Lower Merion High School - Enchiridion Yearbook (Ardmore, PA)

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LOWER MERION NINETEEN THIRTY-ONE ...qt g , 9 Page Ten Presidents Message V E ARE about to close our Senior year at Lower lVIerion. With regret? With relief? Both, perhaps. Regret that we must leave, so soon, this high school where we have spent four of the best years of our life. Relief that at last we have attained that which we have been striving for, a com- pletion of our high school education. What now? College? Work? There will be some who, although they wish to, may not enter college, either because of financial difficulty or because of a serious lack of effort in their preparation. Others will enter college, backed by their Lower Merion training, and from there will set out in their chosen field. Still others will prefer to start their careers immediately on leaving. All of us, regardless of our aims in life, will appreciate a thousand- fold the training we have received at our Alma Mater. And so we take our leave, hoping that the incoming Senior Class will uphold the standards and traditions of Lower Merion, both in scholarship and athletics. J ACK ROCKWELL.

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Lowzn MERIQN NINETEEN rn-uRrv-oNE .mr 'gan nw: f1---- CLASS HISTORY OME five years ago on a warm September morn, numerous, small, scared children slowly, or perhaps quickly, wended their Way into the Junior High auditorium. Their fear was somewhat diminished when Mr. Snow soothingly told them not to be frightened, for the seniors had been just as bewildered the pre- ceding year when they entered for the first time. We, for we were those same small, bashful children, were apportioned to various home rooms to which we soon acclimated ourselves. Then began our high school career. Many of us learned by experience to fear and respect that eternal whistle and its subsequent hour of detention. After we had had plenty of time to make and ripen friendships, our class became organized. Howard Whitby was elected president, Sue Abernethy, vice-presidentg Jean Carlisle, secretary, and Dudley VVarwick, treasurer. There were others of our class who distinguished themselves also. Among them were: Eleanor Kavanagh and John Pennypacker, who received the American Legion Medalsg and William Smith, who obtained the highest scholastic average in the class. The school year drew to a happy close and as a token of appreciation, we presented the school with a sailing ship model, complete in all detail, for the library. The next fall we returned fresh from a happy vacation, stronger in stature and strength, for we were upper classmen. We immediately began our school life as the school leaders and created ideals and models for imitation by the lower class. That year, for the first time in the history of Junior High, a girl was elected president of the school, Susan Abernethy. Of course, the Upper Class took prominent parts in all the productions, and it is with pleasure that we remember our pageant, Columbus, our Music Night, and our gym exhibition. When our class had become organized the following held the oHicers of honor: Robert Blair, president, Ray Wilson, vice- presidentg Lewis Meyers, secretary, and Catherine Gerhart, treasurer. The next year, as sophomores, we were again reduced to subjugation by the all-powerful seniors and the haughty juniors. Nevertheless, we bore up well under the strain and made the best of the situation. New friendships were formed, old ones continued, and soon we felt ourselves a vital part of the school life, though as yet We had not particularly begun to shine. The one thing which we especially remember about that year was the annual Parent's Night, on which we, the lowly sophs, almost unaided, presented a play. You will probably remember that play, because its scene was laid in the internal regions of the digestive tract, notably the stomach. Among our performers who thus displayed their talents were: Louise Cross, Stephen McCormack, Dick McCurdy, Aileen Dunham and others. That year we made the following our officers after hot disputes and endless campaigns: Robert Blair, president, Hugh Wynn, vice-president, Susan Abernethy, secretary, and William Smith, treasurer. The custom of the annual sophomore picnic was to be continued Page Eleven