Burrell High School - Buccopia Yearbook (Lower Burrell, PA)

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Supervising Principal WILLIAM F. WHIT Slippery Rock State College University of Pittsburgh To the Graduating Class of 1966: To you, the first class to graduate from Burrell High School, belongs the very best wishes and congratulations for a job well done. When you receive your coveted diploma, you will have attained the first objective towards your ultimate goal of a comprehensive education. Your preparation to become a productive member of society is well started. I hope that every student will continue to pursue his education in whatever field of endeavor he chooses. The value of your education is more significant today than ever before in our history. Your education up to this point has been a cooperative effort of you, your parents and your teachers. Fro m this point on, your success will depend upon self-initiative and desire. The journey ahead will require perseverance, imagination and courage, but a rich reward awaits those students who have the ambition to pursue their pre-determined course and attain their objective.

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The Northern Westmoreland County School Authority Behind the scenes in every organization, there are those whose efforts are unsung and unheard. The Northern Westmoreland County School Author- ity is just such a group. The civic-minded citizens of which it is comprised are appointed to the Author- ity by the School Board. Under the chairmanship of Dr. A. R. Blair, the Authority was charged with the construction of the new Burrell High School. This consisted of plod- ding staff work with local citizenry on a day-to-day basis. It took listening to complaints, going to get- togethers and, on top of that, offering architectural advice and arranging financing. It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t quick. But it was worth it. Here in Lower Burcll, we can feel progress. We can touch it. And when we look over our shoulders we can see it. Burrell Senior High School was planned for prog- ress—intellectual progress. The blueprints are here. The foundations are laid. The intricate structures and superstructures of our advanced academic program provide stimulating experiences for interested stu- dents in a complete range of subjects. An experienced corps of extremely qualified faculty members are available with an almost inexhaustible store of k nowl- edge. It’s all waiting—waiting for the student whose goal is set high, whose ambition is unlimited. And the students are here too. We, the students of Burrell High School are grate- ful to these members of the Authority. NORTHERN WESTMORELAND CO. SCHOOL AUTHORITY Mr. Herbert Ihrig, Dr. A. R. Blair, Mr. Theodore Kosecki. Standing: Mr. David Fink, i i ‘fr, John Devine. Not pictured: Dr. Richard Oliver ending: Me Oi ee

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Assistant Supervising Principal HARLES A. HUSTON iversity of Pittsburgh To the Graduates of 1966: It has been my pleasure to have worked with you, our first graduat- ing class, for the last six years of your public school education. It has also been my pleasure to witness your educational growth and development over this span of years—my most hearty congratulations for all of your achievements. Now that you have completed your basic academic learning the real worth of education is about to be tested. The test results may not be immediate in their manifestation to you or to me. It will be my pleasure to watch with interest and understanding as you seek to establish for yourself the true meaning of education and of life itself. Our kind of society calls for the maximum development of individual potentialities at all levels.