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

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JOAN DECKER SHE'S either on the crest of the wave or down in the dumps. hut never without some amusing crack at herself or her classmates. With a toss of her hlond head and a ready laugh, .loan hreezes through school, or we should say struggles if you have chemistry in mind. hut she doesn't let even that get her down, and we can count on her unfailing cheerfulness. Never without a date. joan gets around, and keeps us in stitches with accounts of her latest escapades. She lwemoans the lack of a Home Economics course at G.F.S., and this is a college requirement for her. lt's Halt hard to predict your future, Joan. N . x A 4 -v F I lxx Entered 6tli. Glee Club l0tl1, llth, lltli, Basketball Manager 12th. Room Chair' man lltli. SEM ma Q Cali 0 A 6 PETER W. ELKINGTON PETE is the Richard Halliliurton of our class. Leaving school in Ninth grade he went ahroad with his family for the Friends Service Committee, and amazed Dutch school teachers with his great learning. For a pastime he skated on l'lolland's canals and saw Adolph in Munich. After missing lvoats and things. he arrived in the U. S. A. two years later: and finding Westtiiwii too easy, he once again came hack to G. F. S. as a welcome addi' tion to the class of '42, and the translating genius of senior German. We also join him in lvemoaning the fact that his good, Dutch hicycle is in the hands of the German army. and all secretly hope that it is stuck somewhere in that oozy, red, Russian mud. Entered Kindergarten. Soccer lltli, Basketball Man' tiger lltlz. Baseball lltli. Stage Crew lltli. Informa' lion Test lltli.

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EDGAR K COALE ALL car and a mile wide. That's a description of Ned and his Cadillac. He hardly drives at night, he lust sits. Likewise. in the daytime he is seldom under it. as are some of his colleagues. Whzitevcr we say ahout Ned that is uncomplimentary, he definitely overshadows with his great sense of humor and his high marks on Intelligence Tests. ln fact his sense of humor and his dislike for mental lahor have led him to getting teachers permanently side' tracked, tie., Mr, Breiningerl. There is seldom a class in which his sidefremarks fail to get il laugh. Sometimes even the dignified teachers smother a roar liehind a serious scowl. We all earnestly hope that Haverford can take it. 1 - 't hi x. 4 V 'I A A ,J I is -1 S- ' 'X Entered lst, Football lltll. lllli. Baseball lltli. Clee J X Club 10th. Bl.l'liANI5WlIl1'l' lllli. Fire Marshal llth. I Jim K 0 ,-fi'-QQ gg,- ANN CHAMBERLAIN ANN entered in the eighth gridt with i whirl wind, and has succeeded in keeping the class in an uproar ever since. She is an amazing comhinaf tion of a numher of amazing qualities: and to he with her is like heing with Old Faithful. They hoth can he counted on. Her passions are California, music, math, and Owen, and no one can touch her enthusiasm on any of these sulwjects. She says that her only claim to greatness lies in the fact that she shook hands with Willkie. But we know that her frankness, her hrainfpower. her laugh, and her asf tounding questions will carry her further than that handshake. Entered Sth, Ulee Cluh 10th, llth, lllli. Orchestra 9th, 10th. lltli. llth. La' Crosse 11th, llth, Roberta V. Jardin Library Iltli. Al' gvbru Award 9tli.

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l X x NLRB kxto-txt-m 'Q 'Qxmeb Aow- ' Riu, Kit-.gh -xooNi3evsSQ.5X'lS1dS-X ,. it -j MARY DE COURSEY HERE is a true specimen of happyfgoflucky human' ity. Her hlond locks, petitc iigure, and infecf tious giggle are well known hy all. If anyone wants to go anywhere, there's always her gray convertihle. which usually is filled to the hrim with kids going to field, all points inside or outside city limits, or mayhc just to Darrow's for that very necessary after' school refreshment. Coursey has had a gory struggle with hiology, and loves to regale us with the gruesome characteristics of frogs, along with clutf tering up her corner of the room with numerous charts. At any social occasion one can hardly fail to notice the stag line around this goldcnfhaired favorite, and we know will not soon forget her. Entered -ith. Ulee Cluh 10th, llth, 12th, Trcusitrer 9th, Athletic Council 9th, H in c lg e v llth, Badminton lltll. lzlll. G, lltll. Yrs it ti S 51 I fx-,.. 'il MARGARET ANN FELTON AT Szlll every morning in walks Ann. Then the fun hegins. Annie is always acting or mimicking wherever she goes and sending us into hystcrics. But thats only the outside of her, for underneath shc's really quite seriousfminded. This girl is capaf hlc of anything. She is a heautiful dancer, wows the stags, swings a mean hockey stick at field, and a wicked hadminton racket in the gym. And, of course, we mustn't forget that Cadillac. and the familiar pin that decorates all of her sweaters. This year as soon as school ends, she'll dash off to Ocean City to spend thc summer sailing her Comet. No. 1684. and wc won't see her until the fall, when she is hack in town for a short while hefore going to t'Ullt'QC, Entered Kindergarten, Ulu' Club 10th, llth. llth. Badminton llth. llth. Dance Committee llth, llth. ' ,ao