Wyoming Seminary Prep School - Yearbook (Kingston, PA)

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the records of fifty-one . The records of the Class of '5l were first transcribed one bright September morning five years ago when a group of twenty shy, timid Guys and Dolls entered Wfyoming Sem- inary us Lire sul:-litusliiinui Class. Arial now, iii wlml Sunnis cons later that same UFOIIIW tlioiuili miicli enlsirued is rf-adv for graduation. Both in this fleeting interval much has hap- pened, much more than can be recorded here. Many names and events will be strange to some, but we hope that we have covered all the highlights, and portrayed them as you will remember them. The first two years were inactive ones for -most, as far as school activities go. Under President Timmy Mack, the class as a whole did nothing. Yet there were a multiude of happy and memorable events: joan Kear's Halloween parties . . . Guckie's' braids with the plaid ribbons . . . the tie affair . . . Miss Horn's wiggle . . . Prof. Kiessel . . . his horror initiation . . . Cora Edwards study hall . . . Helen Smith brought us our first laurels by winning a berth on the girls' hockey team . . . the long hours spent at Youth Center wait- ing for the boys to get up enough courage to dance . . . the first day with lipstick . . . first high heels . . L invasion by new Freshmen . . . promptly repulsed by initiations . . . Drew's head meets brick wall . . . Rivers arrives at Mid- Years, short, fat, .and cute . . . never-ending day-room gab fests . . . Alou's overnight at Pocono Manor . . . cigarettes and pictures, captured by the boys . . . cliques, cliques, and more .cliques . . . Sandy downs door in geography . . . girls get giggles . . . Alou and Tom . . . Bob and Helen . . . Crellin and Turco Ere caps 'with such innocent expressions . . . Cimmet and Netzel started to win reputations as class brains --yes, all these and many others filled the first two disks of our live-star album. l Wlieii we returned as Sophomores, things had changed' a little. Class elections started the year off . . . the Shmoo Party and its campaign . . . Ransavage and Clemens lost the class presidency . . . Ted Stevens gave us our first real administra- tion . . . Tom Evans, Mickey' Long, Helen Smith, Kathy Netzel, Sylvia Doane, and Tom Mack were also chosen .to serve . . . there were frogs in biology, the second periphrastic, and Prof. Burt . . . revenge in initiations . . . boys finally bie- gan to take out girls-from other schools . . . more sitting at Youth Center . . . Taxi Pools . . . Dance once and you're going steady. Cripeslu. . . noons in front of Spragueg boys in one group, gifs in another . . . Carol's Christmas Party . . . New Years .Eve at St. Stephens . . . about twelve couples got tothe Nlid-Year Prom . . . party at Kenny's until 2 A.M. . . . unheard-of hour . . . more cliques and fights between them . . . icebergs, snobs . . . Drew on Opinator board . . . Ransavage a star on the gridiron . . . Helen made good and became captain of the hockey team . . . Sandy, Sherry, Alou, and Maryknoll also played . . . Ginny became 2nd Assistant Business Manager of the OJinator . . . Howie made the varsity basketball team . . .first class partyin the spring . . . held at Lee's . . . everybody made big plans for their junior year. And then we were upper classmen . . . a multitude of new- comers filled the class . . . there were bus trips to Lehigh and Perkiomen . . . three buses filled with cheering kids, free candy, sandwiches, and balloons . . . Ransavage defeated the Booster Party for the Presidency to give the class its most active ad- ministration . . . Sylvia Doane, Sam Barber, Drew Clemens, Alice Klienrock, Betty Russell and Tom Evans also emerged victorious . . . Sandy, Helen, Claire, and Kathleen were big names of the hockey team . . . Bob, Fred, Sam, Len, and others led the football stars . . . Clemens was appointed jr. Associate Editor of the Opinator, with Carol, Sid, Kathleen, Sylvia, and Tom writing for the board . . . 'mad social life over Christmas vacation . . . New Years Eve was again spent at St. Stephens . . . party at lVlickey's afterward . . . Berman L.-- --.,..-.-.. .... .-sy-v-. J led the basketball team during the winter . . . Sam starred on same . . . Ivan, Bill, and Sid clashed in the Debate, with the Indies winning and Sid being chosenf the best debater . . . Ken Kiiug and joe Keyes proved outstanding mat- fT1Pl1 FQQCPI' Qf'nrf'r2rl fnr- tl-up f-onlrnre 'Pnl-tw Iff-rl-f.f Ethel, and Ginny were outstanding among the girl cagers . . . large crowd attended the Mid-Year Prom . . . party at Kenny's afterward . . . boarders start sneaking out . . . Charlie's jeepster arrived on campus . . . skiing party was held at Lake Carey . . . queer chapel announcements . . . poems from Prof. Abbot . . . class debates and first long themes . . . outing in the spring at Camp Great Neck . . . swimming, good food, baseball, high grass, fireworks . . . stag parties began . , . girls started to go after college men or Seniors . . . boys fight vainly to stop -them . . . first steady couples . . . Lee and Long elected to head Annual staff . . . Clemens takes over Opinator and Youth Center . . . Charlie's party at Lake Carey . . . Ethel and Donnie overboard in a canoe . . . Mickey, loose in a motor boat, proved what a circle was . . . our fourth record ended with everybody, tired, carefree, and happy. In the fall, we came back as truly big wheels-Seniors at last. Only nine more months to go, and we wanted to make the most of them. The year started off with a bang . . . Burkhardt, Ivan, and Allie got- two weeks apiece . . . Annual staff selling ads in August . . . in early October, football and orations began . . . Penn State game was almost lost . . , Sam saved the day with two long runs . . . minor victory celebration held . . . Kathy Netzel's big party . . . first suc- cess of the year . . . Cornell game . . . go by bus or fly by jeep . . . Mille-r's cellar became the favorite hangout of the boys . . . Prof. Smith's ten o'clock study hall fWho was there?j . . . Doris Kirkendall's tremendous party , . . quiet political campaign . . . Cimmet defeated Evans . . . Korean war really got hot, and everybody planned to enlist . . . Fred I-Iaack captained football team to a most successful season . . . Helen Smith and Claire Evans piloted the girls' hockey team in an undefeated season . . . Katlileenis keg left un- touched . . . everybody went to see Hnullel, only to meet Prof. Brown there also . . . first big dance given over the Christ- mas vacation by Alou and Claire . . . also gave a big party afterward . . . dead batteries and snowbanks . . . New Years Eve spent again at St. Stephen's . . . 'party at Dick's following dance . . . mass at St. Mary's . . . breakfast at the Top Hat . . . gathering at Sylvia's again in the afternoon . . . over- hearcl: Let's get back to school so we can get some rest! . . . rumors, gossip, and -more rumors . . . Sam and Larry proved their ability on the basketball court . . . johnny again a big asset on the swimming team, while Ken Kling captained an inspired wrestling team . . . joe Gattuso and Mike Ter- nowski became National Champs at Lehigh . . . Bill Hepa worth and 'Len Benzi awarded football trophies . . . Mid-Year Prom again . E. . Ethel chosen as the queen . . . traditional party again at Lee's .t . . Lloyd's on the Mountain . . . model girl . . . basketball pool . . . john's is discovered . . . Kenny and Ivan won the debate for the Amphics, and Drew and Claire carried on by taking honors in the oratorical contest . . . Indies and Platts won the play competition . . . Dance of -the Big Five . . . little green ties, matchboxes, napkins, 400 people . . . students began to depart for various reasons . . . air force, college, and you know what . . . girls' basketballers under Betty have terrific season . . . ghost stories, guests, and .attics at Drc-w's . . . Alice chosen as Queen of the May . . . 'final class outing. unofficial but successful . . . class day and its jokes . . . the big day-june twelfth, Commencement, and It's all over now. Yes, school's come to an end, but we can't say it hasn't been great. Don't forget to attend the reunions. First, fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twenty-fifth, and all hlfllfllllll . . . May the good LOrd bless and keep you, until we meet again. i

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dedication . .. to Walter S. Carpenter, jr. and Leroy E. Bugbee, who have given of their best to build the Wyoming Seminary we have known and loved, we humbly dedicate this Annual.