Scranton Central HS 1958 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

GREETINGS FROM NEW YORK ~larch 15. 1958 Dea• tan·. You a.ked u. to tell you ,,·hat a pres conference wa. like. Imagine that you '"ere with u . a. we got out of a ta"i at olumbia Uni,·er. ity in the heart of 'ew York. There. urrounding m. were dozen of high- chool-age boy and girl . all wearing the blu tag which identified them a official del gate to the annual olumbia chola tic Pre o iation .onference. The fir. t thing on the agenda wa. a meeting of the General e ion. olumbia'. Mc~[illin Theatre wa filled to o,·erAowing a. Walter ullivan, the Intemational eophysi al Year pe iali. t for th' Xnt ro1l. Timci, gave a report on ''Th IGY New front". upplying the background for thi. great . cientifi mile tone. ~!r. ullivan told u. about hi 1 ecent adventure. at the outh Pole, illu trating with colored slide the rugged beaut~ of the Antarctic. After the eneral e. ion. Mi. chubert and ~1i . Robin. on went to the Ia. se for ad' i. or , while Trudye onnolly, Helen 1umford and L armed with om· im·aluable map of .olumbia. et out for cla se in creati,·e writing, and poetry for high hool publication. . n holll later we met to hear John . Lot peich, a fre lance writer from Jenkintown. Penn }lvania. " ·hole tured on poetry. Li t ning to thi. hand .orne, 'irile man who e 'cry word were poetry, would quickly di pel the old belief that poett") i i . ified and outdated. Frida) morning we a"·akened to find Tew York yawning and tretching under a wet blanket of no". Bra\ ing our wa) through the lu hy treet we wondered why we had laughed ''hen our mother had uage. ted taking boot . Eager to ee the li. l. of award , we were oon climbino the tep of olumbia's Low femorial Library. Once again. I~IPRE I ~ ,,a. in the winner' circ1e. adding fir t place to it long li. t of award. . The re t of the morning was pent examining the maga– zine . new paper.. and yearbook from other . chooL. Om la t cia wa a pecial feature on new reporting b) ~!eyer Berget. a Pulitzer Prize ''inning reporter from the rcu r ork Times. aying farewell to olumbia U ni' cr.it) . we returned to the hotel, '' hile Helen hurried to catch h r train to cranton and the ollege Board. . The omention reached it. clima:-.; on aturday with a luncheon in the ~fain Ballroom of the Waldorf-A toria Hotel. There. g-athered around u . " re o,·er four thou and delegat' repre enting- e\ eq . tate in the union. Talking with the e tudent.. who would oon ente1 hundred of different colle~e and hundred of different occupation . \\e uddenl) realized how much alike we all were and how .imilar were our goal in life. Antipathy Hdtn .Humford. '59 Embarking on an e\·ening' fiirrht of ga) abandon. I am carefree; Returning after many. long hoUI of dull preten e, I am di illu ioned. Ho" long will I feign Indifference. Gaiety? Ho'' long will I endure Di appointment. Hurt? Fore,er. incerel) your~. f;hc> f:xfitor Spring jar7ll s Van Flat '58 The world i hedding it white coat In fa, or of hue. of green. Bright colors of an arti t' palette_, To form a picture-like dream. I like the change in nature From a coYer of hea' enl> white To tone. of yellow, blue and pink To create a beauteou ight. In all of nature' wonder work on can ever bring he lo\'ely. gorgeou . plendor That i born anew in pring.