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

Pertinent th hri tma. a on return , I mjn cuions i proud to announc the eel bration of h r ixtieth anni– \Cr. ary. While we alutc the fir t opy of thi magazine, whi h ap– peared in 1896, we thank th people who arc r . pon. iblc for thi wonder– ful i. uc. Ha\ you cen any tudent with ink-. taincd finger and p neil in their car.-? Don't regard th m with alarm; they r ju t member of th literary tafT, who work tir le ly to bring you the be t pos. ible material. Th furrowed brow b long to the art tafT m mb r , who are con tant– ly thinking of clever illu tration . ur CO\' r, d picting th pa. ing year \Va. de igned by Barbara Lcwert who doubl . a. a typi t. Th girL with th important bu i– n • to tran a t arc not diplomatic attache. they're m mb r of the bu. inc ·.- . tafT, . eking advcrti cment.. Did you think the two girl who arry around the c r t do um nt. w r for ign ag nt ? You'r wrong; th y'r our typi t who ar u ually too bu. y even to wave. f our e to our advi.cr , without whom we'd b lo t, we ofT r d p thank. and admiration. \\'ith the holiday a on ap- proaching w extend our be t wi he to everyon and look forward to the next ixty hri tma e and i u s of Im jJression.r. DE EMBER 1956 A Look Through the Past to the Future <Thy old m n shall dream dreams, thy young men shall see visions. ' J EL, III I I th compl xitie of mod rn civilization we often lo of our goal . The futur i ob cur d by th pre nt; th pa t i ridiculed. earching for ecurity \ e tend to r gard th dreamer a impractical; yet it i that am VI wnary \Vi dom which we h artily prai e for founding thi nation. Di cov ric invention we laud· ocial progr ' di - tru t. Although the youth of thi land i called th 'Man of Tomorrow th 1 ad r of the next eneration, hi humbl at– tempt to matur are derided. It i th inherent right of oung p opl to vi w th future with enthu ia m · thi hould not b dcni d. ixty y ar a o a group of young m n fa hion d th fir t i u of thi magazine. tarting with no capital no tradition no reputation the e men nouri h d an id a an in piration and d v loped it unto fulfillment. In the eye of toda ' critical public th cop p rhap , would not m perfect, but thi wa a b ginnin a tart of omethin important. In thi work th originator look d not for per onal gain not for award ; th y were r alizin a VI ton. Th y ar hav pa ed y ar of progre and regre . Two great war hav b en fought· mpire have crumbled; ocial y tern have b en revolutionized; our idea have changed radicall . In pit of thi or po ibly b cau e of thi w a a publication a a chool a a nation have grown. With thi growth hav com add d re pon ibilitie but ' ith thi growth ha com a reater pot ntial. Thi d v lopment hall not cea e but hall increa e, a long a w allow our adult to dream a long a w allow our youth to v1 IOn . 3