Johnstown High School - Baronet Yearbook (Johnstown, NY)

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 ..tofi ?: ‘v. V ’ •'• . ' • WE NEED LEADERS The world has always needed both leaders and followers, but good leaders are always in the greatest demand. Each member of the graduating class has the ability of becoming a leader in community affairs, in his class in college, or in business. It is unfortunate that so many persons do not take advantage of their opportunities. What does a leader do? He devotes himself to some worthy cause, and seeks to bring to his followers the warmth and glow of a dream of an improved school or community. How does he do it? By devotion to an ideal, .and by clear plan- ning of the various steps necessary to accomplish a worthy goal. The first test of a leader is: Can I put the common good above my own interests? If the members of the graduating class can pass this first test of leadership, they are well on the road to true leader- ship in our society. t ' ' • • v -.tat? Eugene F. Conant Superintendent of Schools § . • '

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Dedicatum We the Senior Class of 1959 ded- icate this, the Baronet, with all the respect and admiration due her, to Miss Ruth Van Dusen in apprecia- tion of the time, interest, considera- tion, and thought she has extended in the interest of the Senior Class throughout the past three years. She will always remain in our memory and our gratitude cannot be expressed in words.

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 •Wflwate ';. ri'Y -. ■' •, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1959: It is undoubtedly difficult for many of you to realize that you are about to complete one of the courses meeting the requirements for graduation from your Alma Mater and that soon you will be assuming responsibilities of a difficult nature. Whether you attend a liberal arts college, an engineering school, a teachers' college, a technical institute, enter the armed forces, or join the ranks of the employed after graduation, it is the cherished hope of your instructors that the training which you have received in the Johnstown schools will be of real value to you in adjusting your- selves to your future roles in society. We trust that each of you by making the fullest use of the lessons which you have learned in home, church and school will be enabled to take positions of responsibility and render service to the communi- ties with which you are associated. The opportunities for persevering young people of character are unlimited. The rapidly changing frontiers in science and industry will continue and vast new enterprises will result. Please remember that although our supervision over you terminates with graduation our interest in your progress will ever continue. sir