Westtown High School - Amicus Yearbook (Westtown, PA)

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NVe found the faculty very much the same, there heing only a few new faces, Samuel Brown teaelif ing American History, as all Seniors were aware. and English History, heaeleel the history department. Alexander Hay, Ivlotlern History and Quakerisin: George Bliss. Social Studies, and Harrie Price, Ancient History. Not all of us took inath that year. hut most of us did take a science. judging from the smells penef trating the physics lah. the chem students seemed to he learning fast. In the seienee and math depart' mentst picture are Roy Taylor, Stone House: Ruth Darnell. lahoratory assistant. inathcinatiesg Mziriziii Vxlalter. mathematics: Richard XYalter. Shop: john Parker. mathematics: Rielgway Friust, hiology: Agnes Tliiiinas, matheinaties. lvlurl Clarke. housef hold inanageinent: and Eugene Raillril. chemistry

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The next day came that horror of horrors, initiation. The hoys' initiation came that morning. The new hoys ran to the Pxrhoretum Pond. where they expected to he thrown in. and who were we tu disillusion them. Run' ning down to the lake. Dick Donchian scared them again, hut again they were not thrown in. Rolling in the mud, soniersaulting across the hockey field, and other equally ridiculous stunts formed the rest of their initiation. For some reason they didnit seem to like wearing red rihhons in their hair at lunch any more than the girls liked wearing theirs in at least three pigtails with no hohhy pins that eyef ning at the Old Darn. The old girls, lead hy chief torturer Nancy Fisher. took pleasure in making the initiates walk on tomatoes fdefinitely squishyj, eat worms fspaghetti to somej and other unknown leftovers. Skits were put on hy each class and the teachers. The teachers' Peter Rabbit was definitely the hest, prohgilwly lmggglugc if Wag not their first rehearsal. The initiation was ended as usual, hy singing the Alma Matter. if 4, x' gf

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K If l Z fu' V ,f-,.' CAJJ.-..v4,,g .,- dington, office: Edith Michener, l-ookkeeper: Mary johnson, husiness managers secretary Qtop UJXYJ1 Ivlary B. Moon. housekeeper: Bernice Hay. regisf trar: Helen Mullincr, cashier: Edith W , ofhce fmiddle rowj: Betty Cadbuiwdassii ' lihrarian: Edwin Nlorgenroth, a i' it priiipal: Pauline Baily, hostess: and Eli-' eth Mjqmiels. principals secretary. 4 ' ln the long suffering English department which had struggled with our undecipherahle handwritf ing and original spelling were Alhert Baily, oral English and Bihle: Rachel Letchworth. Carroll Brown, Agnes Einnie and Bernard Haviland, The language department consisted of Thomas Brown, Latin: Louis Elaccus, hoys' dean. German: Allen Hole. Ercnch and Quakerisni: Joachim -laef fl I M, 'DLI' niltc, German: Olive Charles, French: -lane Ni' choll, Latin: Dorothy Gould, Latin, and Elma Clark, girls' dean and Latin Lastly are Mphcl Ridpath and lvlary 1, lvloon. assistant and principal of Lane School: lvliriam Scott, hoysi nurse: Sarah Dislarow, dietician: Elllil' lneth Schafer, girls' nurse: Eli:aheth Thatcher, Lane Scheol: and fatherin-:fAll'crt, assistant dietician. 1 ' ,.tg6