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

d bat a to wh th r homework hould b 1 gal or not. Reading thi i. a mu t for all tud nt , a variou. r a on., both upportin and con– d mning hom work, ar unearth d by the pupiL. For additional fine r ·ading, may I rc ommcnd "Th ' tory of Eliza– beth K ·nt'. and "Epidemic" in Tlu Entn prise, RoxbUI 1 morial Hiah, B . ton, and " oldicr" in the maga– zine of Roger High chool, w– port, Rhode lland The Red and Black. W hould lik to ackn \d dgc rr ript of th following publication : The Blu r tar, Wr. t ranton High hool. Benton T" ocali:;er, Benton High chool. Fie 't\ ille, Penns ha– nia; The Etou•nian Elizab thtown Coli ge, Elizabethtown, Pennsyh-a– nia; The Lariat, \V st Reading High hool, \ c. t Reading. Penn . yh a– nia; The ut;t;rt, Mahanoy 'i ty High chool, Mahanoy ity, P<'nn– . ylvania; cu·ard World, ward Park High chool, e\\ York, " York. What Rupt 1t Harris, '55 I wat hed the . tat pinning do'' n toward the earth nd th hill going up 'round the m on; I gaz d at th ball a. it roll d down the hall, And I kn k d at a cl ud with my poon. The fire itself went whirling about, nd a rivet hot up o'er th bend; nd the mon , of cour ju t fol- lowed th hor c nd I knew that thi. wa th end. 18 DAD 'ina Kaplan, •- A girl' ideal c hang I grow older and undergo certain emotional alt ration , th pede. tal up n which I hav placed my fath r al o chang •.. It do . not di. integrate, but be omc. high r and trongcr. Tnt , Dad .mok too mu h and read. th pap r during dinner. H . roan in tru fath rly fa hion when the monthly bill ar– ri\c. He i. om tim tir d and ir– ritable, and ay . harp thing. '"hich he doe. n't m an. I no'' rcaliz that Dad cannot throw a ba. eball ,_. ry far at all, nor can he mend a bruis d kne with a few well- ho en magi word . He cannot ra e with th wind, or to a littl girl almo. t into the clouds, laughing, and catch he1 again. He ha not read \erything from Mickey Mou to Plato, and h i not a '"alking n yclop dia. H an– not r ally pull a quart r out of a child . ear, and h isn't th only per on who can blO\ p rf t rnoke– ring , which lowly ,·ani h into ver- ev r Land. Dan Banks '55 \ hat an he do? What qualitic make thi. man o wood rfully pecial? Tru , he is unabl to mend a brui ed kn , but h can pi to– g th 't a brok n heart with a f w t nd r word . He can teach me thing. that h ha learn d, not from b ok., but from hi. ri h, fulllif . He may nc' r get to Mar. or '.Cn Y llow ton National Park, but he upprc. s hi long·ing and work. at making happy tho c whom he 10\c . Dad i a trong fortre. upon \\hi h I rna) I •an when I am un. ure and troub l ·d. He cann t promi to– morrow, but h can h lp plan it, anti ipat it, and dr am of it. H an walk with rn , ha'>ing that p ial look in hi. eye that eric· out proudly to the world, " e? Thi. my daughter!" o, th hining armor of thi. knight ha. n t faded. I .e it true de p ·r tone for th fir t tim . He till th mo t wood rful man in th world, for he i my father. IMPRE IO