Chartiers Houston High School - Charconge Yearbook (Houston, PA)

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14 Tm el Tail: Our train is rapidly moving towards its first important station, high school graduation. It has carried us safely through the turbulent years of unrest and world conflict, and finally, out into the sunshine of prospective world peace and unity. lt is now about to discharge us upon the platform of what the whole civil- ized world hopes will be the station of atomic age peace. From here each must embark upon his own respective course. Our travels together will soon have ended. We approach this station in life with a degree of uncertainty, yet with our hearts fired with hope, for we realize that without hope, we have no chance for progress and advancement. All that we hear today is talk of fear. We want to leave our fears behind us and look forward to the goodness of man and the greatness of world peace. We must individually and collectively remove the shell of indifference that surrounds us and let our better selves show through. We must make the maximum use of the talents with which our Creator has endowed us. Finally, we must have faith-faith in the Almighty, faith in our government, faith in mankind, and faith in ourselves. We must have the courage and deter- mination to take our rightful places in this post-war world. We must have the moral stamina to choose right from wrong and the conviction to act as individuals. We must leave this land of ours a better place in which to live for our 'having been here. We must be Americans. Ralph 25. Q fx 4 , .

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'24 I 14604 cf At last, after six years of preparatory traveling through Chartiers High School, we the members of the Senior Class are ready to board another train, a train, the run of which is life and the destination happiness. Our preparation for this uncertain but interesting trip began in 1941, when we entered Chartiers as seventh graders. For the next six years we were taught subiects which would be a help to us in later life, but more important, we learned the part played by discipline, sportsmanship, and courtesy in shaping a well- rounded personality. We engaged in social and extra-curricular activities, which trained us in leadership, accepting responsibility, and cooperation. As our train chugs its way clown the track we shall pass through such stations as college, trade school, and the school of hard knocks, where we shall be greeted by disappointment, and set backs, as well as encouragement and progress. lt may be a long trip before success is achieved, longer for some than 'for others. However success may be the ultimate stop for each of us, if we remember to include in our luggage, ambition, initiative, courage, and love, as well as tolerance for our fellow man K8 MCAXQZQ 5