Freeport Area High School - Freeportian Yearbook (Freeport, PA)

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BU HU UF EDUEATIU Standing, Left to Right-.lames Bush, Margaret Gosser, secretory, Fred Harold, F. Lee Myers, supervising principal, Dwight Patton, Addison Cogley, Glenn Hill, Robert Kronenberg, Earl Stepp. Seated, left to Right-Hayes Frampton, Herbert Mast, treasurer, D. E. Taylor, president, Miss Alice Pen- nington, Ralph Gardner, Charles Dinenger, William Burford. MRS. GOSSER- Peg The duties of Mrs. Gosser as secretary of Freeport Area High School are far too numerous to relate here. We are sure that every- one who leaves F. A. H. S. can boast of some favor that she has done for them. ALBERTA REZAK- Birdie What would we do without Birdie to supply our nickels for the candy machine? And who furnishes us with a backbone when we explain why we were asked to leave study-hall? Aside from all of this, Mr. Bush's efficient secretary. 7

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IS TO THE STUDENTS OF FREEPORT AREA HIGH SCHOOL: When you read this letter, another year in your high school career will be drawing to a close. For some of you, it is the last year. You are the ones who have published this book, so that in the years to come it will help you recall these days and these activi- ties which are now fading rapidly into the past. Congratulations to the Class of 1951 for a iob well done, and best wishes for suc- cess and happiness in the future. You underclassmen are also a part of this book and you are fortunate to have it made available to you. Not only will it serve as a store-house of happy memories but, as you read it, you will find in it much that is worthy of emulation and a challenge to you to carry on the traditions of your school. These are strange times, uncertain times, in which you are growing up. American youth faces a digerent situation than the young of past generations. Education is not merely desirable but it is absolutely necessary for all. Yet many of you have been and are tempted to withdraw from school before graduation. Many are the lures which you see before you: iobs, money of your own in your pockets, adult privileges, military service, and so on. But I urge you to investigate carefully and think soundly before you discontinue school. Most employers do not want young people who quit school, the armed forces stand solidly with your teachers in insisting that you finish school before applying for enlistmentp adult privileges carry adult responsibilities and, prematurely ac- quired, often turn sour. Girls who complete their education make much more efficient and charming homemakers than the sopho- mores and juniors who drop out to get married. So, as you approach the summer vacation period, I hope that nothing will deter you underclassmen from returning to school in the fall. Not only must you think about your own welfare but you must be prepared to do your best for your country, either as a citizen or as a soldier. America needs more than strong muscles and fat pocketbooks, it needs an educated citizenry to withstand the pressures from without and to solve the problems of the future. Sincerely yours, . C3126 ypfj enjoyed. TH ATIU TO THE CLASS OF 1951: As I write these lines you are nearing the close of your final year in our school and preparing to leave its sheltered environment It is my earnest hope that the problems which you will face in ad iusting to your your new role in society will not be further com plicated by a fulfillment of the prediction of the most recent de fense bulletin, which lies on the desk before me and interrupts with the curt warning, There will be rubble on Main Street. I have referred to the public school as a sheltered environment because numerous moral, economic, and physical risks so prevalent in the world about us are barred from its doors. The consequences of the student's errors are relatively mild. Failure to meet certain standards of achievement or citizenship commonly results in no more serious penalty than a low report card grade or, in extreme cases, the temporary suspension of some privilege that has been In such environment you have had the opportunity to learn to choose the right from the wrong, the wise from the foolish, and the more important from the less important without suffering any really severe hardship when you have not chosen properly. Generally speaking, this will no longer be true, and it there fore becomes more important now than ever before that your choices be made with the utmost care. May you choose aright as the days, months, and years roll by and may merit bring you rich spiritual rewards. J.1...f,1 J 12.4