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

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4 A A a The Garnet and White (graduation SEVERAL people have asked me recently whether or not I am glad I am gradu- ating from high school this year. At my reply, that I am not, they are very much surprised and cannot understand me. However, I can remember when I asked other seniors that same question, and, on receiving that same answer, I, too, was puzzled and could not understand them. Now, however, that I have become a senior and shall soon take that fatal step of Graduation, I too, am not at all anxious to go. Even up to the beginning of this last year I was ready to go—I was a senior and this was my home stretch I'd soon be through. A little more than a month from the writing of these thoughts I shall have graduated from high school. The gates will have closed, and I shall be leaving my high school days behind me and starting into a new, undiscovered land, my future. I am not at all ready or anxious to go. I know I shall miss the clubs and the acti- vities of which I have been a part; the chapel programs; dancing in the gym at noon; my teachers and their helpfulness; noisy little groups of gossips; study periods; parties and gatherings that we've had; and last, but not least, all the friends I have made. After graduation we Seniors shall all go our separate ways. Whether we meet again will be left to fate. Some friends I shall leave behind me, and I hope that they will feel as I do. I shall miss my books, too. Have they not been my friends? What should I have done without them? Haven't they prepared me as well as they could for my future life? I think you’ll find almost any senior feels the way I do, if he really thinks about it; and I’m sure most of you undergraduates will feel the same way when your time comes to say goodbye to West Chester High. Make the best of your school days (I may sound like an old maid, but I mean it); for they’re your happiest! Adelaide Reynolds, '35. ◄-+-4---► (To tli? Class of 35 i, n. Hail, nineteen hundred thirty-five. In praise of thee we sing. With tributes strong and beautiful Our voices loud will ring. Chorus Through fame and fortune, storm or strife On our long road of life. We'll see through mist of years gone by The banner of “blue and white. Your guiding spirit be with us, As on life’s path we start, And strengthen us to meet the world With strong and zealous heart. III. To thee, as now we journey on, We shall look back with pride And see the priceless thoughts you gave To us to be our guide. Words by Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. Music by Charles W. Henderson.

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The Garnet and While A A A 3 On thi SIhrrshuli» “And what is so rare as a dav in June?”—Lowell ONLY once do we stand on this threshold of life on a day in June. To others this may have been a festive occasion, but to us it has a sombre aspect. It is not the scent of June roses in a moon-lit garden, which makes us so thoughtful. It is something more tangible, and yet more remote. Time with its onward surge has swept us to the culmination of our high school career—to the footlights of the stage of life, over which we see a void blackness, except for a few heads. These leaders will seek to secure our support for their plans to solve our dilemma in these jobless times. Ours is the difficult task of choosing the most constructive policy. Never again shall we stand at this distressing yet, in some ways, delightful point. Henceforth, no teachers will attempt to understand us and to break our falls. Fifty years from now we may well look back and ask ourselves, What were our lives without thee?”-—Lowell It will have been our high school and our early training which will have taught us to discern those values which will have made our lives successful, or not successful. Surely the greatest lesson we shall have learned at West Chester will have been to adapt our lives to others. Now, as we leave, we hope that each and every one in the Class of 1935 may attain success, “And what they dare to dream of, dare to do. —Lowell Franklin Newman, '35. ◄—H—I---► (Dur message to tlte Class of ’36 CLASS of 36, what can we say to you? Since time immemorial graduating classes have tried to give advice. Yet we, who are confronted with doubts of the future, can hardly hope to become your mentors. It is not from us that advice should come, but from yourselves. You have now completed two years in Senior High School, and are, each one of you, better fitted to decide what those qualities are that will make your Senior year successful. The nearness of the break with all that is known has brought to us a realization of our short-comings. We acknowledge these and hope to correct them before starting out. Why cannot you look upon the coming year as the chance to make a fresh start and not just as the continuation of the previous years? Why can not you, too, take stock of your- selves as we are now forced to do? Instead of waiting until the close of your high school career, start now to overcome those bad habits which should not be carried into the future. Begin next year to form those traits which will aid in bringing you success later. Many problems similar to those which are found in high school will have to be tackled and solved after you have left. Profit by our mistakes. Make your Senior year an introduction to the future, rather than merely a conclusion to the past. Mary Frances Weeks, '35.

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The Garnet and White A A 5 Minuor Class ©ffirrrs EDWARD R. MARINOFSKY General Sunset “But the man that's worthwhile Is the man that ran smile When everything goes dead wrong. Basketball X, Varsity XI, XII; Track Varsity X, XI; Cheerleading X, XI, XII; Pres. Senior Class; Class Tre«is. X; Pres. Bovs Apparatus Clui» XII; Math. Club X. XI, XII; Now and Then XI; Monitor XII; Athletic Award; School Records: High Jump and Broad Jump; Chester Co. Record: High Jump. Eddy came to us from Mass. He is well-known throughout the school for his athletic ability. He has established quite a name for himself with the ladies and certainly rates.” Although his future is undecided, we wish him the best of luck. ANNETTA P. McFARLAND General Sunset Our deeds Jot tow us, And what we have been .flakes us what we are. Prow Mgr. X, Asst. Mgr. Hockey XI, Squad XII; Basketball XII, Mgr. XII; Sec. of Class XI, Vice Pres. XII; Coop. Council XI, Vice Pres. XII; Sciere Club XI; French Club X; Special Dance Club XII; Music Club XII; Chorus X, XI. Sec. XII; Orchestra XI, XII; In . tready X; Now and Then XI; Harmony Halt XII; Chester Co. Orchestra Festival XII; Chester Co. Chorus Festival X, XI; Spelling Cont. Finals XII; Class Lieut. X, XI, XII; Perf. Attendance XI, XII; Monitor XI, XII; Division Leader XII. Annetta's personality has won for her many friends. Her cheery smile will be missed in the halls of W. C. H. S. The Class of ’35 wishes you luck! ETHEL CUNNINGHAM Commercial Rainbow There is always work jor those who wilt. Hockey X, Varsity XI, XII; Asst. Treas. X; Class Sec. XII; Appa- ratus Club X; Tri-Hi-Y XI, Pres. XII; Girls' Dance Club XII; Class Lieut. X, XI, XII; Monitor XII; Perf. Attendance X, XI, XII. Ethel is an example of fidelity; her faithfulness in all her activities has brought her the greatest profits from them. Good luck, Ethel. GRAHAM CHANDLER Commercial Yankee Open hearted, rank and Jair— Here's a boy without a care. Prov. Mgr. Basketball X; Class Treas. XII; Coop. Council X; Commercial Club X, XI, Pres. XII; Hi-Y Club, X, Sec. XI, XII; Spelling Contest X. XI, XII; D. Webster Meredith Speaking Contest X; Class Lieut. XI; Monitor XII. Well-liked, jolly, friendly, that’s Graham.” Whenever one finds a group of merrymakers, Graham” is usually among them. His sunny nature has won him a host of friends.