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

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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.

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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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Principal DR. KOLMAN F. TOTH University of Pittsburgh Graduates of 1966: Your class is the first to graduate from our new high school. You have been pioneers and trail-blazers in many different ways. Now new vistas and horizons are opened to you to be seen, explored, and conquered. You are living in an era of many sudden, rapid changes and upheavals. It is essential that you maintain your sense of pros- pective, values, judgments, and standards. We have tried to make your high school days meaningful and profitable for you. Only time will tell whether we have been successful, and only you can be the judge of that success. Congratulations and Godspeed to the Class of 1966.