Chambersburg Area High School - Echo Yearbook (Chambersburg, PA)

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MR. RALPH I. SHOCKEY Principal of High School MR. MERLE B. HAFER Assistant Principal of High School Thinking and Growing It has been said that the world is made up of opposites-night and day, high and low, wet and dry, tall and short, fast and slow, love and hate, calm and storm, war and peace, boys and girls, etc. The list of opposites is almost without end. Whether it is fact or fiction that the world is made of oppo- sites, it is certainly true that at least two things be- long together in life-thinking and growing. As a young person you are growing up fast. Only if you think as you grow can you solve the problems that come with growth. Perhaps you say, Of course, I think. Everybody does. Jane Taylor in Effayr in Rhyme exclaims, How many never think who think they do! To think means to re- flect, to ponder seriously, to meditate quietly, to con- template at length. A harum-scarum idea that flashes into the mind is not a thought, it is merely the result of some outside influence. No one can do your thinking for you. Your teachers, your parents, and your friends can give you ideas and aids, but you alone can do the real work. Thoughts come from within yourself. You must take the ideas of others, add them to your own, and think them through so that you can produce an opinion that is as much a part of you as your own heart beat. Do this and you are truly thinking. RALPH I. SHOCKEY, Principal of High School.

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DR. J. FRANK FAUST Dirlrict Supe1'i1zte1zrient The Show Must Go On! All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. SHAKESPEARE The Class of 1949 is about to end its high school drama, and we sincerely congratulate each one of you. To many of you it has been an interesting, inspiring, and valuable dramatic experience. As the curtain falls on this particular act and the call comes for new acts and new scenes in 1ife's great extravaganza, remember, l'The show must go on. 1 How well have you planned for the next act? Hdw well are you prepared for your part when you suddenly hnd yourself on a stage with new settings and new faces, and with an audience perhaps a little less sympathetic and a little more exacting? Will you have the character, the determination, the courage, and the stamina to play your part to a successful conclusion? We who have had the great privilege of helping to shape your lives during your school experiences trust and pray that you are ready for the challenges ahead. We hope that high ideals may dominate your actions and that success may be yours-that you may indeed be stars , The show must go on! J. FRANK FAUST, Superintendent of Scboolr.

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In mvmnrg of MRS. HELEN MCNAIR Those of us, both faculty and students, who had the privilege of knowing and working with Mrs. Helen McNair will remember her as a Worthy example of the highest ideals in the teaching profession. Her long afhliation with the high school paper, the PARROT, won for her the respect and admiration of many. As a teacher she was intensely inter- ested in the development of her pupils and revealed a wise knowledge and deep appreciation of her subject.