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

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THE GARNET AND WHITE 29 (Ci ass (Tune: O God, the Rock of Ayes ) I o you our Alma Mater we ever will be true. Our very best endeavor will ever be for you. Our colors. Blue and White, will for loy- alty stand fast. To you we sing our praises now as in the past. With you we’ve had our pleasures within your very walls: We’ve gained our marks and honors: we've wandered through your halls. Here we have gained true knowledge: to use it we will strive. So may we all remember our Class of “T wenty-five.” Valerie Bicking, '25. § alutaturu G T9 (Delivered at the Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1925. June 11, 1925). We. the Class of 1925, heartily wel- come you who are assembled here tonight. Parents, Faculty, School Board, and Friends, your presence brings us true hap- piness. We salute you! During the four years of training each one of us learns many things of great im- portance. In these years the basis of each life is founded, without which life would amount to little. All of you are in part responsible for this training, and be assured that we thank you. In return for this each one of us will go out into life and try to be of some use to our nation, our State, our town, and our school. We now have come to the close of our preparatory training and we go forth into life to build upon the foundations that have already been laid here—time alone will show whether or not these founda- tions are firm, but we realize that you. Our Parents, the Faculty and the School Board, have done your best to make them so. To you. the Faculty, who have been the builders of the foundations of our lives, who have taught us many important les- sons of life, who have molded our minds, as they should be molded, who have done your best to send us forth from High School to become good citizens—to you we extend greetings. To you. our Parents, who have seen to it that we were given all the opportunities of an education, who have cheered us when we were disheartened and discouraged, who have made us study when we thought that our lessons would be better unstudied, who have helped us over obstacles which we could not have surmounted without your aid—to you we extend a special greeting.

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28 THE GARNET AND WHITE Thelma Ella Hughes General Mixed Chorus. IV: Glee Club. IV. I am thinking just now of the saying. 1 is often the small things that court in life, and am wondering at the same time if that saying isn t as applicable to a person as to a thing. I hclma is a small body, standing only five feet and weighing 95 pounds. Thelma is quite a singer and anyone who hears her once is anxious to hear her again. She expects to study music next year. Frances Jones General A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. Frances, though seemingly quiet and unassuming, is a very jolly girl when you are well-acquainted with her. Frances is very for.d of mathematics and has proved herself quite a shark in that study. She is undecided as to where she will go next year. Meta Morris General ' It is more blessed to give than to receive. Meta seems to have taken this as her motto. It would be hard to find a more generous person than she. Meta has won many friends by her smiles and her sunny disposition. She is undecided as to where she will go next year, but we wish her much success in whatever she undertakes. Roland Moore General Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?” Executive Committee. Ill; D. Webster Meredith Contest. II. III. V: Debating Team. II. Ill: Cheer Leader. II. III. V: Tennis Team III. IV: Glee Club. IV. V: Science Club. IV: Dramatic Club. IV. V: Captain Yankee Division. V. “Goofie” was one of the best possible gifts ’24 could have willed us. and from the start we took him to our hearts. He is our official cheer leader, and he surely can bring out the noise. ‘Goof has more school spirit than half a dozen regulars put together, and he has entered into activities with vim. William Munshower General “Of a cheerful look, a pleasing eye. And a most noble carriage.” Did you ever see someone coming down the hall with his head almost touching the ceiling? That was ,Bill.” He looks down on the other mem- bers of this class and seems to say. It's nice and cool up here.” Bili” expects to attend Drexel Institute next year. Let’s hope his grades arc as high as he is. Oliver Parry General “It is the silent ones who get things done. Soccer II. III. IV: Baseball. IV. Oliver has not been in our class the whole four years that we have been here, but we have come to know him in the time that he has been with us. as a boy who conveys most of his ideas with a nod of his head or a ready smile. Oliver is undecided where to go next year, but we re sure that his smile will make him popular wherever he goes. Dorothy Roye General “A charm to banish grief away. To snatch the frown from care. From tears to smiles make dullness gay. Spread gladness everywhere.” Dramatic Club. III. IV: Pianist. IV: Orchestra. IV: Glee Club. IV; Mixed Chorus. IV: Joseph S. Evans Prize Speaking Contest. IV: Winner of Second Prize. The High School owes “Dot” a debt of grati- tude for so cheerfully and so adequately accompany- ing us on the piano in vocal and orchestral work throughout this year. “Dot” is always cheerful, always the same. Her presence in school will be greatly missed in the future. “Dot” may go to Miss Illman's Kindergarten School next year. Louise Schjerup General “Then on! then on! where duty leads. My course be onward still! Weizie.” as she is known to her many friends, just came to our school this year, but she has been one of our loyal supporters. Louise likes oral work very much (?). we are sure. Louise charms us with her voice. Here’s to your success at Normal next year. Don’t capture too many hearts! Susie Spann Household Arts “Prosperity be thy page.” Susie came to us from Carlisle High School. In her two years here she has gained many friends. She is quite talented in playing the piano and also in singing. We have often heard her sigh while playing, and. although we have not been able to find out for whom those sighs were meant, we ima- gine they were for someone up at Carlisle. Hester Williams General “I live in a crowd of jollity ” Hester is full of childish ways. Whenever we hear a childish voice we know she is near. She has won many friends by her smiles and pleasant disposition.

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30 THE GARNET AND WHITE We can never repay our debt to you with complimentary language; we can only re- pay it by the lives that we lead henceforth. Tonight, however, we are happy to let you know how grateful we are to you, and we hope that the lives we shall lead in the fu- ture will be such as will be an honor to you and to our Alma Mater. To you, the members of the School Board and the citizens, who have seen to it that we were provided with the materials with which to build the foundations of our lives, who have given money freely so that you might make us into good citizens —to you we owe a debt. But for you we could not have had this preparatory train- ing, nor would we have been able to go forth as good and capable citizens. We greet you. In speaking of the foundations of our own lives does it not seem fitting that we should think of the foundations of the lives of those who will follow us, and of our place in helping to lay those founda- tions. As the world advances farther and farther, it is necessary that the lives of those who make up the world should be stronger and stronger. Greece gave her citizens knowledge as a foundation for their lives. When Greece was at the height of her power mentally, she fell, because she did not include religion and God. morality and high ideals in the lives of her people. For the same reason Rome fell, and other countries followed in their footsteps, as will any country under like circumstances. If we are to profit by the foundations laid in our own lives and if we are to give our posterity a solid foundation, we must base it on Education, not mere knowledge. We must remember that Knowledge does not comprise all which is contained in that large term education. True and worthy motives are to be inspired, a profound re- ligious feeling is to be instilled, and pure morality is to be inculcated under all cir- cumstances.” In our lives, then, and in the lives of our posterity we must include high ideals that will stand the test of a life-time and help to make the world better. We must in- clude also religion: for religion leads to truth and faith. And we must also in- clude morality— the desire to do right as right.” With these thoughts in mind, with these aims, these ideals, we. the Class of 1925, now go forth into life—we, the new gen- eration, go forth to try to make the world better. May each one of us strive to repay to you and to our fellowmen by loyal and unselfish service all that you have done for us, and may we make the world a better place for the next generation. Walter Liggett. 1925 “(EXtumtu-filic” Blue are the distant ranges That loom against the sky. Blue, and they seem as filmy As the clouds that pass them by. Yet are they formed of mountains. Rugged and huge and strong. Which have braved howling tempests And stood for ages long. White are the virgin snow-flakes That drift across the earth, Stainless and all unsullied By tread that scorned their worth: And so they stand for honor And truth and purity And all the kindred virtues That must protected be. Then may our Class with colors Of blue and snowy white Lead with unfalt'ring courage The Battle for the Right: Then shall we prove the stronger For all our eager youth: Firm in both will and virtue We'll prove our colors, truth! Ann Barclay, 1925.