Swarthmore High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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fi r GEORGE WATSON COLLINS llSnilloc We as a committee of many, find that slinging of Words would do George no justice. lt's written all over nirn that he-'s an all- rounder and we really mean all around, Class President, Basket- ball Captain, Honor Society-shucks, they re just teasers, Hipped on having fun of any kind, but we have his number whenvit cornes to blushing, l'Hub, Bill and George can turn on the heat-any shade desirable. IOSEPH HARPER COLLHXS oe There is only one Ioe big and brawny you know the kind that scares children' Ioe is known throughout school for hi one man vocal recitals accompanied by his own improvi ations The faculty vouches that if he s not already in the dog hou he s sure to have made a reservation Wouldnt be a bit surprised if he planted himself behind a brokers desk although h doomed tc be a football hero 'lfeovx 1' IOHN HENRY CRAEMFR lohnny A lad who is mild in spirtt but fo ceful in body His family i cluttered with athletic records and Iohnnie s making a good lob of keeping them He was off to a good start as captain of our football team and a staunch mernbe of the ba ketball team As Vice President of the C ass hes don his share in ke ping us Thirty eighters from going asf av HELEN ELIZABETH CRESSON QQKLQ 19,-I Tnis hubo d 4 N s no kev car: o vo 4 ow whv we wa an epid e h N 9 C tile cr er eta e v O ..wn ' UI ,. . , ,. Y . f ' .H , D ' A Q , , .EL of .ef F .A . . , r , Ls . . r s . i. . ' - .' l , -' e ' ' oe ' .' f- , . Y A1 'Cre-file l' c 'Q'-cheeke l. iss ' a' our ' c' A Atain s A u in - A ' crashed through so victcriously. A folly character and a hard worker all wrapped up in one makes Cretile There s Mernic of rolling in the aisles at Curistrnas Play ' h n re, .c displayed her Gone With the Wind skirt. Alsc her inf pr tion of the hag 1-:as '.-:sird to say the least Talent scouts her s Aour chance' a.1 t

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WILLIAM ALLEN BROWN, III 'lWolf Wolf, the boy who is as clever with the paint brush as with the tennis racket. If we would close our eyes, we would swear that it was a Budge plinging those balls over the net. Another memorable trait of the Brown character is his habit of making prankish remarks No matter how serious they are meant to be, a silly one always sneaks in, Wolf has a certain yen for the 'right' woman, but as he is quite an authorty on l'Upi-Dah talent, it shouldnt be so hard. it tflfftlw IOHN KIRK CHANDLER Happy lack Having come to us from Chester he has really mixed in with e swing of things Although we wonder if the cat has got his tongue sometimes lack can really make his 22 talk Outdoor life is just what he craves ESTELLE INEZ CHAPMAN Estelle Estelle combines her unpremeditated lunch time with the 431-na, serious contemplation of that little Deutsch book When our eyotic maiden is not flashing those laughing blue eyes at her many friends she might be donning the guise of da Vinci in our Hall of Art Should you see an artistic crisply accurate touch in any one of the school activities be certain that Estelle has lent her polished gift of e thetics FLORENCE lVIacLEOD CLEAVES Florence Florence has a tou h of the exotic and the South Seas She on politics and such She should go fo Gauguin but is mad about Donald D ci: She should be me I rtguid type but wo ks like rnad '1 any 'H g assigned o he Sn s ould lnce the Ccswiopolitan y and doe 8 .. ,. th ' ' . ' ' ,sf should twine hibiscus flowers in her hair, but prefers to comment ' ' . . r ' ' ' I , . u ' . I ar ' , r ' . o. . tiin ' t r. Ie I . 1. ' . t pe of :nan - . s.

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Y 'W YCUl!!lfU CHARLES PORTER DAVISGN Charlie As a man of the books we give you our contribution to the learned, We could tag him as a man of few wordsg but, After all, says Charlie, 'what are words but just words 7 A good honorable member of the Scout troopg and in case of emergency, call for Charlie He is inclined to be on the Barrymore side of the footlights, which calls for a mention of how perfect a hen- pecked husband he was in the Senior Play. Only in the play, we say Y I Yvcmwlcc +0 Av LL LAURA ADELAIDE DAWES Laura She ioined our ranks when we were brand new Seniors when she swung in from up New England way and brought along the trickiest gadgets imaginable Straw shoes coolie coats answer to a hobbyist s dream We call Laura the Wholesale Kid lust name it and you can have it anything from recordings to ice cream As for catching on to New England methods we suspect a Harvard man stored away somewhere LOUIS lRVlNG DETHLOFF Louie Th1s heighty bit of humanity knows all the secrets of creating atmosphere from back stage lf we want moonlight we get moon light providing Louie doesnt pull the wrong switch Hes truly a lack of all trades Louie at the victrola provides our eye opener for Monday morning assemblies After wltnes ing much throbbing on desk lids we find him badly bitten by the Krupa bug Neighbors our sympathy' RUTH l-lENRlETTE DETLEFSEN Ruth Dashing hithe and yon ar anging LaCrosse schedule scratching off a ticles for the Garnet this untiring mernber ot the class gives rn nutes on end to rnake the works tick ight Although she is con tantly up to ome cuts de a tivity she always 'mas time for lessons especially G 'nan a d occasionally cherr t 1 Wheator' vill get a nus le flnen Ru h a ives next fall fRnzAA-s,.,i'ml'-0 LQQ. lU g