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

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Mr. Irving Hazard, Principal Athens Area Joint High School To the students of Athens High School. The theme of our year book, 'Trunk of Memories, is espec- ially appealing to me this year because of the great quantity of happy memories of Athens High that 1 will be taking with me as I depart. l came to Athens when the Model T was still a potent factor in transportation and leave in the time of moon rockets. The changes in educational philosophy and methods and in the members attending educational institutions have been no less astounding. Athens Area has been fortunate in the people that have been willing to make sacrifices to serve on the School Board. They have brought the school along from the time when the present shop was the gymnasium, the auditorium would not hold a 9 x 12 rug and the school had no athletic field of its own, to the present time when a new, adequate and beautiful school is only months away. These are outward symbols of an equally great transformation in the educational program offered to the boys and girls of the area. I am happy to have had a share with many others in helping to promote this progress. My association with students, teachers and other citizens has given me a store of pleasant memories that I shall be very happy to take with me as I how to the inevit- ability of the march of time and retire from active duty. Sincerely, ' W Mrs. Helen Southee

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Mr. Richard Marvin, Supervising Principal Life might be compared to a series of stairs. At the foot of each stair unit is a landing. This landing must be reached prior to making any attempt at climbing the succeeding series. At the present time with your status at graduation one might say you have been on three major stair landings. The first was the point at which you stood twelve years ago upon entering school. Considering each individual step as a grade, you reached the next landing upon completion of the sixth grade and prior to entering junior-senior high school. Then during the following years you again climbed steadily until you arrived at that landing on which you stand at graduation time. This present achievement you should in no way consider final. There are many more such landings now within your grasp. Strive to attain this next landing. When you reach it, immediately continue your climb, for with each successive landing, new doors, new thoughts and new possibilities will be opened to you. This stairway may surely be called, 'A Stairway to the Stars . All mankind travels this way. We reach for a star, yet when it is reached, we seek out another and strive to attain it. This seems the only way to gain self-satisfaction. As you climb, remember one thing. The only place success is ahead of work is in the dictionary! Congratulations, and whether your climb be rapid or slow, always continue. The education you have received will be of great assistance to you as you continue ever upward. Supervising Principal 7XD,.s,L..1duf WMM Mrs Celia Arnold Ms I-lelen Truesdale

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