Abington Friends School - Outward Bound Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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Trying 'l'he crown .on May Queen Brenda Brooks before the annual pageant is senior princess Cathy Harbison. From the Headmaster . . . CCOntinued from Page lj gatherings and for guests of the school. . . . All those who listened with sympathy to our problems and offer- ed constructive suggestions towards the improvement of the school. . . . And most important, those who trusted us with the education of their children. It is this trust which renews our spirit! 1--. -:Q eq , My own recent reading underlines once again that formal education per se is no guarantee of the progress of man. Brought to my attention from the February issue of the Bul- letin of the Atomic Scientist, Lady Violet Astor is quoted as saying: It's a curious paradox that while the miracles of conjuring tricks of science are gaining these daily, al- most hourly victories-conquering the skies, bridging the seas, broad- casting knowledge, defeating pain, almost defeating death-we men have not become any more virtuous or any more civilized than we were before. In fact, during my lifetime I should say that civilization has reeled back- wards. If in my childhood or youth I 'd been told that I should live t.o see things like concentration camps, tor- ture chambers, forced confessions, gas ovens, I should have dismissed them as a nightmare from which I would soon wake up. I'm often re- minded of a story I heard . . . Caboutj Sir Benegal Rau. He was out in the jungle on a hunting expedition and all m cya 574441219 Sie Q UPPER : Jimmy Katz, Paul Robinson 4 Joe Tom Sawyer. and Huclc Flnn LOWER A capsule version of Macl The traveled about three after .they days, the Indian bearers laid down their burdens. Sir Benegal asked them if they: were tired. 'No,' they said, 'we're lnot the least tired, but we must wait here at least twenty- four hours uiitil our souls catch up with our bodies' I wonder sometimes whether We dught not perhaps do the same. These are sobering thoughts for all of us, for iflthe education we have developed since the end of World VVar I has failed to produce human sensitivity add spiritual wisdom land there is harflly a headline in the news today ,that doesn't emphasize this failurejj then indeed We must seek some new directions. While stirring our thoughts and actions to- wards a moyement of change, how- ever, we might well contemplate letting our douls catch up with the frightening pace of our physical ad- vances. Perhftps all of us will seek some opening in our summer vaca- tion period hkmr creative soul search- ing. lx - ,M Y ff., , - l. lfrom leftl Ricki Rudolpl Susan Laiken, and Lynn Shore UPPER Dana Harbison and Karin sixth of the Humperdmc : The seventh and eighth gy ed leftl Jeanna DiMarco, Ellen Y The audience was art of the of January lb, by A n Ran Van Buren, Brenda Broo s Miss

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Un Their Way. . . . . . Class of i968 Future plans of this year's grad- uates are as follows: Marie-Claire Berryer-returning to France. Sandra Beska-Lycoming College. Barbara Breinig-Muhlenberg College. Brenda Brooks-State University of North Carolina CAgricultural and Technical Collegei. Dee Ellis-Engaged to be married. Cheryl Ervin-Pine Manor Junior College. Ann Fleming-University of Pennsylvania. Susan Frankeniield-Brandywine Junior College. Jane Gottschalg-Doane College. Linda Guydon-Pennsylvania State University. Catherine Harbison-Westminster College. Debbie Konietzko-Temple University. Melcenia. Long'-Temple University. Ayako Nishimizu-returning to Japan. Betsy Rosenberger-Schiller Uni- versity CGermanyj. Sandra Shuman-Bennington College. Sally Skinner-Centenary Junior College. Jacqueline Slack-Bucknell University. Dana Stott-Moore College of Art. Candy Swenson-Penn Hall Junior College. Deborah Thresher-Parsons School of Design. Rebecca Van Buren-Ithaca College. Sonia West-Peirce Junior College. Karla Zapf-Temple University. Linda Zurn-Duke University. QContinued on Page 45 i Trying hard for the blue team at the May Day tield events was third grader Joseph Happe. The whites won I73-I70. their tirst victory in tive years. From the Headmaster . . . It is the end of the school year and time to thank so many parents for so much that makes for the smooth functioning of the school community. . . . Home and School Associa- tion Chairman, T. Frank Decker, Jr., who sought and found excellent people to take on many necessary and helpful duties. . . . Mrs. John Ferguson who performed all the duties of the Chairman of the Mothers' Committee with such unfailing good will. . . . Dr. Oliver Thresher who brought record number of fathers out to meetings of more than routine interest. . . . The countless Parents who spent untold hours arranging and directing school events, chauffeuring children, assisting in the libraries and the paperback bookstore, baking cakes and providing covered dish suppers, 'being hosts for student CContinued on Page 21 October Fair Plans Ideas are already buzzing for the Home and School Association's Country Fair which will take place on the school grounds October 5. Chairman Doris Spiro has workers, but they all need help so call now: Food-Peggy Kingg Grounds-Arne Andersong Finance-Anita Sakimg Tickets-Sue Scott and Merle Happeg Art Show-Joni and Bob Oppenheimerg Special Events-Ellie Abramowitzg Flea Market, Auction- Doris Galtg Paperbacks-Betty Parryg Used Books-Joan Ledererg Garden Booth-Rose Cochrang Bak- ed Goods-Doris Godwing Games- Myra Tashmang Boutique-Carol Thalheimer, Judy Kodroifg Portrait Sketching-Barbaras Hymang Pony Rides, Animals exhibits-Peg Sulli- van. Mothers' Committee Report The year is never over before a new one begins in the AFS Mothers' Committee. 'As Janice Marshall re- ported profits of more than 3900. for the spring attic sale, new officers were making plans for their turn which begins at the June meeting. Alma Kennedy will serve as chair- man assisted by Peg Sullivan. But- tons Ewing continues as treasurer. Last year's profits have been al- located for CISV, our exchange stu- dent, shop equipment and record players, scoreboard for the new gym, two' musical assemblies and a lecturer-in-residence. This year's visiting poet left an enthusiastic following. He in turn was so impress- ed that he wrote the following: MEETING AT AIBINGTON From silence came the Word Where words 111 silence spoken Tell what each hstener heard To speak, his silence broken To speak the Word again Who hearing silence, then Hear God from God s own sons. ohn Fandel I To silent listening ones 1

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if cyie Qgfizkzg. . nd Paul Spiro fit right into the roles of eth was exuberantly performed by fifth , Gary Glassman, Anne Arney, Marcia a . Sghwartz were Hansel and Gretel in the classic. The angel was Nancy Zurn. males' presentation Oliver was brighten- rrow and Susan Swenson. :tion in the Dramatic Club melodrama, Shown here at rehearsal lfrom leftl are Shuman, Marianna Perkins, and David T11is leads me to comment briefly on summer reading. NVhile reading lists are available and perhaps ev en specific suggestions are given to our children about what might be suita.ble and interesting, vie tend to shut' out from our busy vacations time for refiective read ing. The following observation in a recent publication of the National Council of Teachers of English mu be pertinent in this regard. As the young come to constitute a larger portion of society, there IS an accent on youth and a resultant lackeof perspective about life and traditional values. Literature suf fers in such a world, even as it comes to have more relevance. The young in our time are h t led into activities and states of mind appropriate for aims other than their owng they lack the immersion in leisure and the opportunity for spontaneous impulse characteristic of earlier experiences, to distance them and compare them. In tha.t kind CContinued on Page 45