Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

Page 18 text:

16 At the Turn of the Road Morgan, Enoch, DiCenza, and Franey. Pritchard and Hedden were managers of the basketball and swimming teams respectively, while the remaining four fel¬ lows played varsity soccer. That is our record. We have not had an outstanding athlete far above every one else, but we have had a good representation on every squad in the College for the past two years. Almost half the class are lettermen ; we are not ashamed of our record. No heights of distinction, however, have been scaled. The foun¬ dation has been laid ; greater things may still be laid upon it. The National Honor Society They walked about the campus in sprightly fash¬ ion, and justly so, for shining on their coats was the emblem of the National Honor Society. These were the first of our class to receive the coveted honor, namely, Ralph Price, who became presi¬ dent in his Senior-Two year, Arthur Englebach, who became vice-president in his same term, and William Hinkel, who served as secretary during the last term. A term later, two more walked about in a purer air. Yes, they had also been inducted into the Girard Chapter. These two lads were Philip Cohen and Robert Andrews. Again a member of the Senior Class was noticed with his head at an uncommon angle and the ca¬ pacity of his lungs greatly increased. Tobias Koch had become a member of this select group. Under their exemplary and able leadership, the society has kept to the fore¬ front the truly primary objective of a worthwhile educational process: the devel¬ opment of character which expresses its value in helpfulness to all. Under Mr. Mcllhatten’s supervision, the society is exercising this helpfulness by doing its best to rid the school of its blackest mark—conditions. Every member of the Girard Chapter has sacrificed personal time and pleasure to improve the records of the school. This work has brought tangible results. The recla¬ mation of conditioned boys from the October special study hour list was 56 per cent successful, and for the month of November, the percentage had mounted to 65 per cent. We trust that all Girard boys honored with membership in the National Honor Society will ever strive to live up to their pledge: I pledge myself to uphold the high purpose of this society to which I have been elected, striving in every way by word and deed to make its ideals the ideals of my school and of my life.

Page 17 text:

January 1935 15 Man to Man Because of the smallness of the Class of January 1935, it might be supposed that there would be a corresponding decrease in the number of our lettermen. We can point with pride, how¬ ever, to our record on the ath¬ letic field as being on a par with many of preceding classes. There is a total of forty-two let¬ ters in our class, divided among twenty letter men. The leading athlete of the class is Sam Place, holder of three swimming letters and one soccer letter. Sam went in for swimming three years ago and gained a letter for himself in three successive seasons. Then last fall he dropped swimming .for soccer, and, after playing the season at fullback, came through with his fourth letter. Johnny Fuller was next in line with three letters. Besides being captain of both the soc¬ cer and basketball squads in his senior year, Johnny has the dis¬ tinction of being the only man in the class with a letter in baseball. Alf Rucinski, Joe Abaldo, Johnny Steen, Joe Kane, and “Greek” Granato also are three lettermen. Johnny has all three letters in swimming, and in his senior year he captained the team. He is also a holder of a college swimming record. Joe Abaldo has two letters in track and one in soccer. Alf Rucinski has one each in track, soccer, and basketball.“Greek” Granato has a letter in each of the same sports. Joe Kane is another swimmer, having won his letters in that sport three years in a row. When we consider the two lettermen, we find Calnan, Adams, Koch, Clausius, Mocharniuk, Wheeler, and Lockhart. Adams, Clausius, and Wheeler each have a letter in track and soccer. Calnan, Koch, and Lockhart have their two in soccer and basketball. Nick Mocharniuk won both of his letters in track, after proving to be a good miler for two seasons. The class has six men with one letter each. They are Pritchard, Hedden,

Page 19 text:

January 1935 17 RALPH L. PRICE • 324 Arlington Street, Tamaqua, Pa. President of Class, J-l, S-2; Vice-president of Class, J-2; National Honor Society, J-2 to S-2; Vice-president of Honor Society, S-l; President of Honor Society, S-2; Glee Club, J-2 to S-2; President of Glee Club, S-2; Cap¬ tain in Battalion, S-2; Editor: Girard News, S-l; Edi- tor-in-Chief: Girard News, S-2; Editor-in-Chief: Com¬ mencement Record; Cast: Christmas Carol; Cast Merchant of Venice; Second Penmanship Prize, 2-2 Expert Typist Pin; Conference Committee, J-2, S-l: Declamation Contest; Wardrobe Manager, Dramatic Club, S-l; First Prize, Declamation Contest; Class Speaker. The only thing that we have against Pop is that he is a Pennsy-Dutchman. He was probably the one who said, “Button, don’t bell, bump.” It’s all right, Pop, you may only be a coal miner in Tamaqua, but you led in every “vein” in Girard. You came out of the dark, but you certainly stood in the light. ROBERT C. FULLER JOHNNY- 1223 Crease Street, Philadelphia, Pa. President of Class, J-2; Vice-President of Class, S-2; retary, Camera Club, J-2; Secretary, Electric Club, ; President, Naturalist Club, S-l; Senior Life Saving tificate, S-2; Glee Club, S-2; Soccer Team, ’34 f )tain, Soccer Team, ’34; Baseball Letter, ’34; Libra- Club, S-2; Basketball, ’33, ’34; Captain of Team. You never hear much from Johnny. He’s too modest to talk about himself most of the time. The rest of the time he’s asleep. Good luck! May the span of your life be as wide as the diameter between your knees. JOSEPH ABALDO 2523 S. Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. G’.ee Club, J-2 to S-2; Track Team, ’33 ’34; Senior Life Saving Certificate; Class Treasurer, S-l; Second Prize. Individual Drill; Joint holder of College relay record; Soccer Team, ’34; Associate Editor, Girard Magazine, S-2; Conference Committee, S-2; Expert Typist Pin. You oughta see our mana Joe, When he ees gotta run. He ees da fastest man we know, ’Cause manya race he won. Note: Joe also got the class trench coats.