Germantown High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SSISTANTS TO THE MRS. VIRGINIA DE M. RAACKE URING our stay at Germantown we have all come to know and respect Mrs. Raacke. Her competence in an- swering questions concerning college courses and curricula is common knowledge to those of us who have at any time sought counsel. She has helped us solve our many problems and has proved herself to be a real educational leader. VVe, of the Class of June, 1942, take this opportunity to thank 1NIrs. Raacke for her kind and excellent guidance which has helped us through our struggles and has simplified our plans for the future. We are indeed fortunate in having had as our friend and adviser one so capable and understanding. We are neither the first nor the last Whom she has aided, but we stand in the front ranks of the appreciative. 10

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T IS, to me, an honor and a pleasure to be asked to Write these words showing, in a small way, the esteem with which Mr. Strauss is regarded by the Alumni of Germantown High School. I have had the privilege of associating with Mr. Strauss since 1926 in Alumni matters, and he has been the one person that has held the contact between the Alumni and the school through the periods of prosperity and depression which the Alumni has passed. The success which the Alumni Association is now enjoying is due entirely to his loyalty and hard work which he has exerted since its inception in 1918. In all these years he has never missed a meeting of the Board of Directors or of the Association. No member of the faculty is more revered or remembered longer than Percival S. Strauss, and it is gratifying to us graduates, on whose behalf I am writing, to see that he still is carrying on the work which he started many years ago and that the under-graduates still recognize his sterling qualities as a leader and a gentleman. Congratulations to Percival S. Strauss for receiving the honor of the dedication of this book and congratulations to the Class of June, '42 for dedicating this book to Mr. Strauss. GORDON W. VENABLE, O.D., February, 'QL ARLYLE once said, Blessed is the man who has found his workg let him ask no more blessedness. The singular ability of Mr. Percival S. Strauss to identify himself so completely with his daily work and associations was a source of inspiration to all his colleagues in the teaching profession. Mr. Strauss has been a member of the Social Studies Department of the Ger- mantown High School since the founding of our school in 1915. With the versatility bestowed upon but a few, he capably added a host of additional responsibilities to his teaching roster in order to enrich the lives of the pupils of our school and to give our school a constructive role in community affairs. Coaching the swimming and tennis teams year after year, assisting in the conducting of student singing in assem- blies, initiating a student government system, organizing the Alumni Association, serving on the Athletic Council-to mention a few-to all these activities he de- voted himself so sacrilicially that his profession and recreation were merged into one completely satisfying life. The unanimous selection of Mr. Strauss as the dedicatee of the CLASS RECORD of June, 1942, was in itself a remarkable tribute from an appreciative student body. As one of his associates and as faculty sponsor of the CLASS RECORD, I, too, am grate- ful to have shared the enthusiasm of the pupils and to have guided them in their happy task. We proffer this book as a humble, though inadequate, gift to our re- spected and beloved colleague and friend-Percival S. Strauss. LOUISE H. KAHLER, Class Record Adviser.

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P R I C I P IDR. W.Xl,'l'l'lli W. IIEIRKNICSS llr. llcrkncss has workcil conscicnlionsly lo aid lnclnhcrs ol' onr class choosc thc vocations which would hcsl scrvc ihcir inlcrcsls. Many linics hc pcrsonally visitcd classcs lo cnipha- sizc lllc many ncw opportnnilics which hail conic lo his altcnlion for high school graflnalcs. particularly lhosc l'0lIlI'llDllllllg.I to lhc clclcnsc projccls. llis assislancc in all phascs ol' our school lil'c will not hc l'org.:ollcn, lor hc has hccn a most cncrgciic and cnthnsiastic hclpcr. 'l'hc cordial, inlcrcslccl IIIILIIIIUI' in which hc con- clnclctl all his gniclancc inlcrvicws was char- aclcristic ol' his allitnrlc towarml lhc slnclcnls. 'l'hc Vlass ol' Jnnc. 1942 cxprcsscs its thanks to Dr. llcrkncss, a connscllor and a, lricnml. Unc ol' lln- onlslanrling clcvclopincnls in our school lhis sclncslcr was lhc formation ol' lhc Nlorris-Will Vhaplcr ol' lhc Xalional llonor Socicly nnclcr thc lcaflcrship ol' Dr. lYai4lclich. llis wcll-orgganizccl clforls in lln- Qlclcnsc projccls havc lllilfll' ilu- air-raixl clrills an onl- slanfling lcalnrc ol' our school's participation in lhc war program. 'l'o crcalc hcllcr coordi- nalion anrl nnrlcrslamling lmclwccn lhc lac- nlly an4l sln1lcnls,ancl to flK'li'l'lllllll' lhc major lcalnrcs anfl policics ol' social aclivilics, Ur. vviIl1ll'lll'll cslalrlishccl a lioarrl ol' Social Sponsors. WX- arc all llllllfllllllHlilll1'li1ll'llllill l7r.lVaimlc- lich has lnccn an cvcr-willing aclviscr in all onr nnclcrlakings. wc, lhc grarlnaling class, talic lhis opporlnnily to salntc him asa finc lcarlcr anfl loyal lricncl, ancl sinccrcly hopc that thc nmlcrgrznlualcs, and lhosc to follow, will profil as wc havc from his inany conlrihnlions. II DR. l,l l'lll'Ili I . WAIIDICLILII