Ligonier Valley High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Ligonier, PA)

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Uur Sufzerrlisting Princrpal Mr Wylre explarns to Gomer Laszlo Chuck Jrm and John Class and Stu dent Council presidents Abe rn con s theory on Chrrstran leadershrp Thrs year not only the senror class b.rt also the entrre school was sad when Commencement arrrved and passed Both faculty and student body together lost a much beloved frrend and advrsor when followrng twenty years of farth ful devoted leadershrp Mr Wylre was gradu ated with the Class of 54 Members of past and present classes owe Mr Wylre a vote of thanks for the many rm provements he has rnstrgated srnce he took the helm rn 1934 The brggest one was rn the build rngs themselves He began wrth only srx rooms plus the audrtorrum rn the high school and with rn two years he planned and watched the school enlarge to rts present srze Basketball the band the commercial course and more recently the home economics and drivers educatron courses were all started by Mr Wylre The agriculture course whrch had been drscontrnued was re rng what rs now the musrc room was moved to rts present locatron The grade school burldrng was also improved throughout the years prrmar rly with the addrtron of a kindergarten New floors new lrghtrng new furniture new text books new parnt all were added when they were needed mainly after the observrng M Wylre made the necessary suggestions All meetmgs pertarnrng to school welfare were unfarlrngly attended by the Prrncrpal Per haps his enloyment of conventrons particularly the annual American Association of School Ad mrnrstrators get together usually held every Feb ruary at Atlantrc City rnsprred hrs endorsement of the first senror class trrp to Washrngton D C The students wrll always be eternally grateful to Mr Wylre for this now tradrtronal chance to vrsrt the natrons caprtol and also for the wonderful opportunrtres for advancement offered by the J-I Scarfe Scholarshrp which he was rnstrumental rn establishing Our Mr Wylre was and rs promrnent rn lo cal crvrc affairs He was a charter member and first president of the Rotary Club and has en loyed publishing Mountain Dew the Rotary newspaper for many years Through hrs posr trons as past Commander of the Amerrcan Le gron and past chaplain of the Veterans of For ergn Wars hrs wisdom and lndustry have been felt throughout the communrty Hrs Chrrstran rdeals have been shown rn hrs work at the Pres byterran Church as an elder and as the teacher of the Cooperative Sunday School class they are also very evrdent rn hrs day to day lrvrng The love and admrratron whrch every Valleyrte has for Mr Wylre was observed at the testrmonral drnner held rn his honor on Aprrl 22 All great men have some form of relaxatron artrstrc abrlrty hangs rn the oFfice where three of hrs lovely works are on drsplay Woodworkrng IS another of hrs hobbres yet perhaps hrs great est satrsfactron comes from his continuous study of Abraham Lrncoln He has become a relrable authorrty on the sublect and hrs outstandrng talks on the lrfe and works of Lrncoln are very much rn demand throughout the Valley Now that hrs official dutres are ended he hopes to tour the Lrncoln Terrrtory rn the not too drstant future Althouqh Mr Wylre has graduated from the office of prrncrpal he rs not lost to us entrrely Hrs sound cheerfully grven advrce calm rntel lrgent leadershrp and lust crrtrcrsms are strll avarlable to needy students and adults alrke Hrs aorng wrll leave a vord but the students real rze that therr loss rs the Valleys garn and wrsh Mr Wylre qood luck and prosperrty rn hrs years cf retrrement . . ' . . . . . . . . . ,, . ,, I 1 - ' I . , . .- . , . I , I a I I . ' ' 4 I I - I . . , . . . . , . I . . . I - . stored, while the library, at that time occupy- and Mr. Wylie is no exception. Evidence of his . I I . . ru . . , , , . . . I 1 n 1 . Il ' ' ll ' - - ' I D I . . . . . ' , - l ' 7 , l - . . . 2 , , , . . . n 1 1 n 1 1 I ' D l I I I ' I I ' - 1 4 9

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Ecard of fducation FRONT ROW Secy Mr V E Kuntz Treas Ms M C Ewrng Dr W D Shutter V Pres Mrs M M Lchr Mr D G Davrs BACK ROW Dr J T Newlrn Superv Prrn M C C Wylre Pres R J Flrckrnger Wrthout an Interested actrve Board of Edu catron our school system could not functron Too often students do not realrze the conscren trous effort cooperatron and meetrngs these crtr zens elected by the communrty dedrcate to servrng the future crtrzens of thrs school drstrrct Each member of the Board of Educatron repre sentrng drfferent professrons and busrnesses serves wrthout remuneratron ln fact very sel dom do thev r cerve expressrons of gratrtude for therr servrce ln partrcular thrs year the Board wrth Mr Wylres recommendations concentrated on mod ernrzrng the classrooms rn the grade school Alumnr of Lrgonrer Grade School are greatly rmpressed wrth the attractrve movable blond oak furnrture and the gleamrng floors that now occupy Rooms l 3 Besrdes these Improvements a program of supplyrng the needs of hrgh school students has been consrdered at the monthly meetrngs of the Board of Educatron held the flrst Monday of each month In December a malor change occurred the organrzatron when Dr J T Newlrn retrred after a oerrod of servrce for twelve years and hrs newly elected successor Mr Danrel G Davrs took office Both of these men were honored at the annual Chrrstmas faculty drnner that was held at the Amerrcan Legron Dr Newlrn who had served so well durrng hrs term was grven a specral grft a suede racket that he may wear whrle enloyrng hrs country home and hrs tlshrng and huntrng Durrng the latter part of thrs school year the Board of Educatron has faced a very serrous problem that of selectrng a Supervrsrng Prrn crpal to reolace Mr C C Wylre who rs retrrrng after a career of outstandrng leadershrp and cooperatron wrth the Lrgonrer Board of Educa trort t . ' ' . , .r... ,... ,. . ,..- . , ..r... , . I . I - . ' In , A , ' ... I I . 7 ' A I ' ' I I - 1 I - 1 ' . . . , D- - . . . .V I l I ., . ' ' . .. .

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?n'ca5f Ik' Wsllaman explalns the mechanlsm of the Stelnway pxano to Mlss Marker Mlss Semach MIss McHaIl and Mr Weller Mr John McCutcheon non taltenng teacher of sophomore and lunlor Hlstory spent Chrlstrnas holldays In Florlda IS usually seen with hrs attractive wlfe In a sporty Pontlac thlnks students have too much tlme between casses clalms world would be better oft wuthout late people and bolos IS faculty manager of athletlcs seldom mlssed a basketball game Mr WIllIam West IovIal zealous Instructor of Hustory and En ISh Ill asslstant basketball coach I5 very proud of hls Jayvee basketball team hIs famIlIar chuckle constantty echoes through the halls of L H S cant seem to under stand lunlor excuses always ready wIth a new lake delnghts In telllng of war experIences Mr Charles Mathews IS klndly but perseverlng when carry Ing out hls worthwhlle Ideas ,TIES to acqualnt puplls wIth LIgonIer delIghts In trylng new methods ot teachlng frequently offers advice and guldance to students teaches CIvIcs Pennsylvanla History and P O D IS always avall able as a gutted piano accompanlst f X JLQLLXQL I,I2f,4, 7D C MISS Katherine Marker has always served as Mr Wylle s eftlclent secretary IS ever Wllllng to offer UdVICe to some perplexed student has never been seen In tears except when her fingers were caught In a car door good naturedly makes all the announcements over the P A system co lected penaltles from tardy students for the Poluo Fund Mlss Faye McHaIl popular homeroom teacher of Room 5 enpoys worklng wlth the sophomores usually wlns a prlze for decoratIons at Chrlstmas time llkes bowllng swnmmlng and archery receIved her engagement rIng before Chrlst mas helps secretarIes wzth thelr many problems cap ably teaches Bookkeeplng Typlng and Busmess ArIthmetIc Mlss Mary Semach reserved MISS Semach taught her first year at Llgonler Hlgh thIs year orIgInally from Pnttsburgh lIkes LIgon er Val ey the resldents and the weather grad uated from PItt In 1953 has her own apartment on Falrtle d Street and In school can be found In Room 2 teaches Typ Ing and Snorthand and IS asslstant advnsor of the lournallsm Club enloys llstenxng to classical muslc on the radIo Mr Nevzn Weller well llked Nev IS the Art Instructor at LIgonIer Hlgh also teaches sophomore Engllsh amazes his classes wlth hIs knowledge of varlous sublects I5 extremely proud of three rare brrds he purchased thls year usually seen sellIng tlckets at home games advlses stage and make up crews named has mIschIevous parakeet Dennls the Menace Mr Howard Wlllaman our patxent and versatnle muslc teacher works very hard for has annual Sprmg Concert of hls llttle daughter Rebecca produced the musIcal portlon of the Chrlstmas Pageant Instructs Band and Chorus always has a wltty remark to make band sesslons muslng WGAP Mr Mathews Mr McCutcheon and Mr West make preparatuons for a TDOVIS 10 .I . . - 1 r x ' D l . -at E4 . . ... I- ' 1 . . ' ' l 4 . M K s . . . . . . . . ' ' ' ' I x I l ' A . . . D . . . . . . ' , I , I ' ' . , , , - - - . 7 Y I , . . , , - . . H' . I - . . . . , . - - I, I, - P . . . A ' ' ,, . f, provided excellent entertainment at half-time . . . proud . . , I - ,I ,I . , gl' ... ' ... ' . . .. , I I , - - - --V - !,,v - 1 ' I ' ' f' F xv: ' - ,fl f' A 'V .s fl H It I l X an HJ, V I