West Philadelphia High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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The Principals Message Employ thy tlme well nf thou meanest to gam lexsure and, smce you are not sure of a mmute, throw not away an hour Benyamzn Franklm TO THE CLASS OF JANUARY 1957 TIME' How fascnnatmg but elusxve IS 'mv attempt to consxder thas subject serxously It takes our thought back to pre creatnon txme shall I say? when m the formless void perhaps even Tnme dnd not exnst It IS xnterestmg to try to be phnlosophxcal about xt but perhaps nt wnll be more profitable to you m facmg the future nf I am more prac tncal nn my thought Tnme ns perhaps the only sp ct of hfe that everyone nch or poor hugh or low educated or uneducated has m equal measure There are just as many hours m the day of the poorest beggar as there are nn the day of the rnchest mnlhonaxre Here we have no accxdent of bxrth no muse to feel that Nature has been more bountnful wnth others than wxth us It seems that the most nmportant problem 15 what We do wxth the tnme we have- tnme for preparatnon would rqom You had all the time there was dndn t you? Perhaps nothmg ns so easv to waste to have dlsappear as you sxt and watch nt as Tnme Do you need the admonmon of Benjamnn Franklm9 Dost thou love life? Then do not squander txme for that ns the stuff hfe as made of If you reahze the truth of thns whxle you are young and do something about if vou can amass great treasures of vu dom of experxence of pleasure of proflt as you grow old I have always hked one of the tes s of a Man m Knplmg s If you can fill the unforgnvmg mmute Wxth snxty seconds worth of dnstance run Yours as the Earth and everythmg thats m xt And whxch 15 more you ll be a Man my son My very best wnshes to each of you' May Tnme be good to you Your Prmcnpal 7' V- . I I - . ' l ze' - n - . - .. ,- , , . 1 ' ' . . 2 S . , . , . , . , t u ' - my -5 - ' , . which reminds me of a teacher I had in hi h school, who, when a u il leaded lack of g P . . . . . . , , i , KI t , .fl , A Y t 1 . . . . . . ,, . . . . . ,, , . t , . . , . V S 7 f , 1 , ' t ' ' ' , ffIf.,, .. . . . . . , . Y . . , . . T ' ' 1 ! ,I , . ,

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r--1 g THE F CULTY B.. ,.-nw-G.. Q M Jacobson To The true Teacher 'nmes hourglass should still run qold-dust. D,f,e,,,,,1.,1

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V1CC Pr1nc1pa1s Dr Alec Washco J Mr Leroy S Layton Dr Washco Vxce Prxncnpal m ch1rge of gxrls dlSClpllI1C IS one of the newer members of the faculty Smcc Dr Washco s arrnval at Western m February 1955 he has done much fine work md ns an asset to the school In hls office room 103 he gxves dlscnphnary advnce and actlon to students who are sent to hxm Through hxs servnces many students are set on the rlght path We apprecxate hns efforts Mr Layton Vxce Prmcxpal can usually be found nn has office room 121 Besxdes assnstmg Mr Montgomery wnth the affzurs of the school Mr Layton ns the dnscnplmarnan of the boys He acts as a fnend and advxsor to them when thev have dlfficultles lt ns also Mr Laytons task to go to jumor hlgh schools m order to gxve che students a plcture of lnfe at Western We are greatly mdebted to hnm for hms help Counselors Counxelorx. Mrs. Fnher, Mrs. Redmond, Mr. Snmpson, Mass Bach 0 O 0 'iisqx 1 A f - - ,- X' - V W ' Qfgg i ' 73gf.I,f.ff.:x K . . , ' f- iwvwfftg. '11 wgmwf-V r I - ,, f 1 W G-,wg iff, ' K . ff'fgfgh'T5 . , r. . . A . . . . . 3 . . . ' ' ' . ' 1 ' 1 1 , . ' s 1 - x . . . . , . , , , . . . . , I , . . y . . 1 t ' .