Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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WILLIAM SNAUFFER BRUCE SIMPSON President Vice-President A GLANCE BACKWARD At the time of our graduation, we look back upon our senior year in high school. From the lazy days of summer, we plunged, once again, into the mental race of school work. We had to re-adjust our ways to different teachers. During this first marking period, we had to discover which teachers demand- ed originality and which ones preferred answers copied from the textbook. Last year in history class we memorized important events; this year there is the added and very difficult problem of under- standing human relations in problems of democracy class. This period was, of course, complicated by extracurricular activities. In which ones shall we participate? After that decision was made, there was the problem of scheduling. The boys are proud of their markmanship, but Boys’ Rifle Club and Torch meetings often clash. Girls’ Rifle Club is exciting, but special Chorus meetings are often necessary on the same night. After finally having solved these problems, we settled down into the steady grind of producing satisfactory answers for our teach- ers’ multitudinous questions. This grind continued, broken by exciting football, basketball, and wrestling matches and a joyous Christmas holiday, until about the second week of January when the tempo was suddenly increased. The volume of work multiplied to enable us to finish the semester work and obtain a day or two of reviewing in class for the coming exams. When this frightening episode ended, the steady grind was immediately resumed. Spring approached rapidly, stealing our thoughts from text- books to the re-awakened world outside. We began to think eagerly of swimming, picnics, motor boat rides, and the trips we plan to take. Our senior year was climaxed by the beautiful splendor of the Prom, the inspirational Baccalaureate Service, and the dignified Commencement Exercises. At the end of our senior year, we wistfully recalled the past years. We’ll miss school; the sense of unity, the friendly guidance of our teachers, the striving to make a good future, the triumph and failure, laughter and sorrow of twelve years. But then, we take only a brief glimpse at the past and gaze ahead wonderingly into the future, hoping that we will always orow in learning, culture, and belief in God. t 7 7 Senior Class SUZANN STROUP Secretary LYNN SNYDER Treasu-rer MR. CARL McENTIRE Adviser 18