Haverford School - Haligoluk Yearbook (Havertown, PA)

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IOHN E BAKER II I3 I E Entered: 1942 CORNELL Current Events 44 French Club 43 44 Crosman House Commrttee 44 Swrmmmg 43 Varsrty Track Manager H 44 In 1932 I began my formal educatron at the Elmwood School outsnde of York Pennsylvama I entered the York Colleglate Institute ln 1937 and contmued my studies there untxl the end of 42 Then I came to Haverford to lnve at the Crosman House On September 15 1942 I arrnved here I told Mr Covert that my name was John E Baker It dxdn t long xdentrfy me clearly though because an hour later john S Baker arrrved and ever smce people have been callmg me both names The flrst year I was here I roomed wlth the Reverend S Baker xt was a lot easxer for everybody havmg us both nn the same room That year I became very well Informed on relxgrous questlons thanks to S and also concerning matters about the bunldlng of The Body Beautlful by A G Atlas Van Metre In 43 I returned to find that my new roommate was Jonathan Hxldreth Dlckeson Montalgne more commonly called Moe and later known as the boy wxth the short name and the long legs After the Hre on November 29 we moved to the Regzster House on Grays Lane where we were ln charge of Messrs Fox and Cleaves Retummg from sprmg vacatlon we moved back to the Crosman House From then on I settled down to the job of managing the track team and makmg an all out offensrve for my dlploma EDITOR S NOTE From the day john arrlved It was evldent that the York Pa Chamber of Commerce had opened a branch ofice m Haverford Every tlme a tram went by on the P R R he could be heard to say That tram goes to York J E may be found after school among the drug store phllosophers who congregate at Camps Pharmacy On occasrons he can be seen srttmg rn a rellectwe mood but that lS pretty rare for an actlve man lrke h1m Perhaps hrs greatest dxfliculty has been trymg to keep from bemg confused wnth S Baker Now that he IS leavmg that task wxll no longer present ltself and E wrll have comparatnve rest If Uncle Sam calls hrm to the colors next summer the country wnll be getting a fine soldler However lf thlngs are dxfferent E plans to study chemical engmeermg and we feel sure that he will do well ' i ck, as ' .n v f 1 ' l . . , . .. .. . I . , , 9 Q - ' . , . . . b . , , , , . - u n ' - J. . , , . , J. -, - - u - n 1- n , . . - u u - s 1 1 1 . . , , . . . . - 1 -n it Q I ll . . ., , I - , . . . . . - 1 j. . . , , J. . a . , ,J. . , 4 a I - - - - I Q - X

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SAMUEL B D BAIRD S3111 Entered 1939 PRIINCETOX Srgnet Vlce Prtsrdent 14 StudentCounc1l 47 43 Chanrmxn R 1 Current Ixents Presulent 14 ble-e Club 44 Dance Commlttee H Honor R ll 39 44 Bond Club Fxtcutne Commrttee Athletic Assuclltxon H -H rrsrts F ot .rll H Sttond TtllI1 Ft utblll 43 Ia ttblll rrsm Blsketblll H H Coup an Second Te IIN lflrsketbull I rrsm lhsebxll H H f rp 1 lrslts Tenms H 4 luxe yelrs lgo I entered the Second Form at I-Inerford As my brother wx ls then tttendmg Eprstopal I Ind been somewhat slteptncal lbout thls school I soon lelrned howex er thlt Huerford was plenty good enough for me I tlso found out th If rn splte of the yellow sheet and other dnabolleal deslees Haxerford wls esen better thin the other sthools I had attended and that the boys were just as frlendly lf not more so I have gotten 1 great deal of pleasure from the athletics as well as from the aetual school worls I thlnlt I hase played xn praetleally every pound and age team rn the school There are many things I shall always remember such as I'1fth Form Oral English Rleh Wlmlte and Sam Causby and bemg assessed one demerxt by Dr Newhall Wlmerexer I go I shall never forget the wonderful ttmes I haxe had here I only hope that some of the boys haxe as much trouble Vlflllflg thelr senxor wrrte ups next year as I h ne had 10 composmg this one EDITOR S NOTE Lots of laughs plenty of good tnmes and an oeelsloml serrous moment tonstntute the personallty of S1m Banrd I-Ins eontmual good humor hls won htm many frrends IH and out of school and should stand hlm in good stead when h enters the Marme Corps as he plans to do lrom hrs lrst of act1s1t1es If IS eudent that he has been more than actne rn school lrfe Although prlmarlly mterested ln athletres he was an All Interac football and basketball player besldes bemg Co Captaln of the basketball team and Captain of the baseball team he also malntamed mterest IU the xarrous clubs Add to thus the fact that he was Chanrmln of the Student Counexl and you can see th lt Slm xull problbly be IS suceessful rn later llfe as he has been here at I-lax erford . . , v ' I xx, Y - ' I 1- A, a K - Q ' .., I ,, .' 1 '44 we -I I 1 v U 'V -' , ' 4'- . ' -- '44 4. A tp, . Va T V' u b' -I-1 f ' 'a 1 . ' A l I 55 qui . l-I2 i Vt .' A' aj ' a H H '- A , , fa tal '44 . . ., . - Vx ,' ' l, l H I' '42, 'A ,, la ix In l-H ' Va I ' ' i H '-1 it s 7 Q I A 3 ' L 2 ' , S ' ' '..' 1 A L , 1 i t -1 1 . J 1 ' , If I f 1 f , , . , ' 1 ' , , e 4 t. , . . . , I .T 4 4 44 ' S, c I 2.1 ' I' 2 ' -TT .T K C I K Q 1.1 7 I sl . K L K Cs K-T I . T C .T T T. V C V 1 C .TT . ' t 7. . e , ,T ' ' ,' , ' I , . . . , 7 , , ' . I , v , . . A 1 5- 7, 7 7 ' D U ks U - . s r . ti 2' . ', . 4 ' . . ' . -f 1' s ' - . . ., K ., t .. t . , ' I ,T .1 s c 4 . .I 1 7 Lf ' , ', . ' . . - ' ' - , V I M . . , . . . e -T T, T I - : . .Q .Y. . Q . .4 V. , t Y 5 . I . . . . L, n I K 7 Y . . . . as ' . 3 K ' 4 ' . ' 4 Q 1 ' if , ,T V 1 . . - - - rf' 41 lx 4 9

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IOHN S BAKER I S lack ake Entered 1940 DICKINSON Indev 44 Current Events 44 5 V Form Publrc Speakrng 43 Q Honor Roll 43 44 Crosman House Commrttee 44 Dramatrc Club 42 Football Squad 43 155 Football 42 Second Team Soccer 44 Swrmmrng Manager H 43 44 Varsrty Baseball Manager H 44 Four years ago I entered the Haverford School to get an educatron I was and strll am a member of the dormrtory group known as the Oaks Boys My first two years passed uneventfully Maybe the reason for thrs was that I was strll tryrng to get an educatron In my Frfth Form years thrngs began to move I made my debut as an orator wrth a speech on Nazrsm rn Chapel More rmportant than that however rt was my first year as swrmmrng team manager By thrs trme I had learned not to let my schoolrng rnterfere wrth my educatron Durrng thrs year I came rnto contact wrth several outstandrng Crosman House personalrtres Among these were my roommate ohn E Baker Drck Montargne and Archre McGlasson These three together wrth myself made up the Brg Four or the House Commrttee My Srxth Form year capped the clrmax I managed the swrmmrng team agarn and through my announcements rn chapel learned the use of the superlatrve Late rn the swrmmrng season I was notrhed that I had been elected manager of the baseball team My favorrte memorres are managmg the swrmmrng and baseball teams playrng on Mr Sensenrg s second soccer team and Mr Shaw s hrstory class EDITOR S NOTE johnny speaks rn a rather reserved manner about hrs experrences as swrmmrng team manager Hrs managmg and especrally hrs announcements of swrm mrng meets rn mornrng assembly wrll always be green rn the memory of the mermen of thrs year for undoubtedly he was the best possible man for the job Another rnterest rn hrs lrfe rs the Readrng Rarlroad and after several years he has succeeded rn convrncrng hrs fellow boarders that the Readrng rs the only rarlroad rn the countr jdhn was one of the leaders of the Phrlosophers Club last year and havrng an abundant supply of rnterestrng facts he helped to keep the drscussrons from berng too rdealrstrc and theoretrcal . .4 ff 4. N ,. . ., , B 2 Nr , ' , M 0 , . , ,, Q - I 1 .. ., . gf ' X r 1 - 'Q' - t a ' X-'-cf . t,,, 4 le' I in I :Sf ,Vf ' . , , r .L-..,.'S.li.?. -I 9 f , ' ll rl , . , . 1 w ' , , 1 ' ! J ' 3 Y - - - U - ., ' 7 7 Y ' S , . 9 , . . . 7 , . Q 3 . , - 3 7 't