Bergen County Technical High School - Knight Yearbook (Hackensack, NJ)

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TO OL R FRADLA FEE It has heen sud that The onlx certirn thrnff rn thrs world rs change Each moment of our lrfe rs a trme whrch can be spent onlv bs one s self The onlv was trme can be sax ed rs to use rt for a twpe of pur pose whrch creates a store of subsequently useful rn formatron or abrlrtres The trme xou hare spent rn sour program of studs has been dexoted to an rn xestment of self the benehts from whrch can come onlx from the exercrse of your personal potentral rn the pursurt of success and happrness rn sour chosen l'hose of us who heexe heen prrxrleqed to share wrth sou these ple 'rsant moments durrnff whrch xou were pl rnnrng and llllllfllflfl tour lrfe s foundatlon haxe watched wrth dedrcateel eonce rn and prrde as xou acqurred essentral technrques and fundamental lenowledvfe of the crafts or rndustrres whrch sou wrll serxe YN e haxe obserxed sour pattern of grow th from 1 condrtron of uncertarntx and rndecrsron to the Hrst plateau of self respect self drsclplrne and personal eonhdenee 'rm-mtv-' o one succeeds heyond hrs own espectatrons md no one exer elunhs to the l1f'lfTlllQ wrthout dedlcated and protracted effort Each of you has reached vour first plateau beyond whrch and aboxe w hrch sou must draw agarnst xour rnrtral rnx estment of trme and en erqx to find axarlable sour personal resources neces sarx to Grow and advance Each of sou wrll need to dexelop fullw a sense of self crrtrcrsm and worle drlr qentlx to attarn goals whrch are self defined Effort expended to reach an ohrectrxe defined hx another rs worth whrle hut to reach 1 go rl defined hx sour s a ouree r re rtest rewrrels mel rn lastrnfr s rtrslaetrons 'rx God o wrtlr xou rne ff ree sou rn sour exerx enele rxor From those of e who 11 shared these xe rrs of sour lrfe salute sour complrslune nt 'rnd w rsh xou well rn each undertrlerne as xou chrnb further tow uds the ultunate fulhll ment of sour pe rsonfrl goals and ohjeetrx es Please Z1eCept rnx srneerest best wrshes and con qratulatrons Harry C Stephan Prrnerpal V V K, V K s 4 V New l E ' -V V, A ' 1 7' .2 N -. -' ' wx -1' ,z . X' .e e ' 4 e U X . ' 5 , e l. ' O, V ' 4 'fl ' I . c ' 1 V ' ' . ' , ' I ' V ' A V V 7 , V ' V V ' V 4 J I 1 1 1 V ' s V ' - V V ' V - T 5 I 1 M1 1 T 5 . . . I . . v ' v 7 r v v- s' 1 V D ' V v - fx . r I . v L I ' v 1 1 ' K . .. V he-ld. self ri s ' x ef lrfes g n 2. - . V . ost I -V - -. 3 ' N ' V 4' M. 1' Q ' I' . l hu l' 4 I V,., V ' ' ' V ' ,' ' V,V,-V V V . . ., l,., , I . X . . . . . us rer .X ' ' 1. ' ' 1 . - - . . . 2 ' L ' ' - we V. - ' ' ae- ' I x X ' I x . x v. - 'x . X 1' ' ' . V ,, , V , e , . . , V V m , . 5 5 V . V M V . .. .2 . 5 1 4 - K .. . V . X .. I I V . ixxi V. X L - Vx. If

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TO THE CLASS OF 1960 Another school year is drawing to a close. Most of you will soon be wage earners. All of us at Bergen Tech hope that you have absorbed enough technical training and shop skills to be an asset in your community. . You are now partially trained. Many of you will enter Apprenticeship to complete the mastery of younchosen field of work. As apprentices you will be back to join with other Bergen Tech graduates in Related Instruction.. g Others of you entering fields where apprenticeltraining is not available will he interested in the upgrading pro- grams of the Evening School. It is my wish that each of you shall he happy and suc- cessful in your future endeavors. Q!! James A. W'ilson I Apprentice Coordinator l TO THE CLASS OF 1960 l was here when we opened our doors in 1952 for a June graduating class of 122. I was here when you came to us also in 1957. You people -- 151 strong - represent our largest group out of five graduating classes since June 1955. To date some 1200 pupils have walked these corridors. Seven hundred and fifty of these, including yourselves. have remained to graduate. Of the others. some were dis- appointed in what we had to offer and left us to return to the districts that had sent them. Some. completely disil- lusioned in either so-called vocational education or in aca- demic education. disappeared into the labor market or into service without any high school diploma only to face dis- appointment and hardship because of this. Another group. unfortunately. left us because we asked them to leave. Of the previous graduates before yourselves. some we felt were to do honor to Bergen Tech. Some we winced at the granting of their diplomas because of barely average performance, YVe were fearful they would hurt the name of Bergen Tech that was slowly gaining recognition in the county. For those to whom honor came. we were smugly satisfied and said to ourselves Wie knew this would happenf, But even more so. we like to open our mouths in amaze- ment at the success of those we ourselves felt might not make the grade. and did. There is no more heartfelt feel- ing in any staff member here than to be proven wrong. Now to you new graduates of June. 1960. no matter what side of the fence you think you are going out on --- success story or just so-so. I want to say this Q l know that success stories don't always succeed. And I know also. that many others have an amazing bounce in them when they get outside these four walls. All I hope for is that our so-called success stories really succeed. l hope that our so-called 'faverageu students can come back to joyfully report their progress. Believe nie. your disappointments will be mine. Your successes will be your own because you write your own ticket through life. but l also will glory in your successes because 1 feel Bergen Tech has helped you toward this success. Mr. Parris 5 X3 I - e e 1