Berwick Academy - Quamphegan Yearbook (South Berwick, ME)

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Tenbroeck Cornell Chairman Language Dept. FFGDCIW The most important events for me during the 70's were the exchanging of my Boston suburban residense for the wilds of York, Maine and forsaking the hassle of suburban big school teaching for the joys of teaching at B.A. XM Susan Comber Spanish Yearbook . . . . the new perception that women have of themselves . . . . the renewed hope for the 1980's that the following amendment will become law: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or by any State on account of sex.' Louise Dustin Dean of Women Mathematics Last summer when I made the difficult decision to leave a school where I had taught for a number of years and to move to Berwick, I had no idea what I would find behind the doors of Maine's oldest school, I am happy to report that a friendly, hard working and enthusiastic faculty is matched only by the same qualities in the student body. Here lies the strength of this school and I am happy to be a part of it. I

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John Herrick DirecTor of Admissions English Thunderchild Faculfy Hockey Team In aTTempTing To ThrusT To The significanT and meaningful core of This very vexing quesTion, I felT compelled To conTemplaTe The hisToricaI conTexT of The period immediaTely prior To The decade involved. AfTer The sTunning Technological developmenTs of recenT hisTory, The naTionaI upheovel of The confiicT in SouTheasT Asia, The poliTical disarray afTer usurping The PresidenT, The social reorienTaTion of The civil righTs campaign and The cause of Women's LiberaTion, I felT IT was imperaTive ThaT America reTurn somehow To a sTaTe of normalcy. WiTh ThaT in mind, I felT iT was Terribly reassuring ThaT The U.S.A. reTurn To someThing TradiTionaI and cusTomary. Thus, one of The mosT imporTanT evenTs of The pasT decade would have To be The reTurn To Their naTural posiTion as World Champions of The New York Yankees. :ai .f fi ., . T ' ,,i, ,A iiir 5 m f ,?',4v '.'Q'l: . I v 4 . . , ,L+ V ir... I. i ,.. V. vu ,wg V w 'F ,M M . 5, Q ,.,,m-. :fbi-.Q ' 1 'Mr , -.fvf 4 , vs ,1,,,-.,,,,,,,i:J T5 , . . Ni.. K .ll ,N S as 3' I K' 'mi r , ,inn l.-f .I fr 4,1 Charles J. Andres Head of ArT DepT. The reaffirmaTion of The principles, ThaT even The mosT powerful poliTical posiTion, namely The PresidenT of The U.S., is subjecT To The low and The consTiTuTion. This was reaffirmed by The judiciary commiTTee of The House of RepresenTaTives. This was The mosT significanf evenT in This usually venial and generally cynical age.

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f2 I . M: Cn' Susan Estabrooke Librarian Library Science Play The October, 4973 halting of oil supplies of the U.S. by the Arabian nations for political reasons put an end to limitless expectations by Americans. Subsequently, as both a nation and as individuals we are being forced to re-evaluate our claim on the resources of the world. The 80's will prove how worthy we are of the challenges of this decade. r T ' .. Q A S Robert Hawkes Chairman Math Dept. Q r'rrir V V. Basketball fwfr A Baseball V VV . Anything that happens in a year that begins with a 'IO7 ' can't be all that bad! we f 'X 1 7 'Qs S :gi xx sw' ' i Douglas G. Houston s Chairman Physics Dept, A Outing Club, Soccer, Hockey, A Have seen our fears: S' We've lived the fate ' Of Watergate. Girls' Lacrosse These last 'IO years W .V We've also seen Some things come clean, A As we relent U 'J On our environment. The best event That has been sent These things to do , Why yes, it's youl 31 , 1. l 8