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

 - Class of 1941

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CLASS HISTORY UR years at Germantown Academy have been happy ones and sxnce many of us wall never reunlte agaln we the Class of l94I have wrltten our hlstory for perma nent record ln the year l928 the Class of l94l had lts ll'lSlgl'llflCaI1t begmnmg way back m the block bulldlng stage Of those who Jolnecl the Class that year four are wlth us tonlght Larry Cahall George Darrow Frank Frlck our little presldent and Burton Smyth who made up the nucleus of the Klndergarten Class These four recelved excel lent tralnmg even though at that tlme Kershaw Hall had none of nts present advantages Next year we started our real school llfe when we went mto the Flrst Prlmary and lVl1ss Bushong s excellent guldance That year our small group was doubled by the acqulsl t1on of Bull Farr R816 Landes Chlck Lutklns and Walt Yeager who was vlolently unwlll mg to attend school The outstandmg event of that year occurred when Miss Bushong set Burton Smyth on a few newspapers in a corner because she wlshed to punlsh him ffor what3 Two years later ln Thlrd C-rade we were further augmented by Doug Ford s entrance Thmgs were toughened that year by the necessary mastery of the process of multlplylng and dlvldmg fractlons As kmgs of the Prlmary we were next mtroduced to Miss Kerlm Although the Class had no new addltlons there are many thlngs whxch we can remember One of the most xnterestlng was a serxes of experlments conducted by Mr Roberts dealing wlth lxquxd oxygen Another thlng we remember besldes Bull Farr s poetry was Mxss Kerlm s method of punlshlng splt ballers whlch consisted of compelllng the culprlt to make an addltlonal 200 to 400 splt balls after school was Bob Yeabsley That year besrdes vlsltmg the Ledger Bulldlng the picture reprmted was taken there we were amused by a photographer who came from the Bullelm to take pictures of the bank which we had made m connectlon wlth our study of banking and check wrltlng Sometlme later we were mtroduced to public speakmg when four of our number debated on the relatlve ments of Washlngton and Llncoln The Thlrd lntermedlate year was the time when our wlldness emerged Co1nc1d1ng wlth our barbarlc tendencles was the entrance of two dlstmgulshed members Lew Cutter and lm Pawson Several emphatlc lncldences marked that year ln our memory On the hrst day our teacher Mr Lewxs was sllghtly befuddled by the splt balls whlch contmua ly llttered the floor Another thorn ln the slde of Mr Lewxs was the repeated loosenmg and tlghtenlng of the hydraullc door checks m Moore Hall by varlous members of our d1s tmgulshed gang When our pedagogue finally reallzed that the disturbances might be remedled by cuscretlonary dlSClpllI'l6 our same gang declded to u e the method employed by varlous labor umons to counteract his oppresslonary measures wlth the posslble secondary result of gammg longer lunch periods As a consequence our fellows were famllrarlzed wlth the office and Dr Osbourns ofhclal re bukes spendmg most of our tlme accustommg ourselves to the well known anxious bench However the most Important thlng that happened -v6 The notable addition to our Class, when we entered the Second Form Intermediate, . . . . . , . ,. . . . . . C g x ,W Y - , . .

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SALUTATORY O MY lot falls the prlvllege and pleasure of welcoming you the parents teachers and friends of the Class of l94I on this occasxon when our feelings are mlxed with joy and regret We are happy that we have successfully completed our work at G A but we cannot help feeling regretful that we are leavlng our Alma Mater and the friends that we have made durmg our years here However tonight we hope to stress the brlghter slde and as we recount some of our experiences and reveal some of the characterlstxcs of our classmates we hope that you wlll be entertained and wlll retain pleasant memorles of the Class Nnght Exercxses of the Class of 4l so pleasant that you wlll accept our lnvxta txon to attend our Commencement Exercises at the Academy tomorrow afternoon FRANK W FRICK 4I SALUTATIO ARENTES amlclque nos qul sunt conclusurl manslonem nostram ln hac Academia venerablll vos salutamus Hoc due ultlmo quod nos Almam Matrem rellnquere oportet nobls altus dolor est Sumus fructl multls anms laetls ln hac schola lnsxgm S1 mlhl llceblt dxcam de nostra Academla ut lmmortalls Cornelius Tacitus de Agricola uxdqund ex Academla Germantomensl amavxmus quldquld mlratl sumus manet man surumque est ln ammls nostrls fama rerum nostrarum Nam multos veterum velut IH glonos et lgnoblles obllvlo obruet nostra Alma Mater posterxtatl narrata et tradlta superstes erlt Hrs maglstrls qux tanta cum saplentla bemgnltateque nos docuerunt mentas gratlas agxmus Numquam obllvlscamur nostrorum patrum mstxtutlones Eae nobls carlsslmae sunt Vos quoque mel sodales saluto Certo sclo vos omnes fortunam optlmam hablturos esse et vltam utllem acturos esse ltaque V0blS omnlbus dlco avete et valete HERBERT M STANTON 45 . . - . . . . - - , . . . , . . , . , . Q , . . - I ' v - 4 . ' A -



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to us that year was the trxp to Washlngton durmg the Sprung Vacatlon Besides learnmg much about our great Capital we also had a roarlng good tlme and me doubt that the hotel manager would ever let us darken those thresholds agam Havmg been dropped from the posrtlon of commanders of the Lower School to that of buck prxvates of the Upper School we sad y reallzed how far lmportance was from our grasp On the first day of school two new members Blll Carothers and Bob Donnelly appeared and lmpressed us wlth thelr phys cal prowess At the same time we were definitely set back by Mr Heuer s remarks when he gave us our rosters During the fall the memorable I05 s made up largely of our Class won the champxonshlp without a single defeat and were subsequently honored wlth gold footballs at the Father and Son Banquet ln l937 Ted Hexdenrelch Jomed the class and ohn Henkels lm lVlacBr1de and Speed Snyder ln l938 Speed of course remembers the tlme Mr Basy dumped the contents of the wastepaper basket over hrs head whlle we remember that Speed returned Mr Easy s compllrrent by returmng the favor Later ln the year we welcomed Herb Stan ton and Harve Hennessey ln our unlor Year our Class was glven added wexght by Ed Sanborn lm Balrd the Class barker Pete Hodshon the Class dare devil and Ed Stulb who returned after a year s absence Later ln the same year we welcomed ack Denton and Bob Safrln also l939 40s hlghlxghts were our umor Proms whlch were the first affalrs of thelr sort The dances were held ln the school gymnaslum to muslc by Eddie Hop that the Class mlght sustaln a financlal loss However we took ln more than enough money to cover the cost justlfymg our expectatlons of success We now entered our all important Senior year serlously accepting our added responsl bllltlCS and trylng to carry them to the credit of old C A We were expanded by these members Stew Boerner Dlck Charles Barney Cunnmgham ohansen Brud Vogel Blll Werner ack Loughrldge Harry lVlcDev1tt ack Roper Sleepy Tutt and oe Ade Other members of the Semor Class are Bud Honeysett Ross Ruggle and john Welply The Senlor Prom was a magnlflcent success havlng been attended by the largest number of alumnl that has been for some time All who were present commented upon the band CCeorge Sommers and the decoratxons An excellent prelude to the dance was the dinner glven by Frank FflCk for the entlre Class Another successful affair was the annual Belfry Club productlon Molleres The lmaglnary Invalid havlng been presented ln retrospect we reallze that there has been an unusual reoccurrence ln our hrstory All through the years as we have made our cllmb towards graduation we have had all the new teachers The first was lVl1ss Kerlxn ln Fourth Prlmary Then ln the Third Form lntermedlate we had lVlr Lewls On enterlng the Upper School we have been taught by lVlr Burrall Mr Keyser Mr lVlcNeary and lVlr enkmson ln that order We do not regret this and we are grateful to each of these new teachers So we close these pages of thls our Class Hlstory havlng commented upon only a few of the hugh spots of our thlrteen years at Germantown Academy GEORGE P DARROW III C Douc1.Ass FORD 47 n . 4 fl . il u - n ' - - , ' ll 17 i L . ' ' ' , C D . . . . l - l ' I rc xr , . . l . 1 J , : , - : , , . . , J . - SI , kinson's orchestra. Permission for the dance was most difbcult to secure, as it was feared I v - y .. ,, . ' ...Joes J u .. ,, :D - I. U . . ' . V

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