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

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ef- i The Reagan home has always been the setting for several big events on our school calendar. In the early fall there is a faculty tea, and in Dec- ember there is the Christmas Party, where pres- ents and poetry predominate . On the Sunday before Christmas a tea is held for the alumni of the last four years, and the day before Commence- ment Mr. and Mrs. Reagan have a luncheon for the graduating class. Indeed, our principal is a man of varied inter- ests. He has raised everything from chickens to children. Each one of the three Reagan daughters attended M.F.S. and followed the trail to Earlham. Mr. Reagan is now the grandad of ten children living in New jersey and the state of Indiana. All former seventh graders are acquainted with Mr. Reagan's birdwalks. Ornithology is another of his preferred diversions, although when the duck-hunting season rolls around, he is not what we would term a pacifist! When Mr. Reagan found a great horned owl in 1943 he was the envy of all the local bird-watchers. As a member of the younger set of golfing Quakers Mr. Reagan has won the Divotee Trophy innumerable times. Though golfing is one of Mr. Reagan's favorite sports, fishing and football both seem to have an important place in his heart. At World Series time he can always be found in front of the television set claiming only to be maintaining order! Under Mr. Reagan's watchful guidance, Moores- town Friends' School has grown both in its span of extra-curricular interests and in scholastic rating. Mr. Reagan was responsible for bringing two of his former students, Wilbur E. Carr and llerm Magee, to Moorestown to teach. Affilia- tion, one of Mr. Reagan's chief concerns in later years, has prospered. Not only did we have ex- change students from the Rudolf Steiner School attend M.F.S. but last summer we successfully completed our first European workcamp at the Steiner school in Nuremburg. Mr. Reagan has placed emphasis on under- standing and appreciation of our own and other religions. His Scripture classes and Monday morning assemblies have done much to bring us closer to the true principles of Christianity. For all these things, for his deep interest in our welfare, for his understanding and guidance, for his strength of character and leadership, we wish to dedicate our yearbook to Chester L. Reagan.

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To Mr Reagan Thirty years Headmaster Few people have had as much mfluence over us 1n our hxgh school years as Chester L Reagan He has been our counselor smce our entrance mto the com plex hxgh school world Hrs enthuslastrc support of all our undertakings and hrs helpful advlce tn solvmg the perplexmg problems of our cholce of college and our future plans has been mvaluable Not only has he been a scholar, but an outstanding athlete as well He was a four letter man rn hrs semor year at Earlham College After attaining hrs B S at Earlham rn 1912 and h1s M A in 1922 he earned the degree of Master of Edu catxon from Harvard m 1930 He had come to Moorestown Frtends' School m 1925, havmg been teacher of mathematlcs and coach for the hrgh school tn Franklin, Indrana, Prrncxpal of the Splceland Academy, also ln Indtana, and Assistant Prrncxpal and teacher of mathematrcs at Frlends Select School The atmosphere at M F S was unsettled as a result of the recent consollda txon ofthe Orthodox Academy and the Hxcksrte Frrends Htgh School when Mr Reagan became 1ts Prmclpal One of the provtsrons of the mergmg had been a no danc mg clause Mr Reagan, a strong believer m co-educatron, quickly but tactfully made possible both semor and yumor proms Besides being one of the most avxd backers of the erection of our present hxgh school burldmg, our prmcnpal had the wooden tenms courts erected, saw to tt that the elementary school had a play ground, and caused Dr Thorne s cow to be evicted from her swampy pasture on the glrls hockey frelds Mr Reagan s extracurrxcular actxvmes are numerous he rs a member of the Headmasters Assoclatlon and has held executrve posxtlons m th1s and ln the Quaker Headmasters Assocratron he has been an active member of the Moorestown Rotary We gleefully note that Mr Reagan was also aware of the fact that adults could sometimes use a little educatxon he was one of the people responsible for the adult mght school 1n Moorestown Mr Reagan's First Day School classes have attracted many young adults from outsrde the Meetmg . , . . 0 I - . . . - l OC 9 1 ' . .. . . , . Oli - . . . . ,. . . .. .. . U . . .,, . . . . .. . . . ' , . . ., . . , . I . .. , . . . .. .

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AS WE'LL REMEMBER Mr Marohn where dld you get your exporlence ' M Prnce It s o blrd at s a plone n s a flying Moose I 4Mrs Dodgson She was sup posed to be rldlng her bl cycle bu! It snowed Mr Deyo Canto cuntore P conrorl Miss Armsirong The eru dnte backer of undemocranc 4 T holudoys crm