Sanford Preparatory School - Chrysalis Yearbook (Hockessin, DE)

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N THE rolling hills of northern Delaware, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-Hve, the immortal Rip Van Winkle set to roaming again. The scent of the old pine trees of Sunny Hills brought back many a memory to old Rip of the Catskills. XVithin this home- like and happy atmosphere, he had spent many a joyous day, until one day while roaming through the woods, he became tired. He stopped to rest, and as the old tale goes, he yawned and dozed off into slumber. Need I tell the rest of the story? XVhen old Rip awoke the next morning, his clean shaven face was now burdened with a long white beard. Twenty years had passed, and the campus of Sunny Hills had now expanded to the rank of an outstanding American college. Our hero, Mr. Van Winlile hobbled up the path from the woods. The first thing that caught his eyes was a newspaper tossing around in the wind. He managed to get hold of it and first he checked the date, QMay sorh, 19652. But whatis this? What's this on the sport page? This year the Worltl Series was refereed by the outstanding base- ball umpire, Jacob Nolde, who is now in the hospital, suffering from pop-bottle injuries. Well did Rip remember Jake and his baseball. The campus now was far and wide, and the curious old man started to investigate the whereabouts of all his friends of the class of '45. He came to the historic old Q'Lodge,' and gazed at the Hall of Famef, He read of Edward Mead Burt, the man who threw a baseball across the Delaware River, now the prominent Rear Admiral Burt of the U. S. Coast Guard, protecting our coastline. Following the path to Quigley Hall, he discovered the internationally famous Mermaid Tavernn. He is greeted by a Miss Edith Martin, chief of the staff of the literary and grammar professors. .She showed him through the library, where upon picking up a book he noticed it was written by the most distinguished ornithologist and botanist, Dr. Kyle Boeger, Esq., A. B., Ph. D., etc. The book bore the title, Birds, Their Characteristics and Instincts. But behold! What was this on the wall? A masterpiece, remarked Rip, a picture of a colorful brook trout fighting the angler's reel. 'QBy whom? he asked. Looking carefully he discovered on the lower right hand corner, the signature of Richard L. Scales, a painter of nature and a well known sportsman. Before Rip left the library, he noticed the Saturday Review of Literaturef, Picking it up, he saw the name of Grace Read heading the list of prominent novelists. Miss Read, a famous journalist, writes what the public wants, and has established her fame with the great wealth of knowledge she has acquired.

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74a a We also got Kyle Boeger on this stop. Kyle came from Washing- ton. Because of his love of nature he found much to interest him here. This interest was contagious to all members of our class. From Trenton, N. J., Tom Woodhouse came aboard. Tom has made himself useful by being such a handy carpenter. Along with Tom came Ed Burt from New York. Burt was a great help to Buddy over in the Lodge and has proved a real asset on our journey. Also waiting to get on at this station was a girl from Salisbury, Md., Betty O'Brien, who soon showed us that she could not only be a very de- termined goalie but also that she could take any job and do it well. To our amazement we found ourselves coming almost to the end of the line. The 12th grade station is here already. From oat cf tlie stations we found that Alan McAneny had come ahead to be on our train. Mac has great spirit both on and off the athletic field. His companionship has added many happy hours to our journey. This year Clela Harding boarded the train at Pierre, South Dakota. Clela was our wing on the hockey team. With her sense of humor and lively personality as well as her desire to be of service she contributed much to our senior class. Grace Read came aboard at Pelham, N. Y., and brought with her a scholastic standard which boosted our class academic rating. In hockey and basketball Grace proved herself a real asset to our Sanford team. This year we had two more Southerners board the train at New Or- leans. Dick Scales brought with him his love of lashing and drawing. He is an excellent sport on the athletic held as he is in everything he does. The other one, Harold Pike, our history star, is very good at photography and has made some very good pictures for the yearbook. This group of Seniors got together early in the year and elected our class officers. Jake Nolde was chosen class president and has been tireless in all class activities showing leadership and efhciency. Edith Martin was elected secretary. Edie has made the meetings successful with her keen spirit of cooperation. For treasurer we chose George Pickering who did an excellent job keeping our finances straight. For a while it seemed as if everything was happening at once. The year book and Golden Leaves had to be done. Even though it seemed as if the odds were enormous we finished them both on time and with suc- cess. We feel that they will do honor to the class of '4S. As we near Commencement station we all realize that each and everyone has con- tributed his own particular bit to make our Senior Class a real success. No one has come on this trip without realizing the true essence of life and spiritual brotherhood. 1745.

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'Me Zdfzqeaka Amazed at the potentialities that these old friends of his have re- vealed through a score of years, Rip was interested in finding out how many were still around the campus somewhere. He found that the main- tenance of the garage and in fact all maintenance work was handled by Bill Sawin, whose long hours under the automobile have given him much practical experience. Rip proceeded to turn a radio on, when FLASH!!! Ann Biddle's Hollywoodf, brought to you by Doctor Swindle's vitamin pill., brings you the latest gossip from the West Coast all dressed up in Miss Biddle's unusual wit. Suddenly a news flash interrupted telling of the Modern Wright Brothersf, namely Norman Tate and Alan McAneny, former aces of the air now experimenting with rocket ships. They were at present stranded on the moon. What about the rest of those New Orleans boys?,' asked Rip, when suddenly a whois whom was thrust into his dusty Hngers. Now there always seems to be a Pickering in every encyclopedia printed, and sure enough, the name of a prominent millionaire of the South internationally known for his famous dog kennels appeared, namely, George Wiley Pickering. Passin the Pick column he thumbed to the Pik,' column and g heading the list was the name of Harold Pike, the man who made photo- graphic history, recording historical events for the Associated, United and International presses, known all over the world as The man who was there when it happenedf' Ah yes, they have really established their careers, but we were not finished by a long shot. Are all the female members of the class career women? No, not quite, for when he asked if there were any married women, the quick reply was, Yes, do you remember Betty O,Brien? She is now the wife of a wealthy ranch owner, who at present is writing poetry as a pastime. Since Rip awoke from his sleep much had happened, much to make him think and wonder. So, upon a stump he sat to gather his senses, when suddenly, a loud knocking noise aroused him from his thoughts. He gazed over yonder, and on a hill, a great construction was taking place. The construction of a tower, destined to be the highest building in ex- istence, built for one man. And this man will use the tower as a suit- able place to go when troubles arise. Who is the man? Then Rip noticed the familiar face of Thomas Woodhouse, the country famed carpenter, who showed his uncanny ability to strike a nail with a hammer back in the year 1945, doing the construction job absolutely by himself. 1945s cr . - C! 7,7 7, 1