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

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J-ZCDW UI-IE WORLD ,CIVES Social Studies Only Through compleTe undersTanding by all oT iTs ciTizens can The world of The TuTure ever rise above iTs pasT errors. AncienT hisTory is noT ancienT hisTory. IT is a sTory oi people, The same as Today walk The sTreeTs, man The ships, TighT The wars, build The ciTies, and malce The laws. Each sTage oT Their developmenT Tells a sTory. lT is good To have seen civilizaTions wax and wane, and To realize The common TaTe oT all men, oT all civilizaTions, unless- America is The hundred and ThirTy million people who live here, and The sTrip oT land Trom sea To shining sea, seas Three Thousand miles aparT. Only by knowing oT The beginnings oT These people and Their gradual uncompleTed ac- guisiTion oT Treedom, can we judge America Truly. l-low all men live is a viTal Tale oT whaT has been and whaT is yeT To be accomplished. When we are ciTize-ns oi America and of The world, we shall lcnow whereoi we spealc. Reading from leTT To righT from Top row: Miss Alice Mc- Queen, head: Miss Clara Dillrs, Miss Carolyn Underhill, Miss Eleanor Thompson, Miss lreneious Davis, Miss Reba Byrorn, Miss Louise FiTzpaTriclr. NoT picTured: Mrs. Jane Eyre. Miss McQueen Teaches young Americans The sTory of Their counTry.

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Mrs. Zieber converses en Espagnol. Miss Fisher and Caesar beai The HelveTians. AND UONGUES COP MEN AND ANGELS Foreseeing The imminenT need, in a world which is consTanTly growing smaller, Tor knowing more Than a Tew popular phrases oT Toreign Tongues, members oT The Toreign language de- parTmenT have imparTed Their knowledge in a vivid un-pedanTic manner. They have shown ThaT, Trom The classic LaTin book and The romanTic Spanish novel, can be derived a wealTh oT in- Language Top row: Miss Mar- gareT Leiper, head, Dr. Rufh HoTfsTen, Dr. Jes- sie Glenn, Miss NeTTie WursTer. Second row: Miss Anna Carlin, Miss Reba Med- lar, Miss Adele Horfon, Miss Jeanne Van As- broek. BoTTom row: Mrs. Na- omi Zieber, Miss Nao, omi Johnson, Mrs. DoroThy Churchill, Miss Eileen Schmid. NoT picTured: Miss Marguerife Fisher, Miss Marie Weeks. TorrnaTion abouT The arT, philosophy, and lives oT Those who spoke, or now speak, The languages. No language is dead when iT reveals so much ThaT is living. lT is noT The ConiugaTions or declensions which will remain in our minds, buT raTher The undersjranding gained Trom compre- hensive sTudy oT language. 'in 1- j- T-l wil' 19 i 1 'fi ix ' 'T I

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, I V'fff UO LOVE BEAUTY ffl flrt and Music Top row: Miss Eliiabefh England, arf head: Miss DoroTl'iy Weir, music head. Second row: Miss MargueriTe Goll, Miss Mabel Edwards, music. NoT picfured: Miss Hedwig Wiley, arT. . ll TW will-y 91 iii wi wi NeglecT oT The aesTheTics is oTTen a TaulT oT pracTical minds who Teel ThaT arT and music do noT bear upon Their lives. NoThing could be less True. A simple melody, or one glimpse aT a serene painTing can ease The Trying rouTine, keep The emoTional TonT Trom running dry. Realizing The deep need Tor emoTional experi- ence wiTh which a high school girl musT Till The gap leTT when childs Tancy passes, brushing some oT The glamour OTT The world, Girls' l-ligh oTTers a varieTy oT arT and music courses. Minor arT is Tor every one: creaTive experience is reTreshing even To Those who claim no TalenT. Miss England: Has anyone seen my Keys? if ,sill Maior arT is Tor girls more deeply inTeresTed, who inTend To malce arT Their career. They sTudy Tigure consTrucTion and porTraiTure, as well as The pracTical phases: leTTering, cosTume design, archiTecTure, inTerior decoraTion, indusTrial de- sign. They use many mediums: charcoal, pencil, pen and inls, waTer color. The charms oT music paclc a Tull class room. Chorus classes Train many voices Tor group singe ing: picked voices in vocal ensemble aTTempT more diTTiculT arrangemenTs. Classes in Theory and harmony Train TuTure composers. Miss BerTha Hess subsTiTuTes for Miss Gall. nn-sm sm V