Stevens School - Class Record Yearbook (Germantown, PA)

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CLASS WILL Vve. the members of the class of nineteen hundred and forty-four ol the Stevens School, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, much to our amazement, having been adjudged of sound mind and clear understand- ing, do hereby malce and publish this, our last will and testament. To the Faculty of the Stevens School we leave the happy memories ol our years with them and the reams oi paper which we have used in our exams. To the Junior Class we leave our homeroom fmuch the worse for wearig and, with the hope that they like shocking pinlc, we leave them the Senior Lounge. To the pupils of the Stevens School we leave the reputation and the structure of the school, or as much as is left upon our departure from this life. We malce the following bequests: To Marguerite Garrabrant we bequeath Kathlin Alburger's curls. To Jane Littlewood we bequeath Mary Arrisonls big brown eyes. To Tommy Thompson we bequeath Nlarilyn Blanlcins dance style. To Helen Fawley we bequeath Jean Budds line. To Audrey Young we bequeath Tillie Clarlcs car tand tirell To Joan McCue we bequeath Dottie Eddowes, coy ways. To Louise Alston we bequeath Jean Gildersleeves two British sailors. To Pat Cousley we bequeath Jane Goodmans innocence. To Doris Aitlcen we bequeath Elizabeth Hunters voice. To Miss Bever we bequeath Emilie Knipe. To Mary De Camp we bequeath Dottie Knipe's diet. To Eleanor Cannon we bequeath Eleanor lVlcBride's love for Glee Club. To Daria Marshall we bequeath Charlotte Nleyerls South American relations. To Nlaree Frisby we bequeath Mary Helen Wlooreys basketball ability. To Sophie Ellcins we bequeath .lean 0,Brien,s crucial moments. To Natalie Vveiss we bequeath Ann Rebolfys chic wardrobe. To Nancy Hendler we bequeath Bobbie Roberts, love of nature. To Dawn Spencer we bequeath Dotty Rothls vim and vigor. To Barbara Trautwein we bequeath Gwen Smiths shapely hands. To Miss Wire we bequeath Betty Ann Troemnerys Cotiee nerves. To lVlargy Doxrud we bequeath Doris Vveylgs pigtails. To Grace Kelly we bequeath Kay Vvoodbridges love for the Navy. To .loan Kreinberg we bequeath Barbara Zieglerls blushes. 20

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NEEDS An A in history A comh of her own To take it easy To do some homework Champ To make it Hone 5 more inches A date with Frank Sinatra A megaphone SE IUII STATISTICS FAVORITE EXPRES SION Zoott Vvhereys Butch? Best we -0-1 I haven,t done a thing It's up to the other kids l'll get it in tomorrow Thats so silty I'm going on a diet nn us ,-4,-1,-4,-f,..4,-4,-1,-1 Her own nail polish Listen to this -ff- To get on the honor roit I'II he hack in a minute, Miss Bergen A vitamin piii I don't care The ring Needless to say A dictionary Yeh, Bo To reiax Hit You att A private secretary A higger pockethook A square meat Invisihte curiers A gyroscope A one-way ticket to New York Handcuffs Time Say Doc Oh iudget Ssssht Going out to the ham? Are you kidding? Say listen, kids Helio, honey Thats the payoff AMBITIQN Heart specialist Gym teacher Baiiroom dancer To get that appli- cation oft Doctor Biues singer To marry a millionaire To meet Jack She has none Penn State Missionary nurse To Iearn how to whistle Kindergarten Teacher To Iaunch a hattteship Modeling Henry Morgentha assistant HIS DESTINY Heart hreaker Baitet dancer Still jitterhugging Ntrs. Anthony Tree surgeon Train announcer Pauperis hride Collie farm Barker at the circus Drug store proprietor Head-hunter Cover girl Teaching her own Tughoat Annie Cruising in the South Sea Cashier Ptantecotogist VV Navy wite Wife of a shoe satesman A second Katherine Stand-in for Cornell Vera Vague Test pilot Grease monkey To get married Shall make it Illustrator I Doodter Another Niadame Speaker in the Curie Senate I 9 elder at Lockheed

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VALEUIETUHY As seniors we have often thought of the approaching end of our high school life and the demands to loe made of us in the adult world. It seems to us that one of the essential needs in the world of today is that of a hroad, ltexihle mental attitude toward the changes that will come. ln nations and individuals, the ahility to organize and reorganize with ease and swiftness, is an invalualole trait. The estalolishment of Christianity and the colonization of the new world, are outstanding evidence that people who have heen willing to malte changes have lorought aloout a more advanced civilization. All the greatest movements in history have depended upon the willingness of men to receive and use new ideas. Vve need loolc only at the background of the United States to find evidence of this idea. Never in history have such great numhers of people broadened their mental horizons and expanded their physical looundaries, as in the period America was settled. Dissatisfied Europeans uprooted themselves from age old religions, governments, and customs, to sail across an unlcnown sea and to colonize a wild, new world. All the discontented people who were spirited enough to demand a new way ol life, found the answer to their dreams in America. Qur unique, and we hope lasting, democratic government was founded hy a revolution. ln the Constitution, which grew out ol this upheaval, one of the strongest features lies in a clause that allows it to he amended to meet new conditions. The spirit ol pioneering is a significant American characteristic. ln government and geographical expansion, in husiness homes and society, the pioneering attitude is shown in the changes that were made and still con- tinue to he made hy a people who are constantly searching for hetter things. There is no laclc of reverence or respect for the great men and ideas of the past in this attitudeg if a thing can he improved upon, Americans will try to improve upon it. The time is approaching when the entire world must undergo a drastic change. The dream of youth has always been to save the world from sinlcing further into the ahyss of war and wrong, and to give the earth its peace. We are a young, strong nation, hardened to change, and perhaps our pioneering heritage will enahle us to he the youth to loring ahout the great salvation. This loroader mental horizon required hy the pioneers of today and those of the future, can he acquired through education. Vve who graduate from Stevens have loeen given through education, knowledge that creates tolerance, progressive training that encourages initiative, and some under- standing ol the concepts of hasic truths that must underlie complete living. These are the essential tools for huilding the future. It is with gratitude for our preparation to meet the demands of tomorrow that we leave the Stevens School, Mrs. Swan, the faculty, our schoolmates, and many memorahle associations. We feel sure that our deht of thanlcs will increase as we talxe our places in this world which will prove our ahility to initiate and accept changes. 2 I