Fannett Metal High School - Tuscaroran Yearbook (Willow Hill, PA)

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Mr. Robert W. Kochenour, M. A. Mathematics, Science Columbia University To the Graduating Class of 1955: V You are graduating at a time when considerable opportunity exists for those who are properly prepared. There are those who would have you believe that all great opportunities are in the past and that there is no longer any hope for the world. To those of you who would listen to these pessimistic voices, a brief follow- ing of the great Al Smith's advice Let's look at the record, would seem to be in order. 1 r A, U Let us consider first the pioneers who left home and country to go forth into a wilderness to settle thirteen colonies. Surely they were not handed a Paradise free from work and worry. Nor did most of them ask for one. Those brave men who established a new nation in 1776 did not ask for a guarantee of happiness, but rather for the right to pursue it. When Abraham Lincoln assumed the role of leader of our nation slightly less than a century ago, he did so when the nation was torn violently between two conflicting ideologies and did not have an abiding faith in its future. From time to time in recent years we have been told by dictators that we had grown soft from the comforts of capitalism and could not defend our- selves. Each time we have been able to give up temporarily our way of life, defeat those who thus spoke, raise our standard of living, and share the fruits of our labors with our allies and even our former enemies. It is to be hoped that this brief review of some of the past times of trouble should serve to show that we have not only come through them but have actually improved ourselves in doing so. Some of you may have been told too that there is no use obtaining an educa- tion for you will soon be called into the army, navy, or other branch of the service. I would ask you to remember that Americans have always proudly defended their land. If you are called upon to do so, do it with the knowledge that men before you have done likewise and that society has prepared you as best it is able to do not only this but also to return and take a responsible place in our civilian way of life. I should like you to remember that no time - no matter how dismal - is wasted if learning takes place. We have tried in the little more than a decade you have been in school to teach you to learn. It seems to me that if you have learned how to learn, then your education has been successful even though you may for- get some of the facts that helped develop this ability. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the members of the faculty, I ex- tend my heartiest congratulations to you for your accomplishments to date and wish for you all the success that your endeavors .may earn for you. Above every- thing else I wish you the joy of finding some of the unfinished rainbows ,that still abound for those who would search for them with diligence and patience. Very sincerely, Robert W. Kochenour Page 5

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O 1 Board of Directors JOINT BOARD OFFICERS President ...... ....,-,-..,,--,-,-,,........... A . V. Miller Vice-President --- ,,...... Loy Flood Secretary ...... .... C lair Hammond Treasurer .... ,,-.,..,,-,-,.-- .... H a rry Geyer Other Members Ralph Miller Russel Harry Kenneth Doyle john St. Clair Albert Price james Goshorn Page 6