Germantown High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Mrs. Marian W- Wallggg Vice-Principal and his associates . . . MR. GEORGE OESTEA- VTCE-PRINCIPAL To Mr. George OesTe we wish To ex- press our deepesT Thanks and appreciaTion. Coming To GermanTown in February, I949, Mr. OesTe Took over The iob oT Vice- Principal. ln This capaciTy he has charge of The sTudy hall and The newly inauguraTed apTiTude TesTing program. Mr. OesTe's mosT imporTanT worlc is dealing wiTh The behavior problems ThaT occur in German- Town. ln addiTion To his numerous dayTime duTies, he is principal oT The evening school. Once again we should lilce To Thanlc Mr. OesTe in recogniTion oT his service To us during our sTay in GermanTown. MRS. MARION W. WALLACE IT is diTTiculT To puT inTo words exacTly how we Teel Toward Mrs. Wallace. In our years aT GermanTown, we have come To lcnow her graciousness and charm, and have TrusTed and respecled her Tor her excellenT worlc ThroughouT The school. Mrs. Wallace, Vice-Principal, has been aT Ger- manTown since I94I. Under her guidance is The assembly planning program. For many a year, The memory ol Those delight Tul assembly programs, which brighTened Those weelcs oT labor Tor us all, will linger in our hearTs. The Class oT June, l949, can only say, Thank .you, Mrs. Wallace. Weill never TorgeT you. Mr. George I- Oesfe Vice-Principal

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Mr. Charles R. Nichols Principal Cur director . . . Pal Toy, Mr. Charles Nichols, James Krewson, Dallon Bradley. E ,ri 1 .L TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF JUNE, I949: Wilh lhe concluding ol lwelve years ol lormal educalion lor elleclive living in a democracy, an invenlory ancl appraisal seem essenlial. To dale, programs, obieclives ancl ideals have been eslablishecl lor you wilh an ever increasing parlicipalion on your parl. Scholarship, leadership, originalily, lhe basic principles ol cilizenship and lhorough habils of workmanship are bul a lew ol lhe oulcomes ol your experiences. Wilh lhis eguipmenl, whal will be your invenlory ol rhe nexl lwelve years? By lhal lime will you be lully equipped lor your lile's work? Will you be eslablishecl in your vocalion7 Do you visualize your place in lhe lamily, lhe church, lhe communily aclivilies ol lhe lulure? These represenl a lew ilems essenlial lo such an invenlory. lzunclamenlal lo everylhing is lhe manner in which you live wilh your lellowmen. Consideralion lor ancl recognilion ol lhe righls and privileges ol your neighbor have been inlegral parls ol your program. May lhey be ol ever increasing im- porlance in your lulurel ll is my sincere wish lhal such may be lhe case and lhal you may prolil in proporlion lo your ellorl and sincerily ol purpose. Very sincerely yours, QL,a4!fQ,.4.c,A, Sadie Lobasso, Leonard Holif- man, Norman Findlay, Mr. Charles Nichols.

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Mrs. Virginia deM. Raaclre Assisfani To The Principal MRS. VIRGINIA de M. RAACKE UnTorTunaTely, we have lcnown Mrs. Raaclce only Three shorT years. buT we Teel ThaT in ThaT Time she has been To us whaT her posiTion claims, a counsellor in The True meaning oT The word. She has given us The besT advice and counsel ThaT was humanly possible. Mrs. Raaclce is an indispensable member oT The TaculTy serving in The capaciTy oT college adviser and counsellor oT The girls. I-ler capabiliTy and sincere undersTanding oT our problems have made us seelc her advice Time and again. For This and more.We, The Class oT '49, Thanlc you, Mrs. Raaclie, Tor all you have done To guide and prepare us Tor The TuTure. showed us the way . . . MR. CECIL ITANNING Now aT The end oT Three years in Ger- manTown, we realize ThaT This is The lasT Time we may come in conTacT wiTh Mr. Fanning. DespiTe The TacT ThaT we are noT all personally acguainTed wiTh Mr. Fanning, we have meT him in his classes and have seen him in Room IOB worlcing tirelessly amid his piles OT papers. As college adviser Tor The boys, he spends hours wriTing Tor inlornnaTion and discussing each one's problems. He also eaches English and The early morning col- lege preparaTory vocabulary class. I-lis excellenT advice will mean a beTTer college career To many oT us. We will remember him always as we go TorTh To serve. H53 ,ff , Mr. Cecil Fanning College Adviser