Athens Area High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, PA)

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Athens High School is very fortunate to have three such devoted and efficient secretaries as Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Southee, and Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. Arnold serves as secretary to Dr. Fitch and to the Board of Education. Mrs. Rogers, who assists in the main office, is also doing a fine job. Mrs. Southee, Mr. Hazard's capable sec- retary, is also a friend and counselor to all of the students of the high school. 'l 'l

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TO THE SENIORS OF l957: It was my pleasure about a year ago to be one of more than 4000 people to hear a speech by Kenneth McFarland which he entitled The Lamp Lighters. The thoughts he expressed I will never forget and I would like to share them with you. A lamp lighter in this case is one who, through his associa- tions with other people, puts a new light in their faces. No worthier ambition could pervade the heart of anyone. lt can apply to every walk of life. lt will lead to happy and success- ful living. The first characteristic of these lamp lighters is that they must have an inner light of their own. lt is this inner light that lets them see how to do the right thing properly. lt permits them to see how things are with the other person and thus how to get into their lives with them. It is this understanding that prevents one from making the tragic mis- take of believing that there are two sets of rules, one for himself and one for other people. o keep refueled. lt must be a spirit To keep this inner light, one must have a source from which t ual source potent enough to produce an emotional drive that will keep one doing the right thing. Merely to know the right thing is not enough. lt is the doing that brings the satisfaction and makes one become like the lamp lighter of old that Sir Harry Lauder liked to tell about in his home town in Scotland. The old lamp lighter went from street light to street light, climbed a ladder and ingnited the wick. All who came by later, though they did not see the lamp lighter, knew where he had been by the glow of the lamps he had lighted. Sincerely, ,WM

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MR. RICHARD B. BAITY Mansfield State Teachers College B. S. Penn State University M. Ed. General Science Science Club DR. CLYDE BRESEE Mansfield State Teachers College B. S. Penn State University M. Ed. Cornell University Pb. D. Guidance Director FACULTY MRS. GRACEMARY ALGER Elmira College A. B. William and Mary M. Ed. English IV Latin I and II Athenian Advisor MR. HARRY AYER Bucknell University B. S., M. S. English Ill MISS MARIE BEAN Mansfield State Teachers College B. S. Bucknell University M. S. World History United States History Junior Play MRS. MARY BROGHTON Mansfield State Teachers College B. S. Home Economics F. H. A. Related Arts