Bermudian Springs High School - Eagle Yearbook (York Springs, PA)

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DEDICATION The nineteen hundred and sixty-six yeartxrok staff dedicates this edition of the Ea- gle to our state of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is a land of great beauty, inhabited by many different peoples. Woodlands of stately oak, maple, pine, and hemlock cover more than half the state. Productive farms lie in the fertile Cumberland, Delaware, and Lehigh valleys. Orchards, tearing many different kinds of fruits, cover a vast area of Adams County. Pennsylvania is known for a variety of peoples including the colorful Pennsylvania Dutch, who have contributed some of America s finest folk art; the Amish, who have made their section of our state one of the country s richest farming areas; and the Quakers, noted for their plain customs. Pennsylvania is also known for the dramatic role it has played in American histo- ry. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, followed by the ratification of the Constitution in 178i. On July 1, 2, and 3 the turning'point of the Civil W'ar was fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, and in 1859 Colonel Edwin Drake drilled the nation's first oil well at Titusville. Perhaps the greatest role Pennsylvania has played in American history was the naming of ork as our nation's first capital. Last, but not least, Pennsylvania is noted for its famous people. Among these are James Buchanan, who preceded Lincoln as President; frontiersman Daniel Boone; Conrad Weiser, an Indian agent; George G. Meade, who commanded the Northern forces at Gettysburg; Rotert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat; Stephen Foster, famous composer; and George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army during World War II. These are just a few of the famous people bom in Pennsylvania. It is then with great pride that we, the memters of the staff, dedicate the 1966 Eagle Yearteok to the Keystone state of Pennsylvania, the land of virtue, liberty, and independence. 5

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PENNSYLVANIA'S LOST VALLEY — Alice Mackenzie Swain It lies beyond the hunter’s farthest trail. This hidden valley, still unknown to man, A grassy hollow, rich in deer and quails A sanctuary since time first liegan For shy, furred things, for birds and honey liees. When 1 was but a lad. I wandered there Through aisles of virgin oak and hem- lock trees. Hard on the trail of a gigantic liear. 6