Ashland High School - Guide Yearbook (Ashland, OH)

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The ummortal bard of Avon could have wushed for hus players no stage more lufeluke more vubrant than that enuoyed by the young people of Ashland Hugh School True our stage us symboluc un a sense But ut has nevertheless elements of realuty As a stage Ashland Hugh School us a focus of atten tuon a center of unterest Each day there us an auduence The spectators are generous wuth theur prause and ac claum when the actors achueve success They are sym pathetuc and understandung when shortcomungs appear There are devoted fruends and munuflcent patrons who have buult the stage and who underwrute the produc tuon There are durectors managers and stage hands who devote theur boundless energues to work behund the scenes Our stage us a place where the storues of many luves are unfoldung The players enter on cue They appear un many dufferent roles They are real people cast ln parts whuch only they can play luvung roles whuch they are creatung even as the actuon us un progress There are scenes of uoy and some of sadness And wuth each performance the actors become more mature and more competent But sooner or later each must leave the stage as he buds farewell to hus fellow players un our cast And the auduence hopes for a happy endung The productuon appearung on our stage us never end ung The program cannot be prunted untul the actuon has ceased But at the end of each school year there us an untermussuon whuch provudes an opportunuty to look back upon the performance of that year Thus book presents to the auduence and the actor aluke a program whuch can now be seen only un retro spect But ut us more than a program Its pages wull be read and reread as the munds eye seeks to recreate the many scenes of a year gone by I would wush for each of you some starrung roles many happy scenes and Iastung pleasant memorues May your role have been played un such 0 way that ut wull always be a source of prude and satusfactuon to you to your durectors and to your auduence ,Aug John E Hartzler Pruncupal 1 1 - ' . , . . , , . . I . , . . ' 1 ' , a u ' ' - 1 1 ' , . . . , 1 ' ' I 1 a 1 n n . , . - 1

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Dedication 'HQ The Senior Class of 1957 is proud and honored to dedicate this Guide to a man who in some capacity or other has touched the lives of us all He is a man with an innumerable number of tasks to perform each of which is done with the utmost care and precision Last year he was presented with the almost insurmountable challenge of replacing a fine teacher in a highly technical course but he met that challenge with enough knowledge and fortitude to merit the dedication for that achievement alone. However we do also commend him for his efforts on the stage that bears his name. Without his time and patience many ot the events which have been presented there would not have been possible, lt is with great admiration for him and with appreciation for his services to Ashland High School that we hereby dedicate this Guide to Mr. James A. McDowell. 8