Swarthmore High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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foreword XIX IH 1-Pl-f f C C HO STRQ is EO The past year has marked a turnlng polnt 1n the h1story of Swarthmore H1gh School The f1re wh1ch has drast1cal1y changed so many th1ngs IS sttll l1v1ng 1n our 8 OOA M homerooms our treks through he puddles between bu1ld1ngs or our crowded conferences on the unwashed cafeterla tables and 1n the overpopulated alcoves next to the rums But school has gone on and actually almost nothlng has bcen left off the schedule These mterlm years between the old and the new may be uncomfortable but they are the cornerstone of the Swarthmore Htgh of the future lt 15 to th1s sp1r1t of transltlon that the year book IS dedxcated The 1959 Cornerstone IS an attempt to look at the school from the vantage po1nt llke the school th1s year but we have trled to 1nclude all the essentlals Unfortunately we have had to exclude some facets of school l1fe because of lack of space We hope however that If will serve to portray the sp1r1t of thls year of change a year whxch w1ll never agaln be dupl1cated ID d1ff1cult condltlons or 1n accompllshmentl XXX of the Senior Class. It is smallandcompact, X X XX . . , . X A ' . , x '7 Q' D xy Y D OL E lx Y

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Facullu and Hdminislralinn The fire has not made it any easier for Swarthmore 's faculty and administration than for the students. The burden starts with Mr. Morey and Mr. Bush, who have valiantly put the school district and the high school back into operation. The office people who can be seen typing, filing, and passing out supplies or delivering absentee lists, have been no less busy, with many jobs now having to be done twice a.day. The faculty has continued to maintain its high standards of teaching despite miss- ing books, impossible hours, and shortened periods. We of the upper classes have been sorry to see so little of the Junior High teachers, many of whom are an important link in our own education. The only traces of them are belated blackboard assign- ments and 12:25 flashes as the doors close and the bulletins are read. In the nearer past and the present are the more familiar faces of the morning shift. With them we have puzzled out word order and analyzed Shakespeare. Now that we have traced the development of nation- alism, struggled with the functions of X and the activity series of metals, and done our push-ups, we realize how much of a contribution these teachers have made. Long after the surprise quizzes and im- possible exams are forgotten we will re- member the units they went over and the good habits they taught us. FIRST ROW: Mr. Wertz, Miss Zimmer, Dr. Irwin, Miss Armstrong, Mr. Oppenlander. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Mautner, Mrs. Boulter, Miss Strouse, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Swan, Mrs. Weinman. THIRD ROW: Mr. Swan, Miss Barten, Miss Hancock, Mrs, Foley, Mrs. Wright, Mr. Holm. ABSENT: Mr. Falcone. 1 if K! 'ni J,