Mercersburg very much needed a Paul Suerken. Founded with the staid old English Finishing Schools as a model, Mercersburg Academy was an anachronism that neither met the spirit of our new democracy nor the needs of a rural Pennsylvania student body in which landed gentry and lords were missing.
Neither the endearing spontaneous guffaw nor the after-class: “Hey Suerk, how about a run?” fit the intended mold. The spoken student had not obviously stood at attention when Suerk entered his classroom until the authoritative signal was given to be at ease. Yes, Modern Mercersburg owes him much.
Leonard Plantz
Faculty 1943-1984
Paul 'Harold Hill' Suerken
"Friends, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are not aware of the calibre of disaster indicated by the presence of a pool table in your community."
Regrooving -- The Octet Reunion -- 1990's
Paul 'Olin Mills' Suerken
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