Swarthmore High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Tu cn ty ezght PROPHECY drn er Lee Bennett to the alt museum on the Parkway As Lee sw ers ed around the corner h1s cab lost a rear fender on an Honest Phll Hummer for Gov ernor campalgn truck A block farther on he w as forced to take a detour smce a twelx e block area had been reduced to rubble 1n the X1ClD1tX of Daxe Luehrlngs nuclear phs slcs laboratorx It looked as 1f perhaps Dane had mlsplaced h1s declmal polnt At the museum Don w ent to the office of the head curator Ted Cares Ted was glad to see Don agaln and took hlm on a tour of the museum where they saw works of art done bv Nancy Wrlghtsman and 1n the modern art sectlon some palntlngs by Ted hlmself Soon howex er Don s aesthetlc yearnlngs were satlsfied and he started off to catch the 4 46 traln home At the 30th Street Statlon Don bought a tlcket from the smlllng tlcket agent June Shearer and a red star ed1t1on of the Evemng Bulletm He sat down to walt for the tram and on the front page of the paper he dlscovered an artlcle about Ann Denworth who had been elected as the first woman burgess of Swarthmore In the next column Phyllls Collms was wrltten up for her 9XC1l2lI'lg adventures 1n the Belglan Congo as a mlsslonary There was an 1tem about Howard Arrlson s Ballet School whlch was golng to put on a program that mght at the Academy of MUSIC Just below this was a story about Dxck Burtls who was to perform h1s own Concerto No 1 for Potato Plpe and Glockensplel Nearer the top of the page he notlced that Mary Decrouez had just been deported as an undeslrable allen She had been wr1t1ng agalnst the Admlnlstratlon and had forgotten that she had never been naturallzed as an Amerlcan c1t1zen and so she really wasn t prlvlleged to complaln Don s browslngs were mterrupted by the volce of Barbara Thorbahn over the publlc address system announclng that the Medla local was leaung on track two and that all passengers had better hurry the dexll up Don hurrled to the tram and resumed readlng h1s paper A full column artlcle was devoted to the storv of novellst Muriel Watklns who had Just won the Pulltzer Prlze for her colorful travelogue Through Turkey W1th a Kmfe and Fork Just before the tram reached 49th Street the conductress Julle HIODIS took h1s tlcket After Sklmmlng the rest of hlS newspaper The tram pulled mto the Swarthmore platform and Don got off and lnto hls car whlch whlsked h1m home When he reached hls house h1s cook Barbala Schumacher mformed hlm that hls evenlng telex xs1on show was about to go on and that he would have to hurry 1f he were to see Hopalong Streeter attempt h1s darlng escape from the rustlers hldeout Don hurrled xnto hls ln mg room sat down took off hlS shoes and as he was tunlng 1n the statlon he heard Joan Acker Slgfllng off on her Glrl Scout program The new sreel came next and Don saw to h1s great surprlse Sandy Bowle gettlng a medal as the champlon rxvet throw er at Sun Shlp Jean Holman had 1ust recelx ed the Most Valuable Engllsh Teacher of West Punxataw ney award and she was belng mterxlewed bp, that outstandlng actlcss of mox 18 and TV fame Anne deFur1a After the news the show came on and Don relaxed for the evenlng as he saw the outlaws attemptlng to set fire to the Wldder Hopson s ranch ln ordel to force her to sell out and to COmm1t Hoppx Streeter to the payment of a mol tgage held bx in unscrupulous ladx banker J ul1e Lange Hoppy arrlved Wlth the posse 1ust IH tlme to saxe the Wldflel s ranch and so all was well In a few mmutes Mr Plerce w as asleep Prlvate Eye Adams put the finlshlng touches on h1s report Insextlng the notes 1n hls folder Carroll t1p toed out of the room took the celestlal elex ator back to heax en and handed IH hls repolt to Samt Petex ' y 1 - 1 1 1 7 , , . . L . . U . , . , H ' , . , - Q 9 v ' v . 1 ' 7 v ' v ' ,, , ' ' Y Y Y , , ' Y Y v ' 7 . ' 9 y . . K 1, Y . , . . . , , . . . . , .1 . , . Y Y 1 ' 7 7 1 . . y v 1 Y . . , . . . . . . , ' 7 . ., ' Q a Q u . . , . , . . . , . . . . . . . Y 7. 7. , n 1 I r V . , , Y 1 ' ' ' - 1 9 K, 1 A Vs , Don folded 1t, la1d It on the seat beslde hlm, and smelled h1s roses. 7 , . . Y A ! 9 A Y . . , . Y Y ' ' ' Y . . , . , . . , ' ' - y ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' y H ' . . . , 1 . . . . , I ' 7. V V r ' r ix Y' r . .. , . Y' Y I , ., . , ' K. 1 y . vt. 1 I r kv ' 7 ' 1 1 ' 1 K s K y . t K n L l ' . vi 1 1 1 1 . . N v I 1, 1 , , y ' 1 ' v1 1 n 5 5 x Q 1 A . V . . . - . . . , I, . v v 4 1 ' . Q v n

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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 -

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