Eisenhower High School - Lance Yearbook (Russell, PA)

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FACULTY

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IN MEMORIAM When the word came through the uneasy hours of the autumn sabbath evening that William Allenson had so unexpectedly departed from this earthly sphere, a bit of winter seemed to settle within the soul of each one who knew him. A ray of life's warming light went out as each person grasped the truth that the pleasant and inquisitive lad whose thirst for knowledge was so well matched by his ability to absorb it had been snatched from our midst. Normalcy of life, as it had been known, would not again exist for those who knew and loved him. Within the hearts and halls of Eisenhower High School Bill still lives. We see his tall form in memory as it walked the halls and spoke to his numerous friends. We see him helping in athletics and in the music department again we are reminded of him as he worked the solution of a stubborn problem, experiment, or assignment. We hear him asking questions about the intricate details of the public address system. Our's will be a life long debt to Bill for what he did for us. We pledge ourselves to make his memory a stepping stone to greater use and appreciation for all now with us. It is our deepest prayer that in Bill's priceless life each of us we may find a strength to realize what an unknown author has stated as follows: How many Aprils had I known Before I kneeled to see Arbutus, where a moist brown stone And dead leaves seemed to be, How many autumns must have died Before I came to know That bright, orange bittersweet may hide Where wintry branches show; 6

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EVERETT A. LANDIN Supervising Principal Alfred University, A.B., M.Ed. With the first opening of this volume an all important set of doors begins to close. With this event the 1957-1958 academic year becomes largely recorded history. It heralds the close of an era which can never be reopened because the events, persons, and influences typical of this year can never again reassemble. No era has ever ended without becoming the signal for a new one to begin. Human nature is such that each new era demands more from each person than die previous one demanded. There is no better assurance of success in any era of life than to have learned well from the previous era's events and influences. Never before has the yearbook of the American high school found such a strong Soviet accent in the world which it entered. It is our fervent hope that this yearbook and the year it records will assist all who read the book and partook of the year to work harder to assure the generations of citizens to come that the beep of the sputnik will be silenced by the quiet dignity of the American secret ballot! HAROLD W. LANDIN Principal Houghton College, A.B. Syracuse University, M.Ed. California State Teachers College Industrial Arts Certification We are told that what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Thus may we say to you the members of the class of 1958 that we trust your years as students here in our midst, have seen bom within you the direction, resolution and determination necessary to force you to the pinnacles of success in your chosen walk of life. Nourish that which is within you and determine that it shall grow into the best that life has to offer. 8