Ridley Township High School - Archive Yearbook (Folsom, PA)

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Committee On Publication Editor-in-Chief ROBERT EDWARD HOLM Associate Editors MILDRED ELLA LOWELL DRAPER ROBERT MALCOLM DAVIS MURIEL LUISE WAGNER LUCAS SORZANO FREDERICK JOSEPH HERBERT RALPH CARMEN LANZA HELEN PELKONEN Assistant Editors u ELIzABETH MARY MONASTERO HERBERT HOOVER WILLIAMS ROBERT ALLISON FLORENCE MARIA CURRAN FREDERICK LEROY MANAHAN Art Editor EDGAR NORCROSS MACINTYRE Special Editors FLORENCE JOSEPHINE EGERT JEREMIAH JOSEPH COLAVECCHI ARTHUR THEODORE RAMONT MARGUERITE REMINGTON DOROTHY ROBERTA POWELL CHARLES PAUL REYNOLDS Copy Editors INGEBORG MARIE LARSEN DOROTHY VS-EBB FLORENCE NAJARIAN MARINA RUTH WILSON EMMA MARIE CARPLICK Advisers MYRTLE HARRIETT GOOD DONALD ASHCRAFT HILSEE RALPH BOYD SHARER Page Nine

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MR. THOMAS BOWEN President MR. VINCENT MALLON Secretary ' Ridley Township Board of School Directors MRS. ELIZABETH CALVERT Treasurer .... . l Whose foresight has provided us with our new Ridley Township High School Building MR. WILLIAM CLYMER Vive-Pr'esz'zIent M R. OTTO NAUMAN MR. CHARLES SHANK MR. ALBERT WELDON Page Eight

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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE INE short months have passed since we entered, forthe first time. the portals of the Ridley Town- ship -IuniorfSenior High School. In retro- spection, I go back to October lst, 1934-. when I walked to the south entrance and looked out upon that undulating, seething mass of American youth. As in a dream, I recall those first weeks of chaos, out of which came, slowly but surely, order and organ- ization. Often during those trying days the words of Thomas Paine would reverherate through my mind, These are the times Wl1iCll try men's souls. There are those who can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. We were blessed by having among us as Teachers. Directors, Parents, and Students. many of this type of person. I have closely observed the development of leadership throughout. the entire student body, but I believe the Senior Class of 1935 has written a chapter in the history of this Institution which will be very difficult for their successors to equal. This, however, time alone will be able to reveal. A survey of the achievements of this year will prove to our Community that next to the impossible has been accomplished. To express to the Senior Ulass my appreciation for their indomitable spirit, untir- ing efforts and incomparable loyalty. I must borrow the words of Joaquin Miller, in the poem Columbus, '6Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck- A light! A light! At last a light! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world: he gave that world Its grandest lesson: On! sail on! You have given to the Vornmunity its grandest lesson 0n! sail on ! U Uur founda- tion is built. your first temple is erected. but- Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul. As the swift seasons roll! Iieave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last. Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free. Leaving thine outgrown shell by lif'e's unresting sea! IIEOFGI-1 HARoLD BIURGART, Su.perfzwz'sing Principal. Page Ten