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

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VALEDICTORY OR nearly two c nturles some graduates of Germantown Academy have gone forth feellng reasonably confident of what the future mlght hold for thems ves Equipped with a good education and made hopeful by the prosperlty of thelr natlon thelr con hdence seemed Justxhed However there have been classes graduatlng ln tlmes of natlonal and lnternatlonal stress whose confidence and future securlty seemed challenged We constltute such a group Faced with dlfferent ldeologles of government and various theorxes of economlcs today s graduate may not feel certaln about the future War always horrible and crlmlnal brought about through selfishness and greed faces us both abroad where It IS takmg place and at home where preparatlons are belng made to meet lt Aggresslon and might have taken the place of peace and rlght whlle thoughts of polltlcal and economlc democracy and of soclal reforms are forgotten Rellglon IS belng abused and discarded at a time when nts prlnclples and thelr appllcatlon are most needed Man s lnhumanlty to man was never more fully ln evidence than now when havlng reached hls highest development ID varlous pursults he chooses to fight It may seem then almost useless and certalnly stupid for today s students to con tlnue educatlon ln the unlversltles or to apply present learnlng to the world at large Yet this IS not so for these are the tasks that we must do ln a better manner than others have done them ever before We resolve that the learnlng we have recelved and the phllosophles and prmclples we have consldered are not golng to dle because of temporary evll They have wlthstood man s abuse for thousands of years and now IH contrast to those thlngs whlch they oppose seem stronger and wlser than ever They are the llghts by whlch manklnd may be guided to a more perfect form of llfe they are ensurers of peace they are truth and wlsdom and urtue To the school we are about to leave we have glven little but from lt we have recexved much May we be guided dlvlnely IH maklng use of lts contributions to our development and spreading these prlnclples among manklnd for the prosperlty of the entlre race ROBERT W SAFRIN ul Q V c ol - y Y , . . . . , . . . . . , 1 v v - , . - V Q , . . . , . . ' - . , . . , - 1 1 f . -

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CLASS WILL E. THE Class of l94l being of sound body and feeble mind hereby make t is our last will and testament on this clay of Freedom of Speech To Dr Osbourn we give our sincerest thanks for all the work that he has done prepare us for college o the Faculty we give our utmost appreciation for their patient endeavors to make something out of us To the school we give the task of continuing the true G A spirit which has thus far been prominent in every Senior Class We also bequeath the following To any member of the Fourth Form who has nerve enough to try it we leave Pete Hodshon s form of driving To the whole unior Class we leave wider front steps so that more of those women haters will be able to enjoy the daily feminine parade To certaln members of the Faculty we bequeath Tom s tool room which the Cellar Club has so kindly donated for their much needed den that of his taciturn friend Mr Basy To all coaches we give bunches of forget me nots and bottles of aspirin tablet To Hyndman and Etris we bequeath the job of being their class s Don uans which was so nobly undertaken in our class by Smyth and Yeager To The Academy Monthly and YE PRIMER Staffs of l94Z we leave the job of being as efficient and prompt as we haven t been To Dr Osbourn we leave our admiration and a prize of a raw beefsteak for the best shiners of the whole year To Keely we leave the task of being Roper s successor as class jitterbug To Dr Moore s famous intelligence group the Class of l943 we leave the Kinder garten s beautiful teaching staff Taking into consideration all chances of a law suit and attempted murder me do hereby affix the Class s seal to this our last will and testament CHARLES LUTKIINS 50 ' . . . ' h. . , ' ' to T v . . . . . , . . - , - .. ,, . . To Mr. Heuer, we leave a sound-proof partition to be erected between his room and - n , . . . . , . Y , Y

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