Swarthmore High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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1, 1 . .1 t Rutgers Hvenue Elementaru Memortes of elementary school are far from elus1ve for the Rutgers Avenue group ln those days of few ll'lhlblIl0l'lS dull moments were few and far between MISS Prtce and her goldf1sh welcomed the be glnmngs of the class of 59 on that f1rst memor able day of school Ah the Joy of learnmgl The class r ced through work book after work book and then of course there were the fascmattng stones about Farmer Jones who laughed and laughed Mmes of musical talent were dlscovered to toot on tonettes under Bxlly Medford also seemed to have enough spare txme to k1SS all the g1rls The cult1vat1on of when the class began Mxss Moran However the mlnd was well under and 1n more than one f1eld wav by the flfth grade Mlss Moore constantly crted I want your un d1v1ded attentlon for mmds too often wandered to the f1ner thmgs of l1fe such as loll1pops One Valentlne s Day Gene Melcher gave one of these treasured treats to each one tn the class Addts G1lf1llan was so overjoyed she couldnt restst ktsstng h1m Hours were spent on the playground The track was a challenge and was met by Susan Allen who klcked up her heels for etght laps w1th out stopp1ng Betty Ann McCorkel was alsoahearty ch1ld and succeeded IU pushlng Joe Moran tnto a mud puddle The boys spent long hours on the baseball f1eld Thexr efforts were encouraged by the g1rls who sat on bars and who seemed more apprec1at1ve of the bovs talents than of yore As slxth graders the class of 59 d1splayed thetr wh1te safety belts w1th pr1de although lf wasnt qulte as amusmg to perform the actual duty as had been Lmaglned However the long cold hours on corners were forgotten after MISS McCall1n rewarded the class w1th a day 1n the country Also durtng th1s year the art of square dancmg was mastered The g1rls sat w1th bated breath when lf was boys choxce who would Dave Grogan choose Everyone knew Cub Cratsley would select Betty Gemm1ll The long hours OUISldB of school were passed ln vartous ways Ntca Faxrbanks front yard was the scene of constant actlvlty Gene Melcher and Joe Moran contested wlth each other over Ntca as a partner tn the Lone Ranger game CGene at one time galned NICBS favor by havlng a btrthday party and havlng Nlca as the only glflj June Heckman s garage was the scene of the s cret and mysterxous meetmgs of the Owl s Nest club ln the afternoon the bovs gathered at Dave Grogan s and the g1rls at Carol Honnold s to plav basketball However strav basketballs somehow seemed to roll from the Honnold s to the Grogan s Sometimes the boys seemed to en Jov pract1c1ng at a lower basket one wh1ch was sttuated at Carols house The Battle of the Grogan Garage cannot be forgotten nor can the peanut butter pepper sandw1ches wh1ch the bovs choked down at the hands of the g1rls Gone are those davs but not the memorles . 'I , Q -,. 1 . . 1 , 1 1 1 , . . . 1 - - 1 . - 1 . , 1 . . . . . , 1 ' 11 A 11 - 1 - u - - , . . . . 1 - 1 1 . 11 11 . . . - . . , . . . 1 1 , . 1 1 , . . - 11 11 4 , . . . . u - D . 1 . 1 - . . . 11 . . . . . 1 1 , - . . . . 1 . 1 O - 1 11 1 , 1. - , . 11 , 1 . 1 , . . . 1 . 1 - 1 . . , - 1 , 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 . . . . . 1 , 1 1 , - . . 1 , . , 1 .

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College Hvenue Elementaru Can we ever forget the memorable t1mes spent together 1n our younger years at College Avenue Elementary School? L1ttle d1d we know what was ln store for us when for the f1rst tlme we hesltantly prlnted the wobbly letters of our names under the careful dlrectlon of Mrs Enders Susle Marsh and Johnny Thur man two of the more promlsmg art dllettantes had an unfortunate acc1dent 1n the kmdergarten room when they faxled to estlmate the strength of the pa1nt closet After labor1ously cl1mb1ng to the top thelrspeed ofdescent was emphaslzed by the re echomg crash of break1ng glass as the cablnet collapsed Our second step towards llteracy was taken 1n f1rst grade w1th our 1ntroduct1on to Sally D1Ck and Spot and thelr fascmatmg adventures 1n our flrst readmg lessons Our reading skllls were further developed 1n thlrd grade by the dreaded drllls of Mrs Wxtter Under Mlss McKre1ght an av1d advocate of the f1ner arts we held a poetry program for our parents Raymond Pope broke mto a storm of tears when he became stage struck and forgot h1sl1nes but Mnke Becker the master of ceremon1es evldenced slgns of early leadershlp when he overcame thls dlsturbance by statmg that The show must go onl Everyone looked forward to recesses There was the usual free for all between the boys and glrls over possesslon of the k1Ck baseball courts Jlm Borden and Stephen Crane were generally chosen as the boys captams and Sus1e Marsh and Chrls S1pler as the glrls captams because they were able to k1ck the ball over the fence The less athletlcally 1ncl1ned swung on the swmgs or played a rousmg game of hop skotch w1th paper cl1p chalns Fxfth grade and Mxss Wlseman brought us the flISI gllmpses of past h1story as we learned about castles moats and knlghts of yore Brave S1r Dav1d Shute underestlmated h1s power as he charged hand flrst through a classroom door held shut by two fa1r demolselles who preferred not to be rescued Dav1d however had success 1n other flelds A club was formed in wh1ch a k1ss was a necessary entrance requlrement He was a charter member along w1th Johnme McQuade Jay Lord Jeb Turner Sldney Johnson and thelr glrl frlends In s1xth grade w1th Mrs Wrlght s ever present maxlm Self Control wrltten on the black board we learned to subdue our bolsterous natures Mr Swayne asastudentteacher added to our class h1s prowess as a champlon k1Ck baseball player and best of all a televlslon set' For one month we never mlssed an eplsode of Lunch wlth Uncle Pete or Let Sklnner Do I Occaslonally 1f we were exceptlonally good we wereallowedtowatch Hollywood Play house 1n the afternoon Wlth th1s flne background behmd us we were ready to face the cruel world and J un1or H1gh School . , . . I . . . . 1 . , . ' 1 1 0 - I 1 , 1 . 1 I ' - 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 . . . , , I I I ' 1 1 1 . . . 1, . 11 11 , 1 . . . 11 . . . 1 I - 1 11 11 .1 , - ll . . . - - I 1 .

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