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

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L C y V w,s:ff-,wa -- 'I Cn fp Pa MISS X ADMINISTRATION This Irio manipulafes +he slrings which malce Ihe various faclors of Girls' High pull Iogelher smoolhly. They devole Their lime To help- ing sludenrs find Iheir clireclions and see Their aims more clearly. Wilh firm, capable hands, Irhey have poinled oul Ihe main road from Ihe by-pafh, and, working hand in hand wilh Ihe sludenl body Through all The difficuh' sifualions Ihal have arisen, have passed on 'rheir conlagious affilude of co-operalion and undersfanding. This is an era of confusion: confusion of aims and ideals for The present sandwiched belween a pasf of world upheaval and a fufure of uncerlainly. The sincere guidance Ihese Ihree have offered has given us an inlcling of somelhing 'ro cling Io, as we leave a well- ordered school 'ro enfer a befuddled world. 15 AS, MARY A, BOYLE I sisfanf Io Ihe Princi aj ,f I J l ll ll IT

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HELEN CHEYNEY BAILEY So seldom does malhemali I . cs receive a bow from lhe dislall side, am going +o slrelch a poinl' +o hope 'rhal in your iheme you lhinlc of lime malhemalically, as lhe greal probable fourlh dimemsion: all-ol-a-piece. Whar happens once in lime eddies and reverberales and happens forever. So all +ime is a lime for grealness, and every living being is po- 'renlially greal. For grealness comes of generosily, simplicily, cour- age, honesly, love, palience, happiness, and The highesf develop- menl of one's gills. Dear girls, may you live greally and happily, always Alileclionalely, HELEN CH EYNEY BAILEY 14

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WE UJONDERED AT . fl ' ? 2 sf 3 4 4. There was a lime, lhree or four years ago, when a drop ol muddy waler meanl nolhing more lhan iusl lhalz a drop of muddy waler. Then we mel lhe science deparlmenl, and 'rhal muddy lillle pool became a new world, alive and fascinaling. Wilhin ils narrow limils, we walched 'rhe amoeba, lhe mosl primilive bil ol life, move sluggishly along. We walched ils growlh and division--lhe crealion of ofher life. We lraced lhal drop of waler on a long journey: lhrough 'rhe pores ol lhe earfh lo become parl ol a planl-lhrough lhe planl lo become parl of UI-IE WORLD Science Top row: Miss May L. Laramay, head: Miss Helen Boofh, Miss Aileen Kirkpairiclm. BoHom row: Miss Mariorie Roberis, Miss Rhea Balmer, Miss Elsa Berger. a man-lranslormed inlo heal-inlo energy- inlo blood. We evaporaled il-analyzed il- learned ol The worlds ol aloms wilhin ils mole- cules-weighed il in a scale pan--endeavored lo discover wha'r? and how much? So we worked lhree years wilh lhe science deparlmenl, and gained a lorlune in inlangible Treasure, for we had learned ol lhe slrange, wonderful, and uncomprehendible somelhing called life, and discovered a microscopic bil of ils immorlalily. Chemisfry classes inspire many girls 'lo choose scienlilic careers