Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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Administration and Guidance Whether you're a bewildered seventh grader confronted with questions of your new high school life or a hopeful senior planning to attend college, the guidance department is always willing to help solve your problems. Entering these offices with their cozy home-like atmospheres, students feel completely at ease to discuss their problems. Although the guidance department is concerned with adjusting pupils to high school life, it is especially interested in guiding the students in choosing their future careers. Under the supervision of Miss Alice V. Davis and Mr. John Hesse, junior high school boys and girls become acquainted with the curriculum of F. H. S. When sophomores, these students partici- pate in a series of aptitude and preference tests, the results of which aid greatly in determining their future vocation. Guided by the sincere and warm personality of Miss Mary Didas and the untiring efforts of Mr. C. Overton Tremper, senior high students receive advice on possible careers and information regarding colleges and employment. As we, the class of '53 realize the debt we owe to our advisors who have truly shown us how to Hitch Our Wagon to a Star , we offer them our appreciation and thanks. 13

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Congratulations to the Class of 1953 In centuries past, the art of celestial navigation provided daring seamen with guides necessary to permit expeditions to sail uncharted seas. The constancy of the stars in the Heavens increased the faith and hope of many would-be-doubters and allowed men to direct their course and to calculate their position. The desert nomad, the trader of the East leading heavy-laden caravans, the Indian making his way through trackless forests followed the stars that lit the pathways. The quenchless brightness of these heavenly bodies gave to the humblest of men and to royalty alike that comfort and courage which comes from keeping ones sights ever upward. Few graduating -classes from Freeport High School have been forced to face as many challenges as loom before the Class of 1953. War lurks on the horizon. The economic future is uncertain. The freedoms of the American citizen are subjecte3 to supreme tests both from within and without, The everyday dealings among men call for high moral values and hardy physical stamina. Hitch your wagon to a star. As of old the brightness of your star can be the inspiration that urges you onward toward your ultimate goal and the guide post that may well light your road to success. The constancy of your star can bring you happiness and the fulfillment of your ambition. Today's world requires that you strive to be exceptional; that you equip yourself mentally, morally, physically and spiritually to face and solve your problems. The quality of your ambition to meet and conquer your world will be reflected in the ultimate attainment of your goal. Class of 1953, this is your challenge. 1) Hitch your ambition to an ideal. 2) Hitch your wagon to a Star. . Good luck, good fortune and God's blessing always. J. Wesley Southard 12

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Language Department Standing left to right: Mr. Eric Smithner, Miss Lilah Cushman, Miss Esther Brown. Sitting left to right: Mrs. Ruth Kantz, Miss Mabel Skinner, Chairman. Social Studies Department Standing left to right: Miss Ethel Boardman, Chairman; Mi§s Leva Robbins, Mr. Randall Powell. Sitting left to right: Miss Jane Groden, Mrs. Charlotte Carmen, Miss Ruth More, Miss Gladys MacArthur, (not shown). Mathematics Department Standing left to right: Mrs. Clarence M. Hoener, Jr., Miss Ella M. Davies, Mrs. Edith Woodcock, Mr. Russell H. Terry, Miss Alice V. Davis, Mrs. Mary J. Dewing. Sitting left to right: Miss Mabel C. White, Chairman; Mr. Robert C. Smith. 14