William Penn High School - Tatler Yearbook (York, PA)

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v,,,, ., To The Class of 1967: Permit me to extend my best wishes to each of you upon your graduation from York High. I believe I am in order, considering these serious times, to remind you of your basic needs, wants, rights and responsibilities. As a member of our economic system, you have the right to gainful employment in your area of interest and ability, you have the right to earn a respectable living, you have the right to establish a home and family, but in return you are expected to contribute to the cultural purpose of society. In our cultural atmosphere, you have the freedom to speak, the freedom to think, the freedom to dissent and the opportunity to find answers. Our system of law and order promises you security of person, security from personal harrassment, equality and justice under the law and respect for individual personality. Your civic responsibility is clearly defined in terms of service to yOur com- munity and to your country in times of war, peace and civil strife. You must make a commitment to support your government and community life, that is, the mental, physical, emotional and social welfare of all-through taxes, donations, volunteer work, welfare drives and meeting time. You are expected to cast your ballot regu- larly, when eligible. I have the greatest degree of faith in your generation. I know you will do what preceding generations have been unable to do-create a universal climate of peace for all men. On December 51 you heard time stomping across the world. But it was just for a moment-a moment of confetti, church bells, firecrackers and mad hilarity. Then it was gone and you were in a new year. Time had marched by. This one mad instant was retreating into the past. The interesting point is that this night the future came to you without any desire on your part. At the stroke of twelve, you were marching into the future. Some individuals have stepped into the future definitely, precisely and with great consequence to themselves and others. Such are the men and women most often men- tioned in history. They made history because they changed things, and in changing things, they changed people as well. You will discover your future when you find that you can change it. Two or three generations ago you would have been prohibited from having a future, today you must create one if you are to survive. It is with this sincere note that I wish you the greatest success with your future since the future of our world is yours. Ufaaalwaeaeo Assistant Superintendent of Schools Superintendent of Schools To be given the privilege of writing in your yearbook is pure nostalgia. Not only does it conjure up fond memories of student days at Old York High, but it also grants the opportunity of playing a small role in your commencement. Ah, commencement! Defined by any lexicographer as the beginning, but you know in june of 1967 it means the end: the end of an arduous enterprise, but in retrospect a happy one. Yet the beginning it is, and what the future holds for you will be a matter of your accepting the challenges and responsibilites of life. May they always be met by the exercise of wise judgment and prudent action. Director of Research and Federal Projects

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Clorkwire, Left la Right: Mr. Dale W. Linebaugh, Miss L. Jeanette Krone, Mr. John Bortner, Mr George P. Klinedinst, Mr. Franklin W. Zarfoss, Mr. john G. Bergdoll, Mr. H. Dforest Hardinge Reverend Henry V. Harmon, Mr. Elmer Aughenhaugh. School Baum' The York City School Board is a panel of elected members whose main concern is to successfully manage and conduct the operation of our public schools through the practice of democraticeclucational ideals.

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It is with sincere appreciation and gratitude that I am able to serve the William Penn faculty and stu- dent body in an administrative capacity. I hope that every student, past, present, and future, realizes that William Penn is one of the finest institutions of learning in the Commonwealth. One of the many outstanding features of William Penn is its diversi- fied, individualized programs of instruction. The type of education received at William Penn should assist each student in becoming a worthy contributor to our democratic way of life. Assistant Principal wages to the ew Generation For the past three years it has been my pleasure to know and counsel many of you. As you prepare to leave William Penn and follow your various en- deavors in life, may I offer for your contemplation one of my favorite sayings: I expect to go through life but once. If, there- fore, there is any kindness or any good thing that I can do for my fellow being, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again. -William C. Gunnett. gc Administrative Assistant u.