Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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a I would like to share with the Class of ’81 a passage from Dag Hammarskjold’s Markings. “To love life and men as God loves them - for the sake of their infinite possibilities, to wait like Him, to judge like Him without passing judgment, to obey the order when it is given and never look back - then He can use you - then, perhaps, He will use you. And if He doesn’t use you - what matter. In His hand every moment has its meaning, its greatness, its glory, its peace, its co-inherence. From this perspective, to “believe in God” is to believe in yourself, as self-evident, as “illogical,” and as impossible to explain: if I can be then God is.” Best wishes for your future, Mr. Joseph T. Devlin, English Department Chairman SENIORS Ho well these Schmeltzered Chambers of this edifice Recoil to rumblings like Di Patriates of old; O'Neill, for nearby stands My Rick The Robin son of whom? Trew as the Childs first breaths The Robinson son has viewed it all! First days to Termine recall! Minds clove then knowing like the Coulters edge “ABoyts twelve year ago,” allege Those who Garner jots of days gone by. Peer Jones peer as Tilling hast The dew to earth, And Gathers Mick to Neill And like to like, To mass into a class. (Not one Dud ley by them When they slumbered here.) Then forth sans awe San(s)ford, sans Chevrolets To Ci An(n) Frani Whom some knew well. Now they ride to college or to trade, Cunning hams or Taylors soon to be. Now with An “and” and “the” Marked by Mc Quillened points, They tarry not within the Lee (Is there a Bever ley dan dis?) But Sally IV. Mr. William P. Stein

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; Seniors: you are about to complete the first lap in your training as tephen Girard would have you do. Now go out and do it. Mr. Joseph Shuster, Mathematics Department Chairman As the Class of 1981, you are ready to step into a world of constant change. With the present rate of technological advance you will witness phenomena never dreamed possible a generation ago. You will see advanced techniques of developing our valuable resources, a booming space program and an age of computers. All this and more is at your fingertips and you can and will be part of it. So take the knowledge you have received here at Girard and open the door to the brave new world. Mr. Matt Miller

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To the Class of 1981 This is the class whose members | have taught from one to five years, too long a period for mutual satisfaction. | have mixed feelings about the class, their attitude toward me in their 7-2 to 10-2 years, and the reactions with which I met while trying to correct them in their twelfth ye ar. I respect certain members of the class for their abilities, even if they were difficult at times, and | appreciate their attempts to help me with the class. I wish those young men all the best the world can hold for them if they find the right keys to that world. Those to whom I say, “Good luck and may all things go right for you,” are John Annand, Gerald Gathers, Wayne McNeill, Mike Cianfrani, Thomas Tillinghast, Michael Chambers, Brent Beverley, Patrick Howell, Lewis O’Neal, John Dudley, Robert Schmeltzer, Fred Robinson, Robert McQuillen, Al Sanford, George Trew, and Antoniois Cunningham. To the rest, all I can say is that you are going to have to make many changes in vocabular’), manners, and attitudes towards work and authority. You will have to realize that you will have to work under all kinds of people, some like me, but others easier and still others harder. Choose further education and they will control your grades. If you choose employment, they will control your wages, promotions, job training, and your tenure. You must learn to control your tempers if you expect to hold jobs. You must accept assigned tasks, dress properly, and accept a proper perspective of your own importance - that you are small drops of rain mingling ina flood that could sweep you away. Mr. Edward Vavalo SOCIAL STUDIES In looking over some of the antique copies of the Corinthian in the high school office I noted quite a few tributes to Stephen Girard for his generosity in endowing Girard College. In more recent years, however, the memory of Mr. Girard has faded. Understandably, the times have changed. If today’s Girard student is cynical, it is because he lives ina cynical age. If he is complacent about his privileged, comfortable life at Girard College it is because he has grown up ina society in which there is virtually no physical need. It stands to reason that a young man who attended Girard during the Depression years was more likely to be appreciative than today’s student. After all, the guidance and protection of Girard College really meant something when the alternative was going hungry. No Girard boy faces that frightening prospect today, so Stephen Girard, who symbolized the ability to achieve success through hard work and the dedication to good values, may seem less important to us in the 1980's. For years, adults - including a succession of Wednesday morning chapel speakers - have been counseling you to prepare for the future that awaits you once you graduate from Girard. These speakers have urged you to learn self-reliance, personal responsibility and the valine of good citizenship. Though you may be tired of hearing it, thalacnee is sound. These values are well symbolized in the life of Stephen Girard; | hope that they have practical meaning for you as you leave the college to begin a new life. Mr, Christopher Anderson “aa Fire