Aberdeen High School - Arrivederci Yearbook (Aberdeen, MD)

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MR WILLIAM K CUMMING GUIDANCE COUNSELOR Mr W1l11amCumm1ngw111 always be prorrnnent 1n our memor1es of Aber deen H1gh School H15 co operat1on and mterest 1n our act1v1t1es have won h1ma Sp6C1a1 place 1n our hearts Thls year Mr Cumm1ng1s complet1ng th1rty f1ve years 1n the f1eld of educat1on Ten of these years have been 1n Aberdeen H1gh School As for h1s own educat1on Mr Cumm1ng rece1ved h1s B S degree at Ken done graduate work at the Un1VCrS1ty of Flor1da Teachers College Columb1a Un1vers1ty the Un1vers1ty of Maryland and the Johns Hopk1ns Un1V6TS1tY He served 1n the armed forces 1n World Warl m France and worked as a super v1sor 1n the personnel department of the Glenn L Mart1n plant dur1ng World War Il Mr Cummmg 15 marr1ed has a son and res1des 1n Ba1t1more Through ach1evement tests college entrance exams and Job appl1cat1ons we the Sen1ors of '56 w111 always remember W1ld B111 ' tucky Wesleyan College, his, from the University of 'Kentucky, and has . Q , - 1 , ' ,

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To the Graduates of 1956 Ifyou the graduates of 56 have made full use of your hxgh school years you w1ll be well on your way to be1ng well developed and hence happy adults You w1ll have begun to know yourselves your capabrlxtles and tastes and a1ms If you are w1se you w1ll chng to them no matter what everyonc lS dolng or thlnkmg or what anyone expects you to do or to thlnk Because your mmds are awake and actlve you w1ll know what IS gomg on myour country state and nat1on No one w1ll be able to talk you 1nto att1tudes you do not fully understand or get you to accept pol1t1cal cand1dates ln whom you do not beheve You w11l know how to use your t1me to some deflnlte purpose how to select what to read what to see and how to spend your money the best of fac1l1t1es and under well tra1ned and qual1f1ed teachers IS con s1dered a prlze beyond pr1ce more to be des1red than S64 OOO Unfortu nately however a school does not have a mag1c power nor does your d1 ploma Your success or fa11ure 1n school or out IS controlled by you your self What you can do how hard you are w1ll1ng to work how receptlve your mmd lS to st1l1 more learnmg these thmgs and not your d1p1oma or the school that 1ssues lt are the thmgs that 1mpress college professors em ployers or company sergeants Best w1shes to you all' l' George H Corddry Jr Pr1nc1pal 7 , I ' All over the world an education such as you have just been offered, with

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MRS INGEBURG SWEET SCHOOL SECRETARY Arr1v1ng1nAberdeenfrorn Esshngen Germany Mrs Sweet became Aber deen H1gh Schoo1's 'guardman angel' 1n March 1949 She IS smcere and IS forever offermg her kmd assxstance to flustrated teachers and bew11dered students Mrs Sweet's dut1es range from be1ng general secretary to runmng the d1tto and rnmmeograph machmes from soothlng confused students to flndmg sorneone's old record card that IS needed for a transcr1pt What would Aberdeen H1gh do w1thout Mrs Sweet? That 15 one quest1on we hope we do not have to answer for qulte awhlle 9 1 . 1 s f ' . V . I . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .