Germantown High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SEN Miss Marguerite Evans Miss Elsie Monroe MISS MARGUERITE EVANS Miss Marguerite Evans served for many years as a most eflicient head of our Commerce Department. Her business-like manner was admired by her co- workers and respected highly by the teachers in her department. Her effective and capable teaching, touched with a quiet sense of humor, inspired her classes to strive for high standards. The guidance which she gave so freely helped many boys and girls in the proper selection of commercial subjects. As an administrator and teacher, and most of all as a sincere friend, Miss Evans will be greatly missed, but her influence has been left to us as a heritage to help and guide us in our work. MISS ELSIE MONROE Miss Elsie Monroe, a member of the Social Studies Department, has retired after a long and fruitful career of teaching in the high schools of Philadelphia. A graduate of the Girls High School, the Philadel- phia Normal School, Miss Monroe held a B.S. and an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Between 1926 and 1937 Miss Monroe taught for varying periods at the Girls High School, Simon Gratz, Germantown, and Olney High Schools. She has been with us without interruption since 1937. Miss Monroe is a meticulous craftsman with very high standards of both scholarship and courtesy. MISS VINA MONROE To Miss Vina Monroe, who retired during the summer, we extend our very best wishes. Miss Mon- roe was a member of the Commerce Department for many years. She was also a Senior Sponsor, and had charge of the Move-up assemblies. We shall all miss her, but we know that she will enjoy her leisure time. Farewell Miss Vina Monroe Miss Dorothy Wagenbaur MISS DOROTHY WAGENBAUR After thirty-five years of conscientious and de- voted service to the Philadelphia Public School Sys- tem, Miss Dorothy Wagenbaur retired from the Germantown High School in June, 1955. Because of her genuine interest in the boys and girls of Philadelphia and in their scholastic progress, and because of her personal and professional integrity, a teacher like Miss Wagenbaur is not easily replaced. Germantown misses her greatly. MISS GENEVIEVE WILSON Miss Genevieve Wilson, a member of the Foreign Languages Department, has retired from teaching in the Philadelphia Public Schools. Though she taught other languages, her first love was Latin to whose teaching she applied herself with missionary fervor, believing as she Hrmly did that classical studies were of value to all and a powerful bulwark against barbarism. Still vigorous and enthusiastic as ever, Miss Wil- sonis teaching career is only beginning. She is now teaching Spanish at Germantown Friends' School.

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5. 'I X V. 6 X is , K ,K Q - , 95 . ,L ' X i y. fy. X as 0 ft Our Sponsor MRS. MARGARET G. MOORE Since our senior year is drawnig to its finale, one person must be thanked above all, Mrs. Moore, our class sponsor. Mrs. Moore supervises every senior activity. Supervision implies responsibility and responsibility implies a capable person, who does not mind hard work. It is impossible to relate in a few words the numerous things to which she has placed her golden touch. It is doubtful whether many people realize the difficult tasks that are placed before our class sponsor. The Senior Prom and senior trip were great successes, but few persons realize that Mrs. Moore,s job began when we were in our junior year. The gown and flower committee for graduation, our Junior Prom, and junior class meetings are only a few of her other activities. Above all, our yearbook would be an impossibility without her guiding hand. The amazing part of Mrs. Moore's job is that it is never ending. When our symphony is finished, We 311 know that she will start composing new masterpieces with future senior classes.

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Our Assisting Stall Seated: Mrs. Verna Burcaw, Mrs. Anita Longmire fMain Oflicej. Standing: Mrs. Eleanor McIntyre fNurse's Officel, Miss Frances Gardner fMr. Nichol's Secretaryj, Mr. Rudolph Mann QI.ocker Roomsj, Mrs. Florence Cooper fI.i- braryj, Mrs. Dora Rankel fMa.in Oflicel. Mrs. Ann Phillips School Store LUNCHROOM STAFF First Row: T. Brown, J. Veppustek, S. Daniels, A. Pearson, R. 1 Smith, D. Vcrnelson, S. Boyton. Second Row: M. Brackman, S. h Duffy E Reed Miss Helen Cleland , . . Librarian