Kane Area High School - Hurri Kane Yearbook (Kane, PA)

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GEARIQD XVITH the theme of our'book, the Kane Board of Education also looks ahead to next year when the results of their efforts in '46 will be brought to light. Stu- dents who return to Kane High in the fall will note two major changes, the long awaited cafeteria and a jun- ior-senior high school organi- zation. These are but two of the Board's many projects in- tended to make life at Kane High better and a little more pleasant. BOARD OF EDUCATION - FRONT ROVV: Mr. C. T. Benscoter, Dr. K. E. YVenk, Mr. Fred- eriek Kime, Mr. J. V. Longshore. ROVV II: Mr. Gurdon P. Hadtield, Mr. joseph M. Harre, Mr. Henry H. Hennell. NOT IN PICTURE: Rev. C. A. Leslie. ONE OF the major differences between brutes and humans is the ability of humans to plan for the future. This ability to 'look ahead, has become not only an ob- session but a human compulsion. hlost of the so-called civilized benefits we enjoy are the results of plans made long before our birth by men who never expected to live long enough to see them brought to completion. Klany of the progressive ideas for a better world, which we are now able to see in the making, will not add much to our lives but will considerably improve the standard of living at some date after our passing. Some of us, no doubt, refuse to extend ourselves be- cause we will not enjoy the fruits of our creation. But these are few. The best educated, the most humanitarian, the truest, the finest, and longest remembered of our bene- factors are those who 'look ahead' to a better world in some future and who spend their lives to bring it about. Today is better than yesterday and tomorrow will be as much better than today as each of us determines to make it. But to do this we must consciously and conscientiously plan to better ourselves, our families, our friends, our community, our state, our nation. As we succeed in this so we rise that much farther above the animal. Our schools are planned to give you the basic tools and skills with which to train your intellect for the task -of living. Unless our school gives you the stimulus to plan for human betterment, we have failed not only your generation but the generations to come. lt is our hope that you, the Class of 1946, have caught this greater vision. If you have, yours is a happy future. GLENNIS H. RICKERT GLENNIS H. RICKERT, SUPERINTENDENT WE PROUDLY PRESENT OUR ABLE AND C8

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SCHUUL 'WE CALL it the daily grind, the classroom, our teachers, the tests, and the homework. Though We knew it or not, these have all become a part of us, and today We look ahead to life and its chal- lenges with confidence and cour- age. Mr. Miller and Hazlett discuss Wendy's future just one big happy family Aeronautics boys see what makes it tick Solemn seniors - just how does it go? Bob at Work in the shop Hall Patrol on the job

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MR. PAUL R. MILLER, PRINCIPAL THERE ARE many people who have broken into print with outlines of the future. Some claim that the atomic age will be one of sweet reasonableness and peaceg others claim that havoc, destruction and chaos are im- mediate probabilities. Although I am profoundly dis- turbed by the world picture, I do not feel qualified to conjecture. I will confine myself to the schools and what I believe will come to pass in our time. Education will come to mean more to the average person than now seems possible. One of the innovations will be education for pa1'enthood. This will be on the adult level, probably to small groups of parents and young married people. It will be held in the evenings, in neighborhood groups, and will be provided by the local districts. The early pre-school education of the child can be vitally affected by such a program. Then, too, I think kindergartens will be operated in nearly every district of the state. Children will not be moved out of kindergarten at six or seven years of age but at the time that they show readiness for first grade work. lldore time and money will be spent on guidance. This will start at least as early as the child starts school and will continue as long as he has need for guidance -- certainly several years after graduation from high school. The program will help discover aptitudes and capabilities, open avenues of opportunities, help make social, educa- tional, vocational, and personality adjustments and finally coordinate the schools with the working world. Junior high schools will be universal. Students will be given more pre-view courses in order that they may choose more intelligently the course they will pursue in senior high school. In both the junior and senior high schools there will be work provided on the educational level of the students. Instead of being primarily a college preparatory institution our high schools will concentrate on the majority of pupils who will not go on for further training except to the Junior colleges which will be or- ganized in each county or large community. These Ju- nior colleges will be tax-supported institutions and will provide both terminal courses and the Hrst two years for many colleges. Exceptional students, say the upper ten per cent, will be provided college education by the federal and state government. The states will provide scattered technical schools that are available to those students found especially qualified. Those students who now have diiiiculty in doing high school Work will be offered work in line with their capabilities and interests and will get a feeling of success from doing their best in work. Whenever it seems desir- able, school will be carried to the community and the community will be brought to the school. Planning for changes will be a cooperative adventure. Leadership will come from professional educators, assisted by representatives of the community and by students. Pub- lic good and worth to the student will be primary criteria in planning. Teachers will hold a respected place in the commun- ity, will still be underpaid, will belong to a union, and will be able to retire after twenty-five years of service. You will be middle-aged parents of children who are going to the dogs, have too much freedom, lack proper disciplinary training and are disrespectful of many of the institutions that you, the old folks, hold dear. PAUL R. MILLER SELECT ADMINISTRATION-OUR LEADERS