Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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President IRECTOR ' Few people realize the responsi- bility carried by the nine men who comprise the Board of School Direc- tors for the School District of the Citv oi- Altoona. These nine men super- vise the expenditure of 32,850,000 this term and oversee a school system that has over 11,000 students and 600 pro- fessional and non-professional em- ployees. School district property, evaluated by a nationallv known com- pany this term, is appraised at a re- placement value of fi518,483.000 and sound value of 313,869,000 The Board continued its program of renovation and improvement of school buildings, including new roofs for four buildings, modern lighting in five buildings, remodeling of heating plants, etc. As a final note, the 1951-52 year marks the first time in local history that a Woman was elected to serve as a director. PAUL R. REYNOLDS Producer OF THE TELECAST W. H. Burchfield Gwynne Dodson David Getz WV. F. Lehmann 'QS J. K. MCNHII Jr. Marjorie March Frank Marsh Roy F. Thompson

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gx 1.- J. sh- ,-v , My 9 fi .H Y f, f' ., vu -.we Qvxs..-x.1wvx.f','-,fwsx DR. A. BRUCE DENNISTON YOUTH TODAY FACES A WORLD OF CHANCE You young people of today live in a world vastly different from the one in which your grandparents grew up. Added to the influences of these times are, among other things, radio. television, and a new kind of newspaper which has had to compete with these new comnnmica- tion devices. l believe that it is no overstatement to say that you seniors have had no first-hand experience of anything but the uHbI10I'lH21l.,, Your short life of eighteen vears has spanned a depression, urgent preparation for war, then war, a short period of readjustment, and again preparation for the defense of our American ideals. As one who believes that our American sys- tem of individual initiative, individual rewards, and individual liberties has more to offer you than any other system so far devised, I am na- turally concerned that vou be well equipped to understand the operation of this system. And so through literature, history, economics, etc., we have tried to give you perspective and a glimpse of the fundamentals upon which our system is based. From reflecting the thinking of great authors of literature, from considering the history book wherein is stored the memory of things said and donef' you will find that change and progress are not always the same thing and that the latter is a slow process, and that through all times there have been sincere men who took opposite views on questions of great human importance. How- ever, that which has endured has done so only because it has stood the test of time. May you, by evaluating the pressing problems of today against this background of the past, gain some vision for the future.