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

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Acorn brought us the news . . . First Row; Lucille Hoshabjian, Pat Mitchell, Merle Holden, Nancy Editor Bob Partridge and Advisor Mrs. Anne M. Slick. Anderson. Barbara Smith, Connie Case, Jo Ann Newton. Second Row: Bob Partridge, Bill Schaal, Tom Rutter, Bud Keane. “Copy! This plaintive yet forceful cry permeated the Acorn office every Monday and Tuesday night at five o'clock when last minute stories were due to meet the typists' deadlines. Sometime later, between eight and twelve o'clock, the last editor straggled out of Room 211. This was not done, however, without a doublebarreled assault on stories to be rewritten, dummy sheets to be laid out, headlines to be filled, and other necessities of a top-notch high school publication. Capably advised by Mrs. Anne M. Slick, The Acorn was published in twenty- eight issues by and for the students of Upper Darby High School. In addition to the apparent enthusiasm on the part of students and teachers, evidenced every Friday when the four or six-page newspaper came out, contest judges rated The Acorn among the top publications in the nation. In the Columbia Press Association judging. The Acorn rated a first place in the country-wide competition. The Acorn also ranked first in the PSPA judging, where it garnered 988 points of a possible 1000. The Acorn scored another success when it. with other UD publications, sponsored the PSPA Southeastern Regional Press Conference at Upper Darby on May 6th, 1954. As a UD activity. The Acorn stands high in the hearts of all Upiditcs. First Row: E. Dc Luca, J. Mackenzie, N. Anderson, B. Smith, C. burg. Third Row: D. Munro, B. Griffith, P. Lyle, B. Schaal, F. Henne, Case, F. Poynter, C. Huber. Second Row: J. Breidling, M. Damiri, B. B. Surer, D. Bcvilacqua, M. Berman, J. Carlin, S. Ettinger, A. Stalker, Simmons, B. Partridge, P. Terrell, J. Donovan, C. Wagner, C. Fiori, C. Kerr, E. Duguid. M. Trout, S. Deichler, L. Schilpp, C. Helfrich, N. Dillard, P. Hinne- Txventy-six

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Oak members kept a record . . . Mr. Noel, advisor, and Ellen Dixon, editor, plan the 1954 OAK. The members of the OAK photographic staff—John Leatherman, Mr. Carl Hamsher, advisor; and Ben Harriman. “Get that copy in on time! ’ “Did you count your words?” “Check the spelling.” These words are familiar to all Oak staff members as are the duties of identifying unknown fellow students, recording classmates’ many, many activities, and stretching those fifty words to the one hundred and fifty required. The staff of nineteen senior members saw a few ideas and some diagrams, with the addition of copy, running heads, pictures, and drawings, become a true record of 1953-54 life at Upper Darby. The staff was under the supervision of Mr. Paul K. Noel, advisor, and Ellen Dixon, editor, during the many hours of work from September until June. Wilma Bulkin, assistant editor, aided her editor in every way. Betty Hugo handled copy details efficiently and meticulously. Mr. Carl M. Hamsher, photographic advisor, and his student assistants, Ben Harriman and John Leatherman, carried out the mammoth job of photography. In accordance with the Oak’s theme of united effort, the literary staff worked closely with the art staff, under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Kingsley and its editor, Peg Ewing, to produce the desired results in the 1954 Oak. Members of the Oak Staff—Seated: Peg Ewing. Art Editor; Betty Liuzzi, S. Gorman, J. Hoyer, M. L. Natale, B. Stott, P. Liuzzi, Hugo, Copy Editor; Ellen Dixon, Editor-in-Chicf; Wilma Bulkin, M. Johnson, F. Aruffo, B. Hodges. Assistant Editor; Carol Michael. Standing: J. Urie, B. Laury, C. Twenty-seven