Downingtown High School - Our Year Cuckoo Yearbook (Downingtown, PA)

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 ROW 1: Mr. Robert Hadfield (Treasurer), Mrs. Mary Sheridan (Secretary), Mr. Glen Wagner (President), Mr. Raymond Williams (Vice President), Mr. Robert Mason, Mr. Chester Martin; ROW2: Mr. Sebastian Ruffini, Rev. Carl Koppenhaver, Mr. Warren Supplee, Dr. Charles Micken, Mr. Harley Fink. Mrs. Sheridan ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARIES Mrs. Rowan Mrs. Oswald Mrs. Kibler Mrs. Nellius Mrs. Meyers

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SUPERINTENDENT’S 1973 YEARBOOK STATEMENT The paradox suggested by the class theme, “Good Times, Bad Times”, motivates reflection upon the advantages we all enjoy so much in 1973. However, no need exists to merely catalogue our assets, to compare them with those of the less fortunate or to weigh them against the negative. Rather the Class of 1973 and all of us could with much merit consider what is a “good time” or an asset. The essence of “good” in mankind must be humanism with its well-identified values of love, faith, selflessness, virtue, honor, compassion and service to others. In this context it has been said that the only things we really have are those we have given to others. Certainly our “good time”, our asset, our advantage is the opportunity to advance mankind along the road of humanism and it is for our work in this field that we shall be known. CHARLES M.MICKEN Superintendent of Schools 20

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MR. DISERAFINO, PRINCIPAL As graduates, you will be leaving the familiar routines of your high school environment and will be entering that expansive, demanding, exciting, and what is sometimes referred to as that “cruel world.” Each graduate must think realistically; some dreams may go unfulfilled; some goals may be unattainable; and some promises which were built on hopes may be broken. Situations demanding the application of your many concepts, theories, and ideas have now arrived. I sincerely hope you will successfully implement and apply that which you have learned. You must realize, of course, that you must not become discouraged when confronted with your first taste of failure or defeat. Perhaps the wisdom which you have gained from various people, opportunities, and situations throughout your formative years will assist you in the future. Education has helped you to effectively react to changing situations and to rebound from the specter of adversity that everyone experiences in the adult world. My sincere wish for you is that good fortune will be yours to enjoy, that failures will strengthen your will to succeed, and that success, whatever its degree, will be accepted with humility and an awareness that it was achieved with the help of your parents, your teachers and your friends.