but he has become rather more corpulent. - Sid Woody is a mountain climber, and has grown a beautiful, long white beard. Dutch Snyder we see as the player of a large horn in a German band. Bill Raynor never returned from Europe after he went in '27 and is now a gondolier in Venice. Miller is the great American Shakespeare. Skirm is a hustling transportation man with a two-wheeled cart and four oxen. Richards is still at his riding and now wins all the prizes in the Western contests. Stier went to Spain and now lives there with his wife, a lovely Spanish girl. Henkles is a mellow-voiced radio announcer. Newman has become a senator and is still fighting Philippine independence. I-loft, our' class president, has gained the additional honor of .being elected President of the United States. 4. Friebely is now a teacher of Cicero and is taking Mr. Johnson's place. Lawrence, the basketball star, is now Mayor of Bristol. He ran on the basketball ticket and won by a score of 53 to 41. Achenbach is one of Mr. Hill's fashion models. Berkman owns Monte Carlo. 1 Cooney is an army officer, and is investigating the Philippines for? Senator Newman. ' I Eberbach is a famous inventor who has devised a sea flivver in the form of a 4' mechanical fish. I Ingle has gone to the bad, and is a big, bold Frio-Kid, with many notches on his gun. I Hustead, after sixteen more years at the C. M. T. C. has been promoted to corporal. 48 f M315 if f '

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. -'yeh N I f -sr H - - L i32 ? - ' i- E H :fra 'f 'lvr l '!3'5 was 1 P.. v 4LA+++L.4L4...4-ALA There is one thing which we should remember: the greatest reason for which we venerate Dr. Kershaw is because he has devoted his life unselfishly to the service of others. If men would go down in history as men whose lives have advanced civilization, they must lose sight of their individual interest in service. Tomorrow our good-bys must be said. The point at which our lives branch out into different channels will have come. With the exception of our class prophets, we are not endowed with the ability to look into the future. Although our ambi- tions lie in different directions, we all wish to make good. In all our striving let us remember that our success does not consist in material things. By constructive work and humble service we may attain the greatest happiness. Our school has done its best 5 it is for us to carry on. As Roosevelt said in his inaugural address: We are the heirs of the ages. Under such conditions it would be our own fault if we failedg and the success which we have had in the past, the success which we confi- dently believe the future will bring, should cause us no feeling of vainglory, but rather a deep and abiding realization of all which life has offered usg andea full acknowledgement of the responsibility which is ours. Fellow Classmates, the time has come when we must part. We must bear on our own shoulders the responsibility of the future. May we ever be a credit to our Alma Mater! Good-bye and Good Luckl vVIl.LIAM KINCAID NEWMAN. ' Green Tree Tavem, Built in 174-8. This tavern was conducted by David Pastorius, the most influential leader of early Germantown. 4-7

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ll . l + Aga-L.:-1-+4 P'f -XY Class 'Poem As we look back upon the many years, A Those happy years, spent 'neath the age-old bell, Within thy ivied walls, amongst thy seers, It seems so Strange that we should say Farewell. Alas! We soon must hear thy parting knell. The flush of victory still upon our cheeks, The pangs of sour defeat still in our breasts, The memories still fresh of glorious weeks Devoted to the love that meets thy tests, A In parting, let us make some last requests. That, in the dim and shadowy years to be, May oft ring out in joy the Old Bell dear, To tell of hard-fought victories won by thee. Of many a glorious conquest may we hear, To strengthen memories we had so dear. Of twenty-seven the mighty deeds we sing, The conquests of this year shall live for long, Of track and gridiron, field, of everything From honeyed eloquence to huskies strong, In speedy shell, has been our victory song. In fond farewell we make our finalvow That ever to thy name shall we be true, That, as with solemn words we pledge thee now, In all our words and acts shall praise accrue To thee. Thy lofty ways may we pursue. XIISS 49 cnnn Bovb. 4 1' if Q- , ix s ' V, H- , -i--I 3. 'vw IA U . at 3 'E 'i +I i ,1 4 4' 13' ,argl