Philadelphia High School for Girls - Milestone Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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FACULTY MARY E DURWETT MARY E TAZEWELL MARY E HOUGHT ANNA BARUFF 1863 66 1849 61 1849 66 1859 69 MARION ASH PFNIEE N TOWNSEND MARION E ELY HENRIETTA THOMAS 1859 66 1851 66 1862 67 1859 66 xv X U JL vm MATILDA C BARNS 1857 84 UST as Dr Hart rn her message refers to 1ntang1b1e m11estones and qurckenlng 1nt1u ences so n the pres ntatton of on of the earhest facu1ty groups at G H S and th n ot a group or present tacu1ty memb rs as graduates most of them from G H S and trna11y ot groups ot the present teachrng body we hope to syrnbohze another nulestone rn the varrous 1nt1uences that go to make our great s hoo1 what 1t ts Otten as we have met aturnnae ot G H S we have heard storres ot what thls teacher or that has meant rn the 11ves of those partrcular alumnae how much rnsprratron they have drawn from them and how b they tar or near Grrls Hrgh rs ever dear to th m chretly because of thes trne teachers For four years as we have gone from class to c1ass we have often ghrnpsed though we have usua11y been reluctant to admrt tt the rmpress they were rnakrng on our 11v s and characters G1r1s H1gh would be a mere conglomeratton ot concrete and stone and wood were rt not tor the rnsprratron ot thes devoted t achers to whom we owe so much Q X I -f s , If fs' l f 1 ff . . -U . tL.rl' . . . , 1 e ' e ' D Y f . J , , ' c 1 1 ll , 2 .V . .e, ' e ' . , . , . . Nw - -,, V vim G t . , lt! Im.. . I . J . H1148 'IL' ' , ' 1 1 L' .3...1' 1 -t ,t Y we Q 3 'sri V- V V

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IN MEMORIAM Vlhen, on fpfnr 13, lQ33, our libro:- rzcrn, Miss M 17122-fLl3 Connolly, pissed owoy, we knew cr retrl Uno f,C11I'lf7Ql loss. It was os if, Woking oztj expeering CI sunny morning, opened our eyes zo hleokness. lust so, on our return to school rn the foul, onuciggolinq Miss Connollys worrn- 1 5411 rnq srnrle we reolrzed wrth o dull srnlqmq feelmq thot rt wos no lonqer th re Although we of the senror loss knew her for only three ond Q holf rnonner hrd on extroorclrnory person Son e of us recoqnrzed thot she wos srnqulorly well ducoled ond wrdely trov eled ond oll of us knew thot we could depend rrnplrcrtly upon her for thoughtful help ond underslondrnq oclvrce She hos left lor us on rnlonqrole nnlestone the memory of herself serene ord folthfur ond wrse I 5 A 4 Q I A 4 I K1 W C I , , e . 1 I f' yeors, we reolized thot her relirinq l 9 .

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MILESTCNE 4 E T . -U - vim: ,tezlqfv FACULTY AS GR!-KDS Top to loottorn, first colurnn: Marie Wilhelmi, Marion Masland, Ethel Ceder- Strom, Rachel Barker. Second Column: Anna Sensensia, Eleanor McKenna, Mabel Wriaht, Carolyn Underhill. Third Colurnn: Helen Booth, Reba Byrom, Gertrude Tilly, Mary Baylson.