York Suburban High School - Profile Yearbook (York, PA)

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Utto Being no poet I am not fond of flowering great words. Simply and sincerely I want to say, 'Thank you. This year among you has been a wonderful year for me, a year which will greatly influence future decisions of my life. I am grateful to you, your school, American Field Service, and my family here who all together have contributed to my staying here, You have given much to me. I shall leave this country deeply impressed by American kindness and friendliness. I tell the truth when I say that I don't like to think of leaving York Suburban. Never did I see a school like this before. However, it is not the wonderful building which makes this school a pleasant place to stay, but it is the people who attend it. VVhen I came here I thought of the United States as a morbid degenerating country-this year at York Suburban convinced me of just the opposite. Looking upon you, the youth of America, I believe in the future of western civilization, in the democratic way of life as it was found in America. It was a great privilege for me to be an exchange student at York Suburban, to be the first one in the history of this school. I hope that many other foreign students will be able to spend a school term at York Suburban. My thanks to you will consist of the fact that I shall always remain a true friend of your country and that I shall try to make my small contribution in creat- ing friendship toward your country and its people in Germany. Orro Lrvrnoss Study-American style fm 1 'ju J 1.5, Otto Lippross 5 I .... I 4. , 1 ' i American hospitality 51 5

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Past F On September 4, 1958 our ship was launched on a two-year cruise which was at first marked by un- certainty and doubts but which would- soon prove to be one of the most challenging and unforgettable voyages in our lives. Mr. Lehman welcomed us aboard the U.S.S. Suburban as we started our journey. At the helm of our ship was the capable Marty Eichelberger as school President, Dawn Free as Vice-President, and joe Harlacker as Secretary- Treasurer. Our first Port of Call, the Cet-Acquainted Dance, was held at the end of September and gave us a better opportunity to meet the crew and more of our fellow passengers. October brought about two events of major importance-the first publication of the Blazer and a prize winning performance by our Suburban Knights Marching Band in the Hal- loween Parade. When our junior Class organized in November, the whole ship seemed to become more seaworthy and our craft had become even better prepared to sail the unchartered seas which awaited us. To cap- tain our class for the first part of our cruise, we elected Rodney Rohrbaugh as President, Sandra Serfass as Vice-President, Catherine Long as Secre- tary-Treasurer, and Frances Halla, Tim Smyser, and Scott Buchart as Senators. Following a successful football season, was an even more successful basketball and swimming sea- son. Also included in these various activities were the never-to-be-forgotten basketball dances and pep rallies. Spring marked the advent of girls' volleyball and tennis, as well as our junior Class Play, The Hap- piest Millionaire, and the elections of the ship's ofiicers for the second half of our cruise. We elected Scott Buchart as President, Henry Woltman as Vice-President, and Catherine Long as Secretary- Treasurer. The perfect ending to the first year of our voyage was the junior Prom-truly A Cruise to Paradise. We steamed into our next port-summer vaca- tion-with the anticipation which always preceded a new adventure. Re-boarding the ship for the last half of our cruise, we soon had a chance to meet the newest addition to our passenger list-our exchange stu- 52 dent, Otto Lippross. Adjusting rapidly, Otto soon became a familiar figure at our ship's activities and was shown the extent of our feelings when we gave him a surprise party at our Christmas Dance. joe Harlacker as President, Otto Lippross as Vice- President, Leonora jones as Secretary-Treasurer, and Barbara Best, james Robison, and Marty Eichel- berger as Senators, were elected to captain our class for this last part of our voyage. At this time we began to experience our second exciting football season. Along with numerous social events, which were enjoyed by all of us, was the anticipation of the coming evaluation in March. While the boys were very busy in basketball, swimming, wrestling, golf, baseball, and track, the girls' tennis and volleyball teams were doing their share in carrying the orange and black to victory. During this time the thespian-minded members of our Senior Class produced The Loud Bed Patrick, which was another feather in the already heavily endowed cap of our Senior Class. In actuality though, we were all eagerly awaiting the Senior Prom and Senior Day. The social highlight of our closing days aboard the ship was the memorable Senior Prom at which we danced, and laughed, and joked, and realized our sadness at leaving. Senior Day, too, was un- forgettable because we sensed that it was our last informal activity together. As we came home tired from swimming, boating, singing, playing softball, a delicious dinner, and our last dance together, we knew we would never forget june 2, 1960. Bringing our voyage to a close we attended our commencement exercises with an address by Dr. Frederick Wertz, President of Lycoming College. As our ship steamed into port for the last time we remembered the dancing in the lobby, girls' dripping-wet hair after swimming, the chatter in the cafeteria, the mad race to get homework done on Monday morning, the cleaning out locker ses- sions, our collection of senior class pictures, the magazine campaign, the long but worthwhile hours of decorating for the junior Prom, our class meet- ings, the turbulent P. O. D. classes, and last but not least those dreaded Hnals-this to us has been the U.S.S. Suburban. So, as the ship's first graduating class, we bid good-bye and good luck on all of its future voyages. PATRICIA SCHMIDT AND ROBERTA SUE Coon