Chester High School - Class of 1918

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Chester High School: Class of 1918

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Class History | Graduation Program | Class Officers | Class Members

Fourty-fourth annual Commencement exercises held Tuesday June 25, 1918 at 8:00 at The Washington Theatre

History of the Class of 1918
Graduation Program:	1. Orchestra 2. Invocation... Rev. B. D. Stelle 3. Orchestra 4. Address... Dr. Charles A. Wagner 5. Orchestra 6. Address... Hon. S. B. Fess, Member of Congress from Ohio 7. Orchestra 8. Presentation of Diplomas... Mr. John Butterworth, President of the Board of Education 9. (a) Award of Prizes 9. (b) Award of Sproul Scholarship
Class Officers
Class Members	The 75 members of the Class of 1918: Helen Paulina Baekey Bessie Natalie Beaumont George Thomas Bleakley Louis Arthur Bloom Thomas Frederick Bonsall Andrew Malcolm Bryant Agnes Gertrude Buckley John Gibson Butterworth Phoebe Osborn Clegg John Edward Clyde Mary Bardsley Cobourn Marian Lavenia Conn Marion Viola Crothers Charles Howard Curry Abraham Davidowitz George Milner DeLaney George Joseph Diggins, Jr. Mary Elmira Drummond Dorothy Frances Eschbach Sarah Gellis Federman Jacob Boon Gallager Evelyn Cecilia Glenney Anna Goldberg Ernest Stanton Graham Helen Dales Hays Erma Dorothy Hoffecker Ralph Leslie Hood Herbert Richard Howells Lucy Jefferis Harry Dewey Johnson Ella Beatrice Kirven Margaret Gourley Kunkel Mildred Townsend Lamey Jeannette Charlotte Levy Margaret Tyson Lewis WIlliam Sproul Lewis Helen Crozier Marker Hannah Bell Mason Charles Green McAnally John Raymond McCain Helen Elizabeth McCullen Russell Cooper Miller Sarah Ellen Murphy Warren Harvey Ogden William James Padgett Charles Mervin Palmer Henry Perelman John Burton Plumb Alice Wisel Powell Idelia Iantha Quann Margaret May Quann John Henderson Rankin Ann Beatrice Reilly John Bunyan Robinson David Rosenstein S. Leonard Rosenthal Edward Jackson Rutter Warren Kingdon Shepherd Mary Wilmot Smedley John Colbourn Smith Mary Graham Smith Frances Marylu Smith Meta Spackman Helen Spencer John Leech Stainton Paul Stein Helen Wesley Stelle Regina Louise Strain Ernest Moody Straubel Marie Elizabeth Thomas Anna Margaretta Uff Marian Ethel Way Freeda Alice Wilcox Mildred Evelyn Wilde James Ralph Wright Many thanks to Janet Andrews Moulder of Wilmington, DE for allowing us to borrow her Mother's collection of Annuals (1915-1918) and to Caroline for spending the time to key in the Faculty lists and share them with us! CHS 1918 FACULTY George W. Gulden Principal Mary A. Manwaring Taylor Business School Bookkeeping Ray M. Minott North Bennington, Vermont, H.S. Rutland Vermont, Business College, Rochester, NY Business Institute Head of Commercial Department Mary L. Morrow Chester High School, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Summer School of Methods Commercial, English George W. Pedlow, Ph.B. Dickinson College, University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Marguerite Poronto Rutland High School, Rochester Business Institute, Gregg School Shorthand, Office Training, Typewriting Laura E. Reaney Chester High School, University of Pennsylvania Head of Department of Science, Physics, Chemistry Ella W. Rennie S. Chester High School, S. Chester Normal Course, Gregg Certificate Typewriting, Stenography, Calbulation, Business Practice, Spelling, Office Training M. Lillian Ross Upland High School, Coombs' Conservatory of Music, Cornell University Director of Music Ada Schlichter, A. B. Ursinus College English, Public Speaking Willis E. Seiders, B. S. University of Pennsylvania English, Latin, Algebra Jessie W. Sharp West Chester State Normal School, Banks' Business college Typewriting, Spelling, Business Forms James E. Spitznas Ph. B. Dickinson College English, Latin Paul Snyder Philadelphia Business College Commercial Arithmetic, Spelling, Business Forms, Penmanship and Rapid Calculation Doris V. Stein Temple University Bookkeeping Margaret C. Stetser Chester High School, University of Pennsylvania Penmanship, Arithmetic, Calculation Florence Williams Chester High School, Boice School of Expression, University of Pennsylvania Head of Department of English

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