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

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MR. GEORGE HAROLD RIORGART. .. MR. ELTON ANCKER BIRD ,,.,... MR. JESSE HYKROLI7 BRERSTER ,.... MISS ALIc'E LAURENE CARTER. .... .. MISS ADELAIDE PEARL CRESNUT ..,. MR. LLOYD LANGDON COIL ....... . MRS. ADDIE LOWDEN CYLVER... MISS MARY FRANCES CONN LLY MR. ISAAC NEWTON DIIRBORAW. MR. NORMAN BOSS LEWIS FERGUSIJN.. . . MR. ALBERT FREDERICK FISCHER. .. MISS HELEN SARAH FODDER. ...... . MISS ELIZABETH RITA FRIEL.. . . . MR. IIOXYARD CAMERON GILES.. .. MISS MYRTLE I'I.-KRRIETT KROOD ,..., MR. WARREN FRANCIS IJITSS. ....., . MISS DOROTHY AWILDA HAMPTON.. . MISS ANNIE BROWN HAYES .....,.. MR. DONALD ASIIPRAPT HILSEE.. .. MISS HELEN ILEESE HOI-IEMAN. ..,. . MISS IQATHRYN VIRGINIA HOPKINS. . MISS ESTHER MOBIYS ......,,.,.... MR. ROBERT GRIMM PHILLIPS... . . . MR. HERMTKN CARL RODE .,..... . MR. ALLEN LOUIS SELTZER, JR... .. MR. RALPH BOYD SIIARER. ....... .. MR. WILLIAM ANDREW SLEZAK .... MISS 'NIARGARET MARY TIIMOLO .... MRS. FRANCES fiILLESPIE XVALTON.. . MISS RUTH CAROLINE WASSER ...... MISS fiRAf'E LOI'IsE WVOLFENDEN. . . THE FACULTY . , . .Supervising Principal . . . . . . . , .Woodworking . . . .Physical Education ...........HIstory . . . . . . . .Mathematics . . . .Home Economics . . . .Physical Education . . . . .Mechanical Drawing ............LanguageS . . . . . . .Machine Shop . ........ Social Science . . .English and Biology . . .Vocational-Academics ...........Commercial . . . . . . .Woodworking . . . .Home Economics ...........English . . . . . .Commercial . . . . .English . . . . . .Music . . ..., English ... ..Science . . . . .Mathematics . . . . .Mathematics ........English ,.....Science . . .Geography . . . . .History . . .Geography . . , .Languages F irst Row-Miss Connolly, Miss Hopkins, Bliss Carter, Miss Friel, Bliss W'asser, Mrs. Walton, Mr. Biorgart, Mrs. Culver, Miss Hampton, Miss Chesnut, Miss Hayes, Miss Fodder, Miss Tumolo, Miss Mobus. Second Row-Mr. Hilsee, Mr. Guss, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Ferguson, Miss Good, Miss Wvagner, Miss Hoffman, Miss VVolfenden, Miss Bowen, Mr. Coil, Mr. Giles, Mr. Bird, Mr. Sharer, Mr. Durburow. Thirfl Rau'-Mr. Brewster, Mr. Rode, Mr. Slezak, Mr. Seltzer, Mr. Fischer, Page Eleven

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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

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HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL LTHOUGH the new building was not begun until March, 1934, the plans for its creation have been under consideration for many years. Various civic groups and individuals have felt for a long while that it would be a great saving to our Township if the tuition fees which were paid to other districts could be invested in our own school plant. Consequently, when the opportunity came in 1997, the Board of School Directors acquired the fourteen and one-half acres of ground along Swarth- more Avenue and waited for further opportunity tobegin construction of the building. Federal and State aid were secured in 1934 from the Public Works Administration and Local Works Administration, the site was leveled and actual building was started. lVIany well meaning people did not believe the school possible or necessary but when the proposition was submitted to the voters of the Township the project was authorized, and on August 4, 1934, Mr. William Clymer, then President of the Board of Education, officially laid the cornerstone. On October 1, 1934, school officially opened. but since there had been unavoidable delays, all the equipment was not in the building, so the first meeting of students and faculty took place on the stone platform at the south end of the school. Sessions were held from then on, the Junior High classes meeting in the morning and Senior High groups in the afternoon, for three weeks. By this time classes had been organized and work begun. About six hundred students had been registered for the opening day, but when actually eight hundred and seventeen appeared, including some pupils from nearby districts, radical changes had to be made in the pre-arranged schedule of classes. On October 24, the Patriotic Sons of America presented the flag pole with due ceremony. Judge Albert Dutton McDade was the guest speaker, and on this occasion our School Band made its first official appearance. Dedication exercises were held in the auditorium on December 21, 1934, when officials from the State, County and Township formally received the building and turned it over to representation of Faculty and students for their use in the educational building of the community. Many community groups have had the use of the new building and The Mothers' Club. The Parent-Teachcr's Association, the Father's Association, The Independent Athletic Clubs and similar groups all point to an increasing use of a building which certainly fills a long felt need. Page Twelve