Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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LEARN TO FIT THE PIECES TOGATHERH It has been said an outstanding as- pect of our lives is the difficulty a person has in encountering things that are true , honest , just , and of good report . Magazines and newspapers, as Well as today's novels, radio and television pro- grams, serve up just the opposite. Maybe this is encouraging: it indicates that sordid happenings are unusual enough to be considered interesting. However, such a diet, because of this, leaves us filled but starved. We should try to balance the menu. We should make it our business each day to find something that will nour- ish the spirit, something that inspires. It may be a garden, a poem, a landscape, some music, a good book, a kindness, or thought recalled. lf spiritual elements are provided for, much happiness can be stored up for years to come. What better source of inspiration could one have than this, your 1953 Horseshoe, with its theme, Putting the Pieces Together . For all that happens is a piece to be fitted into the pattern of our livesy therefore it is well to select those pieces with care when we may. As you leave the Altoona High School and go your separate ways, keep this book to bring back pleasant memories of three fpossibly more-of the best years of your lives. May the lessons you learned while with us serve you Well, and-good luck always! Assisfanf Principal Mr. Edgar J. Brooks

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.-ff, ,. Principal Mr. Joseph N. Maddocks EACH INDIVIDUAL IN LIFE MUST Fitting the pieces together into an in- tegrated life is the problem each individual must solve in order to grow into well-rounded maturity. The educational process involves more than the mere acquisition of knowledge, skill, and competence. lt is concerned with preparing the individual for a life not only of doing, but doing what is good. The truly edu- cated person fits together with knowledge a rugged force of character, and a sensitive ap- preciation of moral and spiritual values. A lofty sense of the true meaning of life must be attained before one can know what is good and what is evil. Among the things we hope you have achieved in the Altoona Senior High School are: l. A reasonable amount of factual knowl- edge and the ability to find informa- tion when needed. 2. Mental humility. Remember, Knowl- edge is proud that it knows so much, wisdom is humble that it knows no more, and healthy discontent is the the root of all progress. 3. The ability to think straight and the facility to impart your ideas to others. 4. A sense of the fitness of things so that we repulse the base and vulgar and welcome the noble and refined. As students let me urge you to be a part of the worthwhile things happening around you. Be in that great company of men and women who search for truth and virtue as the greatest challenge faced by man and the most rewarding adventure offered by life. Success to all!

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Deparfm IT IS ONLY THE IGNORANT Mr. Block Miss Cofle HUGH G. BLACK Dean of Boys IOSEPHINE L. CORLE Attendance Counfelor for Girls ERNEST DEIAII-'FE , Head Mathematics Department 'Q ANNE G. EIFLER .- Head of Cafeterias ' SCOTT S. GEESEY M D H M. BH r Attendance Counselor for Boys L ejgi e iss ie WILLIAM GIBBONS Director of Vocational Education ELEANOR G. mths Dean of Girls: Placement Director RENETTA F. HEISS Head of Busineess Education Department Mr. Geesey Mr. Gibbons Miss Hgrg Miss Heiss Mr. Hoffman Mr. LCIMZ 14