Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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PRINCIPAL SOUTHARD CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1955 As I reminisce and recall your accomplishments and records, I feel a great pride in the present generation of young people. This pride stems from your many and varied achievements: an outstanding academic record, the formation of lasting friendships, and the growth in fame and popularity among your classmates. The reward for success that is yours comes not only from your record, but also from that intangible something which is developed in you and which makes for versatile character and good citizenship. The Voyageur presents a word and picture story of the interesting work of your class, your clubs, your athletics, your many and varied organizations. For everyone in the Freeport Junior-Senior High School there is a fond memory and warm appeal in the remembrance of high school life which these pages tell and recall—the memory of six years of school life. Soon you will be starting out in a world where you can be confident that there will be an opening for willing and competent hands and heads, and where life, with all its ups and downs, setbacks and frustrations, is going to be a rewarding adventure and experience. As you take your places in the procession of youth, may you avow that in searching for the treasures of happiness you will make use of the glorious opportunities available to you. In your tomorrow, as Americans, may you each be one of a people with faith in each other, a faith in our country, and a faith in God. Good luck, and God bless each member of the Class of 1955. J. WESLEY SOUTHARD, Principal Freeport Junior-Senior High School 10

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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DR. JOHN W. DODD Greetings to the Class of 1955: Once again it is hail and farewell! For six short years we have been together. And yet, how enduring will be the marks that Freeport High School has left upon you. You ore about to become Alumni with all the justly earned rights and privileges of graduates of a great high school. These rights and privilges include, of course, the privilege of remembrance: of the insights which have come to you in class, in books, in extracurricular activities, in social functions, in meeting each other in the corridors. Thus, you will be able to recreate for tomorrow, and tomorrow, the scenes which will forever cast a spell over that important segment of living which outsiders usually call “preparation for life. John Masefield once wrote, The days that make us happy make us wise. I hope each one of you has found some measure of happiness and wisdom at Freeport High School. I hope each one of you— as you remember—will carry in your heart an enduring affection for your school, and in your mind the best we hove been able to teach you, by precept and example. We have enjoyed your good humor, benefited from your energy and vitality, admired your high spirits and driving ambition. We hope that to these we have added experience, factual foundations and improved insight, and that we have given you faith in the future and in your own individual worth. Even the best is none too good, if you are to meet—as Freeport High expects her graduates to meet—the challenges and responsibilities of your generation. Best wishes for success to each member of the Class of 1955 in every endeavor. Cordially yours, JOHN W. DODD Superintendent of Schools

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MR. C. OVERTON TREMPER Ass't Principal and Coun selor for senior high school boys ADMINISTRATION AND GUIDANCE MR. JOHN HESSE Ass't Principal and 7th and 8th Grade Guidance Counselor Bewildered and confused, but excited students from the seventh through the twelfth grades flocked to the Guidance Department offices in the early days of September. They came because they realized that here their problems would be handled by people who were experienced in solving them. Miss Davis and Mr. Hesse attended to the needs of the junior high students, while Miss Didas and Mr. Tremper untiringly and efficiently cared for the members of the senior high school. The Guidance Department helped all sophomores to determine their future careers on the basis of aptitude tests and personal parent-counselor interviews. We recall with gratitude how carefully and thoughtfully these advisors treated each situation As the holidays drew near, juniors and seniors approached the now familiar door and received advice, this time on where and how to secure a part-time job. Often the positions the counselors suggested were in the field in which the student would eventually make his career. When spring rolled around, the office was crowded with seniors eager for advice on which college they should attend, which business schools offered the most satisfactory courses, or what jobs would be open to high school graduates. The counselors informed the seniors of possible scholarships and helped students to secure them. Uppermost in our minds when we reminisce on our high school days here at Freeport is the wonderful encouragement we received from our Guidance Directors. MISS ALICE DAVIS 9th Grade Guidance Counselor MISS MARY DIDAS Counselor for senior high girls