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

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Bettiru Defticco Thomas Haas Joe Namath because he looks better in panty hose than I do.” — B. DeMicco “Joe DiMaggio. In his prime he was a Hall of Fame baseball player for the Yankees and married to Marilyn Monroe. Now. in his later years, he has distinguished gray hair, plays a good game of golf, and can perk one heckuva pot of coffee. What more could a man ask?” — R. Dietrich Woody Allen because he's got a plethora of panache — M French I have a great admiration for Bob Hope, a man who has given unselfishly of his talent and his time for the benefit of others. It is obvious what it means to be an American to him If a person were going to pattern his life after someone. Bob Hope would be an excellent choice.” — T. Haas I would like to have been Amelia Earhart — one of the first truly liberated women. She plunged into a world of flight, not yet considered safe enough for women. Earhart dared to do the difficult and dangerous; if only more in this Year of the Woman would likewise dare! — K. Hallman Agnes Gooch — because she lived, lived, lived! — M, Tharrmgton Mary French K. Randal Dietrich Mary A. Tharrington Kathryn Hainan Betty Tagiand, Sec. 27

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English: But Mrs. Hadfield, Why Can’t I Take Novel III Twice? Sytvia Holder Rip VanWinkle — I need the rest.” — C. Bates Cornelia Connelly's life encompassed all American society, European royalty, the church hierarchy and politics, education, marriage, and children. If I must imagine myself as another American. I choose this woman whose life touched so much and so many. — A. Chambers Jean Kerr can skillfully evoke laughter from such dull necessities as kitchen cleanser and lunch bags. As a leading female humorist, she enioys the distinction of success during her lifetime, definitely an enjoyable accomplishment.” — K. Chamra “I consider Mary Lyon's contribution to be worthy of emulation. She chose to extend education by founding a seminary in 1837 that grew into the first women's college. — E. Hadfield Because she has known personally many of the world s dignitaries, las attended many important historical events, and has affected the lives of many Americans through her faith and courage. I find Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy most intriguing. — S. Holder As Anne Morrow Lindbergh said, ‘The most exhausting thing in life, is being insincere'; therefore. I do not wish to be any American other than myself, or as the Seneca said, 'Thou mquirest what Liberty is? It is to be a slave to nothing — E. MacFarland George Washington — Because I 'loove' to be first.” — K. Szafran (Editor's note; With the Bicentennial in mind, we posed the following question to the faculty: If you had the power to be any American, living or dead, whom would you choose and why’” Those who responded are quoted within this section.) Kathy Chamra Eizabeth Hadfield 26 Janet Gott Caryl Bates

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History: I Thought You Said We Didn’t Have To Know Dates. Etma I. Miller I would certainly like to be Harry $. Truman es he is,probaWy the person I admire most. The numberjgpfcfficult proven , and the severity of these gfcblems I figl e the greatjrsfany single person could ev ydfce. The gfliwmm senses and directness displayed by Truman in his attterijptto solve then ] ave never seen duplicated. — J. Appleby x Thomas Jefferson. No man in this nation ever matched him in the range of his activities, in the fertility of his thinking, and in the multiplicity of his interests. His outstanding accomplishment was that he was the architect of American freedom and democracy. He was a fighter for freedom. — L. Caparro If I were to be someone of America's past, it would be Harry Truman. His simple, straight-forward approach to problems and his honesty are qualities I greatly admire. Also. Truman approached life with enthusiasm. an attitude I try to emulate. — P. Hurley “Colonial and pioneer women have always been a source of great interest to me. These women must have had great faith, strength, both physical and spiritual, courage, and a loyalty to their family which would have helped them to leave relatives and friends and go to the adventuresome and sometimes dangerous unknown. — E. Miller “Benjamin Franklin — the only President who was never President. He was the money and intelligence behind the Revolution and the writing of the Constitution. A genius and innovator whose interest in the U.S. was only surpassed by his thirst for knowledge. A true Renaissance man. — D. Mitchell Dr. Jonas Salk This is an individual who has established goals to aid others in need, and through dedicated research achieved some of these goals. In discovering a cure for one of the major children's diseases, he has personally achieved self-satisfaction and each day sees the results of his mark that he left on society. His reward must be one of great personal satisfaction, and not one of notoriety or monetary gam. He is a human being out to help his fellow human beings. — R. Nippes If I could journey back in time to the era of our nation's birth, I would like to be Benjamin Franklin. The wide range of his experience (journalist, scientist, political philosopher, educator, diplomat, administrator. and humorist) and the depth of his wisdom are qualities which I greatly admire. — R. Schnure Louis E. Caparro Richard S. Nppes John M. Appleby Pad E. Hurley 28 David K. fcftchel Robert Schnure