Forbes Road High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Harrisonville, PA)

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Being a class advisor can be very demanding at times. This is especially true during the Junior and Senior years with the added responsibilities of the Prom, fund raisers, class trips, announce- ments. diplomas and graduation ceremonies. Working with high school students, although frustrating at times, provides some very enjoyable and satisfying rewards. There is a real feeling of accomplishment in viewing the just-completed prom decorations. W'atching “your” class march down the aisle to receive their diplomas causes one to experience a great sense of personal pride and achievement. I have enjoyed working with the Class of '83. I sincerely wish them luck in their pursuit of happiness and success. President: Joel Waite, Vice President; Michelle Hoo- ver. Treasurer: Amy Grissinger. Secretary; Sue Young. I regret that I have been unable to be close to you during this important time of your life — your senior year. However, I shall never forget the moments of anxiety and times of success we enjoyed togeth- er. I have seen you grow in all aspects of human endeavor. I have watched you cooperate and compete to accomplish personal and class goals. You, as individuals, and you, as a class, will continue to hold a special place in my memory forever. I wish you the perseverance necessary, the faith in God required, and the enthusiasm to be generated to continue to carve out of time a life for you and mankind. My best and my love to each of you. 14

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“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran When a person chooses the teaching profession as his career, he is making a serious committment — firstly, to himself, and secondly, to all those he will come to know as students. This committment is comprised of loyalty, dedication, compassion and pride. The depth of this committment can be measured through the determination and effort the individual puts forth. Anyone can choose to become a teacher, but the success of that person as a teacher is determined through the many challenges he encounters during the course of his career, and mainly in the way he meets these challenges. We. the Class of 1983, have consistently seen the above qualities through a teacher who has continually given a part of himself to us through his teaching, interest and advice. It is with much pride and gratitude that we wish to honor this person who will always be a part of our high school reflections. We wish to say Thank You to our adviser, Delbert Ritchey, through our dedication of the 1983 Cardinal to him. “The individual teacher places his signature on his work just as truly as the painter who writes his in the lower corner of his painting.” 13 Ernest O. Melby

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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth: Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim. Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same. And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost