Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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4 In Retrospect Philip Bavuso Robert F. Blair Harry P. Buckley A. Frank Caruso Leon Brandolph William L. Carlile Charles Davis John Dievers DRAFTING George Delaney John H. Kerlin Joseph Mingioni William T. Potts ELECTRICAL Herbert Bower Paul E. Davit Louis G. Frankau Charles E. Good William E. Montgomery Samuel Waters PATTERN MAKING Vincent Gioelli Commercial Students STENOGRAPHERS Rocco Chichirico Frank J. DeSanto Neil R. Gilchrist Howard J. Gill Charles Green ACCOUNTING B. Davis Fenimore John A. Fuller Harold E. Nichols Francis H. Ross Robert W. Ross Mechanical Students PAINTING Paul V. Fay Leonard Wendling PRINTING Albert Davis James C. Dittert Earl E. Price Henry L. Romig AUTO MECHANIC Arden D. Callender Frank M. Richards Samuel Ziegler CARPENTRY Donald E. Casey Raymond P. Schneider William C. Schwinn Ernest E. Hall Wesley L. Hoffman Francis A. Neibert Abraham Slotnikoff Forrest R. Shaub Morris Spiegel Raymond Strittmatter Harle L. Vogel MACHINE Joseph Devon Harrison E. Nace Alexander T. Sanders Randall A. Swavely FOUNDRY Ellswood Wright STEAM FITTER Mahlon Price Special Course BIOLOGY Donald E. Casey

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January 1934 3 T HE CLASS OF JANUARY 1934 leaves Girard College to enter a topsy¬ turvy world. Advancement among those workers who happen to have jobs is being secured mainly by rigid competition. The business world will not herald us as exemplars of knowledge or as prodigies. VVe shall have to be cogs that fit into the wheels of business or social work. If we do not fit, the world does not have to accept us. Therefore we must try first to adapt ourselves. As far as Girard College is concerned, we pass on as another graduating class of fifty-odd boys who have satisfied all requirements of conduct and scho¬ lastic work. The gates are closed behind us. Girard College will carry on its great work and miss us, but not in any vital manner because others have come up to fill our places. There lies ahead of us greater work than we have ever done if we are to become significant as workers and thinkers in the world. Real¬ izing this, we have respected the opportunity of the past as Girardians, and we honor those who guide us so well as our best friends. Today, after nine years in this great home and school for boys, we heartily acknowledge with sincere gratitude the character and skill and affection of those who have helped us real¬ ize the finest values in life. Yesterday, when we entered, the Grecian Temple at the gate meant noth¬ ing more to us than any big building with pillars. The High School building was not widely different from the school buildings from which we had come, so little does a small boy discriminate in his surroundings. But during our stay in the College much has been changed. In place of the old buildings mod¬ ern ones have grown up to a new magnificence. That gray building with many spires, where we lived out our early years, has given way to the new Junior School. The dining room where 1600 hungry lads assembled three times daily has disappeared with time. Its boys have divided since into house groups which now assemble in attractive dining halls not only to eat but to learn the manners of the gentleman. The beloved old chapel with its chimes, its ivy vines of warmth, life and good cheer has passed forever. Old sentiments still linger. The new and far more beautiful edifice in which we have recently worshiped will magnify and beautify the lessons of old. Long may they live! And so “the old order changeth yielding place to the new, and God fulfills Himself in many ways.’’ Like many other students of today, we have taken in all this and more with deep and serious appreciation. And so we depart. Tomorrow we become another part of a great world with our training, our habits of idealism, and our hopes. Henceforth we shall be “on our own’’; we shall have perhaps fewer friends to offer a supporting hand, but now we go out to something greater or less than what we have left behind. It shall be what we choose to make it. What shall we make this life of tomorrow?

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January 1934 5 We Call at “Fleet Street” RITING has a way of exerting its influence both at home and abroad. To a great extent the student publications of Girard College form the sole basis of our appraisal by other schools; they also exert a marked influence upon the school life itself. It is the duty of the editor to keep the ideals and spirit of the school on a high plane . The Girard Magazine was long ago raised from the ranks of the mere peri¬ odical. The magazine now provides excellent enjoyment with its stories and poetry. A clearing house for the books of the day gives the readers distinctive information; but the pulse of literature is not complete unless the drama is given its place. The trail has been blazed with a review of all of Barrie’s plays together with a short biographical sketch of the dramatist’s life. Now it remains to our successors to carry on this new feature. But the content is not the only part of the magazine changed. Charles E. Good and Alexander Sanders have made unique and effective cover designs and block prints. To them goes the honor of Art Editor. Members of our class who were on the Editoral Staff are: B. Davis Feni- more, Editor-in-Chief; Robert Ross, Louis Frankau, Neil R. Gilchrist, Charles Green, VVm. E. Montgomery, Wm. Potts, Earl Price, and John Kerlin, Asso¬ ciate Editors. Their pens are responsible for much of the fine material embod¬ ied in the Girard Magazine. The editors wish to thank Dr. Stewart for his kind cooperation and keen criticisms which helped to make this last issue the best published in several years. Under the progressive leadership of Philip Bavuso the Girard News has continued to provide its readers with news and a progressive spirit. Harry P. Buckley and John A. Fuller worked together with the Editor-in-Chief assem¬ bling the news. All stories of interest were covered completely and interest¬ ingly by this trio of reporters. All of us have read with interest the red- blooded sports writeups. It still remains a question how John Fuller succeeded in getting so much action into the sporting news. He was neither partisan nor prejudiced in his accounts, and credit goes in full to him who earned it. The Girard News has carried on. In each publication of the Commencement Record the students of the Col¬ lege are enabled to get a full account of the accomplishments of the graduating class. The story of our school life is vitally interesting to us. This publica¬ tion reflects our true character. We hope that you too may feel the spirit of the Class of January 1934 as you read it. The wise planning and unusual arrangement of material is the work of Fran¬ cis A. Neibert, Editor-in-chief. His associates, Philip Bavuso, Frank DeSanto, B. Davis Fenimore, John A. Fuller, Charles Green, and John Kerlin have en¬ deavored to present to you the history of the class with accuracy and logic. Although it represents our last student activity, may it long be considered “the yard stick” of our success. Our old owl sitting so sedately on the cover should bring you the true spirit of the seriousness with which we have compiled this issue.