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

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Katharine Hoberlen A.B. English II, American History Sophomore Class Adviser TEACHERS WHOSE PICTURES DO NOT APPEAR Betty Elster B.S. Plane Geometry, Algebra I Algebro II Knitting Club Mrs. Eileen Lang B.S. Publicity Club, Art Madalyne S. Cochran A.B., B.F.A. Jr. High Art 9th Grade General Science Senior High Art Supervisor of Grade School Art Senior High Art Club Junior High Cartoon and Arts and Crafts Club Esther M. Piantanida B.S. Chemistry Pre-Flight Aeronautics Chemistry Club Frank W. Desanzo B.S. Biology, Biology Club TEACHERS WHO ARE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES Navy Waves Leonard Horsman Rosemary Grime Joseph Hlista Army Julian McWhorter Vincent Rice John Dodds Merrill Robb Womens Army Corps Dorothy Shaul 19 —

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Leonard H. Rothcrmcl B.S., M.Ed. Related Science Assistant Attendance Checker Club Assistant School Finance Golf Coach Intramural Sponsor Hazel Schcrmcrhorn B.A., M. of Litt. Economic Geography American History Sponsor of National Honor Society Director of Clubs Lyslc Shaffer A.B., M.A. English III, Latin II Refreshment Committee Forensic Directory Debate Coach Marcella M. Spahr A.B. Physical Education, Hygiene Girls' Health Counselor Leaders Club, Girls' Sports Girls' Assemblies Faculty-Student Health Committee Henri Todd Auto Mechanics Herman L. Wolf Vocational Woodwork Carpentry Genevieve Marion Hill B.S. General Science Home Economics Embroidery Club Jean Coates Fisher, R.N. School Nurse Maurice Rubenstein B.A. Football, Basketball Boys' Gym Director of Athletics Genevieve Winifred Scttino B.A., M.A. Related English II, III, IV Lost and Found Tardy Checker Marie C. Smith B.A. M. of Ed. American History Consumer Education Club Director National Honor Society Committee Member Janet Swaync B.S. General Home Economics Vocational Home Economics Myrtle Trembley B.S., M.L. Junior and Senior English Yearbook, Hobby Club V. W. Sporny B.S., M.S. Band, Orchestra Instrumental Instruction Joseph Pore, M.D. School Doctor Adeline Loschiavo, R.N. School Nurse — 18 —

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Introduction The youth portrayed in this section is the youth of America. They represent the thousands of sophomores, juniors, and seniors all over America; they fill the halls and classrooms in every public high school. Those students are getting or have received the education that will be needed to make them better citizens of a democratic America. Some of these young men will be the fighting men in the immediate tomorrow. That tomorrow, however, is only temporary, lasting but a few minutes or possibly a few hours of the real and permanent tomorrow. That real and permanent tomorrow, extending through years and decades, is the one that really counts. Those students will then take their places in the future of their country. Professions of everyi sort will receive the high school graduates. They will become doctors, lawyers, nurses, stenographers, factory workers, housewives; they will go into every field open to them The high schools are trying to help those young people in the preparation for those careers. Some, of course, will need further training and will go to colleges and business schools, but the majority of the graduates won't go beyond high school. Those students who will not go farther in their schooling will have already taken their places in the mills, offices, and homes when the doctors, lawyers, and nurses have completed their advanced training. For those who must step directly from graduation into jobs, their high school education will have to suffice. It is the solemn duty of those students to obtain all the education that has been made to Classes available to them. The world of today isn't a very pleasant place in which to live. Thou sands and millions of sophomores, juniors, and seniors all over the world are fighting for their lives or lying wounded and starved, in the streets of their beseiged countries. For some of the youth of Belgium, Holland, France, England—yes, and Germany, Italy, and Japan, the war is already over. For others it won't last much longer, but when the peace is declared, the armistice signed, and the gun fighting over, another fight will begin, a fight to regain the peace, happiness, and freedom that was taken from them. A few will go back to school, when the schools are rebuilt, but practically all of them will just have to get along the best way they can. Those boys and girls will never have the chance to taste the success and freedom from want as the American youth will. America's youth may not fully appreciate their tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades now, but when they can lay a high school diploma in front of their employer, they will see then the difference it makes and they will indeed be thankful for the opportunity they had. Their parents and older brothers and sisters are handing them a job to do and they dare not fail. It is the task of rebuilding a new nation, a new world. If they tail, their children will have to start all over again. A very few men ruined the world, but there are thousands of American young men and women. They can help themselves and others to regain their freedom and happiness because they were given the chance to learn how. —Mary Elizabeth Carver — 20 —