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

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Mary E. Carver Jeanne Ditz Wm. Clas Robert Lewis Mercedes Urda The Staff These are the people who have guided, directed, and worked with the many students on the Bridger Staff. Their jobs were to arrange the material, schedule the pictures, mount the pictures, correct the write-ups, get the material to press, read proof, and last of all—pass out the yearbooks to the student body. This is the finishfed product, and they give it to you to enjoy, to use as a record, and to help keep alive your days spent in Ambridge High School.

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Youth and Education in Our Schools Youth looks with confident eyes toward tomorrow Fortified with faith in the future of our democratic way of life, the students of today stand prepared and eager to become the protective bearers of the torch of democracy in the post-war world. Long, difficult, and bloody has been the battle for the survival of justice and righteousness against the forces of evil, but longer and perhaps still more difficult is the rough road which must yet be traveled in order to se- cure for the future a prosperous, happy, war-free world in which we may live. Knowledge and clear, sane thinking are the only sign-posts which point the way to success. This is the task that confronts youth. Students, today, have had the advantage of a great, free educational program. Through the course of their studies has been laid the solid foundation upon which a future can safely be built. Complete courses in American History, Civics, and Problems of Democracy have made living symbols of the words democracy, justice, freedom, and representative government. The duties and rights of the citizen have been deeply impressed in the still formulating mind of the student. The principles of fair play, cooperation, and high ideals have all been stressed in the schools' sports program and supervised social activities of the student body. Yes, youth stands armed with a keen, alert mind, a thorough knowledge, born of constant studious effort, and the faith and courage necessary to safeguard the principles and ideals for which American Youth stands. The task that faces them is a difficult one, requiring effort and diligence. But youth looks to the future confidently, with faith in their ability to succeed in spite of difficulties and make their dreams of a just peace blessed by Cod and a prosperous, bappy, post-war world into a living reality —JEANNE DITZ