East Berlin High School - Reflector Yearbook (East Berlin, PA)

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Foreword The school year of 1955 56 proved to be one of outstanding contrasts, one of great assets and liabilities. On the credit side of the ledger, East Berlin High School of the Conewago Joint School System, its teachers, directors, alumni, and friends should be mighty proud of the accomplishments of many of its recent graduates. During the present school year our graduates held a class and student-body presidency at Elizabethtown College, head of the Student Christian Association at Miami University (Ohio), class officer and student councilman at George Washington University (D. C), president of the student body at Penn State Center (York), president of first year nurses (York). Scholastically, we have honor students at Penn State University, Kutztown and Millersville Teachers Colleges, Eliza- bethtown College, George Washington University, Miami University, Penn State Center, and York Hospital School of Nursing. Others have been highly lauded for their fine work in many offices. On the debit side of the scholastic ledger, our schools are equally famous (?). The directors are still at odds as to the future of the entire school program in this area. Many different combinations of school buildings have been proposed, but to no avail. Just what the future holds for the local area schools depends upon the actions of the local boards, the County Board, and the State Depart- ment, the last being the one from whom final ap- proval must come. Having formally announced my retirement from public school work in Pennsylvania, to become ef- Pa fective at the end of the present school year, I am sincerely and deeply interested in the future educa- tional facilities and needs in this area. The twenty-seven years spent here as head of the Borough and or Jointure Schools have been both pleasant and, at times, difficult, yes, even painful — pleasant in the memory of the High School’s rapid grow th, both in number of students and curricula, the many honors the graduates have achieved, the thousands of dollars worth of extra equipment do- nated by the student bodies, and the pleasant asso- ciations with so many parents and alumni, and es- pecially with the students and teachers; difficult, at times, because of the growing pains which always accompany rapid expansion, as from a four-teacher, eighty pupil high school to its present status (these, though difficult, brought many gratifying mo- ments); painful, because our school boards found it impossible to agree upon any logical building pro- gram which would perform the chief function of any sound educational philosophy, that of providing the best possible facilities and instruction for all school children, and at the same time be economical in construction, operation, and maintenance. Upon leaving the local school system, it is my sincere hope and prayer that the responsible authori- ties view the entire situation in the proper perspec- tive, and act for the good of all children, even though it may mean a seeming sacrifice of personal and or district pride. May there always be an EAST BERLIN HIGH! E. M. GRUVER, Supervising Principal ge 4

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Mrs. Catherine Benner Girls’ Phy. Ed. — Health Miss Helen Brown Home Economics Paul Case Commercial Subjects Ellis Diviney Coach, Boys’ Phys. Ed., Health, General Science Mrs. Dorothy Elgin History, Social Studies Raymond Fissel English, History ■ Mrs. Ida Flegal Girls’ Phy. Ed. — Health John Eppley Geography, History Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett English, German