Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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{ ZJo thz raduatincj Ctu 11 of- IQ62 Dear Class of 1962: Congratulations on receiving your diploma from Girard! This is one of the most important events of your life. The training you have received will play an important part in your happiness during the next half century. We hope it has been of sufficient quality to enable you to be successful in the career you have chosen. Today, you join the ranks of thousands of Girard graduates who have gone before you. Almost all of these Sons of Girard have become outstanding citizens. We are sure you will too. You have a wonderful and challenging future. The ivorld will probably change more during your lifetime than it has during all the previous periods of recorded history. You will be an integral part of this change. How exciting! Now is the time of dreams for you. However, remember dreams come true only if you are wil¬ ling to work, and work hard, to make them become realities. For most of you, the work of the next twenty years will determine if you will be the noteworthy person you are dreaming of becoming. If you succeed, nobody will be more pleased than the men and women here at Girard who have help¬ ed you grow to the man you are today. As you leave Girard, our main wish for you is that you never stop growing. Regardless of the career you choose you will always find there are things you do not know. Just as a tree grows branches as long as it lives, so you should continue to grow intellectually and spiritually as long as you live. During the two years Mrs. Dukes and I have been associated with you, we have been impressed with your friendliness and cooperation. These traits have made our jobs as a host and a hostess for your class a most pleasant and enjoyable experience. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be so closely associated with your group. ) Again, congratulations! It has been a pleasure to work with you. Sincerely, Dr. Reese E. Dukes eie £. !2 u£ai 12 b

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Campus Quotes How many boys see what I mean? Hands. Wei III.... Boycott! Step to the side close. . . Gooood night! Out in industry . . . Good morning! Our story for today is . . . Mr. Loder and I will have to give you a demonstration of these things. Our aim is a little better! Whooo stole the chicken? This is not a threat. This is just a bulletin of advanced information. Once more, we begin at the beginning. Please boys, I must have that time-clock. Now you use the shallow arm pool to level him off. I ' ve got a suit for every day of the week, and this is it. Are you a man or a bibby? I ' ve seen some looney kids in my day. Well, I shouldn ' t say, but then again I will. Let me have just one day I can think, without that thing hammering in my ear. Now would ya ' tell me why ya ' did it? Say, now, listen! Gentlemen, the axe is falling. Posture! That ' s the first mistake I ' ve ever made. My production! My production! There are no loopholes, you have to chase it. Hey bird! It ' s an E, but it ' s a good E and something to be proud of. AH boys in the New Jersey Area . . . Everybody, right on up the hill. Don ' t have the authority. Who ' s the supervisor on the second deck? I give you E. { 11 } •

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■cSznLox H-LLjliLicjliti (Left to Right) Washington Trip, Hallowe ' en Entertainment, Episcopal Wrestling Tournament, Congressman William S. Scranton At Girard a Hummer goes through the years with the beacon of the senior year beckoning him onw ard. After ten long years we have reached our goal and made our hope a reality, never to be forgotten. Now w ' e look back on this wonderful year, crowed with the good life but far, far too brief. We can still feel the emotional tang of enjoying our first days as seniors and vividly recall the pride of walking down the chapel aisle. Then there was the White Supper, our final Christmas Concert, WGC, the productions of the Dramatic Club, soccer, wrestling, fencing, dances, trips, College Boards, term papers, and the end¬ less hours of study — each of these and many more are the color and spirit painted on the canvas of our best year. The Washington trip gave us a new ' class unity. Seeing the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, hearing a Congressional debate, and visiting the White House w ' ere memorable events. They created a highlight in this great year, etched in our minds as a gift from our older brothers, the Alumni. We shall miss our life in Allen, our teachers and coaches, our home, and most of all our friends. Suddenly we have become very conscious of how much they have all given us, to prepare us for jobs, military service, or college, for all the demands that w ill be made on us when commencement is in the past. Embedded in our every action and word will be the responsibility of knowing that we are sons of Girard and that we shall be reflecting the fuller meaning of the education and the way of life which have so bountifully been provided for us by our Founder, Stephen Girard. We look back w ' ith pride on our school and go forward eagerly to prove that we are worthy Girardians. Supreme Court Building, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Seniors Walk to Capitol, Mount Vernon, Lincoln Memorial, Iwo lima 4 13 ):