DuPont High School - DuPontian Yearbook (Belle, WV)

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In Dedication A c BILLY F. GARDNER Student, soldier, chemist, teacher and father of two lively boys-this would serve to give you a capsule picture of Mr. Billy F. Gardner to whom the DuPontian is dedicated by the Class of 1958. We feel that Mr. Gardner truly deserves this honor since he is an alumnus of DuPont High School and, naturally, has a vital interest in all things pertaining to our school. His work does not stop with the classroom, for he is busily engaged with the Hi-Y Club and handling the finance for all school events as well. For his contribution to our school and our community, we proudly dedicate this issue of The DuPontian. 6

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Our Principal Dear DuPontian: n For the past forty years, I have had an intimate contact with teen-agers. I have en- joyed what I fondly wish to recall as a sym- pathetic and guiding role with this age of youth. Upon being informed that the theme of your 1958 DuPontian was The Modern Teen- Ager, I had a quick flashback over the years. The word modern disturbed me. At the age of 15 I was a modern teen-ager. Where do these present-day kids get that title? I suppose each batch of fresh teens has as- sumed they are the modern youngsters, with the new language, and original clothing styles. With the rapidly changing picture in scientific and geographical events, the present high schooler is far in advance, in most ways, to the older moderns of the Ford Model T and snow picture TV. Yet, in each generation of modern teen- agers, one perpetual common cry has been raised-Juvenile Delinquency. I firmly be- lieve, that for every juvenile hoodlum there 8 are hundreds of boys and girls doing real work in classrooms, for every thrill seeking youth giving anguish and tears to parents there are those thousands of youngsters gaining scholarships and social graces. For- mer moderns may not have known all the words to The Star Spangled Banner, but wherever our national anthem was played, in Korea, on Salerno Beach, or at Belleau Woods, our American boys gave those at home a great swelling pride in their modern teen-agers. Today, they may need a gentle nudge to enroll, and interested assistance, to conquer those more challenging, scientific courses in Math and Science. But with com- petent and understanding instruction they will come through with flying colors in com- petition with the forced-feeding tactics used on the hapless Soviet youth. I have the highest faith in the young people who now walk our halls, just as I am very proud of our past modern teen-agers who are now fine citizen members of the Du- Pont High Alumni.