Scranton Central HS June 1955 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

I ki '54 ar compiling fin r c rd. at Brown Univer ity. Pet Fru han, '54, had a leading part in th production of " talag 17" at M r er burg Academy. Richard Port r, '50, former pre i– d nt of the erman lub r c ntl)' di charged from the Marin s will enter th ational Agri ultural ol- le~e at Buck ounty. oon to aid the medical prof ion ar hcila Moll, '54, who i a nur ing . tud nt at the Rob rt Packer Ho pi– tal in ayr and I ab lie Howard, '54, who i at the Pr . byterian Ho. pita! in Philadelphia. Now working ar u y \ m– hank, '54, who i at the Glob and Jo c Da\·i , '54, at th cranton Tribune. Pat Kelly, '54 and Pat a cr. '54 are employed by the In- ternational alt na Booth, '54, i. as. i:tant. ompany and Leo– erving a am dical Loi D ckcr, '5+ o n to graduate f10m Kath rine Gibb hool in Mont lair. ha many offer for <'X– ccllent cr ·tarial p ition . Many alumni ar rving th ir countr in th arm d f rce . In the \ A , ar Julia Karpiak, '54, Maq Ann M .Ioughlin, '54, and Ruth Berg, '54, who ha ju t fini hed boot trainin~ at Alb rqu rqu C\\. Mexico. llic Richard , '54, i · ta– tioned at th Memphi a\·al ta– tion a airman apprentice. Tilden Walter, '54 i in th Air For c while John Young '54, tewart Lewi , '54, and Fred patt, '53, ar learning to b av men. nd o, we clo with good \\ i he for th e and all our oth r alumni of whom we ar so proud. JUNE, 1955 RETROSPECT A-lary B1andon '55 A senior reveal her cheri hed memorie of Central. :\lfy four y ar her at ntral ~c m to have fl wn. I find my If a senior \ ho will oon leave and ud– denly I r alize ju t how much thi. high hool exp rience ha m ant to me. P opl ft n ay wh n you leave hi~h hool it no I n~ r mean o much a it nee did. Th y ay the ..old feeling" di app ar . P rhap it do . for orne who ne\· r reall had it. It isn't obtain d a. ily. To g t it, ou mu t give omethin~; you mu. t gi\ e yolll If. You mu t I t your elf go. \ h n ·ou ar willing to p nd your elf the ..old fe ling" i your pur ha \ hat reate th '"old feeling"? The happine of gr ting old fri nd an w in ept mb r- fri nd. un en in e th lo of hool in Jun : the sting of a biting cold day at the tadium; th ten ion of a clo. gam : th xhilaration after victor : th mutual . orrow aft r lo ; th · churning of the toma h b for a big quarter t t: and v n th cru hed f cling of the ·'grand h a -ho" in th lo ker room at thre -thirty. All the thing h lp to create th ''old feeling." What cau th old f lin to . ta with u ? ntral i a hug ton buildin with many orrider , tair– way and room . But a ain it i much more. It i th brightn of th mornin~ un treaming throuah the window on the third floor and the lovelin of the ong of the choru e floatin~ through the after- no n qui tn ur hool i th bigne and blackne of th dark- n d auditorium, and th malin of the tiny crack in th floor out ide th library. Thi f elin~ i th thrill in pired b) th noi y union of boi terou young voice houting "Gold n Eagl " and th lov line of the e arne voi e blended qui tly in the strain of our Alma Mater. Thanks to th "old f lin ," I shall depart from ntral not empty handed, but with pricele memorie. I hall ver cheri h. 9