John Piersol McCaskey High School - Echo Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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To the Memory of DONALD B. WITMER We Dedicate With great pride and sincere respect, we, the Class of 1954, dedicate our yearbook to Donald B. Witmer, who as assistant principal for the first one and a half years of our high school experience led us with a kind and faithful hand. Mr. Witmer passed away on April 2, 1953, shortly after being' named principal-elect of McCaskey High School. His absence was felt keenly by the McCaskey family. For twenty-four years Mr. Witmer had served Lancaster schools as a teacher and administrator. In 1929 he became a teacher in Lancaster Boys High School. When McCaskey was completed in 1938, he was elected assistant princi- pal. Although he seldom addressed the student body as a whole, nevertheless Mr. Witmer's thoughtfulness and consideration were felt by those students who sought his help. Through the years Mr. Witmer always took an active interest in the extra- curricular program of the school. Because of this interest, he acted as adviser for the McCaskey Student Council and also for the Southern District of Student Councils. We will always remember this kind man as one who was a friend and counselor to all. Four

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JOHN PIERSOL MCCASKEY HIGH SCHOOL LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA

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-FoREwoRn- Television, a modern miracle, has taken its place in the world during our lifetime. We have seen it become a medium by which recreational and educational ideas are conveyed to many people. For all the programs that are seen on television, many hours of planning and rehearsing must be spent. We, as high school graduates, are planning a program. Ours, however, will be much larger than average, for it will be our own lives. The rehearsing and learning of our roles has gone on for the past twelve years. We have been carefully taught so that the productions of our lives may be as worthy as those which have gone before us. The peace of the world and the preservation of it for our children depend on how well we meet the high standards modern-day living de- mands. Just as television is always striving to give the public new and better programs, so we must strive to the best of our ability to make our lives better, fuller, and richer. Then when sound and picture are dying away and the end of the show is drawing near, we can look back with pride, knowing that our undertaking was a success. :QL TABLE or CONTENTS 'tMcCaskey Network Presents ...... 1 Meet the Masters ,........,,,,,i..i......... 9 Toast of the Town ....... ........ . 17 Amateur Revue ,,.....,...... .......i . 41 Meet the Press ,... ......,.. 4 7 TV Playhouse .,i.... .......,. 5 3 6'Musical Moments .,,,.i., .,,,,,,., 5 7 Hall of Fame ................,,.,e ,,,,e,,,, 6 5 In the Public Interest ,,... ,,,,,,,,, 7 3 'tSlants on Sports . ..ii , ,,,.,, 83 Buyers' Guiden i.i.... ,...,..e , 99 Sign-Off ....... ,..,., ,WH124 Five