Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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Where There s N 0 Vision JOSEPH N. MADDOCKS Principal A collection of people does not necessarily make a community. There must be association, common spirit and interests, a mutual confidence, respect for others' individuality, neighboring, and sharing the common problems. In a true community many activities are shared, resulting in deeper social roots and more unified personalities. It is vital to our destiny that the people of our community shall be vigorous, intelligent, and Well-educated. In this the school plays an im- portant role in preparing the youth for successful living in our own com- munity or any other community in which he may ultimately be located. Where there is no vision, the people perish. This holds true for communities. If a community is to be truly great, it must be to its people a place of significance and high adventure. It must seek excellence rather than size, it must aim for a full and well-rounded life for its members, and it must strive for vital relations with the rest of the world. The great community does not follow mass thinking, but creates its own high stan- dards, developing in its citizens good will, mutual confidence, neighbor- liness, sincerity, and discipline. I congratulate this class on using the theme of Community Improve- ment as the keynote of your yearbook. As members of this splendid grad- uating class, you can give leadership in planning for health, education, cultural growth, and ethical development in Altoona. Making Altoona a fine community can be a great adventure. Page Sixteen

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Srhfml will 0m,1m1l11..liy HARRY L. KRINER Superintendent of Schools Altoona as a community has justifiable reasons for being proud of its schools. The High School in its effort to properly prepare the young men and Women for more Worthy citizenship reflects the interest and pride of the community. A school can do its best only When the patrons and citizens in the community give it Wise and unsellish support. The history of your High School is filled with stories of ex- pansion, improvement, and excitement. The citizens of your community will expect much from you, and rightly so. The privilege of graduation brings to you the responsibility of securing cultural and spiritual improvement as Well as materialistic gain for the community. N0 com- munity can live by bread alone, but those finer ideas and ideals about which you learned in school must be implemented into daily living. Sincere congratulations are here extended to each member of the 1947 Senior Class.. Graduation from one of the very best high schools in our nation should fill you with the pride and enthusiasm necessary to guarantee success in your future. Never forget to recognize and appreciate in every way possible those people who have made life and living possible for you. A community filled with grateful people 1S a pleasant place in which to live. May each of you have that measure of success you richly deserve as true Americans. Page Fifteen

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Your ver Widening nfluence PAUL A. ZETLER Assistant Principal As When a pebble is tossed into a still pool of Water, ripples spread to all parts of the pool, so your influence enters into the life of your com- munity. The movement of the ripples may be great or small, useful, harmless, or destructive, but it continues on and on, endlessly. Your in- fluence in your community in the same Ways, with similar intensity spreads out to the farthest confines of the community making life somewhat differ- ent for each member of the community. Your community is similar to the untroubled pool-it has its own boundaries but through visible or invisible connections it links itself with other communities until in ever widening groups it consists of all humanity. Through this community your iniiuence spreading in ever widening ripples finally touches all parts and all members of the group. The final effects of your influence will depend on the initial impulse which you give it by your actions. As you, the members of the Class of 1947 of the Altoona High School, go out into your community, it is my wish that you will enter courageously, wisely, and honestly, into its life and activities, and that the ripples of inlluence which you send out shall be constructive and enjoyable. Page Seventeen