Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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10 In Retrospect In the Realm of Sport I N THE realm of sport, the Class of January 1934 had its share of athletes, a total, as in the preceding class, of twenty-two letter men. Many of these athletes obtained their “G’s” in several sports; others excelled in one field. Our leading athlete was Leon Brandolph who earned six letters in three sports: basketball, baseball, and soccer. His “G’s” were evenly divided in these endeavors, and he climaxed his career in Girard by captaining the bas¬ ketball team in 1933-34. Raymond Strittmatter won five letters and captained Girard’s 1933 soccer team which proved to be the best team ever to represent the College in this sport since it went through the season without a defeat to mar its record. We congratulate “Swat” for this splendid achievement. Philip Bavuso is a four-letter man, having earned his letters in soccer, baseball, and basketball. Jim Gioelli and Harry Nace proved to be stellar athletes by capturing three letters apiece. Harry proved his worth in soccer and Jim shone the brightest in baseball. We were very fortunate in having three two-letter men ; Earl Price, Harold Nichols, and William Carlile. Bill Carlile excelled on the diving board while Price and Nichols starred in basketball. In soccer, Paul Fay, Joseph Mingioni, James Dittert, Randall Swavely, Frank DeSanto, Forrest Shaub, Albert and Charles Davis and B. Davis Fenimore showed efficiency in winning each a letter. Samuel Waters managed the soccer team and was awarded a “G” for his efforts. John Fuller and Leonard Wendling were presented letters for their outstanding performances in the back stroke and diving board respectively. John captained the swimming team in 1933-34. Charles Green proved to be the outstanding trackman and our only man to win his letter in this branch of sports. We shall not forget his brilliant high jumping. Our class is very proud of its athletic representation. Here they are. May they carry this glory into their future years. Lettermen of The Class Baseball Leon Brandolph Vincent Gioelli Philip Bavuso Harrison Nace Raymond Strittmatter Harold Nichols Paul Fay Soccer Leon Brandolph Harrison Nace Philip Bavuso Raymond Strittmatter Earl Price Vincent Gioelli Forrest Shaub William Carlile Charles Davis Albert Davis James Dittert Frank DeSartto B. Davis Fenimore Joseph Mingioni Randall Swavely Samuel Waters

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January 1934 9 for the few minutes he was on the stage transporting the audience to a Russian hut. And then, to another extreme, from that part he took the lead in “She Stoops to Conquer” and gave the audience a real treat as Mr. Hardcastle, the fat. bouncing. English aristocrat who was mistaken for an innkeeper. Here Neibert gave a very mature performance and deserves all credit given him. Another change in makeup and Mr. Hardcastle became Marley’s Ghost in the “Christmas Carol.” The stage was completely darkened, and the Ghost aroused emotion among the spectators by his voice only. The scene was quite effective, and once again members of our class brought honor to dramatics in Girard. But a play may be made or broken by a supporting cast. Every one can¬ not take the leading parts because in most cases there are not enough of them. All of our plays have been successful mainly because of the minor characters. Among them we find Earl Price, a servant of Hardcastle’s; Robert Ross as Kate Hardcastle’s maid—a very good comedy interpretation. So ends a resume of our most important dramatic performances here at Girard within the last four years. It will be safe to say that somewhere some¬ place along our line of march nearly every member of the class has participated in some sort of play. Our public speaking activities have been just as successful as those in dra¬ matics. We have had all types of Friday morning assembly talks, and numerous Sunday evening reports. The latter were delivered by Hoffman, Fuller, Bavuso, Davit, DeSanto, Fenimore, Gill, Nichols, Dittert, Bower, Spiegel, and Neibert. The most important speaking contest at Girard, the Declamation Contest, found four of our members on the platform out of the six contestants. They were John Fuller, who delivered a very interesting talk on “Preparation for Leisure”; Robert Ross, who gave an “Appreciation of George Arliss”; Francis Neibert, who talked on his “Preface to the Future”; and Wesley Hoffman who gave a biographical sketch “Out of the Darkness” on Helen Keller. It is a pity that there were not six prizes for every talk deserved recognition, but the judges were instructed to pick three winners. Our sole prize winner was Francis Neibert. Neibert left a message for us that ought to be very useful to all those who heard it. He talked intelligently about his philosophy of life and how that philosophy may be practical. For this talk he received second prize in the contest. He has since been appointed the Class Speaker at the Commence¬ ment Exercises. We have been telling you how enjoyable and how beautifully done all our plays and speeches were. We have been the interpreters in different produc¬ tions, and in many cases received the praise. But behind it all there was a directing power. And at this time we want to extend our sincere thanks and deepest appreciation to Mr. Henry V. Andrews, our coach and teacher, for all his efforts to present through us Girard plays and speeches of quality.

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January 1934 11 Leon Brandolph (C) John Fuller (C) William Carlile Basketball Philip Bavuso Harold Nichols Earl Price Swimming Raymond Strittmatter Francis Ross Leonard Wendling Track Charles Green Dancing the World Over A S COMMENCEMENT DAY draws to a close our class socials will be merely pleasant memories of joyful evenings passed together in the ‘“dance hall. Commencing our dances as young Juniors we found ourselves waltzing amid the shadows of South Sea vegetation on a moonlit island in May. Native songs, echoing from a nearby hut, created an atmosphere of romance and serenity. “In truth, it was a night of splendor.” Sailing from the South Seas and heading in the direction of Europe, we stopped at the various points of interest. Early in December we entered the English Channel and disembarked at a quaint English town. At this festive season of the year we were obliged to assemble in the jollity of a Christmas party. A warm glow from a brick fire-place welcomed the chilled, invited guests as they crossed the threshold of the dance hall. Silver stars peeped from be¬ hind the white-latticed windows. Before we knew what we were about, jolly old Santa Claus appeared on the scene and accepted our Christmas lists. As the party came to an end, we carried with us its gaiety and Christmas spirit. After the Christmas holidays we again travelled northward over the bonny braes of Scotland to dear old Ireland. We reached Erin in March just in time for a gala celebration held in honor of St. Patrick. All about the ball room of the tavern were numerous Irish symbols against a background of various shades of green. Across the doorway in large gold letters was the inscription “Erin Go Broch.” A snake coiled itself about the orchestra booth menacing those who dared to venture within the distance of a few feet. We Americans seemed to enjoy the celebration as much as the natives themselves. By the time we had traversed Ireland, we decided that we had seen enough of Europe. We returned to the United States. In October we motored to