Harmony High School - The Ferguson Yearbook (Harmony, ME)

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lndltorlal The CFISIS of teachmg has come to a head through the pressure of great popula tion changes smce the Second World War In the decade before 1941 a llttle more than two mllhon chlldren were born m the Umted States each year Smce that date the num ber has rlsen steadlly In 1055 lt was just about double what It was twenty years earller As a result a tldal wave of students has mundated the schools Advances m medlcme and lmprovements ln standards of llVll'lg, per mtt efen r ore chlldren to survnve babyhoocl and to enter upon their edueatlon Relatlve prosperlty euables a X'lS11'1g percentage of them to remam to complete thelr courses of study In 1956 80 per cent of the ellglble 'xge groups were enrolled ln prlmary and The elementary level was flrst to feel the effects In 1045 46 there were less than 20 mxlhon students ln the fxrst exght grades ln 1955 56 almost 30 mllhon and the number wlll rlse as the blrth rate has In the hxgh schools the malor shock of expanslon IS st1ll two or thlec years off Just over 6 mxlllon boys and gnl were I'6CClVll1g a secon dary LJLICHIIOI1 ten years ago just over seven mxlhon do so now But by the time today s slx year old moves on to htgh school clght years from now he wlll be owe of more than 10 mllhon and that number too wnll grow The colleges and mstltutlons of hlgher educatlon are least prepared and therefore will suffer naost Already they are cxowdcd xvlth 25 mllllon students a m1lll0I1 more than beto e thc war But when the current crop of nrst graders enrolls twelve years from now they w1ll be part of a colleg1ate lopulatlot of well over 5 mxlllon posslbly as hgh as 8 m1ll1on There 1S no escape from the loglc of these fmgures These babxes are already born and more are on thelr way Place w1ll have to be found for them unless we wxsh to deprlve them of thelr bxrthrlght as Amerl cans 6 L 'Qc rqljjf Qfkf ll .iffy .f 1 o . . . . Y . . , . - - A' . . , . ' ' . ' ' r . 1 . E . . ,V I. A y . . , . . ut 1 .I . , . . , secondary schools, 30 per cent in the colleges. . . , , -H? , ., .- '1T?':,... Q 11-1 Q45wGWhJ P tp, 1:5 :s3qQS'J ! .1 ,- X.. ,iaqi ' , sms?-055.4 4.

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JOHN PRESTON SENDZIK Johnny Opportunlty Weirs a SlTllllI'IQ Face Born March Z7 1030 Harmony Maine Hobby Reading Al'T'llJlll0ll Undeelded Course College Preparatory One Act Play l Student Counetl 2 4 Steve lll Let Me Out of Here 5 Preacher I1 1VCL1ClIH Over Yonder 4 Exchange edt to Class editor '3 Joke edltor 3 Sports clttor 4 Busmess Manager 4 llonor Roll 3 4 Boys basketball 81 base o ekeeper 3 4 SJ U ' c .S I I ' .ll : ' , ..,, , ' . 4- ,, - P L ' , 1 -I tt 1' ' n l 4 l l - A 1 y . ' 33 t .3 .5 'C 1 ' L 1 1, 2, ., . ball S: r , , f l -..-g4,t 1. I K - a,.1 Q , 'l f- ' , . . as ,., 6 Rl FY , j X

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