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

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Our days as freshmen at G H S began tn Febru ary l933 at the old Grant bu1ld1ng Seventeenth and Pme streets Dr Ohve E Hart our pr1nc1pal proved both gulde and frlend frorn the start Dorothy Gordon and Anne lsraehtan our spon sors ass1sted us throughout the term Rememb r th great get together party the 9Bs gave us? Weren t we thrrlled at wltnessrng the layrng of the cornerstone tor the new G H S burldmg by Mr W1ll1am Bowen? lt was an epochal occasron and made us very proud As 9Bs we returned 1n September full fledged G H S students Our class produced The Wergh ot All Flesh at a party tor the QA s Chrrstmas act1v1t1es had us all bustlmg about the more we bustled the better we lrked rt The ded1cat1on ot the new G H S Bulldmg was neld on November 2l 1933 an event that has left an 1ndel1ble rmpressron upon us We entered SENIGR the new bu1ld1ng wrth 1ts rrch marble halls and large attractlve aud1tor1um wlth a new sense ot responsr bllrty and d1gn1ty Florence Bangert was presrdent ot our IUA class Remember the slgns l am Who are you? that we sported at our lOA Get Together Cyrano de Bergerac wrth Krtty Plucker Donna Craven and Olwyn Lewls rn the cast' Mrss Underh1ll w1th Florence Prle and Mary Caporale student sponsors gurded us successfully through the term September l934 brought us back to s hool as IOB s Wlfh Florence Young and Mabel McG1nley as our sponsors Werent the rehearsals tor the Nau trcal Revue our Chrrstmas proJect fun? Three cheers for Ruth Fte1smar1 crowned the new tennls cha np of G H S' e e - ' ' ' ' ' '- ' ' ' ' ' . w 1- 1 -nf 1' 1' l I' i l' f . , Party? How eagerly we saw the semor play . . . ' W ' ' ' i' 'k i' I' 'N 1 , . . . ' C X, I . . 1

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GRADUATES

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l-IISTGRY Our lA te-rrr was packed full ot ex 1te'n nt Bmgs lfroltc Borneo and lull t eet Flor nce Skeets Bangert repr sentr th green team won a srl Jer medal t r econd plac Weren we proud ot h r'9 So was Pup tne frog our mascot Florence was captarn ot th tra k tearn as well We made a good showrng Durrng our llB term Hurran Belat on drscussrons took the place ot character educatron at G H S Sarah Hart and Stella Husock were our sponsors llA and llB classes gave a movte benelrt for the Chrrstmas prolect The Three Musketeers Mrss Howell helped greatly to make thts a success The thrrll ot a lrtetrme actually senrors A class elected Mrss Baylson honor tea her Washrngton three memorable days rarn srght seemg tours partres duckrng teachers rn halls of Hotel Roosevelt Mary Baxter agarn elected presrdent Marran Schussler and Elrzabeth Supplee our sponsors Frolrc Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall pres class arm Gym Meet Blue team came rn second Senror Assembly Mary s rnsprrrng message rts theme of hrtchtng your charrot to a star and dreamrng of great thmgs rntroductron of class otfrcers Mary Baxter presrdent Sylvra Crayder vrce presrdent Naomr Greenberg Secretary Clara Drerolt treasurer Senror Play Elrzabeth the Queen Relba Marks and Dorothy Wolodar takmg leadrng roles Trme tlres February and Graduatron Processron to Pomp and Crrcurnstance Whlte dresses roses class luncheon Lrte long trrendshrps cemented many many hours of 1oy and happrness understandrng and sympathrzrng faculty sadness at leavrng our G H S Another mrleston passed I V r . ' c' . e, . . . Q ' nc 'e ...Gym Mc, . . . e IW t, e 'ng e c , f rc o sc e I' Q 1 -1 . . ' .e c .. l ' . ' l 1' Q 1' 1' 1' V , L. I V 1- 1- 1- Q- 1- . 1 ' ' ' H 'Inq I . , . , 12 and laughter . . . Sophrosyne . . . Honesty voted V 4 . . . . . I . Q ' 1 Q 1 - Q . . T I I I I 1 4 , I . . . . ' o e . 3 '. .