Mount Pleasant High School - Green Leaf Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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strip in New York. Transported through space and time, we soon ar- rive in New York City, where we notice a distinctive shoppe on Fifth Avenue. It is the place of business of Carolyn Clift, interior decorator, and Marjorie Snyder, fashion designer. In the rooms above this shoppe is the studio of Ardis Shanks, renowned painter of children's portraits. Shirley Matthews is talking shop with Marjorie. Shirley is a fashion expert and buyer who recently returned from a busi- ness trip to Paris and Rome. Further down the street we see Thom Brown, realty broker, entering an employment bureau. Ann Lynam, his secretary, has just announced her inten- tion to leave his employment to marry her high school sweetheart. In Times Square we watch the newscast praising Donnie Morris and Bill Reeder, who have taken the places of Bosh Prichard and Tommy Thompson on the champion Philadelphia Eagles. Under the guiding hand of the Class of '50 spirit we approach New York University, where we find Ruth Wheatley teaching the principles of musical composition. Passing by the Roxy Theater we see vacationing primary teacher Barbara Queener with Carolyn Ken- dall, well-versed teacher of French. The two are waiting for tickets for the evening performance of the Rockettes, of which group Nancy Draper is now a star member. Efficient executive secretary Virginia Fisher and her friend Frances Mitchell, private receptionist, are having lunch in the Hotel Astor dining room with their boss, joseph Wortz, candy bar tycoon, and his capable advertising manager, Dave Austin. They are being entertained by Michele Moran, alias Anne Vernon, who is a favorite blues singer with Francois McCall's top-rate band. Their meal has been pre- pared by chef Thomas Baity, who learned his cul- inary arts in high school. In another corner, super-salesman Joe Ferguson is attempting to sell a new tractor to modern farmer Dick Thomas. Seated with them and extolling the virtues of the tractor is Harry Moore, prominent businessman and president of the local liars' club . The man just entering the dining room is Frank Dukes, promising successor of Rudolph Valentino. He is accompanied by his valet and bodyguard, Her- bert Dempsey, They are joining for lunch Frank's associate, Latin crooner Ricardo'i Lindberg. The old Alma Mater has added three former stu- dents to its faculty. Bobbie-Lou Stoessel is teaching physical education, Jimmy Chowning, a Spanish genius, is a linguistic instructor, and Pauline Pepper teaches sweet young things the art of cookery. Paul Peters, daring sailor of the seven seas, is ex- pected to dock his ship, The Claire , at Baltimore. William Flynn, professional wrestler, is aboard. He will soon begin an exhibition tour in this country. One of the graduates to remain in Wilmington is Christie MacAl1ister, who is now married and owns a garage. He operates the Christall Movie Theater in his spare time. The Class of '50 spirit is smiling as this last scene from tomorrow fades away from our sight. Then slowly he, too, vanishes into the past, but not before we have heard his last faint words. Remember, we hear him say, I have shown you what is possible. I do not control tomorrow, it is in your hands. The future is what you make it. -MARTHA SHILLITO, ANNE VERNON, FRANK DUKES Clan Colors - Green and Gold Clair Flower -- Morning Glory Clan Motto Who does not advance falls behind

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l00KlN6 AHEAD Some time in the years to come, the babe of 1950 will be old. In a distant year his hair, now fair and downy with youth, will be hoary with age. Between that year and this, lie the years of work and study, of success or failure. O spirits, who guard the portals of the future, add years to this babe-lift the concealing veil of his youth and let him lead us through the maze of the uncertain future. Permit him to show us the gradu- ates of the Class of '50 ten years from today. Look-there, he appears-no longer an infant and with a promise to reveal to us the secrets of tomor- row. Lead us, O spirit of the Class of '50-lead us behind the curtain of 1960 and unfold to us the work in the fields of cosmic and atomic energy. Also there is Martha Shillito, fast-rising author of Macdeath , a story of murder and intrigue. She is cheering excitedly, unaware of the dark and gloomy looks of psychiatrist Dick Peoples, who had un- fortunately bet on the wrong team. Sportscaster Streevy also points out Wayne Kirklin, that versatile musician so often called the one-man band . As we leave the park we notice posters plastered on the outside walls. One picture shows the blond curls and soulful brown eyes of Van Ladd, alias Tommy Ross, the great lover of stage and screen. Other posters announce the big circus coming to town and display the daring tricks and acrobatics of that man on the flying trapeze , Roberto Dunlap. destinies of our classmates. With a knowing twinkle in his eye the Class of '50 spirit beckons us to follow him. The first scene we see before us is that of a huge room. All about is gleaming equipment, all white and clean. Two men, Drs. Dietz and Neagley, famed dental surgeons, are hard at work on the dentures of Su- zanne Neumeyer, Wall Street secretary. Suzanne, a naturally nervous young woman, is cling- ing tightly for comfort to the hand of Geraldine Mills, dental hygienist. In the outer ofiice Margaret McGroarty is discussing her married life with Beverly Gar- nett, originator of the famous X '41 'Q S fs, 'S ff X Another one reads that Shirley Hartmann, the widely acclaimed star of the 1960 Ice Capades, is soon to appear in person in Philadelphia. Darting down the street is a small black-haired figure. It is Adele Sermattei, prominent so- cial worker, who is rushing to find a new apartment for elocu- tion teacher Edythe Sands. Edythe finds sleep impossible in her present home on Hubbub Avenue. In the hospital across the street lies the popular model, Anna Bullock, who was struck by a hit and run driver while she was vacationing in Philly . Anna is being cared for by the two most capable nurses in the Advice to the Lovelorn column. Suddenly, through the magic of our friend, the Class of '50 spirit, we find ourselves at Shibe Park. The fans are going wild and two players are being borne from the field upon the shoulders of their vic- torious teammates. As they come closer we recognize jimmy Riley and Cecil Godfrey, the two held most responsible for the Phillies' capture of the pennant for three consecutive years. Waiting to interview the two sports idols are ace reporters janet Smith and Wilbert Davidson. The voice of sportscaster Glenn Streevy can be heard over the din of the crowd. He is naming the celebrities present at the stadium today. Among these we see Drs. Dorothy Delker and Arthur Og- genfuss, who have locked up their offices for the afternoon. These two have made an incomparable contribution to the world by their top secret research city, Ruth Paul and Peggy jenkinson. Flying above we see the Star Duster , the new streamlined airplane designed by prominent modern architect, Bill Sherwood. Aboard the air liner is stewardess joan Worrad, who seats Marion Thayer, competent United Nations' interpreter, across the aisle from the former Elsie Noell, who is now hap- pily married and journeying to join her husband and family in New York. Victor Berger, top flight radio technician, is plaguing Joan for something to combat his air-sickness. Jeanne Smolka, famous lecturer, seated a few chairs ahead of them, is seemingly un- aware of her surroundings. She is engrossed in prep- aration for her next lecture on Peace Through Ar- gument . Buddy Ward, also a passenger, is rushing copy for his comic strip, Powder Puff Percy the Flea. His boss, Richard Umbrecht, editor of the new magazine, jazz , is awaiting the completed

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Between ine Foofn17ls And ine Mountains Every challenge in life is a mountain, Every summit a victory won. Every climb means continual striving, Every peak means a task well done. The first tasks urge on through the foothills Which, to feel yet untried, may seem steep, Each new task a lighter endeavor, Each lesson a crevice to leap. The mind of the pilgrim is planted With the seeds of knowledge and lore. He learns by mistakes of the soldiers And statesmen who have gone on before. The journey of life must be made on one road Along which every pilgrim must go. The school is a map that may show us the way, Teaching the way we must know. Twelve years ago we set oh' on the road That leads to the foothills of life. Books and blackboards have mapped out the way, And learning has played on the marshalling fife. The road hasn't always been straight as a die, It often has twisted and turned. It has wandered from written lessons in books, But there are other lessons we've learned. We've learned those two things which will not let us down, But will stick in our hearts till the end, Two things which no books or no blackboards could teach: Fair play and the worth of a friend. Our climb through the foothills is over. There are dangerous mountains ahead. New lives are beginning for each of those friends Of the twelve school years that are fled. Voices come down to us out of the past Of soldiers and statesmen from days long gone byg Our forefathers' voices speaking to youth- We must heed well what they cry. You've been given a great free country, The tools to make the old world fine and newg The foothills are behind, the mountains are ahead, And the rest is up to you! -MARTHA SHILLITO