Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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7fae Qauifa of 7acfa Jfad. Many inland PAUL A. ZETLER Assistant Principal Yes, HBill Wl1ite,,7 the students of Altoona High School have changed. The great majority of them realized, as you did when you left us for a place in the na- tionis service, that for each there is a responsibility to make the most of his assign- ment. ln school the members of your class are selecting subjects with greater care, getting more information before changing from one field of instruction to another, and carefully weighing the benefits to be derived from every possibility open to them in the school. Outside the school many of your friends are finding ways in which they can take the places of men who have entered the military services. Through their efforts the Work and services of the community have been carried on with much less hard- ship to your families and friends. Do not think that such work has reduced their eliiciency in school. Their grades are usually better than they were when they had no such employment. As true Americans the members of the class of l945 are accepting their ref sponsibilities-on the battle front-in training camps-in hospitals4in essential production-in school-everywhere. The students ofthe Altoona High School have changed even as you have changed and on your return you will find a group with thoughts and ideals similar to yours. Page Thirteen

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' fflfeekv fna 0 ' WMM JOSEPH N. MADDOCKS Principal While many of the members of this class are in the Service of our country gal- lantly defending the cause of freedom, the Altoona High School is exerting every possible effort to carry out a program that will speed the day of victory and the return of peace. Our program has been adjusted to prepare our young men and Women as ade- quately as possible for the branch of Service they are likely to enter. At the same time we are constantly keeping in mind the individual needs for the period following the cessation of hostilities. Military needs during this period of conflict have placed added emphasis on most ol the courses offered in our high school. ln every department the materials oi' instruction have been carefully reviewed in an effort to prepare our graduates for the rapid and enormous changes that are taking place. We want our students and ffraduates to recoffnize that liHOWVl6d 8 is Jower and ai ' N l U D F l I most uselul servant. lhis power released by knowledge must, however, be used in bietterinfr human life rather than in destro 'ine' it. It takes Wisdom to direct ower A Z2 1 N D P tor mans improvement. lnvention and discovery have changed the course of civilization and released undreamcd sources of power. Our common problem is to develop the wisdom to use these unlimited powers for the benefit of all mankind. The problem of tomorrow will be, not how to produce more, but how to use what we liaveg not how to create, but how to co-operateg not how to main: and kill, but how to live and serve. Page Twelve

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Miss Bancroft MiSS Campbell Mr. Dickey MiSS Eyre Mr. Gibbons ' .feacfeu in 5 ' MARION R. BANCROFT Attendance Counselor for Girls AN NIE C. CAMPBELL Head of English Department EARL W. DICKEY Director of Student Activitiesg Head of Social Studies Department ELISABETH K. EYRE Director of Health and Physical Education for Girls WILLIAM CIBBONS Director of Vocational Education Miss Hare ELEANOR G. HARE Miss Heiss Dean of Girlsg Placement Director RENETTA F. HEISS Acting Adviser of Student Government Association Page Fourteen