Ambridge Area High School - Bridger Yearbook (Ambridge, PA)

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DR JOSEPH MOHNEY BENKERT Dr Benkert, our prmclpal, recetved hts elemen tary and hlgh school tramtng tn Clarion County He recemved hxs Bachelor of Scxence degree ln 1928 and h s Master of Scxence degree tn 1930 from the Unlvsrsx y of Pxttsburgh There he served as under graduate asss ant for three years and graduate assxs tant for two years tn the Department of Zoology Dr Benlcert dxd research work tn trop cal bxology cytology and ecology tn the southern states Columbna Venezuela Trlmdacl Brltlsh Guiana, Unnversnty of Chlcago, Mellon Instttute, and the Marxne Btologncal Laboratory at Vlfood s Hole He recexved hxs doctor s degree tn 1941 a the Un verslty of Pxttslnurgh Dr Benkert IS respons1ble for the constructton of the master schedule currxculum and courses of s t.dy 15 chairman of the professxonal instructional council consisting of the department heads He also prepares reports and makes recommendations to the Super xntendent for the xmprovement of the educattonal program DR N A SMITH Although Dr Smxth xs now supermtendent of schools, he has not lost hrs mterest ln the Ambrlclge Hlgh School He frequently attends our assemblles, pep meetmgs, athletlc games and other hxgh school events, and almost daxly may be seen conferrxng with the teachers and prmclpals 1n the ofltces and class rooms of our hugh school Supermtendent Smtth mamtams that the teachers and the students nn our schools lxke all the rest of the populatton must this year contxnue day an and day out to gtve to their wartlme dutles an xmmechate and absolute prxorlty over any and all other acttvttxes WE must, above all, learn to mamtaxn a strong and mtelllgent loyalty to the prmctples for whxch this natlon IS flghttng Each student should pledge hlmself to remam ln school until he graduates attend school regularly and learn all he can to make himself most effectxve tn the setvtces of hxs country v 1 . 1 1 L , 1 1 I 1 11 . . 1 ,1 v 1 ,A ' 4 ' ' as 7 1 1 . .v . - 1 1 .1 1 ' Y r . . 11 , SK 7 7 KY 1 1 . . . 1 I 1' . . , t' .. 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 -

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MICHAEL F SERENE Michael F Serene Assxstant Prlnclpal of the un or Senior Hxgh School, rece md has lemtnt ry education and hxgh school educat on n tlre Xm vrxdp Public Schools He attended Wfest Liberty Teach ers College Kent State Unnerslty W est ra Reserx Unxversxty and the Unnverslty of Pxttsburwh Mr Serene served as graduate assistant at Kent State Un: versity, and was Teachxng Fellow the summer of 1937 He holds the BS and Nl A degrees from Kent State Unlversxty and ts talcxng graduate work at tht Um verslty of Pittsburgh Educatxon educatton and more eclucatxon has motto followed In h s chemrstry and phxs cs class es and now ln hxs duties as ass sunt prmcnpal Mr Serene IS nn charge of pu dance and attend ance for the entxre school and suptruses the mathc matics scxence home economrcs and commtrt al suh ject fields L R TAGCART Mr L R Taggart graduated from our local school system He received hls Bachelor of Sclence degree In 1937 and his Master of lzducatlon degrte 1940 from the Unlversnty of Pxttsburgh Nl Taggart spectalxzed nn Vocational Education worl-c hts graduate studles In his undergraduate days Mr Taggart also attended the Uruversxty of Valparaxso Valparanso Indiana for one year and had some ex tenslon work at Geneva College and Carnegle Instx tute of Technology Mr Taggart feels that no matter how well you ar trained for the enjoyment of letsure xt talces a regular job to make leisure possible and that Voca txonal Education ts the clnfference between dependence xndependence xs the foundatxon of worthy cntxzens and that our ltves center around our worlc rather than play DAVID A SNYD1:R rrtt men and women xn a tree world must 'um tr aclunrt hleh Ideals and nncrtase thur power to tn nlc 111 trally concernxng life s exptrxencts The student 'ICKIYIIICS of Ambrxdgee High as por travtd hy the Brxdger are lane examples of the txpes ol' school experlences your Asslstant unxur Stn or Hlph School Prxncxpal Mr Snyder belreves ntccssurx xn a modern democratxc educatlonal pro gram 'Nlr Snyder recexsed hrs elemtntary educatxon un le Dubl schoos ol Badtn Ht 15 1 graduate ol' Rochtster Htgh School and obtamntd h s deqree ot Bachtlor ot Scnence tn Educanon from Gtnexa Col l t He earned has Nlas er of Educatlon degree at the Lnntrsxty ol' Pxttsburzh mn 1938 'Nlr Snxder has taught tn the -Xmbrldbe unlor Semor H uh School from 1931 to 19-lv For etght xears he serx ed as asststant athletic coach n the Jun or and Sentor Hlgh Schools and taught Social Studxes He was also acttxe tn a number of other extra currxcular acttutxes The superusxon of Socxal Stuclxes lznelxsh For tlzn Ianguages Art Nluslc and Physlcal Education s will as the dtstrxbutxon ot supplus school hnances buzldxm., operatxons assembly programs and extra currlcular actxuttes are among Nlr Snwders dut es J Y . Q - Q V t . . . 1 Y ' 5 . . 1 1 1 . 4 IC - - 1 - I , - . t . ' ' , . ' . ' in , ' ' ' r, . ' '. , e 1 - V - - - - , , ' . . . . . t . tn Y 5 t I , , . . t . , t . , . t , , . . . - . . t . . ' t - V - - L 1 1 V I I ' . . I . U . . . . . . rs G - - - - . . . . . L . , . I . . . . 1 1 LK,. . . ' ' 1 and Independence. We must recognize that economlc I 0 1 s.. , my K x 1 - x ' K I 7 4 L 1 -K Q 1 1 I xx xi V l 11 l i 1 .N s 1 V ' V Y x . C ' .Ia 1 ' . , . . ' - . I S ' x V' A . 1 , l 4 ' 1.1 A' xc ' l A . ' . - 4 Y . I I ' ' ' V . . f 1 L H X - I A 4 I - X It 4 ' cgr . 1 t t . j . W. 3' l T. V' K ' t . V t 1 t I - 1 f ' ' . t x I. V. . . . - 7 - 1 , 'K A 5 Q o Ns VI 4 4 5 Q - K' L A . t ' t . t .' .- ' ' . t V . t . I . I' ' 1 .