Moorestown Friends High School - Cupola Yearbook (Moorestown, NJ)

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TOP ROW: WaHer Jacoby, Charles Burdan, Roberf chard. Marion Glover, Barbara BenneH, Joan Sfockwell. Knepper. Herberf Cohen. MIDDLE ROW: Pairicia BOTTOM ROW: John EnfwisHe. Pauline LippincoH, McGinIey. Jane CannonI Susan Armsirong. Nancy Rifs- Michael Gafes. Shoana Edgar. John Hoch. CLASS OFFICERS MICHAEL GATES Presidenf JOHN HOCH Vice-Presidenf SHOANA EDGAR Secrefary PAULINE LIPPINCOTT Treasurer

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ClASS ADVISEHS GWENDOLYN CONEY The class of 1947 wishes +0 convey ifs sinceres1L +hanks +0 Miss Coney for her inferesf in our class acfivihes. Above all we wish +0 express appreciafion for accome plishing so well Jrhe diHicuH job of coaching our class play. She devofed her fime, egorf. and especially her pafience +0 whaf seemed. af +imes. a hopeless underfaking. H was a loJr of fun working wi+h her. During our associafion she has become a personal friend of each one of us. To you. Miss Coney, go our hearhtel.+ +hanks and besf wishes. WILBUR E. CARR Through his careful guidance and hiendiy Inferesf, Mr. Carr. our Class adviser. has helped us make many imporfamL decisions in +he pastL Jrhree years He has always been willing +0 assis1L us. as individuals or as a class, whenever help was needed. Mr. Carr has ioined whoIe-hearfedly in each of our under+akings. On such acfivifies as +he yearbook and Jrhe prom, his aid has been indispensable. The class of I947 would like Jro express +0 Mr. Carr sinceres+ and hearhcelf +hanks for everyfhing +ha+ he has done for us. We are grafeful for +he +ime and energy he has devofed +0 our needs. and for his invaluable in+eres+ and guidance.

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SBHlllll 80M; lirom beyond The hills and valley Echoes back our song 0+ praise. As wiJrh hear+s in love unifed Our voices now we raise. Louder. swell The happy chorus, Louder, send if far and widee All hail +0 +hee forever Rings ouf clear. on every side. To her loyal sons and daughlers Comes a call +0 carry on In +he +ru+h ancl ius+ice, always Thaf our school is founded on: For her honor is your honor, And her fame is one wi+h you- All hail +0 +hee forever, Hail, all hail The Red and Blue. WRITTEN BY RUTH B. STEPHEN. '29 MASS HISHHH Joan and Pauline are +he only charler mem- bers of +he class of I947. If is Jrhey +ha+ recounf +0 us +he Jrhrilling, excifing fales of elemen+ary grades of Mooresfown Friends' School. We somelimes wonder if +heir imagina+ion did nof submerge +heir recognifion of lads during +hese +ender years. Bu+ who of us is able +o challenge Jrheir Tales of Jrrips +0 +he zoo. anfics on +he iungle-gym and affer-lunch naps when Jrhey were wrapped up in blanke+s on +he floor? These TimL years of school were so wonderful wi+h no homework and reporf cards +ha+ had no grades buf said nice +hings abouf each of us. In fourfh grade we s+ar+ed our weekly session in meefing wiih +he fiHh and sixfh grades and +he classes of +he high school. Our leacher said. +he big boys and girls are seniors. ln sixfh grade we buill' a beaufiful medieval casHe ouf of carlons and anyfhing else we could find. under The wa+chiul eye of Miss Swan. This year we were all boafs. The poor pupils were rowboafs. good pupils were sfeamboafs. Whal a +hrill if was +he nex+ year when we fair pupils were sailboafs. and moved inlo +he big building. There we wemL +0 a differenl room for each Class and had a diT-FeremL Jreacher for each subied. H seemed +ha1L +he faculfy even had an arrangemenf where- by some of us were selecfed +0 spend some +ime wi+h a diHerenf feacher each affernoon. New classmafes joined us from Riverlon, Haddonfielcl and Medford. ln +he eighfh grade we wavered amid epi- demics ol shoo+ing paper wads and bee-bees. Cerfain members of our group di5C0vered Jrhai love could be beauiiiul. The boys presenfed +he memorable produciion oi Pyramus and Thisbe. As freshmen we began +0 parficipaie more aclively in sporis and ofher exfra-curricular acfiv- i+ies. We had home-rooms downs+airs and saf in +he cenfer sedion in Jrhe audiforium. We were really growing up! When we became sophomores we began in- ves+iga+ing +he wonders of Social Securifies, Youfh Concerfs, and Glee Clubs. Our class meelings became more imporlamL and more exciiing. We chose our class advisers and +ha+ year we gof our class rings and class pins. The big evenf of our junior year was +he Junior Prom. We all agree +ha+ if was +he besf ever held. Thai year we also slavecl over +ha+ grea+ li+erary success. +he Sun Dial. Jane Bliss walked off wiih Jrhe Junior Exlemporaneous Speaking Conlesl cup as well as Tirsf prize in +he Junior Essay Confesf. Mr. Reagan began his usual warnings abouf college. Finally we became mighly seniors. Though if hardly seems possible. Our greal underlaking. The Senior Play. along wilh +he Yearbook. Senior Essays and College Boards, has made +his year a full one for all. Three of our members wemL +0 +he Buck Hill Falls Co-ed Conference. Joan and WahL were represenlalives +0 Jrl'ie American Friends Service Conierence, and in February Shoana and Wall parlicipaled in Jrhe Junior Town Mee+ing of Jrhe Air program which was broadcasf from The audiforium over sfafion KYW. Now our days ai M.F.S. are over. buf no maHer where The Tulure Jrakes us. we will remember +hose wonderful years we spenf here and look back wilh regrel +haf They passed so quickly. and icy fhaf we spenl +hem so happily.