Germantown Friends School - Blue and White Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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WILLIAM RHOADS MURPHEY, III Entered '24, Class Vice-President '35, Class President '37, Glee Club '35, '36, '37, Operetta '35, '36, Football '34-, '35, Soccer '361 Burn ANI: VVHITIU Board, Paslorian Board '35, '36, '37, Elocution Contest '35, '36, '37, PAST' master of the spoken and written word is our prexy. As we listen to his amazing orations, watch his double-jointed arms herald the climax, and see him literally trip downstairs, we realize he is a genius. Murph possesses an excellent set of vocal chords and uses them adeptly in Qtooj many ways-an earful of that laugh is enough to floor you. VVe've yet to meet the man who can persuade him that there are two sides to every problem, but it doesn't worry us, because for a man with such strength of con- viction, gosh, there must be some place in this world. They tell us he solicits information from the daily newspapers on some of his problems: Dear Dorothy D-Why don't you answer my urgent letter? Fm up the proverbial tree. How now, trouble for our preXy? Sixteen

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Pyramids have meanings that Are hard to compreheml- So Frank tolzl the History Class For days and days on end Iiillie gave the speech this year Fader Frank's aflrice. Jlr. Price, :ve :coiuler how you lu'z'er stood it trc'ic,-el IIere's a guy who skipped a grade Lest his learning lie delayed. He drank ink and liluefl his chin, Hluel1earfl's just the name for him. Never sturlies, yet he's bright. llve !l0II,f miurl him, he's all right. .Yom Debbie who in her earlier days lVas forced to travel rickety ways, Il'as parking here against the plan .lml humped into a garbage canl The contents scattererl all about glurl nearly 1l1'oz'e poor Jliss Uvhite out, Because the smell was far from fine ,TIIII her room stoorl right in its line. Jack, it seems an awful gyp That you never learned to skip. ll'e must say you were a flop .-lt Ullippity Hop lo the Harlner Shop. The Trysting Placen was where you shone, Perhaps the part Teas nearer home. John Sonnelzorn, the naughty guy, lVas spitting from the class .elliove the archway--it's no liel Vpon the human mass. Straightway he was adzfised to see Uur principal who sairl Suppose you had contacted me? JI y .' Sonne's face was re1l.' There was a young teacher named Skippy lVho rlirlift like girls that were :lippy. So when Joanie was bail Ile rose up, 'very mad, .-Ind said he'a' have none of her lippy. Fiftemi gqv 4

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ELIZABETH JEANETTE REIMANN Entered '26, Class Vice-President '37, Glee Club '35, '36, ,375 Vice-President '36, Uperetta '35, '36g Pnstoriruz Board '37: Editor Stlldlilltyif Handbook '37g President B.T.C. '36. BETTY is the healthiest, most wholesome girl in the class, and she manages to keep her figure by con- stant dieting on salads Qwith a plate of ice cream for good luck.j We all know she is a genius even if she is the child of the class Ca mere babe in swaddling clothesj, but her modesty must needs hide it from her fellowmen. But stop, she doesn't like to be teased. Fickle? Oh, surely not our all too perfect class- mate. VVell, it's hard to believe, but facts will tell! Betty, much to the regret of the other three members, has just dropped out of the N.A.A. CNon-Athletic Associationj Having been president for quite some time, her mem- bership was crossed off when she became a first team athlete. Sevente-an