Swarthmore High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Tuvnfy sz PROPHECY It yyas a busv day 1n heay en for Salnt Peter smce he vyas reyleyymg. h1s Ultlmate Destlnatlon records and yyas mterested m brlnglng them up to date Leafing through the many files on h1s desk he came across one labeled Plerce Donald F and he began to thumb through lt Puzzled oy er a numbe1 of ltems he phoned Carloll Adams h1s ace prly ate eye to come up fox a conference He told Carroll to put somebodv on the Job of stlalghtenlng out some of the unclear polnts 1n Don s hlstory Remember 1ng h1s old classmate Carroll declded to attend to the Job personally and lmmedlatelv he sta1ted off As the eley atol lurched earthyyard the opexator Dorls Greene called out the stops Carroll scrambled out yust before she Crled Basement' He spent a day on earth folloyylng h1s old school mate and he wrote thls report Mr Donald PICFCQ Prlnclpal of Swarthmore Hxgh School was leaylng early today to do a feyy thmgs 1n Phlladelphla He left word w1th h1s secretary Dotty Bateman that he could be reached at the Hllkert Plav house where he hoped to see h1s old frlend Harlan R Jessup yyho had lecently won vylde acclalm as a Shakespearean actor When he reached the street Mr Plerce stepped 1nto h1s wa1t1ng Cadlllac and he roused h1s chauffeur Jlm Wolf who had been playlng solltalre vylth h1s traffic tlckets It was not so surprlslng as lt mlght seem that Don had such equlpage He l1y ed qulte yyell as a teacher thanks to the work of Phyllls Kletzlen the reformer who had put on a blg campalgn to F3138 teachers salarles She had been so successful 1n fact that she was now trylng to get sala11es for all officers of Cablnet and other school organxzatlons Jlm started the car and careened up College Avenue As he turned the corner onto Chester Road he was croyy ded to the curb by a dual control car from Goodman s Dr1y1ng School Don made a note to check on h1s lnsurance When he reached the ra1l1oad statlon Don bought a tlcket from the genlal agent and frelght handler John Becker As he yy alted for the traln Don bought from Bob Shank s corner neyy sstand a copy of the Swarth morean Wh1Ch bore the headlme SHARPLESS SAYS BUDGET MUST BE CUT BY 75 Treasurer EPIC C Sharpless today announced that he yyould refuse to pay any more county checks unt1l the budget IS cut by three quarters Further doyy n the page on the yy eek s calendar Don sayy that Day 1d H Klllmger the gl eat thmker and ph1losopher of Yale UNIX elslty yy as sched uled to speak at Syy 31 thmore College on The Pragmatlc Aspects of Induc t1ve Reason1ng as Applled to Everyday Problems 1n Home Zymurgy Turnlng the page Don found that Polly Told was the new clrculatlon manager of the paper She had been g1y en that yob after she had succeeded ln ralslng the clrculatlon of the mornmg bulletm to yy ell oy er 2 926 among the Bushmen of Austraha The t1a1n arrly ed and 'Nh Plerce took a yacant seat beslde Co11nna Foster yy hom he had not seen 1n many years She told hlm all about her 1nterest1ng Job yy1th the goy ernment sery mg as a superylsor IH the depart ment of secret documents He yyas happy to learn from her that Pat Pf1ffe1l1ng and her tyy ln brothel s had 1ust letux ned from thelr long avyalted yacatlon lll southeln Cdllf01l1ld yyhexe they had been y1s1t1ng yylth Dottv Hemze at hex Sunny Acres Gelman Shepherd Kennels After 1nqu1r1ng xnto the health of Dotty and he1 dogs he sald good bye to Cormna and stepped off the tram at Broad Stleet At the 16th Stleet exlt fl om the itatlOI1 Don notlced that next yyeek Buddy Crouthel s and his Melody Flye featullng slnger Mar1an Hunt yy ere xppeallng at the Chck As he turned the cornel he bumped 1nto a florist yy ho yy as hayy kxng a bunch of g01g9Ol1s roses When the tyyo had rlghted v 1 ' v ' yi v1 1 Y. 1' 1. , . 1 r . . . . . n v ' Q . , . , .. as ' as - , ., . y s ' -1 - '-Q U ' v v 99 'Y '! ' 7 V . . . 1 1 . . , . . x s x n 1 - ' ' 1 ' c ' - 1 y 1 . .. , . . , . . . v v 4 1 V Q Dv 1 ' Y 7 ' Y , , ' , , - u xv . r. . l . . , . w I Y Y. . ' . Q , . . , . . . . 1 . Y V. - 1 v - I V . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 y ' - ' r . s . 1 . v f . , . . , . .. , u . I . . . . . , . . . . . I . . a - ' a 1 ' T 1 . .. r . . , 1 w . . 7 . V Y . . , Y v 1 . , . l . . . .. . . .. , , . s 1 n L L . . 1 y - . , L 1 , . Y 1 ' . . . . . 1 ' u W ' 1 ' k ! Y ' ' 7 1 ,H v v - , . .. , - ' u a 1 ,, . 1- . . .. V' v V Y y l l y K - c ' ' . 7, v v 7-1 1 v' a a - . . Q . . . Y A . v s ' K 1 ' , , , an ' x x n ' . . S . Y y . ,, . Y . . ! . Y . . . . , . . v v . , , 1 . S . 4 . ' v l 1 I 1 vq 1. 1' , A . . . v 1 y . ' Y nv ' . , . t V .. ' ' ' v' v u v A v 1 w Y. . - . , . . . s ,. . . . .. . . l Q . 4 1 v' nw 1 l 1 4 Q . - V . v, 1 ' ' 1 - 1 ' - '. v . v v' ' ' v' ' v . ' . . 1 A it v 1 -u 4 ,, . . . . .. . I Y . ' H . - Y . t ., . L , 'B 1 y .1 ' y ' v Q' ' ' 1 t . . U , , , 2 ' . .' , . v v W v I 4 '1 u w 1 v . . , . .. . - I

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LAWRENCE MINOR WOODRUFF Larrv lover of fine muslc Davys assistant Goodman what on earth are you dolng' falthful proofreadel for Garnet Good mormng Doctor sense of humor There goes the abstraction ladder lddl0 fiend Gelman student that laugh' Basketball 2 Inhamuials I ' 3' f Serum Play Gll7lf'fQ Radzo Club Secretary T1 easzuer ' I leazboolt 4 NANCY ADDA WRIGHTSMAN A real altlst lnterested 1n acting bxg green Buick lyrlc soprano French and German student mmhlc athlete faithful fxlend petlte car pool hugh volce Has anvbody seen Sue' llves ln 215 gulhhle lots of fun Hoclley2 2 Lacrosse 1 Inhamuralsf Blacllhzars 'Serum Playl Fhorus ? .4 Art Club 7 Yearbook 4 Twenty five ll YY ' 7 ' LL ' V! ' , , . . . . L4 ' YY . H ' 'Y .. ' ' . . . . . . . ' . 1. . . -, , N, -, -4- 4, l -. - . . .M.'. . . ' . H ,, . . . . .y . .. L: . . ph. . .. Ll. A . . . . . .. . ' ' 'J Y Nl '

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PROPHECY themselx es Don recognlzed Fred Shox er vxho sald that the floxxers xx ere a nexx straln dexeloped bx botan1st Ruth Garrett Don declded to bux a dozen exen 1f he had to carrv them around toxxn all afternoon Ruth s success remlnded h1m of Borls Lhotskv xxho xxlth h1s brother operated one of the best nurserles on the Contlnent Hallmg a Folletts Amalgamated Federated Incorporated Taxl Ser x1ce Ltd cab Don xx as surprlsed to find the cab drlx en bv the founder of the company Dxck Follett hlmself D1ck had the radlo tuned IH to the after noon recltal of the students of the Goldsmlth School of Muslc and xxas l1sten1ng to Llbby Foster playlng Fmnegan s Plano Concerto 1n L flat At least lt sounded l1ke L flat The country IS IH the mldst of a sudden craze about the classlcs and Pat Flnnegan s works are the rage of the day At the close of the program Dlllman Furey reported on the latest electlon returns Tom Alden the candldate recently defeated by Dlck Smallvxood 1n the electlon for Clty xxater commlssloner vxas quoted as savlng that h1s defeat was probably due to the fact that somebodv had pulled the plug on h1s electrlc sllde rule At the theater Don gaxe h1s tlcket to Llnda Smlth the head usher xvho recognlzed h1m and shovx ed h1m to h1s seat The performance xvhlch was Shakespeare s Omelette vxas a great success Leav1ng the theater after hax mg sat through several encores Don found that It was ra1n1ng Not belng able to hall a cab he had to walk three whole blocks to Bob L1nn s Bodv Bu1ld1ng Emporlum vxhere he got a Turklsh bath and a massage by that master of d1g1tal control Warren Gold After the massage It was st1ll ra1n1ng so wh1le he vxalted he watched a xxrestllng match 1n xx h1ch Frank Conly rendered h1s opponent completelv non compos ment1s Then Don went out for a sandw1ch at the dlner on the corner Who should be the boss but good natured Larry Woodruff xx ho declared that the food xxould be on hlm In relavlng the order to h1s short order cook Tom Slmklh he crled Burn two w1th' Don looked to make sure he stlll had h1s roses and then he spled Mary Ann D1ck1nson Slttlflg' at another table He xxent ox er and sat dovxn vxlth her and she told hlm that she had Just returned to Phxladelphla for a x1s1t after starrlng 1n a Hollv xvood mox 16 Hax mg eaten Mr Plerce made for the subway vxhere he pa1d hls fare to Esther Rumsex The tram took hlm to 69th Street where he had to pick up a fevx thmgs for h1s vxlfe Entermg one of Frederlck Campbell s Ladles L1nger1e Shops he sat doxxn whlle the salesglrl Dolores Cooper walted on another customer He later learned that Dolores also serx ed part tlme as a soclal vxorker After he had transacted hxs buslness at the shop Don xxalked doxxn the street passlng the farmer s market where he saxx Jane Evans buslly sellmg her sclentlficallv grown cabbages A l1ttle farther on he saxx a slgn whxch sald G G Theall Archltect and Bullder Lookmg up he obserxed that Gerrx was bulldlng a new skxscraper for the offices of Schwartz Stelgelman Harloxx Wlddowson and Stelgelman Attorneys at Law rlght across from Anne Larson s Monev Wlth a Smlle Loan Com pany Don remembered hax mg read 1n the papers that one of the partners of Schwartz Stelgelman Harloxx Wlddovx son and Stelgelman had recentlv won a major case before the Unlted States Supreme Court He had an ldea that It vxas Bex Harlow but he couldn t be sure Just a llttle farther on was a branch store of Ruth Wllcox s Excluslve Gowns Inc and a fexx doors on xxas an 1nter1or decoratlng studlo bearlng the name of Mme Mlldred McCowan Don peered through the shop WlDdOW and notxced a large Cardmal Rlchelleu bed He thought he mlght drop In but suddenlv he remembered h1s engagement at the art museum Feeling an urge for culture Don hailed a cab got ln and dlrected the Tuenty seven v 1 ' y 1 V ' 1 . v . ., V , . . v - 1 ' ' y 1 . . V V V ' . 7- , . . . ' ' . 1 1 ' 1 . . , . 1 1 ' 1 -1 1 - ' . 1 - ' , . . ' . .Y . . . . . . . . . , . ., . . . . , . l . l Y .. , . Y v y . . .L , . ., . 1 . . . y . . . . ' Y ' 7 ' 7 . . . . , - ,1 vs' . . . 1, . . ... 7 . , . , . I . . , 1, Y ' ' U 1 ' 1 7 , .. . . , . Y . . 7 . . . . V . . .. ' , V . . . - . , V . . , . . . . H . . ,, t . 1 1 1 1 - - . v . . . . . . . ., . . . v v 7 7. ' . T , . . . . . . - Y. Y. . V . . , . - , . 1 v I l ' . . L . n , . Y . ' . Y. . . , . . . . . , . . Y . 1 . , , . . . , . , Q n n A, v - . . Y . . I ' Y Y . . . .. . , . , v . v . , . . , . . . . . . . V . . U .. , . . . . U . . ,, . . , . . , . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 K' ' - 1 u ' ' 11 1 ' V ' V. . . . . . v . 7 . 1 1 1 K 1 , ' ' 1 1 ' , . . . , . . Y Y V . . . . . , ., . 44 - 17 1 V ' - 1 1 1 V -