Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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.

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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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6 In Retrospect Too soon, many of us will be readers of the Alumini Magazine, where we shall be able to find the details of our past school life lived over again. Dur¬ ing the last term Wesley L. Hoffman and B. Davis Fenimore kept the “ex-hum¬ mers’ up-to-date with the school through their contributions to Steel and Gar¬ net. May we have later news written in the same spirit. As another class passes in review may the readers of these pages realize that we did not do this entirely alone. After all, without guidance little is ac¬ complished. The work of Dr. Stewart, Professor Foust, and Dr. Haskell can¬ not be forgotten. May their wise leadership benefit us in the years to cornel And now we assure you that the life of the editor is a happy one. His pleas¬ ures liv e on after the vain have died. The realization that his pen has accom¬ plished something in an effort to raise the standards of his school is alone a reward. And so let the rest lie with our readers and those who succeed us. Music “And the night shall be filled with music And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs And as silently steal away ' ' F ROM the days of the tom tom beating to the evenings of pleasure among the inspiring strains of great symphonies, music has lived as the chief me¬ dium of inspiring men. As children men are lulled to sleep by the mother’s lullaby. Later they appease their emotions, dispel their worries, and live in the atmosphere of ecstacy among the songs which great men and women created for their relief or enjoyment. And finally the solemn tones of the dirge accompany them to their last resting places. But music elevates; it creates ideals, and ennobles our characters. Its spir¬ itual influence cannot be estimated. Perhaps it is Nature’s greatest spiritual gift to mankind because it prevented our return to savagery. It determines our degree of culture. “’Tis the language of the soul.” And so we count it one of the most important of our numerous activities at Girard. From the first crude rendition of the class rhythm band in the old Number Seven Building to the final martial air of pomp and circumstance played when we marched to our last auditorium assembly, music has influenced our lives and con¬ duct. When we entered Girard, we lived in contact with music. Every day be¬ gan with a song. Singing produced in us a happier frame of mind, made us more capable of better work and kinder in our relations to each other. We were little