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

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PHYLLIS BARBA Entered ,255 Glee Club '36, '37. HFIR autobiography was too good to be true, but we do sympathize with her for not wanting to be taken over the coals too much. Of course, we wouldnit know, but 'she has a rep. of having a very smooth attack presumably in a rumble seat. Apparently this has become a boomerang, for, while being sutllcient to attract older ones, it left her in the lurch when they went off to college. Having only the small fry now, she has become utterly bored with life in general, and tries her best to be cynical and sarcastic. But her subtle wise-cracks and great fondness mixed with inces- sant chatter, save her from any comedown by her classmates. Maybe it's that debutante slouch, her Irish eyes, and goodwill toward all which do the trick. Our advice might be- lie good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. GFS OWEN CHAMBERLAIN Entered ,345 Glee Club '36g Operetta '36: Baseball Manager '37. AH, but Franky, stein- and so be most persuasivelv ding scientist. Just explain the principle my dear, according to Ein- another theory is about to f?l expounded bv our bud- ask Professor Bird-legs to behind a coherer or merely mention the electrostatic forces, then settle your- self in a comfortable chair for an interesting CU hour. VVhy does Owen put so much wear and tear on his hands, and how do they manage to withstand it? VVe feel that it must give him consolation in times of stress. And who can forget that inimitable smile in times of satisfaction such as when he has just confounded Mr. Breininger CFD or when he has just successfully made a conquest with some pick- ups? VVe've yet to find the physics problem that will stump Owen. He says he is going to give Mr. Bennett an A-in that course this month.

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Eighteen HELEN LOIS GORRELL Entered '35: Glee Club '35, '36, '37g BLUE AND VVHITE Boardg Class Secretary '37g Basketball ,36g Captain, Lacrosse '36: Basket- ball Manager '36: Secretary Athletic Council '37. I-IELEN seems to give her afections away to every place except here-first Cleveland, the great VVest, where men are men, then Geneva, Where she managed to get quite a compound of foreign element. VVe,re really quite nice-just ask us! But she,s coming along gradually, we hope. However, she manages quite a grin for us, the old tooth-paste ad, in fact her jokes Conce in a great whilej even make us join her in her merriment. Her voice is never heard to be raised, unless, of course, someone buys Dueo paint, an unpardonable sin. Helen thinks she's an artist, sometimes we wonder. Look at the results in, other pages of this book and draw your own conclusions, hut don't let her draw them for you! GF RAYMOND LESLIE BENNETT Entered '24g Pastoriau Board '35, '37g Hand- book Boaru '36, '31 3 Glass Treasurer '31 5 Soccer '36g Basketball '37 5 Track '36, '37. I-IEY, Perce, how about those dues? What a job is Duperis! He meets with more suc- cess in the lfhysics class, where, ,tis said, when he misses a problem, Hellis foundations quiver at the shouts of his exultant friends and the gnash- ing of his teeth. Bill Fletcher and Dave have been whispering in his ear in an attempt to lead him astray, their goal is to get him to a senior dance and we would certainly like to see them succeed. VVhat an uproar that would create! However, we can't see Raymond anywhere but out in the orchard look- ing over this year's crop of apples.

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Twenty ELIZABETH FRANCES BATCN Entered '24: Glee Club '37: Recorder '37: Hockey '35, '36, Lacrosse Manager ,365 Vol- leyball '35. HER laugh Qwe wouldn't call it a gentle snicker, eitherj is contagious to anyone within two 1niles around. She gets the most consuming desires to do things fusually pertaining to calsthenicsj then goes at it with a pep, vim, and vigor, which is only sustained by numerous trips to l.eedom's. But in the end, she usually attains her goal Cyou guessed it, that's what she guarded on the hockey teamj. Betty's Cl5att'n to youj longest obsession has been that blue tin thing which is usually jammed to overdowing with hilarious girls whom she generally carts to their destinationsg but even when they're not there, she always has her black dog and the red sweater to keep her company. May she never lose her joviality, and never grow husky with 'igel GFS BARBARA BACON BEURY Entered '24: Glee Club '35, '36, '37: Operetta '35, '3G: BLUE AND WHITE Board: Pas- torian Board '37, Elocution Contest '35, '36, '37: Dance Committee '37: Hockey '37, Vol- leyball '36. EN'EN if no one else can get near this celebrity in years to come when they knock hopefully on the stage door, we're going to demand a reception -or at least some front row seats at a premier or two. Even now there is quite a rush for the first benches in the assembly when Miss Beury is billed to appear. We can clearly vision the day when the Germantown Theatre Guild four star's favorite hangoutj will be boasting of the part it played in the shaping and molding of a great actress. She has more than one talent, however -in fact, once in her youth she was going to be an opera singer. Like most artists shds a bit temperamental- one minute shouting with joy, making faces and mimicking people, the next her mouth's down at the corners in gloom from disappointment or half- imagined abuse by her classmates. You'll have to refer to the statistics for her private life-and there's plenty of it! But even if she does seem a little moonstruck at times, all is forgiven, for she really is pretty nice.