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

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, . -5, -up , A-?.,.W.f -T'-11'1C, 1965 The Abington Friend 'll Page Q- . Flying High in the Big Top It seemed incredible. I actually felt like a bird floating through heaven. A bird that was never satis- fied with what it had, and just kept reaching out for more. At that moment I felt my stomach sink and my body decline. The goal I was trying to reach was too far, thus causing me to fall. The moment I landed on what seemed a thin eerie web I envisioned glass stars glowing, against white and pink cottonballs of fluff. All at once I found myself rest- ing upon gold mattresses with multitudes of pillows flashing exotic colors in every direction. I could comprehend future and past in my eyes, it seemed. I saw what I had been and what I wanted even more. Then as if night had turned to day the pink and white disappeared. The stars let out their last effort- less gleam, and past and future seemed to vanish in- stantly as if they had never existed. Yes, the goal I .had wanted so badly I conquered. The past was new gone and now was the time to think of present and future. Barbara Bretl '72 El8Cti0I1 RBSUITS Class of 1970 Pres.-W. Zurn V.P.-B. Rech Sec.-A. Murphy Treas.-R. Abramson glass of 1969 Pres.-L- Boyer V.P.-S: Raab Sec.-R. Andersen Treas.-N. Barto Class of 1971 Class of 1972 Pres.-S. Barnes Pres.-K. Hanson V.P.-H. Corn V.P.-E. Terry Sec.-E. Beck Sec.-V. Vaniver Treas.-N. RobinsonTreas.-L. Harbison C1333 Of 1973 Class of 19713: Pres.-H. Peyton Pres.-M. Buckman V.P.-R. Smith V.P.-B. Ferguson Sec,-P. Apfelbaum Sec.-P. Stokes Treas.-E. Posel tTreas.-A. Hanson Yearbgok Editors -' Ed.-ML Quill Lit. Ed.-R. Andersen Photo. Ed's.-B. Coles and A. Jaffe Art Ed's.-J. French and N. Harbison Bus. Nan.-S. Raab -v JT Committees K8 ' AQA.-L. Boyer Art Society-R. Abramson. ' Drama Club-S. Rashkis Glee Club-S. Raab R.L.andw.-N. Perkins 5 Student Council 1968-69 Term ' un Pres.-R. Becker S 'The V.P.-L. Conkey Sec.-B. M guire Mun chgstter Tre as . -K . aBuchin prwve Q Members I '70-F. B S llf t'l 21691 'J' g-une to . '71-B. Mgguire un 1 7 Days-Q5 HQLL. '72-E. Levitt I '73-D. Force 883 2.0 O ,Sem -fm-moi Untitled nPeople!W smorted the cat. uwhy they're not much! Not as much as they put out to be. Sure, I'll tolerate'em, They' re nice sometimes when it come to patting, but the way some people maul me you'd think I was a fur ball!n The old cat was resting, but ready to beat a hasty retreat if anything came up. He had lived with the same family since he was four weeks old. They had five kids, but he had lived through the holding -up-by-the-tail, maul- ing, whisker-cutting stage and was quite wise. He had built up a wonderful tolerance and now he didn't need it. nI'm gettin' soft with no little kids around, he thought. Then came the puppy. Cat and the old dog had been great friends. Puppy was small and tail-waggy so Cat made the huge mistake of making friends. Puppy became Dog, and his exu- berance grew in proportion to himself lwhich was a lgt big- ger than Catl. when Dog got all settled down, what do you know but a new baby arrives. Of course Bady adores Cat, and back comes faithful tolerance. NKeeps me on my toes.U remarked Cat. nPeople? Sure I like'em!n he sounded indignant, as if that's what he had said first. Kathy Maclnnes '71 Art Society Action In the falr, the society displayed a Picasso exhibit and showed a film on this modern artist. This was so well received by the stu- dent body that the committee presented another film in April called UMichelangelo, the Titan.u An Art Trip to New York has also been arranged in conjunc- 10th grade Class. The explore the Metropolitan other world- New York. tion with the History of Art group plans to galleries of the and many of the famous museums in The committee has aided the Mothers Committee by designing and printing tableclothes for the annual Fashidh Show. Also, the Christmas programs for the Chestnut Hill Academy and Abington Friends Concerts were designed and printed by the society. The set. of the Dramatic Club play was created by the Art Society: and looking into next year, the school has requested that the committee iggggn its Christmas card in Holly Thregherf President

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,-:F-. V.. ai W If f 2 ,Page 2 The Abington friend f June, 1968 I K HERE COMES THE JUDGE:m Despite the untimely rain that drenched the May Day act- ivities, there was a sizable audience present for the even- ing presentation of the Drama- tic Club play. The format of the play was a murder trial, the entire audience and play- ers part of the courtroom. At the beginning of the play, the clerk KCharles Shuman! called 12 members of the audience to be the jury. The defendant was played by Becky Van Buren whose attorney was Brenda Brooks. They were so convincing that the verdict was nNot guilty.n A commend- able performance was also given by David Zimmerman from Penn Charter as the district attor- ney. ' A professional note was given by the testimony of Rebecca Bass as Dr: Kirkland, the exa- mining physician. Marianna Perkins was the lady judge.The handwriting expert was played b Beth Toness y . High points of action were provided by Whitey Iebing CTemple U.J, the Swedish ex- convict CSigurd Jungquistl who Don't forget Commencement 'June 12, 1965. Dear Editor, Tap Tap...taptaptaptap RAP TAP TAP... Study halls have become a bore. All one can do these days is sit listening to the typewriter because the din it creates prevents any kind of constructive work. Students, especially the sen- iors, have been criticized for speaking to each other aloud Review The Nigh had been segretary to the mur- der victim. Also, Alex Randall CPenn Charterlawakened part of the audience when he came down the aisle making a dramatic en- trance during the proceedings. Alex played Larry Regan, a gangster whose love for the de- fendant KBeckyD was not return- ed. Sally Threshen who was the widow of the deceased,did very well and reacted most appropri- ately to the action on the stage. Chris HykCPenn Char- ter! made a very distinguished Mr. Whitfield fSally's fatherl. The most outstanding and mem- orable performances were ren- dered by Missy Shuman CMagda Svenson and Suzy Rashkis IRO- berta von,Renssalaer1. Magda was the Swedish housekee per who served the deceased CBjorn Faulk- nerl. Roberta was the widow of Lefty O'Toole whose body was in volved in the murder of Bjorn. The set, constructed by mem- bers of the Art Society fJacki Slack and Holly Thresherl cer- tainly created the desired courtroom atmosphere. Each player provided his own costume. Make-up was light ex- f f h'Ii A K . t ofx January 16 l CePt IPI the lgrayingnof hair and the wonderful Ishall we say V--flashy?!7 make-up on Suzy Rashkis Cdone by Holly Thresheb. Nan Harbison operated the lights, Nancy the props. A1l'in all, great success. The trial was from the tradi- Barto accumulated . the play was a a good change tional presentation: each char- acter was individual in speech and.tction. Many thanks are extended to Miss Bickley who directed the production. Ajfew tips for next time: . ll Preparation for the play y Shquld be begun seener than threel weeks before the date of pre- sentation. 22fBoys'parts should be adver- tised sooner, or an association with the drama club of a boys' sqhool should be established early in the year. This way, male roles would be filled by talented boys without d I f f -.. J NI J I ifficulty. RWB '69 .From The. Editor's Desk I . FTh Abiggtgg F lend is e monthly publication ot'the students ' of t e Upper Echool of Abington Friends School, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, l9Oh6 EDITOR: Rebecca Wendy Bass MANAGING EDITOR: Suzy Bass f f I REPORTERS: Ruth Andersen, Eldine Beck, Barbara Bretl, Kris Buchin, Ellen Carangi, Cheryl Ervin, Linda Guydon, Debra Hollander, Ellen Poael, Lindf Rossi, Suse Swenson, Susan f Ye nessa, Sue Zurn. ADVISERS:' Mrs. Margaret Reynolds, Mrs. Rite Be ning TYPIST: Miss Bonnie Kling f f I i t Y .- v -un fl . in--up our . 4 I O would also like to Submit 9 that the typewriter behaves in during study halls' but th! s similar manner. Considera- fact of the matter9iS thaththe atmosphere of quiet cerebnal activity is destroyed by this Constant clicking of keysfto such a point that one nearly forgets he is in a study hall at all. If girls are expected to get anything accomplished in their work times and are expected to keep mouths quietly shut, if.they their then I F Mum W The A. G. Yinlldin Company, -f., . - . tionfor others should from both animate and mate objects. The Library is for longer a sacred place come inani- me no of quie- tudq,Its green and pink waits A h lt no longer offer Please get that other home. We land he doesn't stuitionll Love' A Missy Indiana, Pg, me any s e er. typewriter an- were here first have.xo pays Shuman '68

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xv v- - --s4..-, -H -Sega Q: y ,The Abington Friend A V June, 1968 V,--ft ' Y 1-3 Two AFS Girls Go to Work Camp During the weekend of May l7 to May 19, Brenda-Brooks and Nancy Barto shared a new and wonderful experience: WORK CAMP in the midst of Mantua, Phila. Arrival was at 6:15. More than half of the expected sixteen were then present, plus two of the three leaders. Dinner was a masterful concoction of cream- ed tuna fish over saltines.fhere is nothing worse than nwork camp foodn as was soon discover- ed. After all had finished, in- troductions were made around-the table. It was discovered that there were four boys from Epis- copal Academy, a mother and daugher from Newtown, a fresh- man in nursing school, a col- lege student, two high school students from neighboring Springfield High and Down- ington High, one graduate student, and three from West Orange, New Jersey, including a member of the' Holder generationn and a Vista Volunteer. Later that evening, a dis- cussion was held on the Poor Peoples' Campaign, which was lead by a Phila. member of the SCLC. Saturday morning the group left to go to the work area. Two girls were sent off to help a retired teacher, the remaining girls worked in the Mantua City Planners Headquarters doing 'much needed filing work, while 'the boys went a block away to help fix up a corner lot into a neighborhood play area. It was generally thought that . painting would be the main'line of work, but it wasfgxplained. that workcampers now took on projects that would be more benefiting to the community as a whole. After work and a friendly tussle with the kids, the group headed back to the church in which they slept and ate., After dinner, there was another informal group discus- sion on any desired topic. the pre- Sunday's This was followed by paration of parts of meals. ' The climax of the weekendoccurredwhen had congregafed in a entire everyone small dark rbom for a nLove - In,u or-' ganized and led by the Vista Volunteer lhis proved to be quite moying for many and en- abled all to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and one another during the various nexercisesn Sunday included a visit to, mag1strate's court, WOrSh1P in .the church of one's choice and a brief post-dinner talk witn David Richie, the founder of the-workcamp program. Nancy Barto '69 Plans or ummer Take Shape- y Art Courses, Trips Abroad Included For one year Qbeginning this summer,7 gat McCook will be an exchange student to Aus- tralia, She is being sponsored' by the Rotary Club, who select- ed her from many teens. Anne Posel is going to live in Paris, France, with her aunt and uncle for most of the sum- mer. Brenda Brooks is going to a Girl Scout encampment in Phoe- nix, Arizona. There she will study Indian and Mexican cul- tures. There will be guest speakers and various field trips. Betsy Eisman and twenty - one other people are going on an educational tour of Europe, from June 30 to August 20. They plan to meet famous people in- cluding a few heads of state. Mel Long is going to spend most of her summer in Washing- ton, D.C., for the Poor Peoples Campaign. Patti Laub is going to spend the first few weeks with her father in France. From there she is going to school in Geneva, Switzerland, to study French. For the rest of the Summer, Patti, her parents, and her twobrothers will be travel- ing all over Europe. Susan Swenson, Sandy Haines, Margo Irwin, Anne Murphy, and AudreyStorb are going to Seebe, Cadada with Miss Smith for most of the summer. Suzy Bass is going to take courses at Moore College of Art. L.R. and E.P. '73 5 rs during last meet.' 'Qsveg:ssvec:ss,eG1ss,eG:,ss,enz,ss3 an inside report ii?!i'XXswj r ib N X n L up ' ori the new building . IniSeptember,the Lower School will pnherit the present main buildingg Upper School will move into the new building now under construction. The new building will include several large classrooms, two 5mQl?!QneS, a laboratory with adgoining project and storage roomsL and a new library with con?erence,rooms. Thjrewill be a new gymnasium and I all-purpose room. The gym will not have a stage and will be purely for athletic PUTPGES. The all-purpose room will be used for a cafeteria, assembly room, and study hall. Additional rooms will include the headmaster's and assistant headmaster's office. Faculty, Senior, and Student rooms are SubJ?tts of planning and dis- cussi n. Thgre are,as yet, no plans for adding any new courses to the Upper School curriculum for n xt year. Suggestions are,' owever, welcome for future plans. 3 R.E.A. '69 l