Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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THE MAGNET 1959 This year, Butler Senior High School went international with an exchange student as a member of the student body. Peter Arvidson, a high school student from Sweden, was selected by the American Field Service to attend Butler High School during 1958-59. In September, we welcomed Peter who entered wholeheartedly into the life of the school. In sharing class-work. and school activities, he has experienced American education at the secondary level. The following pages illustrate the work, activities, and special events which make up a typical high school life in the United States. We sincerely hope that Peter has enjoyed his stay at Butler High and that he may retain pleasant memories of his school life and friends here. Peter has given us a bit of Sweden; we hope he takes a bit of America home with him. And may we, the pupils of Butler High School, feel as we view these pages that here is pictured and recorded the life which we shared with Peter.

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HE WAS A TEACHER: For 35 years he taught his classes to understand America; held before them the ideals of good citizenship—his greatest desire to help his pupils make the most of themselves. GENERAL JIM: Hundreds learned the lesson of patience and the necessity of studying from being members of his Standing Army. AN ATHLETE: All his life he enjoyed sports, playing on high school and college teams— an example of good sportsmanship and of philosophical acceptance of success or defeat. A COACH: Season after season, he taught boys the fundamentals of football and, most of all, instilled in them principles of clean playing and fair winning. A LOVER OF NATURE: His garden was his hobby; happy hours were spent hunting and fishing; a cabin in the woods was one of his favorite spots. A FRIEND: Administrator, teacher, student, fellow athlete; high or low, rich or poor, to all he was there when needed — staunch, upright, and fair. A MAN: Sincere, honest, forth- right, just in his dealings, standing for what makes a real man—by being one.

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THINGS PETER LIKES ABOUT BUTLER HIGH: Saturdays off. Most of the teachers and students. The band and the games. The Magnet. Student Council. Most of the plays BHS sets up. The clubs. The choirs. One can choose his own subjects. THINGS WE LIKE ABOUT PETER: His sunny smile. His friendly attitude. H is tuneful trumpet. His helpful spirit. He’s entered school activities. He likes hot dogs and record hops. That he, too, walks the halls. He’s made himself one of us. Peter is now one of us as he does research work in the library. He can read, write, and speak English as well as any of us, and is now excelling in American slang. TABLE OF CONTENTS In Memoriam Introduction Administration Faculty and Classes Student Body...... Seniors...... Juniors Sophomores Athletics Activities Clubs Student Life Advertising 2 4 8 10 30 32 72 79 80 105 120 152 166