Albany High School - Thronateeska Yearbook (Albany, GA)

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A Message From the Principal As we enjoy thumbing through this yearbook, we realize immediately that we are not only observers of the scene, but are of the scene ourselves. We see depicted here activities, events, victories, defeats, achievement, failure and representations of all the human emotions — in short, what we see is ourselves as we really are. We are today living in a world unlike that of any other generations. We have put men on the moon, but at the same time we have polluted our waters, the air we breathe, and through our inventive genius created those things which can so easily destroy us. I believe this to be the most challenging age in the history of mankind, and I feel that you at your age are to be the first to find the answers to many of life’s problems. The question 1 may ask and you should ask is how well am I preparing myself for the times that are to come. It has been true in every age and with every generation that those who put forth the effort also reap the rewards. Each of you is aware of your own standing, whether you have applied the effort and energies necessary to bring out the best in you. MR. CRAYDON PIERCE — Principal of Albany High School I am proud of our school as I know you are, and I am proud to be Principal of such an institution as Albany High School. A school can only be what students and faculty make it, and it is my judgement that the elements of your own individual contributions have combined to make a good school program. I congratulate the annual staff upon producing this fine book of memoirs. Best wishes to you all. Sincerely, Graydon Pierce 25

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Dean of Girls As I offer my sincerest CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS of 1971, il is my fondest hope and desire that you shall put forth the effort and enthusiasm to make your future so meaningful in a world which is crying out for clean, moral, purposeful living as the Staff of the THRONATEES-KA and their advisors have in giving to all of us this beautiful MEMORY BOOK of our grand ole school” during the year of 1970-71. All about us there are the cries and complaints of the Haves” and the Have-nots”; the determining factor in what you shall make for yourself in the now” as well as in the future” is the application of some words of wisdom preserved for us in literature: Not what we have, but what we use.” You are surrounded by every possible form of good and evil — both made quite attractive in some special way; there again it is Not what we see, but what we choose.” True it is that the tasks that enable us to get an education to meet the challenges of the day are not always as alluring as the temptations to procrastinate another day or take a day off, or even to be satisfied with just getting by with a passing grade. Ours is a world of great competition and demand for those who can do the same old things a better way in less time. Never has it been more true than today that in the business world It is the survival of the fit- V '4 ' MRS. RALPH SLAPPEY — Dean of Girls test.” I would do you a grave injustice not to remind you that the best and only real preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today. Unfortunately, you will, if you do, read this when many opportunities have already passed. Do not despair or give up the ship, but rather mend the leaks, the sails, recharge the battery and even grab the oars and go to work to achieve the goals worthy of your ability and desires. Through the joys, sorrows, successes and failures in my life, in addition to the Comfort, Wisdom and Courage and Faith made available in my relationship with my Creator, I find these words most helpful and I highly recommend them for your consideration: Not what we have but what we use. Not what we see but what we choose These are the things that mar or bless The sum of human happiness.” (Mrs.) Thelma P. Slappey Dean of Girls Albany High School 77