Harrisville Central School - Pirates Log Yearbook (Harrisville, NY)

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DEDICATION MRS. BERTA LANGS The staff of the 1968 PIRATES LOG and the membership of the Harrisville Central School Teachers' Association are especially proud to dedicate this, the fifteenth edition, to one as devoted to the complete education of our youth as is Mrs. Langs. Although her career began more than a quarter-century ago, Mrs. Langs is not one to look back and bask in her many successes. As she herself admits, the present and the future are much too critical not to command her full energies. Attesting to this belief are her dynamic leadership of the Elementary Summer School Program and the many cadet teachers whose first steps in the teaching profession she has guided. Mrs. Langs, who holds a B.S. from the State University College at Potsdam, is the mother of three children: Sharon, now Mrs. Fuller Frederick, a Junior; and Joseph, a member of the sixth grade. She also has a foster daughter, Mrs. Sally Block. She is a past president of the Harrisville Central School Teachers' Association and the defunct Parent-Teacher Association. She was also at one time secretary of the first organization. In addition, she is a past Matron of the Eastern Stars and a past director of the Teen-Age Center when it was located in the old fire hall. Mrs. Langs has always been an avid lover of the outdoor and its many related sports. She especially delights in camping. She currently favors ski-dooing . She also enjoys the reputation of being a better-than-average bowler and at one time covered a great deal of territory in the outfield of the faculty softball team. We wish Mrs. Langs many more years in our midst. We trust that this dedication will, in some small measure, reward her many hours of toil in our behalf.

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EDITOR’S MESSAGE Since the time when the first creature which became known as man was found on earth, he felt the need to record important events and happenings of his life. Earliest man depicted occurrences in his life by drawing crude pictures on the walls of the caves which he inhabited. As succeeding civilizations and cultures evolved, each developed its own vehicle to record the events of its passage. Pictures came to portray specific words or phrases. Gradually, whole stories were written using these pictures. Man was soon faced with the task of setting up a simpler system which would facilitate the discharge of the pragmatical pursuits of his daily life. His efforts marked the beginning of our alphabet. As progress was made concerning the mechanics of writing, man answered the yearnings of his inner self and set down for himself and future generations the aesthetic values which tempered his everyday life. Since education plays such an important role in the life of each man, it follows that we would want to record this portion of our lives. A school yearbook is one way in which we can accomplish this. In a sense, the yearbook differs little from the pictures drawn by the cavemen. We, also, have tried to show a part of our life story. We have recorded that which is of great interest to us, as students. Inasmuch as the Senior year is the culmination of a student’s high school career, much of the yearbook is devoted to this segment of a student’s life. We have tried to show its serious as well as its humorous side. Sports and other extra-curricular activities account for a large, part of each student's education and are therefore included in our yearbook. We hope that the 1968 edition of the Pirates Log will delight you in a measure equal to the satisfaction we have had in preparing it. Our goal has been to produce a Log which compares favorably with, perhaps even excels, previous editions. Work, the necessary ingredient of all undertakings, could not, in itself, guarantee the successful publication of a yearbook. Financial backing is a must. Although production costs have been rising year after year, we have been able to hold the price of our yearbook at two dollars, thanks to the continued generosity of advertisers who have been with us for years and to the many new friends we have made, especially in Gouverneur and Carthage. Unfortunately, we anticipate that in the near future we may be forced to raise the price modestly, if we are to continue to grow in both size and quality. Allan Bowen, Business Manager

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Mr. Betrus, Supervising Principal A serious problem arises for our society; with the expansion of scientific knowledge, twentieth century man is left with an ethic based on a slide rule and a computer wholly unaffected by love, faith or hope. This is the age of specialists in medicine, industry and even in sports where we have specialists to kick points after touchdowns. It is also the age of specialists in education. A short time ago teachers were ele- mentary and secondary and were expected to teach everything. Today we have specialists in English, specialists in counseling, specialists in driver edu- cation, physical education, specialists for the gifted as well as the retarded. The larger the school, the more we specialize. Unfortunately, we have widened the gap between the average man and the specialists. Today it is almost impos- sible to hire a doctor, lawyer or teach- er who is not a specialist. It becomes more and more difficult for the parents to help their children, even teachers have difficulty in other special fields. Education today does not stop at high school or college graduation. Adult vocational and technical education never ends regardless of age. We are an education dependent society. Thanks to Mr. LeBlanc and the yearbook staff, our school is fortunate to have an outstanding yearbook season after season. Last year's book was by far the best in the area and I am looking forward to another fine edition. Board of Education Front, from left: Mrs. Walter Vallencour, clerk; Harold Seymour; Frederick Wheeler, Vice President; Robert Hooper; back row: Arthur Dooley; Carl Ripley, President; Lynn Graham; J. Edwin Rice.