Harriton High School - Aurora Yearbook (Rosemont, PA)

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LINDA CARROLL WYATT Linda Tex 1928 Old Gulph Road, Villanova JAMES ALAN WYNKOOP 814 Woodbine Avenue, Penn Valley Three members of the Class of i962 received a special distinction when they were accepted at col- leges at the end of their iunior year at Harriton. John Rose attends St. Joseph's College, Bruce Sun- stein goes to MIT, and Joan Yovanovich is at Rose- mont. Although these three are not graduating with us, they will always be considered an integral part of our class. Booster Club 3.4, Choir, Chorus: Foreign Ex- Choir:Cross Country, Track lCapt.J Future Plans: change 4, GSL 4: Hockey 2,3,4: Future Plans: College College Will and intellect are one in the same. Her smile is like the lltten west - nigh while the sun is gone. GERALD H. ZILBERBERG Jerry Sharon 204 Hamilton Road, Merion SHARON ZISKIS 400 Clairemont Road, Villanova Football lMgr. 23: Bond 2.3, lCorp. 47 Future Plans: Medicine Booster Club: Future Plans: Nursing Sweetness is the quality we love In all. Good words are worth much, but cost little. And now a word from our sponsor. i

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Dear Harritonites, On a very cold July morning in I96l, I received a letter. In it I found an address, the Clarence Briscoes of Haverford, Pennsylvania, and an order - you are leaving August lst, by Pan American Charter. I had gone through dozens of inter- views, examinations, tests, always looking forward to spending one year in the United States. Many times I have been asked if I had had a choice, would I have come to the U.S.? When I applied to the American Field Service, I knew this was the only country which I wanted to be my home for a whole year. There are many things said about this country - many are true, many are false - but if there is one trait for which you are well-known, it is the way you treat foreigners. And before you make up your mind to leave your family, your friends, and your country behind, you must know you will be welcome. This was the only thing which I knew for sure. I was lucky enough to have a whole month to settle down before school started, and I used those days to try to become part of American life, and to get used to one of the most difficult aspects of being a foreigner - that is the idea that I was being iudged as a piece of Argentina. And believe me that it is hard! For a year I have represented my country and have done my best to clear misunderstandings concerning the land of gauchos and beef. We are civilized, we are progressing. I will not say that our customs are the same though. Our edu- cation and our customs are European, mainly Spanish . . . more strict, therefore. When I had realized that adiusting to a new way of life was not difficult at all, a new experience was on its way: I had been out of school for two years, which is time enough to realize that once the proudness of graduation is over, you know so little . . . and in a very modern and beautiful build- ing, Harriton I-Iigh School, I was introduced to a new way of life. At home, we had more study, but less work. I also met the American teen-ager - a race or category existing officially only in the U.S. and very much talked about all over the world. I must say that, fortunately, you did not come up to our ex ectations in that line, since I found ou to be normal eo- P Y P ple - very independent but conscious of your responsibilities, serious and well-disciplined students. Although many of you have laughed when I mentioned discipline, I am serious. The relationship of the student and teacher here fascinates me. There is so rnuch respect and understanding . . . on both parts, which I attribute to the fact that American teachers have a very powerful weapon in their hands: college entrance, and also that as you are not with your same friends in class all day, there is not that unity needed to conspire against the welfare of the teacher, and in the long run your own . . . My year has come to an end, and I am returning to Argen- tina with my bags full of wonderful memories . . . It would never be enough to say to every single one of you: Thank you, for making this the greatest year of my life, but above all, thank you for making me feel at home . , . Whenever it may be, remember that a home in Buenos Aires is open to you, my first words will be WELCOME. MARISA SELVA Marisa enjoys the company of her new family, Dr. and Mrs. Briscoe, Liz, Clare, Phillip and their dog Silly.