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

were among the sports. There was little organized sports activity. Games sprang up spontaneously. Scouting, also, was very popular. Every summer a camp was set up where scouts had a chance to enjoy two weeks of wholesome fun and activity. One year I had the good fortune of attending a Lithuanian scouting jamboree which was held in the Bavarian Alps. This, and a later excursion to Gormich, I shall never forget. The lonely, placid beauty of those granite spires awed and en– chanted me. A million words would not suffice to explain my feelings at that moment. I stood rooted to the ground, speechless and gaping , seemingly insignificant compared to the macrocosm surrounding me. Someday I shall return to these places and behold the changes that I know are many. What was a scene of destruction in 1945 was a scene of furious activity in 1949 when I left. I shall see not only physical changes in the country; I shall see also those changes in myself. It will be a trip into the past. As I walk through the same streets, I shall be a child again but I shall be able to look at myself through the eyes of an adult and examine the many imprints time has left in its path. It is an experience I look forward to with great enthusi- a sm. " Jonas Dovydenas, '57 <-~ •• J ... Ann lambert:, '57 18 Holiday Spirit Annette Moskovitz, '57 Watch a girl discov er h er elf and her life. It was Friday once more and al– ma t thre -thirty, th magic hour. I n a few minutes eighth period would be over and Amy wou ld be scurrying through the hall rushing out of chool into the now-covered city. The gaudy decoration on the neighboring building arou ed with– in her the true hri tma pirit. The aroma of pine floated through the air. The now fell teadily only to be ground into lu h by the holiday traffi . A Amy peered into the tor window outlined in white fro t h' aw anta eated in hi workshop orting mai l wrapping package commanding hi elve , and ~iving final in truction to hi reinde r in preparation for th annual midnight Ai~ht. \ atching the wooden model act out their part Amy thought about Chri tmas Ev and the decoration of the tree that had been hidden und r the old crates on the backporch . Then he thought about the younger memb r of the fami ly who crept Mar'lyn Braunste;n, '57 down th creaking tair to watch anta planting toys at the foot of the tre . Amy aw the jolly hri tma figur po ing in the window heard the caroler singing verses and watched th shopper ru h about in earch of Ia t-minut gift . J u t th n her bus topped at th,• station. Amy hurried a ro th street and boarded th vehicle. All th way home he thought of the other a pect of hri tma . Then the bu stopped abruptly· alighting Amy scuffed through the now all the way to her hou e. Amy closed th door behind her all thought of hri tma re– mained out ide. Then h realized that he could not hare thi holiday pmt. Walking into the kitchen where her mother wa pr paring thr abbath meal my aw the hanu– kah candle burning brightly. Im– mediately thi cene brought to her mind all the wond rful hanukah traditions, and Amy knew that thi was th beginning of happin for her. IMPRE SION'