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

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,,.....r 1--' PETER B. SPRUANCE Pele is a Charler Member of our class, having scraped his knees in lhe gravel of The playground way back in Firsl Grade. He seems lo be a virlual human dynamo heading fha Press Club. and lhe School Sfore, besides excelling in fhe class room. Pele also engages enlhusiasfically in exfra-curricular blow-auls. When' lhese fail him, he lakes Bird Walks, and somelimes unbends himself lo go ou? wilh lhe local belies. We re- member when he made one Super Soul sorrow. Nexl year he's off fo Princefon, and fhen we ex- pecl lo see him Democralic Cily Boss. Ambition: G a b r i el Deslinyz copy boy Healfer Pei Peeve: reaclionaries Famous for: harried look Poshcriph Peler lhe Pelican .i JEAN L. RITTER Don'l lef her size fool you. Whal she lacks in quanlily she makes up in quality. Around school Jean does fhe work of many people lwice as big as herself. Being edifor of the Pasforian is a full lime iob in ilself. bu? Jean's real love, music. keeps her lime crammed fa lhe hill. The music deparfmenfs invaluable righf-hand girl, she ac- companies every producfion. ln choir her seclion- leadership keeps lhe second allos on pilch. How she's managed fo slay al 'lhe head of lhe class sclsolaslically we can'l fafhom. 'Bufch' lMr. Price's pei name for herl is sure 'ro succeed al Oberlin. We see big Things in slore for her in lhe fulure. Ambifion: c o n c e rl Desliny: boogie-woogie pianisl' washer-woman Famous for: Gerlrude Poi Peove: deadlines Poslscripl: Person of Nole nlj:.4.I 'lg nga Auf-,' P' ' A if-v lf' ' . - fray. -ya 41, 52,1 ' ' ' 'A ' uf' v 1 I ' 'J' 1 ri I I , L,1,mJ J U- 1 M l jf, H 5.y4.v.ffu, rx !' t,y,, Y V I J J I ix . 'A r, , , fi Ldwvr . J ww W4 1 , ,. .V :J Ly I G

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JOAN RIEGER .loanie is one ol lhe hardy souls who fool: Physics lhis year, and if you have ever found her nal her usual cheerful self, if was probably righl offer a Monday lab period. Ai all olher limes she is the besl company anybody could want Joanie's lhe gal who handled the Blue and Whife formal pholography, and many are lhe Sludenl Council minutes she has 'respeclfully submilledl' A member of ihe famed Warden Drive crowd. she's opened her house for some memorable parlies. You may be sure fha? Joanie's sweet friendliness and 'perpefually well-groomed loolr' lreep her social life from ever gelling dull. Ambilion: Goldiloclcs Desliny: Blondie Famous for: blue eyes Pol Poeve: being called Joan Posfscripi: Pink cheek, bright eye fl' v . I I QP' .- KA RL H. SPAETH Despife momenls of exuberance from which many legends have sprung. Karl knuckles down and can be proud of achievemenls lhal' place him among lhe respecled members of '47, A lusfy bass voice, funed for a doddering Lord Chancellor, a fine game in soccer and lennis. and his scholaslic and exlra-curricular acfivilies, in- cluding a lilfle preaching on fhe side, we hear, are among Karl's assefs. Karl usually puncfuales Hislory Classes wiih leclures on lhe orl' of sailing but manages +o slay' in the good graces of Mr. Price. ll is so wilh lhe class. despile episodes of nose-fwisling and baclc-slapping ihal have iarred senior huskies. Haverford is nexl on Karl's lisf and by The lime he's finished lhe Blaclr and Blue will replace lhe Blaclc and Red. Ambifionr S u p r e m e Desiiny: traffic courl Courl Pol' Peevo: 2nd bass Famous for: his driving seclion Posiscripl: A Very Susceplible Chancellor on ,Mundial Wj?Tq,1pf4MfJdZ444JfMQf xy

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f ,4..f.f,..,,.1 ..f . Y 1 ' .. 1 f- V 4-.1 - s N, 4- I , 1 fr AA 1' -fi J 3... , ... ' af JOAN TODD Slaving over Chemistry only increases Joan's love for her little charges. We may talk about wanting to 'do something' but Joan actually goes over and helps in the kindergarten in her spare afternoons and study periods. There's not a girl in the class who hasn't secretly turned green with envy at the sight of that beautiful black hair. ll-lonestly, don't you ever have to put it up, Joanie7l Her Cadillac, too, is the pride of G.F.S. when it sits in the schoolyard among the class's less distinctive cars. Joan may seem demure to us in school. but our outside scouts tell us a different story. Seen the Sunday Inquirer lately? Ambition: social worker Destiny: social butterfly Famous for: ebony locks Pet Peeve: being told to hurry Postscript: The Fair Seniorita 4 fixbs- we me. w.,- WILLIAM S. TASSMAN lt' you see someone in a good-looking sports coat dashing around with his camera, or off in a roar ot laughter, it's no doubt Tassy. Bill matches these social assets with a good scholastic record and a varsity game ot soccer at right wing. As one'of the classes' hard workers, Bill can still manage to forget Physics and the money raising problems ot a relief campaign manager for some good weekends with the gang--even daring enough to drive his slowly-dying Olds in an extenuated trip to Wyncote. With an ever- ready smile and the stuft that makes for success. all that is keeping Toss from college is the need of an auto that can make the forty-five miles to Princeton. Ambition: eye doctor Destiny: Dr. l. O. Famous for: big feet Pet Peovo: late ap- pointments Postscript: dressed to kill