Gratz High School - Gratzonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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p 0 REGARD life as a journey is an old concept, yet i it is a good one, for we are ever traveling from the past, through the present, to the future. We are always passing wayside stations that indicate a section of the journey done. Such a landmark is our graduation, it indicates for us the end of one itinerary, the begin- ning of a new. From our little trip through high school, we may perceive the main outlines of the land- i scape that will greet us later. Here we have known oc. attempts that have ended in disappointments, ambi- tions that were never fulfilled, and we will know them again. Yet the whole of our school experience was good, for difficulties were lost in daily routine and passed into the hope for the morrow, and work became fun when shared. This, not our diplomas, means school to us. Later we shall learn again that To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and true success is to labor.

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0lll CHO0L Eight LOWLY, in the late twenties, there rose from the old circus grounds of Nicetown a stately Gothic building, which stood lovely but lifeless until a day in early Seutember, 1927, when the iirst student body entered its si- lent halls and changed them to flowing streams of youth. Since then, in the almost fourteen years which have passed, many students have passed through the building, giving life to it and learning of life in return. Beautiful as the school was, the students soon acted to make their surroundings more pleasant by forming a Combined Class lfund, to which all classes have contributed. The nucleus of stu- dent activity has been the Stu- dents Association, directed by Mrs. Marion Wallace. Our news- paper. The Spotlight. known as the eyes and cars of the school, made its debut December 19, 1927, and has continued to keep its readers well informed. First, under the principalship of Mr. .l. Elwood Calhoun and then. under that of Dr. E. Carl VVerner, the school has educated and sent into the world many good American citizens.