Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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MR. I. EDGAR BROOKS EDUCATION ENABLES MAN TC MAKE WI E CHOICE It was a great moment in history when man plucked a code signal from the air-and wire- less communication was born. It was a great moment when steel was first made, when man first flew. when the first automobile ran, when the first atom bomb exploded. Each was a moment of progressg each was a tremendous impact on history. The great moments seem to pass in an endless review as research and inven- tion continue to delve into the now unknown for new knowledge. It may be that some day man will find the wav to prosperity and security through lasting peace. That will be the very greatest moment of all. the greatest progress the world has ever made. Great moments have also been happening in your life-moments of progress. your progress --your first day at school, your first day of each succeeding school year. your junior and senior high school years. vour school experiences, your many scholastic achievements. AIIS through television-your 1952 yearbook theme-is in keeping with another great moment in vour his- tory, that moment for which you have been pre- paring-Commencemeiit-and for greater mo- ments yet to come when perhaps you. too. can be a part of some new movement. some moment of civilizationls advancement. Through education you have been taught to keep abreast of the times and to prepare for things to come, to choose wisely and well from that which is new. As you leave us to go on with your chosen work thus prepared, mav l sav, Congratula- tions for a job well done and every wish for success in the future.

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MR. JOSEPH N. MADDOCKS SCHOOLS, LIKE PEOPLE, MUST KEEP UP TO DATE Your theme this year implies that schools, as well as people, must keep up with the times. Not onlv must the textbooks and equipment be ad- justed to the changing conditions, but what is more important, the philosophy which the school seeks to inculcate in each student must be one that will serve him well in these increasingly complex and troubled times. It is the aim of our school to impart to each graduate a philosophv of living that will promote progress and real liv- ing. not onlv for the individual but also for all mankind. Heal living means satisfactory dailv contacts with people. people as individuals. people as groups, and people as nations. Heal living means awareness of the spiritual as well as the phvsical, the cultural as well as the me- chanistic. Any good nhilosophv of living recognizes that life is filled with stress and strain. for the essence of life is struggle and striving for the better wavs and the better things. VVhen the light and will for advancement and betterment go out of an individual or nation, the end is in sight. Security and freedom from care in every step of our lives from infancy to senility, either through government or group action, is im- practical and absurd. It destroys the incentive for Work and increases the tendency to sloth. In the long run, each man-not the government -is responsible to himself for his wav of living and what he contributes to life. Onlv bv awak- ening the inefficient and slothful with an inspira- tion for real service-to oneis self as well as to others-can the world make trustworthy growth. Genuine progress can be achieved onlv through sustained and honest effort. Chaos is upon the world todav and a real challenge faces everv member of this class. May the lessons learned in the Altoona High school equip you for a future of progress, achievement. and a good life.

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144451 tant Produce:-A MARION R. BANCROFT Miss Ba C 'ft Head of Language Department HUGH G. BLACK Dean of Boys KATHRYN A. BLOOMFIELD Adviser of Student Government Mr. Black IOSEPHINE L- CORLE Miss Bloomfield Miss Corle Attendance Counselor for Girls ERNEST DEJAIFFE Head, Mathematics Department ANNE G. EIFLER Head of Cafeterias WILLIAM GIBBONS Director of Vocational Education ELEANOR G. HARE Dean of Girlsg Placement Director rr, ' ' : f ': , wk -' X evil, ' 1 ,QL le' Mr. Dejaiffe - Miss Eifler Mr. Gibbons MiSS Hare 41