West Chester High School - Garnet and White Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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•2 THE GARNET AND WHITE EDITORIAL The Senior staff resigns its cares and pleasures, its bouquets and brickbats, The Garnet and White; and all that it stands for and tries to promote to the other classes; and with all this goes an earnest wish that those who receive it will do all in their power to raise its standards and to con- stantly improve it. We thank our contribu- tors and the members of the underclass staff for their efforts which have made possible the success of The Garnet and White this year. We thank the Faculty advisors for their aid and advice and our advertisers for the support they have given us. We hope that we have produced a magazine that has been an enjoyment to everyone and something that they may keep as a reminder of the joys and the griefs of High School days; and, if we have in any way failed in our aim, we hope that our successors will profit by our deficiencies and succeed where we have failed. Our material and active work for W. C. II. S. is nearly finished, but we shall forever be with her in spirit. Many of us will become loyal supporters of other Alma Maters, but the ties that bind us to West Chester High will never be severed, but will grow stronger day by day. As Alumni we shall try to give West Chester the excellent backing she has always re- ceived from her “old grads,” and we hope we may be remembered, as we have re- membered our Alumni, as members of one great family. On our “magic-carpet” Diplomas we shall fly to all parts of the world, and we shall become lost in the multitudes, but let us always remember that “we be of one school, you and I,” and at every opportun- ity let us have a reunion. Let us be al- ways as we have been in W. C. H. S., “All for one and one for all May The Gar- net and White each month be the voice of a bigger and a better school, and each month may this voice carry its message of honor, integrity, and devotion to all ends of the earth. Our dream of student government has been realized. The Student Council is or- ganized and living up to all expectations. “Finis opus coronat!” It is well worth all the effort necessary to get it. Students, you who will be Seniors next year and you who will be their loyal supporters and the back- bone of the school, wc Seniors have done al in our power to help you get this great or- ganization, one that will mean the com- plete unification of the school, a democratic representative body that will link Faculty and student body and every class into one great unit with one great aim and ideal, to make W. C. H. S. the school preeminent among all others; may you do all in your power to carry out this ideal and to perfect the system. On the class rings of '23 is engraved a .torch. Without this torch the beauty of the ring is gone. Student government is this torch. As the words “West Chester High School” center about the torch, so the West Chester High School centers about student government. It is the Light and the Life of the School. “Twenty-three” has lighted it and “To you from falling hands We throw the torch; he yours to hold it high!” JUNE “And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays —James Russell Lowell.

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The Garnet and White Vol. XIV West Chester, Pa., June, 1923 No. 9 Entered as second-class matter January 10, 907, at the post office at West Chester, Pa., under Act of Congress of March 3. 1907 Published monthly during the school year by the students of the West Chester High School EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief KAY HUMPHREY, ’23 Assistant Editors ANNA MELONEY, ’23 DOROTHEE CONRAD, 24 CHARLES HAYWARD, 24 Business Manager JOHN JOHN, '23 Assistant Business Managers LELAND GILMORE, ’24 GEORGE DOWNING. 25 CRESTON GILMORE. ’25 DEPARTMENTS Literary DOROTHY GILLINGHAM, ’23, Editor SARAH PACKLER, '23 ANNE CAREY. ’24 ANNE BARCLAY. '25 SAM BARBER. ’26 Alumni HARRIET HAINES, '23 ANNA BAKER, '24 Notes and Comments KATHARINE KNOX. '23, Editor PRISCILLA SMITH, ’23 GWYNNE HUMPHREY, ’24 DANIEL CORNWELL. ’25 CHARLES ZOOK, ’26 Athletics JOHN CHAMBERS, ’23 SARAH PRATT. ’23 Sabir of (Unutrnts Page Editorials - - - 2 Senior Glass Officers 3 Class Roll - - - - 4 Liierary— Class Song - - - - 32 Salutatory - - - - 32 History of the Class of 1923 - - - 33 What Happened in the Year 1923 - - 35 Class Will of 1923 .... 39 Class Poem - - - - 40 Valedictory - - - - 41 Sports - - - - - 43 Notes and Comments - - -46 Exchange - - - - 58 PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION One Dollar per Year ... Single Copy Fifteen Cents

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THE GARNET AND WHITE 3 SENIOR GLASS OFFICERS EUGENE MARTIN Scientific “See, the conquering hero comes.”—Handel Baseball I, II, III, IV; Baseball Manager II; Football II, III, IV; Basketball II, III, IV; Basketball Captain III; Glee Club III, IV; Executive Committee, General Association I, IV; Captain of Indian Division IV; Class President IV; Hall Monitor IV; Honor Point Letter III. After tlie enumeration of his various achievements very little needs to be said about “Hecker” or bis stand- ing in the class. We all like him and feel great confi- dence in his ability as a leader. We are sure lie will soon be prominent in both the athletic and the social activi- ties of the college so fortunate as to have him enrolled as a student. AMY HALDEMAN Classical “Yet do I fear your nature; It is too full of the milk of human kindness.”—Shakespeare Vice President IV; Captain Sunset Division IV; Glee Club III, IV; Monitor IV. Amy is one of our most popular girls, not only with her classmates, but with the whole school. Everybody likes her; she’s just too sweet not to like. She expects to go to college next year, and we’re sure, though she’ll find many new friends, she’ll not forget her old ones. It will be a lucky college that gets our Amy, too! Best of luck, Amy; keep on through life as you have in High School, and you’ll always be on top. MARGARET T. HARPER Commercial “How near to good is what is fair.”—Jonson Vice President II; Secretary IV; Girls’ Glee Club IV; Cer- tificate and Medal in Typewriting. Here’s to “Peggy,” Secretary of our Senior Class, and one of our distinguished Glee Club members. Petite and attractive she is and always happy. She has made many friends because she is always “nice to everyone.” We wish you every success as “Somebody’s Stenog,” “Peggy.” JOHN CHAMBERS Commercial A gallant in love.”—Tennyson Garnet and White Staff I, III, IV; Baseball II, III, IV, Manager II, III; Glee Club IV; Treasurer IV. According to “Bertie” he has been in love unsuccess- fully all four years. There, are some, however, who would disagree with him. Now isn’t that right, girls? Bertie is one of those boys who wants what he wants when be wants it, and be usually gets it. As bis record shows, his whole time is not devoted to falling in and out of love. Oh! no, not Bertie! And all we have to sav is that some people were born lucky. Good luck at U. of P. next year, Bertie, and “don’t get hurt!”