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

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THE GARNET AND WHITE J enun- GIlass (Officers Joseph Hoopes Scientific Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” Class Treasurer. II: Assistant Business Manager of GARNET AND WHITE. Ill: Class President. IV: Baseball Manager. IV: Mixed Chorus. IV: Health Crusade. I: H. S. Bowling Team. IV: Science Club. II: History Club. IV: Senior Adviser. IV: President Hi-Y Club. Joe. our president, is small, but he certainly makes up for his lacking in stature along other lines. Joe” has been the butt of many jokes in the GARNET AND WHITE and has taken them good-naturedly. Those who have known Joe for the last four years have found in him a good friend and a good sport. Joe well go to Pierce's Business College next fall to take up a business course. We wish him luck. Catharine T. Maun General A face with gladness overspread: Sweet looks by human kindness bred Assistant Treasurer. II: Joseph S. Evans Contest (Winner ol second place) II: Member of Executive Committee of Gen- eral Association. Ill: Glee Club. II III. IV: Mixed Chorus. IV: 1 rench Club. III. IV: Orchestra. IV: Hall Monitor. IV: Senior Adviser. IV: Captain of Rainbow Division. IV: Vice President of Class. IV. Does anyone in high school not know Kate?” I think not. Whenever there is a pep meeting or any fun going on ‘ Kate” is always among those present.” Ask her freshman sister” about her. if you want a good recommendation. She has been one of our best Senior Advisers this year, besides being the Rainbow Division Captain. Kate” expects to go to Temple next year. Ann Walsh Barclay Classical Most excellent, accomplished lady, the heavens rain honors and virtue on you always.” Secretary of Class. IV: Vice President. II: Assistant Trea- surer. I: Dramatic Club. III. IV: President. IV: Orchestra. II. IV: Glee Club. I. II. Ill: Science Club. Ill: Librarian. Ill: Joseph S. Evans Contest. I. II. HI. IV: Honorable Men- tion. I: Winner. IV; Interscholastic Debates first team. IV: sec- ond team. II. Ill: Capt. Indian Division. IV: Hockey. III. IV: Captain. IV: Lincoln Essay Winner. IV: National Oratorical Contest. III. IV: Winner of Declamation Contest in Play Fes- tival. IV: Co-operative Council. IV: Class Literary Editor Garnet AND White, II: Literary Editor. IV: Music Club. III. Here’s to our orator. Ann. who has won us much fame in oratorical contests. Ann not only excels in speaking; she also writes remarkably good free verse. This was shown by The Smokestake” in the poetry number of the GARNET AND WHITE.. Ann is an all-round bright student and good sport lor there is nothing too hard for her to try. and. in trying, to do well. She has two hobbies, arguing and dueling, both of which she enters into with enthusiasm. Mount Holyoke should consider itself lucky that Ann has chosen it for her college. Wili.ard Marr Commercial On their own merits modest men are dumb. Assistant Class Treasurer. I: Freshman Basketball Team. I: Tennis Team. IV: Monitor. IV: Senior Adviser. IV: Class Treasurer. IV. Willard is a jolly, good fellow,” who. ever since the Fresh- man year, has been willing to give substantial support to any- thing from a basketball team to a Hi-Y Club. Such boys as Willard can t be kept down, so you see him in the fore of al- most every happening in the school. Willard is going to Pittsburgh next year to take a place in an oil company.

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4 THE GARNET AND WHITE EDITORIAL At the time this number is issued the school year will be concluded, and a long vacation will be before you. We can thus conceive of no more fitting message to be given you in parting than a suggestion that you make it a real vacation. The year has no doubt been a tiring one for you. trying both mental and physical resistance. Those who have really worked have found plenty to do, and they leave school confident that the year has been spent to the best possible advantage. But now is the time for relaxation. By this we do not mean giving ourselves over to complete idleness for two months. For continued idleness is, in itself, as sure a cause of mental troubles as is overwork. It tends to produce lazy brains and slow thinking. How then, one may ask. is vacation to be spent? To be spent to the best advant- age. one should engage in some occupation totally different from that of the winter. Even as says the old adage. “Variety is the spice of life.” It is interesting to note that, for this express reason, ideas as to how best to spend a vacation vary widely. A shop girl, accustomed to the rush of the city finds rest in the quiet of the country, while a farm hand may secure just as much ben- efit from a visit to the city. Everything, then, goes back to the same idea: One must have a change. And the pupil's best vacation consists of doing any- thing which is foreign to school work. Some, who find themselves financially able may prefer a trip to a summer resort or to the mountains. Others may secure the equivalent by resting at home and visiting the country or spending times in the cool shade of borough parks. Still others will spend the summer engaging in some useful occupation, which, because of its variety, is surely not detrimental. The less fortunate will be forced to spend a portion of each day in summer school, paying probably for shirking dur- ing the time when others were working. Even as they were inconsistent then, so are they inconsistent now. So pass your vacation in that way which which will ultimately prove of most good to you. and when the high school or. for some, it will be college, bell rings for you in the fall you will be prepared to resume work with vim and enthusiasm which will carry you to victory during the whole year. With the issuing of this Commencement number of the Garnet and White we of the staff find our year’s work completed. Our success or our failure can be determined only in the mind of each subscriber, but we can assure all that we have spared no efforts to make this year's publication a successful one. The group which has compiled each issue of our magazine is really of far greater size than one would imagine. In this Commencement number, for instance, there have been over a hundred who have combined their efforts, each in his place, to make it a success. Some secured advertise- ments, some contributed personal writeups, some gave pictures, and still others added their bits to our regular departments. This whole publication represents the com- bined effort of all these workers, and to them we wish to express our sincere appre- ciation. Another group that lent its aid during the year, aside from the student body, was our advertisers, and we are grateful to them for their support. You. our subscribers, likewise, have helped us in the very begin- ning of our work, and we thank you for this aid. And to those who have given us ma- terial for the several issues, and to the members of the faculty who have aided in the compilation of our magazine we are very grateful. The editor desires to express his grati- tude to his staff for their loyal work during the year. With earnest co-operation they have sought to make the year's work suc- cessful. To those who will take our places next year we can but wish the greatest success. May they strive to perfect our imperfec- tions and to carry on the high standard which we have attempted to set.

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6 THE GARNET AND WHITE (Class Jinll William Thomas Baird Commercial ‘'Happy am I. from care im free. Why aren't they all as contented as me.” Class Treasurer. Ill: Senior Adviser. IV. Bill is one of our Commercialites without whom our class would be incomplete. If we forget everything else about Bill, we can never forget his laugh. He has a laugh all his own with which we are all familiar and perhaps many of the teachers have become acquainted with it. Bill intends to take up a trade after leaving High School. We wish him success in what- ever he undertakes. Hervey Ballou Scientific “To those who know him best a friend most true and hearty. Swimming Team. II: Track. II, III. IV: Dramatic Club. III. IV: Rainbow Volley Ball Team. IV. Although Hervey has been with us only three years of the four, he has established a name for himself as one of our radio experts. Hervey is mechanically inclined and expects to take up an engineering course at Penn State next year. Hervey is one of our jovial fellows who always tries to look on the bright side of life. We wish him success in the future. Charles Bernard Beidler General “A quiet chap who does his work and does not talk about it. Orchestra. I. II. III. IV: Typewriting Certificate. Ill: Type writing Medal. IV: Radio Club. Ill: Commerical Club. IV. Bernard is one of those silent boys, but the silent boys are often the best. There is perhaps a reason for this: Bernard is a radio fan. and radio is enough to drive anyone to silence or even to hermitage. Bernard may be silent, but he makes up for that on his violin and typewriter, the two making enough noise for three. Bernard intends to take a Post-Graduate course next year. Valerie Bicking General “Ever ready with a merry joke. She’s sure to cure your blues.” Girls' Glee Club. I. II. III. IV: Health Crusaders. I. II: Science Club. Ill: Orchestra. Ill; Dramatic Club. III. IV: Mixed Chorus IV.: Senior Adviser. IV: History Club. IV. We all wonder just how High School will progress next year without Val?’’ We know we shall miss her because she’s so jolly, and so we know the rest of H. S. will too. Val’’ is as cheerful as can be: of course, there are time when she’s not: but no secrets are mentioned here. Val expects to go to Normal next year, and we all wish her the best success and happiness in her new school.