Madison High School - Alembic Yearbook (Madison, NJ)

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L- XX Al D A SHOEMAlxEl Piincipal Those uho woik with aspufition and iaith foi bette1'nent 1n human affaus u hethei local nitional 01 international 'ue in dangei of becoming dismayed at the foices which iesist piogiess Ignorance and intoleiance spell discouiagement and in the midst of them one may feel he IS stiu gl1n0' alone and single handed foi the ieahzation of ideals But the fight for enlightened livin' is not carried on alone ever. The irresponsible forces for advancement are legion with phalanxes of individuals 'ind institutions. Outstanding among these is thc American Second try School. VK h it we do here in our beloxed Midison Hi h School in the direction of a better civilization is paralleled over the land in over twenty-fixe thousand other secondary schools with a combined enrollment of about eight million. Th it really counts. It is impressive VK APD A. SHOEMAKER.

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The Amerlcan Way of secondaiy education which you so well portray in the folewoid of th1s yearbook IS one of our countiys gieat contnbutlons to the world We ale the filst gieat nation to at tempt to provide flee public education thiough the high school years to all the chlldlen of all the people Your generation will have the privilege and tire world It must be done 1n youi lifetime Onlv when all nations provide adequate education fo1 youth will lt be pOSS1bl8 to achieve those high standards of cooperatlon that aie embodied 1n the present United Natlons proposals for a world that IS free fiom want and free from fear ROBERT C B PARKER MR. ROBERT C B PARKER Supeivismg P1lIlClp3.l the responsibility of extending this ideal to the en-

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,4dlnuac40z4Zwe Mr Io cph I MISS Mary Mr Charles Ma cllo Ackerman Penney Dean of Bous Dean of Gzrls Drrcctor of Guidance W1th1n the hwh school 1tself the1e 9X1mtS a cleaung' house whe1e students have found It possxble to ISCGIXG klndlv ald 1n 1ecog'n1z1nff and solvlng ploblems Thls cleaung house assumes the fO1Hl ot the Lfl'1C9b ot the Deans and the Offlce of the D116CtO1 of Gu1dance staffed 1espect1vely by N11 Joseph M1S19llO Dean of Boys M1ss Ma1y Acke1man Dean of Guls and by N11 Charles Penney D116CtO1 of Gu1dance These thlee 1n add1t1on to othe1 membe1s ot the faculty attempt to m1n1ste1 to the needs of Olll students Wlth sympathy tact and undelstandmg The work of the attend lnce staff and the malntenance ot the d1sc1pl1na1y stand a1ds of the school are supervlsed by M1 M1S19ll0 and MISS Acke1'man These also 1ep1esent l1as1on Off1CE1S between membe1s of the staff students pa1ents and 1'ep1e sentatlves of youth welfa1e agencles When cases a1e lefelled to the Deans d1sc1pl1na1y act1on IS not taken by them 1n a pe1functo1y may P1the1 the attempt IS made to obtaln a complete p1ctu1e of the students pe1sonal1ty h1s attltude tOXY'11Cl xxo1k and h1s c1t1zensh1p both 1n school and 1n the commumty so that the student mwht be asslsted to gam 1I1S1gllt lnto h1s ploblem and the1eby Clllb fLltll19 tendencles ton ard poo1 c1t1zensh1p plactlces I School home confelences or 1nd1s 1du 11 conte1ences mth the student 316 held as often as the case uauants As a 1esult of these xx alm iuendly contacts wholesome lesults hwe been produced Those who tl lnsffless the 1Lll6S of soclety find ln the Deans a benex olent attltude XXll1Cl1 goes fa1 to help the student 1eal1ze the advantages of DIODGI bal 1nce and 1nte1n1l contlol nz selt contlol OXQI those measules of exte1 nal contlol XXl1lCl1 socxety QXGICISGS 0X9l those who do not llxe 1n halmony mth It F1equently one ald of competent st1tf membels of hyglene cl1n1cs 18 enlisted Pa1allel1ng the XXOlk done lll th1s a1e1 ale the Hllllt110lCl tlsks of the D119Ct01 ot Gu1dance N11 Penney These naclude ass1st1ng students to select balanced curucu lum xsh1ch best meets the11 needs pe1sonnel XXO1k testlng the exploung of fields of student 1nte1ests and ab111t1es college ent1ance and Xocatlonal t1a1n1n0' 1equ11ements M1 Penney also keeps students 1n contact mth colleges DLISIYIQSS schools and lndustrv so that the tlan 1t1on xxluch thev make to field of h1ghe1 educ 1t1on 01 uolk may be as smooth as posslble I I 1 fit' ' ,. . .II . I I II.I I H I, ,, I I u .' Iv . . - X - . - , - I .I I . I I I I . I II I . I I . I . . I I . I I I .I I . I . . I I I . I . . I . I I I . . I ' ' 1 I ' c , c , c ' l . ' c 2 ' c Q c h ' D . ' ' I I . In C ' C I n . 1 I ' '- ' - 1 I -I- I I . I - - I I I II I I . . . I I . . - . I I I I II I . I I. . I 1 . ' I ' c ' vc . - . I . 'f ' ' ' ' . I I I I I . I II I I . . . I . I n 1'a1'e cases has it been necessary to seek the help of court authorities. f C ' . . 3 . ' J 2 ' , , I . Z . I I. . .2 -O . VII. . I. . ' c ' D ' ' . C ' ' 1 I v N ' . . C 2 C ' . 2 . I v' II . '- . I 7 . I. . 1 I I'- I . . ' : ' If . ' . , . . 4- fs - ' ' ' - ' I I I I, , I I I . . . I . I , . I A II I N . I C N:.II . I ' - . I C . . . I IC 6 I ' C , ' ' D . ' . I '. . 1 Q 1 ' -' I , ' 3 . ' . - .C S' ' . ' I C 5 ' - 2 ' ' ' '