Farrell High School - Reflector Yearbook (Farrell, PA)

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MVR. EDWARD S. PURICH President Board of Education MR. ANTHONY C. TORTORETE Vice President MR. WALTER A. BRESKY MR. JOSEPH A. ROTELL MR. BRONKO GENERALOVICH MR. GEORGE J. WETHERSTEIN Secretary 6 MR. FRANK J. URSETTA Treasurer MR. ANTHONY J. NAMEY MR. ANTHONY PERFIUO School Solicitor

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Congratulations The Farrell School District is both happy and proud to commemorate a very significant mile- stone in its educational system. This year, the Senior High School celebrates its fiftieth Com- mencement. I feel extremely proud, both as an Alumnus of the Farrell High School and as Super- intendent of Schools to salute the graduating class of 1953 which has the honor of being the Jubilee graduating class. ln addition to your in- dividual and class achievements, I know that the class of 1953 is very happy to have this distinct honor. l extend my felicitations to your administra- tors and to the teachers of this fine institution. Special recognition and respect are extended to the first class of three students who graduated in 1904. For the community, for the Farrell Senior High School, for the administration and teachers of the entire system, and for the graduating class of 1953, l extend our most sincere acknowledg- ment to these three graduates: Miss Florence Harry, Mrs. Grace Brauchle Rigby, Mr. Frank L. Clepper. Furthermore in this auspicious year, recogni- tion is made of and appreciation is shown for the 5,630 graduates of the Farrell High School at' these fifty commencements. ln memoriam, all of us wish to pay our respect to the deceased mem- bers of this master graduating class of 5,630 stu- dents. lt is only fitting and proper that we should express our appreciation to all the School Boards, to all the administrators, to all the faculties, to all the parents, and to all the friends of the schools in our community for their contributions to and perpetuation of the educational system of this community. It goes without saying that they, too, are happy and feel a sense of pride on this occasion. We salute all of them, we are proud of all of them. Our Jubilee celebration, including special preparations for our fiftieth commencement, in- evitably will take, in retrospection, the members of all the graduating classes to many pleasant memories, happiness and achievements as indi- viduals and as a class. In this retrospection, I am sure that we all feel it incumbent on us to ap- praise the efforts of those who had th-e interest of and foresight to set in motion the formal educa- tion of this community. lt is also our duty to make a self appraisal of our obligations and in- terests as Alumni in this education. As Alumni and citizens of this community, or whatever com- munity we may live in, and whatever our station in life, it is our obligation to contribute our efforts and our support to the education of our youth. On this fiftieth anniversary let us dedicate, or re- dedicate, as the case may be, a substantial par- ticipation in the American way of life in our American educational system. Mindful of the American traditions and cog- nizant of the traditions on the local level, it is only fitting, proper, and urgent that we resolve not only to support these traditions in a traditional way, but to improve on these traditions and on the records of the past. lt is the essence of educa- tion and of the American way of life and of pro- gressive schools to explore the resources of a community and to provide the most and the best type of education for the ultimate, over-all de- veloped citizen of our community and country. We appreciate the American way of life, the American educational system and the American support of both. Congratulations on this fiftieth Jubilee Commencement to the Alumni and to the community for this sincere support. John Hetra, Superintendent of Schools