Marple Newtown High School - Memories Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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The Tri-Hi-Y builds character through community and school activities. Mrs. Minnacci plans the annua l candy sale with the Tri-Hi-Y officers. One of Marple-Newtown ' s many worth- while activities for which girls strive in their junior and senior years is the Tri-Hi- Y. This year, under its dedicated president Diana Paarz, Tri-Hi-Y was transformed from a nearly dead institution into a vital and active school function. Students took notice of the club when its pledges went through a scandalous but good-natured hazing. This and the initiation dinner cere- mony served to unite the girls for a year filled with satisfying accomplishment. The club again sold mints for the Community Y of Eastern Delaware County, with which it is affiliated. Other activities included mak- ing picture scrap-books for children in the hospital, writing letters to soldiers in Viet Nam, collecting toys for underprivileged children, and providing posters for each sports event at Marple-Newtown. With vari- ous fund-raising activities the girls sup- ported a Korean orphan named Kim. A fun spot in Tri-Hi-Y activities was the Sadie Hawkins Dance. The reputation, begun by the hazing, for outlandish costumes was firmly established with this bright and suc- cessful event. r m K, ' V ' 7 A I Si

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HIGH STANDARDS AND HIGH SPIRITS Interact President Larry Langan and Board of Direc- tors record the progress of their candy sale. Interact is a service club sponsored by the Rotary Club for the specific purpose of promoting human understanding. The members consider it an honor to partici- pate. They were recommended for mem- bership in their sophomore and junior years by their history teachers. President Larry Langan and his fellow- members did an outstanding job this year of carrying out the organization ' s purpose. At the community level, the club helped with the restoration of the locally re- nowned Massey House. On a national lev- el, the members corresponded with other Interact Clubs across the country and in South America. On the all-important inter- national level the club supported an or- phaned Chinese girl in Hong Kong. In or- der to raise the funds for this project. Inter- act members fed the “starving” students at basketball games and wrestling matches. This organization even found time to per- form an outstanding school service: it bought our mascot a new Tiger suit! The Interact Club ' s record shows both school and community activities.

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Marianne Young makes a sale in the AFS sponsored book store. The American Field Ser- vice has as one of its aims the support of American foreign exchange stu- dents. Klaus Breetz was this year’s addition to Marple-New- town’s exemplary line of foreign exchange students. His presence at our school lent another fascinating side to scholastic life. Those most fascinated were the admiring female population of the school. The boys had their reward, however, when this popular German boy was joined later by an exciting new Swedish girl, Lena Siden. Which organization made all this possible? American Field Service! President Pat Manges and Treasurer Renee Holtzin kept the members busy through the entire year by dreaming up schemes to raise money, thus making it possible for M-N to continue the prac- tise of cultivating international understanding. Bond- selling, bake sales, and operation of the paper-back book store were alternated with the more direct ac- tivities of finding a home for future A.F.S.’ers and giving teas for visiting foreign lecturers. Besides making the two exchange students feel at home, the major achievement of A.F.S. has been raising the funds to support a Marple-Newtown student abroad next year. 28