Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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(Tbr Class nf Hjauuaru 1947 When you get to know o fellow, Know his every mood and whim, You begin to find the texture Of the splendid side of him. —Henry C. Link. 1947 [ 13 ] Glbr (Cnrintliian

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CLASS ADMINISTRATION J-i Bernard McDowell Edward Whitcraft Robert MacKenzie Carmen Buccieri S-1 Peter Cardamone Rudolf Panaro Alessio Carestio Robert Donovan President Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer President . Vice-President .. Secretary .... Treasurer J-2 Albert Lewis Domenic Arcari Donald Gibbons Donato Rufo S-2 Bernard McDowell Peter Cardamone Robert Donovan Carmen Buccieri NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY President Vice-President Secretary . Rudolf Panaro Bernard McDowell Charles Weiss President. Treasurer STUDENT COUNCIL Pasquale Longo Bernard McDowell CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Rudolf Panaro ATHLETIC COUNCIL Robert Rowe fflonntl|tan [ 12 ] January

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BERNARD JAMES McDOWELL (Bernie) President 524 N. 52nd Street, Philadelphia Born: Jonuary 14, 1930 Course: Regular and Vocational Chemistry Honors: Student Council, J-1, S-1, S-2; Vice-president, S-1, S-2; Nat¬ ional Honor Society, j-2 to S-2; Vice-President, S-2; Echelon Platoon, ' 45; Lieutenant in Bottalion, ' 46; Track, ' 45, ' 46; Henry Kraemer Chem¬ istry Prize, First, S-2; Girard News Staff, S-2; Conference Com¬ mittee, S-1; Contributing editor, Girard Mogazine ; Activities Night, ' 44; Foreign Policy Associotion, J -2 to S-2. Bernie was one who might be considered the ideal Hummer. It was his perseverance that helped him do so well in everything, especially in track. Though somewhat reserved, his willingness and desire to help everyone, combined with a quick, satirical wit, made him a well-liked member of the class. Above all, he possessed a certain magnetic some¬ thing in personolity which compelled everyone to like him. In selecting Bernie os our lost president, we reolize that we have chosen the finest, most capoble leader in our doss. Dear Classmates, Well, fellows, this is it! Our ten years of anticipation have sud¬ denly melted into heortbreoking reality. For those ten yeors, which will be among the best years of our lives, we hove been molding the patterns of our personalities ond characters. Our aides in this molding process, the persevering and loyal teachers of Girard, will never fully realize our grotitude for their services. Eoch day of the future will bring new evidences of what they have done for us. Our indebtedness to Girard is beyond adequate expression. Let our actions in the future speak for us in such a woy that we shall be worthy of the name Sons of Girard. In parting tribute to Girard may I say that no one reolizes more than we that home is where the heart is. Classmates will be missed most of all. Never forget the well stoted precept of Shakespeare, which is so well understood by Girordions: ' The friends thou hast and their adoption tried. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. Our attachment to each other is beyond the reach of tangible evaluotion; it will live in our minds and souls forever. So long, fellows ' Porting silence is understood by all of us, but in closing moy I epxress my hope that all of your ambitions, which you are well prepored to realize, moy mature with the fullest measure of success. Sincerely, Bernie McDowell [ 14 ] January