Lackawanna High School - Lackawannan Yearbook (Lackawanna, NY)

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Mr. Thomas Lalley, Mr. Fred Wisher, Mr. Steven Rose, Mr. Edward Drake MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT A high school teacher's responsibility begins with the accurate, concise, under- standable presentation of knowledge. His material must sufficiently absorb the students' attention so that memory captures the matter and a lasting substructure of background is implanted fthe student builds his own House of Intellect as he continues through lifej. High School training is the bedrock from which our adult citizens continue their quest for education. But if a teacher sought only to develop the retention of knowledge, memory would become the prime function of the brain, and like ancestor-adoring Confiscionists our suc- ceeding generations would revere solely the past. Instead the teacher's job demands that he help to expand the student's faculty of intellect by accentuating the creative imagi- nation, in a word the student must reason, must begin to think for himself. The power to form individual judgements and, if necessary, resist the opinion of the crowd, is a necessary part of education. Without creative imagination progress, be it philosophic, material, or spiritual, will grind to its own clumsy distinction. Finally the teacher must, somehow, stimulate the student to such a pitch of enthu- siasm that self education, curiosity and inquiry into the thing' of life becomes a settled attitude of the post high school person. Without enthusiasm even the expanded intel- lect with the creative imagination may suffer from the disease of pessimism or negatism. The truly professional high school teacher is a man or woman to be valued. 8 ffiix N VN fl Selig? ff T f 'T3N X xl! ,N x XX f X-ff X 'Q ,, f- fi H 1 I f -5 tl lj tfkafsf Q f M-.acre X. ' A I , . .,,, W If-T7 f'E9' ,I Q-- Q 11 rf f ,Ji f H. l If l . 5 ' 'E 7 u ix ly E ,.,,,30 fl '- it-'rc ' y ...aff 'H' I -i li f V ,Lia :- Sw

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OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS Helping to swing wide the gateway to our various careers are our busy Assistant Prin- cipals. In daily contact with most of the stu- dent body, Mr. Hasler and Mr. Doherty feel the day to day pulse of the school's many activities, and have the responsibility of maintaining sound discipline and regular at- tendance. This does not mean, however, that only those who run counter to school regu- lations have the opportunity to meet these two diligent administrators. Problems grow- ing out of relationships with teachers and their fellow students find their way to the desks of the Assistant Principals each school day. Never too busy to listen, and to give advice about personal problems or studies, these men must have the patience, the sym- pathy, and the firmness of decision which make possible effective instruction in a smoothly-functioning school building. They are familiar figures as they stride down the lengthy corridors on their periodic tours of inspection, checking the library permits, the occasional wanderer from gym class, and the dawdler on his way to chorus or clinic. Valu- able assistance is rendered by the office monitors who collect absentee records, do the office typing and filing, and in general, gain valuable experience for future careers in the business world. ,. 1 if , . . Y we-H ' ' '51 F Lani. . 9.1 A-.,w:' fi' - '1'm',,,, ' ff .1 . A 5,-sn.. Mr Harry Doherty Mr Robert Hasler- Assistant Principals ES Ju 9' 'ig me ,Rl -M- fw N . - , rv A if -- Q !5X I N' ciiill cee Q - sg . J 'SA Q, if-1 ii-.F-K 7

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AIN Ns.-:.'. g x, gg 'A ze, . an Mr. Celestine Shea, Mrs. Mary Catherine Nyitrai, Mrs. Anne O'Donnell Mr. Stanley Gworek, Mr. Joseph Mc Donald, Mr. Julius Boda, Miss Marion Doherty Mrs. Elizabeth D. Gormley, Mrs. Annette Rhoads, Miss Margaret Widmer, Mr. John Joyce I A at f. 'Neff-is fi' wiv XL Ame.. its 3