Lansdale High School - Highlights Yearbook (Lansdale, PA)

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Ralph R Smlth Supr rzntf ndf nt Io thc mtmbers of the 1954 gr rduatrnf' C ass 'H Agarn rt rs mx responsrbrlrtx and mx pleasure to attempt to grxe adxrce to xou members of a graduatrng class of the Lans dale omtj Hrgh School I haxe been told that xou are usrng some gurdance prrncrple for your graduatron ex ent such as, We haxc crossed the b tx tnd the ocean lrts bexond Phe thought undcrlxrng such a gurdrng prrncrple rs that xou haxe tncountt rtd ont cessfullx rtmox ed rt But thert remarns strll another barrrer alonglrft sxx ax bex ond hr h school graduatron that seems to you noxx as obstructrxe as the ocean' Thrs all maltts sense of course X bax as a bodx of xxatcr rs just an rnltt of the sea usuallx smalltr than a gulf and not xerx deep xxhrlc thc oce tn coxtrs thru fourths of the surf tc: of the globc and rn some places rs mort thrn H 000 feet deep It taltes xerx lrttle seamanshrp to cross the bax Some of xou probablx found the xx ater rough rn spots ex en xx h1le crossrng the bax Farr xxeather sarlors are able to cross the bax but not the ocean The ocean does lre bexond and most of xou xxrll haxe to haxe more courage rugge d ru ss and poxxtr than xou noxx posse ss rf xou tx er expect to reach thc opposrtc short ohn Masefield xx ho xx as sex entx hxc vears of age last une rs Poet Laurtatt of Great Brrtarn He serxed before the mast at sea for three xears He qurt hrs lrfe as a seaman at sex cnteen or erghteen He lox ed books and practrcallx xxorshrpped Iseats md Shellex He savs, cxen at that earlx age hc xx as on fire to bc a pott but he found the taslt of composrng a poem to bt more drflr cult than clrmbrng masts or parntmg dt clxs I thought rt most approprrate becaust of ohn Masefield s ercperrence as a seam rn to pass on to xou a xerx srmple homespun sen trment xxhrch he regards as the best adx rct ht ex er had It xx as sent to hrm almost srxtx xt rrs ago It rs 1 xt rx scntentrous 1 c quatrarn Srttrng strll 'md xxrshrng Makes no person grt at The good Lord sends the fishrng But xou must drg the balt Nlasefield tells us that he does not lsnoxx the author of these srmple lrnes but xx rthout thrs constant goad he feels that he xxould not haxe become a great xxrrter and the Poet Laureate of hrs countrx 0 .if . . I ' '. A 2 1 Q I X 1 1 1 .X 1 c 5 .., . 1 .. .. ' A 1 L. . K. 1 1 9 . ' ' ' , 1 . . 2 . , . J s -.. s 1 , 1 1 J li 5 ' A . L 1 ' Y' ' ' , . . . s 1 s s- Q V 1 5 s V ' Cl . - , ' ,, 1' 1 -1 1 h L u 1 r . 1 1 4 . 7 - 1 v 1 1 . v - 1 1 LG vi r rx K 1 A C 1 K V 5 K Iv '11 v I V r 1 1 v 1 5 X . .. , 1 . '1- 1 N L ' '1 ' ' ' ,' ' ' 1 t ' Pk V C1 C K 1 . 'I ' 'A I 1 l r . 51 1. 1 1 . ' . ' ' W I 1 1 L , L 1 1 1 v 1. - 1 i ' ' X- ' 4 ' v 1 1 X x 5 D K V V I V 4 V I . . 1 1 1 1 . ' 5 ru . 5 , 'r ' I 1 v v K L l -- small barrrer along lrfe s xx ax and haxe suc- . ' . ' X v . 1 . x 1 - A, L 4 5 1 A 4 . 5 L 1 , I 1 1 1 1 . , 1 . . . U. , . t . . m . , , 1 . . . - .l ' 1 1 .l .l ' ' 1 kk 1' I ' K A 5 I . 1 . . 1 1 , '. , ,. 'K ' ' ' ' ' A ' 1 1 -1 . . 1 1 , . . D ' ' ra. . .2 'a .r 3 lttl' 1 I . 1 . 1 1 ' , , L ' 1 L , Q 1 1s-1 -ss - - - - , , gc ' ' ' -'1 ' fl A - P C 1 K K s C 1 K Q' x . ' B1 4 I -, -L x 2 xl, , A, K ,-, V A . 1 1 1 1 K I cc Y 'vs - ' v ,' ' - , . 1 r gi Q! 1' 1 Y V K 'Q' 1. 1 v 1 Q 3 - Bw 1. - ' t t ' ' ' 1

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Melvln F Shlsler Assrstant Prmczpal fhe trme of graduatron marks the attarn ment of a qorl each of xou held rn fond antrcr patron llhe common rnterest xxhreh all of xou shared 1n strrxrng to thrs end has constrtuted the basrs for endurrnt, frrrndshrp l'he untrrr d future lrrs before xou challenv rrrff xour best rflorts rn tht rccomplrshment of thc trsks xxhrch xou choosr to undert rke Xour trrumphs 1nd suecr ssts sh rll rxcr make us gl rd X our ffrrefs rnd sorroxxs sh rll be shared bx us It rs lrkelx that none of us xxrll haxe a lrfe of contrnuous sunshrne There xxrll be testrng trmes ahead The surface of lrfes ocean cannot al xxaxs be smooth We can but hope and prax that there max be just enough shadoxs to temper the glare of the sun and just enouffh storm to make xou fullx appreeratrxe of the yox of the calm Our xx rsh for xou IS that xou max haxe hr h rdeals 'rnd noble purposes and xxrll make honest attempts to rttrrn them Herman L. Bishop Prmclpal Graduates of 1954 To many of us xxho haxc been teachrng a lonv xxhrle graduatron has become a rather routrne end of the school xear oceasron Srnce I became prrncrpal, 3292 young men and xx omen have been graduated from Lansdale Hrgh School The smallest class durrng thrs trme xx as 39 the largest 116 So you see your graduatrng class of around ll 1 rs not unusual Hoxxexer, rn the lrfe of exerx normal rn drvrdual there are certarn occasrons that art mrlestones along lrfe s xx ay Among these ex ents of xery pornted srgnrficance are one s conhrma tron, one s graduatron, and one s xx eddrnq dax So regardless of hoxx many classes haxe been graduated rn the past or hoxx large or small thev may haxc been, thrs 19 your gradurtron an ex ent you haxe been lookrng forxxard to for years To each one of xou rt means that xou haxc taken adx antaqe of all the years of trarnrng that the Amerrcan school system has to olfrr IIS xouth rn txxelye years of fret publrc school rducatron Max xou apprecr rte thrs unrquc op portunrtx that your eountrx hrs afforded xou Xlx srrrcere corrqrfrtul rtrons to ereh one of xou' U U XV ,V . V . V V D 1 ' . V V V . 4 . . . . 4, V V ' nv, 4 l 4 ' I K, , V . . . 'LA K n x A K s V I . . V V T V 7 m ' ' ' t ' V 7 ' - .V I V . ., ' 1 1 . , v y 1 v 1 ,. . K . 1 . . . V V . . . -w - 1 ' 7. ' 7. V ' V b L, l 1' A I 5 .,.. I 4 1 K . ' . ' Z 1 V V V V V V V' -V - ' 1 . I h 1 V V V V, V .V T L, 5 l 1 , 1 .',.q 'sl il ' V ' V V , V , ' V . . I s u Q n V r V V V V , . V c . V - V V Q ' V V V .V V- . . J 1 C. 1 ' X, V V . , V V V A . , c c . 4, ' . 0 0 0 ' ' ' V V . . R . 2 ' ' r V . V . . . . ,V ., . V I K p V, . ,. , ., V .- ' V ' 4 m ' - . , . .' .V V r ha ,, . -. . 5 fwvv v . V ug 3 1 v Y Q K- . . C V- .' VV . ,..V.. V sV1. V-1 . V ' . C . .. s - L V V I L 1 v ' 'ti lr 1 41 -v s 1 1 1 ' 4 1 3 1 C , - s L Vs 1 -1 - 1 c , ' . . .V . V . . V L V A V V lc . .4 . D ll. 1 . - R. Q fc . . g ' ' A . r' c V' 2 2 - '-H Aw-