Gloucester City High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Gloucester City, NJ)

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Administration Puts Policy Into Effect Principal's Message My congratulations to the Class of 1974 on your graduation from high school. Certainly in your six years at Gloucester City High School you have grown and matured. I hope your experiences here have helped in this process and that your future will be meaningful and happy. In later years, when you review this yearbook to revive old memories, you will find that you have continued to grow and mature. In these adult years I hope that you will always remember your high school and that you will help us to continue to serve the young people of Gloucester City with the best education possible. Mr. Ralph J. Bracken 2

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Superintendent’s Message With you, I am going to share a secret power that but few know how to use — the secret power of daring and sharing which carries with it tremendous respon- sibilities. Once you have it, you can never be the same. Once it is yours, you can never rest until you have giv- en it to others. It is going to take courage to let this urge possess you. My life in business and my contacts with young men and women have convinced me that the world is full of unused talents and latent ability. The reason these talents lie buried is that the individu- al hasn't the courage to dig them up and use them. Do you really want to grow to your fullest potential? I dare you to desire something permanent in life and to develop your gifts to the largest possible use. Do you have courage of the lasting kind? Keep in mind that many start, but few finish. Many “mount up with wings like eagles, but only the select few continue to “walk without fainting. I Dare YOU to grow, to do, to share. Dr. Thomas W. Sykes Assistant Superintendent’s Message There is a subtle difference between growth and maturity in human beings. In a sense, both can be said to mean develop- ment and, in that context, they are alike. However, there is a vast difference. I submit that growth is a natural process which can occur without human relationships, while maturity is dependent upon our relationships with others. During your high school years. I hope we have provided you with the atmosphere to develop yourselves. Now. for the most part, you are grown. For future years. I hope we have laid the foundation for lifelong maturity. Ralph R. Di Sibio James Hetherington Supervisory and Research Associate

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Maturity and growth are measured by actions and thought processes and not by the age of an individual. During your high school years, your school has tried to aid your mental and physical growth so that you may become a mature and sensible citizen of this great nation. I feel that most of you have, through your school experiences, matured to the point where you are ready to accept the responsibilities of a young adult. Good luck to you — continue to grow and to learn! James P. McNally Vice-Principal Senior High Ronald J. Pritchett Vice-Principal Junior High Best of luck in the future to the members of the Class of 1974 . Many of you have spent the last six years attending classes in grades seven through twelve at Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School. Do you remember your first day in the seventh grade: bewil- dered. confused, nervous, wondering where your homeroom was. and your teacher's name? Since that first day, our school has been trying to help you grow and mature to worthy citizens. Our success can only be measured in your future actions and deci- sions. Our world seems to be plaqued daily with renewed social problems, confrontations and threats to world peace, and new crisis after crisis. The burden of responsibility will eventually lie on your shoulders to lead and direct the country. May you attack your future endeavors with confidence, ambition, and honesty. 13