Germantown High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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H V z L gf I' ' Ivnw llinlllllnitll. lfifllrll i ff , fihfliif' ...Tw lil J HJ 'ml lt-r!'ll.'l?Ill1 'l,.,- ' fi 'll J l EQ-i'lflllllf !f VV BUYS' HISTORY 5 NE dark, dismal February day, a band of erstwhile boys and girls were seen approaching the portals of the Germantown High School. :gb What a reward, that for eight years of study and worry of their grammar school days ! These future prodigies, who were to form the class of January '30, were greeted by Dr. Seely, Mr. Strauss and a great array of teachers in the assembly hall. After being requested to set aside their childish pranks they were led to the different classrooms. These rooms later turned out to be record rooms, for what kind of records, we were to find out later. Much to our delight the girls of the class did not follow us to our rooms. In fact, we did not see them again for some time as they had been placed in their half of the building and we i11 ours. Athletics soon began to appeal to our young minds and while some of the class decided to give their invaluable services to the teams, the rest spent their time rooting for I them and trying to pick out the captains of the different teams as they roamed through the halls. fl.. Q All this took time and before we realized it, summer was nearly upon us. Putting on an extra spurt, the class, as a whole, came through with very satisfactory marks. We returned to school in September, sunburned and 'Lrarin' to gof, What bliss! We were no longer freshmen. Anyone doubting the truth of that state- ment was soon convinced by anyone in the class who knew of his doubts. We were in G., and already perfectly willing to vaunt our standing in the faces of the new-comers. We settled down quickly with the opening of tl1e football season and enjoyed our first series of Germantown High School football games. Due largely to the cheering of our class the football team wo11 the championship. Soon the Christmas holidays were upon us. Much to our sorrow, they were gone all too quickly, but the term end was near, so in a pleasant frame of mind we came happily and successfully to the end of our freshman year. This magic word now applied to us: SOPHOMORES How time flies! Here we were starting our second year with the class greatly enlarged by the bunch of fellows from the junior high schools. About this time the other half of the building began to hold a great attraction for some members of our class. And was it any wonder? The girls had undoubtedly changed a great deal and there was that indescribable some- Twczzty-tlzree

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I i I l 's n 1 9 J l H w i .L ' xv, , .. 1 4 M'-,?'r y , .. - - 1 fm: f '- ' ' ' ' MT' ,jj .-Qf1, f1' Il,J'M1V',. . vm, 'twin , . , A -,mg g FL: , A 1'fk.l1igjx.13-iii' I f:.. I 'll IW: -N yah R V Yxlqbjtg X -i I Q.: 1 I W I YI Y ' 4 1 :flu H.E'1h.'- ll 'l ', U YL . ,A,' 1 ' '. .,.f,.,,L ui, A ,. ' ' , ' 3743? i 1' ,., lm nf ' im.....,,,A,, WY, , themselves to us. Mrs. Tyson and Mr. Rothermel entered into our lives as a part of us from the first day of organization. This organization came late in the term and there was no ' time nor precedent for a D Class party. - - The advisers were ready for the class in the fall, to 'ii' create enthusiasm for class events during the year. We needed the enthusiasm, for classes have the habit of falling into a complete state of lethargy over the summer. One of the first and most looked-forward-to matters on the program was the ordering . lb .Wu ph, if l IQ 4 T il' Fl Wlflltt45i4l l53' u 'j wwe I, ,Mx I' ff ia of ', llmlll 1 X XII l It IMI I : ff 'll gg v y 1 l fi I of the class rings. Do you remember seeing, or rather hearing, the girls in the hall with the 'csizersw jangling in their hands? They sounded like The Keeper of the Keys, or a matron in a prison house. 'After many orders taken with karat marked 666.75 and price marked 'Lgreen gold, they were all assembled, the money counted and piled-and we waited those endless weeks for rings. We had football games to follow and chlb activities to absorb us really for the first time in our C term. Our president called meetings., and the treasurer, Virginia Lowe, dug hard, with her big black book in one hand and a pencil in the other, to separate us from our clinging twenty cents on certain mornings of the week. Our first party had to be planned for. It was to be a bigger and more unusual affair than had ever been given 0 ' ' ' ' : MD' I -ff if before by a C Class. Harry Leber and Eva Dahl had charge of the party committee and a weekly dancing class was K1 I organized to insure the affair against wall supports. January 10tl1 was the date set for it, and I cannot remember going to a school party that went off with more of a bang! The orchestra and entertain- ment were splendid and I have never seen, eve11 in their wildest moments, students so reluctant to leave the school. Mrs. Tyson's absence during this term was a source of great regret to the girls., but they found in Miss Freehafer someone very close to Mrs. Tyson-H with Mrs. Tyson's own spirit. We felt that during the C term we were getting well started toward our final term, and that, as a class, we were coming closer in our workings together. Although Sara is at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, she is with us in thought. She has been a very active mem- ber of our class, being the historian and former secretary. We wish here to ac- knowledge our appreciation of what she has done. Sarais literary talent is quite evident in her Class History. We give her our sincere friendship and best wishes for the future. 7i'ZCCl1fj'-fTx'0

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'S V.f'ni7iLJ'1ifI 'i'T'f'fl'-fl ' - 141. LQVQ Welt ' A flT7l1ll.. 5!'Q97 X f . . , i , .. 3. ,, .,,z,,. 6 . li L14 'V if 1 . ,.,' f- l I it ,DJJ ,lr N thing that caused a number of the fellows to find business I 1. Hp' on the opposite side of the building. 1 I J lu. A , With our sectional volley-ball games keeping us busy the L '51 ll f term passed swiftly and the summer was again before us with ,Q lil its two months respite from school work. Needless to say, .All 'ly we welcomed it. ill! Again summer was over and we settled down to make -ffl' H a name for ourselves in school life. The social life of the l l school began to interest a great number of the class and soon our fellows were i playing an active part in some of the clubs. Thanksgiving arrived shortly with its turkey and pump- kin pie and a two-day vacation. Shortly after this the big social event of the year was given, the senior play of the class of January '23. though we all knew deep in our hearts that it was as nothing compared to what our senior play would be. The Christmas holidays were with us before we noticed it, and we returned to school from our ten-day vacation, determined to finish our sophomore year brilliantly. Some did and some didn't, but the majority of the class successfully passed through their final tests. We were upper-classmen! Q4 It was well attended and commented on by our class, l v' A J UN IORS We were now starting our junior year and at the beginning of the term we faced class organization. We settled down to business at once and, with the aid of our senators and the kind help of Dr. Seely we secured the two best advisers in the school, Mr. Rothermel and Mrs. Tyson. A class meeting was held a short time later and the election of oliicers for the D term took place, the results of the election being: President-Harry Leber Vice-President-Dick Wagner Secretary-Richard Hoober Treasurer-J oe F ortunato Uur class treasurer began collecting dues immediately after organization and wl1e11 this was written another poor boy was still collecting. Our studies and activities again took up most of our . . . . -.s spare time and, w1tl1 a holiday here and there, we came 4 .' fl again to our summer vacation. ' 6 fi Returning to school in the early days of September we 'r IL' 3 found notices on all the Bulletin Boards announcing an im- T'Zx'ClIfj fU1l7