Edison High School - Talon Yearbook (Edison, NJ)

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AD UfNfSTRAnON DR. JOSEPH A. KRESKEY Principal PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Increasing numbers of responsible American citizens are speaking out with concern regarding the need for high quality education. We are reminded that the strength and vitality of a free society depend on the quality of the people and we know that such quality is the result of more than inheritance and home environment; it is as well the result of education. Traditionally, graduation from high school signifies the completion of one’s basic educational programs. Yet, whether you pursue some form of higher education or move directly into the world of work, you will soon realize that the concept can no longer be accepted that a person has acquired in his first eighteen years or so the education he needs for a lifetime. The increasing demands and opportunities of our scientific and technological society—a society characterized by an accelerating rate of change make obsolete such a concept. Today, graduates from high school must expect to face a lifetime of continuing education—They must be prepared to cope with such challenges as learning new vocational and professional skills several times during their lifetime. They must accept the challenge to utilize fully their intellectual capacities in a never ending search for new and more satisfac- tory solutions to the problems which beset mankind—In short, high school graduates must keep abreast of our changing world so that we remain its master and not become its slave. As you complete your high school education, then, I sincerely hope that each of you have cultivated a receptivity to change and have accepted the concept that lifelong learning is the most important implication of our modern-day society —Good Luck. C. JOSEPH MASSER Vice Principal 19

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BOARD OF EDUCATION RICHARD W. JACO Assistant Superintendent JOSEPH M. RUGGIERI Superintendent CHARLES A. BOYI.E Assistant Superintendent 18 L to R: Herbert Mathiason; John J. Chizmadia; Joseph M. Ruggicri, Superintendent; Stewart A. Schodcr, President; John J. Anderson, Vice President; TTiomas J. McEvoy, Secretary; Arthur W. Price; John TTiomas, Assistant Secretary.

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ENGUSW ARNOLD LaMAESTRA Rutgers University, M.S. KATHLEEN OOMPTON Monmouth College, B.S. JOHANNA PUMA Paterson State College, B.A. ANDREW BROWN VINCENT J. CAPRARO Grambling College, B.S. Upsala College. M.A. 20 PATRICIA DUCHAK Georgian Court College, A.B.