Scranton Central HS December 1956 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

FIFTY-FIVE MEN by Fred Ro– dell: Thi hi tory of the writing of our Con titution reads as smoothly as a novel. The framer come alive to the reader a real per analities not just as names in a textbook. The note taken by J arne Madison at the onvention are the author' main source of material. The text paint a picture of the times and ex– plain the events leading to the Con ention. Fred Rodell, a profes- or of law at Yale niver ity, gives the reader a thorough under tanding of the on titution and it meaning for our live . An appreciation of the great cope of our free government and a knowledge of its development and function , a thi book explain. them arc a "mu t" for every Ameri– can. Stacey Walter, '58 THE WEDDING by Hana Stein: Thi novel relate the story of a Jewi h mother's concern for the happine of her children living in a background of old Jewish customs in a modern world. Mama' happine s on Becky' wedding day is clouded with heartbreak over her older daughter Molly, who i deeply in love but unabl to remarry becau e of an ancient Orthodox Jcwi h Law. Mama's courage and faith found a way when she and MoJly faced their problem together. This story is written imply but i complete with human emotions ranging from hu– mor to human conflict. EJlen Teitelbaum, '57 FORBIDDEN AREA by P a t Frank: Thi novel tell the uspense– fiJled tory of a Ru ian plot to conquer the United State . A Rus– sian spy under the alias of Stanley Smith sabotages the trategic Air 14 ommand's jet bomber in prepara– tion for a neak attack on hri tma Day. Jc se Price, an Air Force hero, and Katherine Hume a woman cienti t, arc the only one who realize the advent of an attack. They work against time to convince the military and government official and to prepare the nitcd State for the attack. Through their determi– nation and efforts the free world i eventually saved. John Marchaloni , '58 Mary Levy, '57 WHO 0 LD SK FOR ANY– THING MORE by Ethel Merman: Ethel Ann Zimmerman, (Eth 1 Mer– man ) began her gradual climb to stage fame at the age of five. Throughout her high chool yeat · and her career a an executive secretary, Ethel continu d her effort to gain renown, inging at fir t in night clubs and finally reaching the Broadway stage. Ethel's candid and vivaciou personality is revealed in her autobiography a he tells of the fa cinating aspcets of her life, the lives of other celebrated per onali– tie and that exciting oc upation show bu iness. Sandra Stahler '57 UNDER THE RED ROBE by tan ley Weyman: Thi is an histori– cal nov I which take place about 1635. An adventurer of clouded reputation is ent on a treacherous mi sion by Richclieu, but falls in love with the si ter of the man he ha to betray. He redeems his character by liberating the pri oner and giving him elf up to the cardi– nal. His trial and tribulations on thi journey are exciting and enter– taining. Kathryn oyne, '57 KON TIKI by Thor Hyerdahl: Thi i the xciting story of how six men et out to prove a theory that Polyne ia wa settled by a race of people who had cro ed the Pacific Ocean on raft made of Bal a log . The author makes one feel a if h is part of the crew and lets one live v ry minute of the voyage mentally. It can be compared with "Robin on Cru oe" plu the fact that "Kon Tiki" i tru . The excitement leads one to a pellbinding e cape from the twentieth century to the days when the raft wa th only means of water travel. Pet r Payne, '57 LITTLE BOY LOST by Mav– ghanita Laski: Hilary Wainwright, the main character in this story, ndure much heartbreak and uf– fering during hi long and tedious earch for hi son who wa lo t after the outbreak of World War I. Hi search leads him to an orphan– ag where he find Jean, who he thinks is his son. The thought of loving someone cl e's child is only one of the many con equence which Hilary ha to face. Little Boy Lost is truly a vivid and heartwarming story of the reunion of a father and son. Sandra Klein '57 IMPRESSIONS