Beaver Falls High School - Tiger Yearbook (Beaver Falls, PA)

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have fond memories of his relationship with the students. His speeches at assemblies have inspired students throught the years. Sports activities will also be in the memories of Dr. Smith. This is very evident in the fine pep talks he has given at football and basketball pep meetings. He has certainly been very influential in helping BFAHS become a bigger and better high school. Most of the students who have attended Beaver Falls Area High School in the past forty years have come in contact with Dr. L. D. Smith. Dr. Smith has been Superintendent of Schools since 1947. Prior to this he was a teacher in BFAHS from 1926-45 and principal from 1945-47. His sincere interest in the students can easily be seen by his frequent visits to the high school. Dr. Smith will doubtless 25

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My forty years spent in teaching and administration in the Beaver Falls Schools have been busy and happy ones, marked with most cordial relations with Board of Education, faculty, pupils, and community for which I am most grateful. The past four decades have been marked with rapid changes in education marked with many improvements and developments in our school curriculum, buildings, and facilities. While we arc grateful for these constructive changes of the past, we almost catch our breath when we envision the innovations and expansions in education which lie in the immediate future. It is our earnest prayer that the schools of the Beaver Falls Area may move steadily forward in the years ahead to new heights upon the solid foundations thus far established. Former Superintendents: C. C. Green 1915-1918 Floyd Atwell 1918-1935 J. R. Jackson 1935-1943 Dr. J. R. Miller 1943-1948 Dr. L. D. Smith 1948-1966 24

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First as a teacher and then as an administrator, I have been privileged to play a part in the development of Beaver Falls Area Senior High School. 1 am grateful to the faculty, the community, and the students for the support and cooperation given to me as a principal. To the members of the faculty I am not only grateful for their faithful assistance, but also for the friendly associations we have had. As principal I have been fortunate in having this winning combination of faculty, community, and students, which foretells a bright future for Beaver Falls Area High School while the Tiger stands defender of the Orange and the Black.” Former Principals: W. A. Gensbigler T. T. McCord J. R. Jackson J. E. Smith L. D. Smith J. N. Mathews 1918-1926 1926-1930 1930-1935 1935-1945 1945-1948 1948-1966 26