Arnold High School - Arlion Yearbook (Arnold, PA)

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Composite Creature Between the turbulence of college days and the inactivity of retirement years emerges a creature called a teacher. Teachers come in assorted ages, weights, and heights, possessing a myriad of disposition, mannerisms and idiosyncrasies, but all have the same aim — to dis- pense knowledge liberally and ungrudgingly. Teachers are everywhere — in classrooms, in halls, in homes, in churches, in meetings, and at social functions. Pupils inspire or infuriate them, “greasers” please or pester them, as- sociates commend or condemn them, principals befriend or burden them, board members help or harass them, parents bless or blame them, and taxpayers berate them. A teacher is Courage to her profession, Perseverance to her work, Loyalty to her school, Determination to her pupils, and Defiance to her enemies. The progress of her pupils is the barometer of her efficiency. If they succeed, she is dili- gent and capable; if they do not, she is careless and incompetent. Their failure leaves her de- fenseless; their success eliminated her need for defense. To her pupils she is a strange composite — she welcomes them with the bubbling joy of a seasoned hostess, but confronts them with the staid wisdom of a hoary judge and detains them with the rank constancy of an experienced jailor. Like a supernatural being possessing in abundance the eminent attributes of God, she be- comes versatile to her devotees, capable of immediate change to meet immediate need. If the need is love and protection, she becomes a “mother’’; if advice and praise, she becomes a “father”; if guidance and courage, she becomes a “counselor”; if sympathy and loyalty, she becomes a “‘friend”; if correction and punishment, she becomes a “‘master”; if knowledge and understanding, she becomes a “pedagogue.” Taxpayer, parent, boardmember, principal, or pupil — each must admit that teachers hold the key to pr ogress. Underpay them, belittle them, or even ignore them — they remain the only hope for the future. They are the ambassadors of true education — “the healthy and happy growth of all the powers of a human being for the purpose of using those powers, as fast as they are gained, to make a Better World.”

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THE BUILDER A builder builded a temple; He wrought with care and skill; Pillars and groins and arches Were fashioned to meet his will; And men said when they saw its beauty: “It shall never know decay. Great is thy skill, O builder, Thy fame shall endure for aye.” A teacher builded a temple; She wrought with skill and care; Forming each pillar with patience, Laying each stone with prayer. Nore saw the unceasing effort; None knew of the marvelous plan; For the temple the teacher builded Was unseen by the eyes of man. Gone is the builder’s temple; Crumbled into the dust, Pillar and groin and arches Food for consuming rust; But the temple the teacher builded Shall endure while the ages roll; For that beautiful, unseen temple Was a child’s immortal soul. “The individual teacher places his signature on his work Just as truly as the painter who writes his in the lower corner of his painting.”

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