Codorus High School - Glen Echo Yearbook (Glenville, PA)

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Ehrhart were selected as the three best and were entered in the county contest. Lizzie Caslow gained further distinction by winning third place in that contest. The Glen Echo was among seventeen Pennsylvania school publications to receive certificates of commendation from the National Tuberculosis Association for editorials on phases of tuberculosis and the Christmas Seal Sale. Congratulations go to Frances Hoover, writer of the article. Nine members of the senior class were chosen to represent Codorus Township High School at the annual District Music Festival held in April, at Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Our class received more recognition in May when the Glee Club presented Jeanie, The operetta was a great success with a senior in the title role and other seniors playing important roles. Although we have lost quite a few of our members, at Commencement time thirty- seven still remain. We are about to begin to work alone. What we are we have grown to be through the sacrifice of others. To the faculty, whose knowledge and experience have been laid before us, we are grateful. To our parents, whose patience and kindness we have stretched to the limit, we would express our appreciation. We look to the future with hope and confidence, knowing that this is Not the Sunset, but the Dawnf' A. M. B., '42 Class Song Tune- There's a Long, Long Trail Now as we leave Codorus To sail a ship of our own, We will show our skill and courage As we travel on. We will do our celebrating With our colors white and blue, And we hope that you'll remember This our class of '42, We have spent four happy years here, At our dear Codorus High, But our goal is to go forward, As we say Good-bye. Yet our memories will linger, Here with our teachers and you. But the time has come for us to bid you, One and all adieu. H. R. R., '42 i203

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f': Senior Class History Four years have passed-four years with the space of four brief summers. We, the freshmen of 1939, stand today the seniors of 1942-about to become alumni. As the time for Commencement draws near, we, remembering the many delightful experiences we have had, look back upon the four years at Codorus Township High School with a feeling of joy and satisfaction. Almost from the beginning of our high school careers, we felt that we were an unusual class. We had a great deal of youthful energy and enthusiasm. However, after a time, we realized that most classes feel a certain amount of superiority, hence, we are content to believe that, as members of this student body, we have made some worthwhile contributions to the school we will be proud to call our Alma Mater. Frequently, in our memories, we recall the experiences and achievements that have been the highlights of our four years. In our freshman year we started out with the record-breaking class enrollment of fifty-eight pupils. We were inconvenienced a bit during that term through the construction work carried on to enlarge the school. After our class organized, we chose our class motto- Not the Sunset, but the Dawnf' class flower-pink carnation, and class colors-blue and white. We elected Kenneth Ehrhart president, George Smith, vice president, Lizzie Caslow, secretary, William Bortner, treasurer, Dorothy Albright, historian, and 'Marguerite Smith, reporter. Our class became quite active in extra-curricular activities, taking part in the annual Spelling Bee between Eichelberger High and Codorus Township High School, as well as the annual District Music Festival held each spring. A number of us appeared in the operetta, The Governor's Daughterv and A Christmas Carol. All but eight of our class returned to school as sophomores. The same officers were retained this year with two exceptions-Wilbur Rehmeyer became vice-president, and Annabelle Brodbeck, historian. In this year the boys in our class distinguished themselves in athletics, being especially active in soccer, baseball, and basketball. We made a Silas Marner scrapbook that won first prize at the York Fair. Several other exhibits also won prizes. This year the operetta, In Grand Old Switzerlandf, was presented with quite a number of sophomores in important roles. When we became juniors, our class membership had decreased to forty-three. Two changes were made in the class officers of vice-president and reporter which were taken over by William Angel and Norma Mae Thoman respectively. In this year a cast of eleven juniors successfully presented the play, Sunbonnet Jane of Sycamore Lane. The operetta, Chonita, with music based upon themes of Franz Liszt, was capably presented, with one-half of the cast selected from the junior class. Our senior year opened belateclly due to an epidemic of infantile paralysis, but it did not take us long to settle down to our last year of study. The same class ofhcers again assumed their duties with two exceptions-Ross Wildasin took the office of vice president and Norma Thoman that of secretary. This last term has been a busy one and time has not dragged. The class play, Lena Rivers, presented in December, was one of the first big events. Several members of the Glen Echo staff attended the Press Conference at Gettysburg. In order to add to our class treasury we sold Christmas cards and did very well. Several of our members have been very successful on the debating team. This year, as in each previous year, it has been a member of our class who carried away the prize at the Spelling Bee in Hanover, Pennsylvania. On February 6 the thirty- seven seniors wrote their MD. A. R. Essays, The Declaration of Independence-What It Means Today . Those written by Annabelle Brodbeclc, Lizzie Caslow, and Kenneth I 191

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Class Poems Not the Sunset The time is coming very soon When we shall graduate in June, And go into the world to do Our duty which to us is due. In all our hearts there is a song As we learn to do right from wrong. The future we are sure is bright If we will just keep up the fight. We soon shall bid our friends adieu Our schoolmates and the teachers true, Who helped to keep our spirits high When we were on the verge to cry. Whether we go with horse or auto We hope to follow our motto, Be it to work with brain or brawn- Not the sunset but the dawn. L. H.-M. M., '42 The Beginning-Not the Ending We are the class of '42, Who wishes to express its thanks to you. Now we are all started in different directions, But do not hope to lose your affections. To us, each day of school grew dearer, As we realized the end drew nearer. And to you, underclassmen, our places we're handing, For to us it's the beginning, not the ending . Ahead of us, each sees a brilliant light, Which we'll struggle to grasp with all our might. And in whatever field our goal may lie, We'l1 reach it, we'll earn it, by and by. Our jolly class has come a long way, And each member will remember the day, When we were rewarded for our difhcult tasks- For long in our memories our school days will last. Four happy years have swiftly glided by, And now a tear of happiness drops from each eye. One last mile, and we bid you Adieu- We are the class of '42, i211 H., '42