Upper Darby High School - Oak Yearbook (Upper Darby, PA)

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 dedication . . . Miss Sarah I. Richards has also served our class with sincere devotion and utmost respon- sibility. When she was not acting as chief dieti- cian for the refreshments during the past fall or tending to all ticket sales, she was straightening out student problems and generally pushing the class farther ahead. Just because she is the smaller part of our advisership does not mean that she had no big ideas which always helped in putting the class activities over with a bang. Miss Richards has steadily done a great deal of fundamentally important work for which there was afterwards little applause, and we sincerely hope that the following pages will illuminate the kaleidoscope of memories for her as adviser to the class of SJor their untiring efforts on our behalf, tee dedicate this yearbook: to our class advisers- on iss cJarali cJ. fdic hards and Qtlr. (Slayton 0(. cflienh The heavy hand of advisership has not deprived Mr. Shenk of his good-will and sense of humor, two qualities which have flavored our class activities and encouraged student response. He has consistently disregarded the three o’clock bell as an order to cease work and has employed the extra afternoon hours in tireless labor to put ’37 on the top. No detail has been too unimportant to attend, no problem too dif- ficult to solve. The following pages will not only bring back to us associations with him, but we hope that in them Mr. Shenk will find pleasant remembrances of the class for which he has done so much— 1937. 1937. 13)

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log ue How many times each day have you passed this desk in the front corridor? A great many, no doubt. But have you ever stopped to consider for what this familiar object really stands. This simple desk is the symbol of the thing our whole educational system is based on—information—and so we hope this 1937 Oak may help you to truly appreciate the often seen but little thought of things that go to make up our school life.

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1684 . 1779 . 1786 . 1835 . 1891 . 1894 . 1896 . 1919 . 1920 . 1926 . 1928 . 1930 . 1937 . . A land grant was mad© to William Garrett by the founder of Pennsylvania. William Penn. . Settlers on this land assembled to purchase grounds on which to erect a school. . The first little grey stone school-house was built. . A Free School System was adopted in Pennsylvania. The first free public school in Upper Darby was placed under the direction of Isaac Garrett. . The first alumni reunion was held in the new brick building which had been built to take the place of the smaller stone one. . Upper Darby Senior High School was established under the direction of Miss Elizabeth D. Turner, principal. . The commencement of the first graduating class of five students was held. . The new building (which is the front part of the present high school) was completed. . The ground in back of the school was graded and, in dedication to those who lost their lives in the World War, was named Memorial Athletic Field. . Because of the growth in enrollment an addition of thirty-three rooms was constructed. . Six more rooms were annexed to take care of the many incoming students. . The new Junior High School was completed, thus doing away with a part of the over-crowded conditions in the high school. . The graduation of one of the most illustrious classes in the history of the school occurred.