Mars Area Junior Senior High School - Planet Yearbook (Mars, PA)

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Teachers Stimulate Desire LIFE HOLDS wonder for accelerated biology students. ENCOURAGED BY Mr. Deuds, boys strive te parfad their eaerdination. No matter haw good the curriculum of a school might be, a student cannot profit by it unless he has a good teacher. Moreover, mere knowledge of a subject does not necessarily make a good teacher. A person can be the best in his field, but if he is unable to impart a shore of his knowledge to the student, his presence in the classroom becomes a hin- drance rather than a help in learning. A student who has already decided upon a career accepts the fact that certain courses are necessary for the attainment of his goal, but a student who has not yet decided on any particular vocation often feels that he is being forced to take something that will never be of any value. This is where the teacher comes in. Stimulating a desire to learn in such a student proves the worth of a really good teacher. 'Kc Q. Q J. C, , 1 1 2-. V ' v 1 la A 5 ' 1 I ' - 'wo' . w - l J .Q I ' . S... 'H 3. JL-il' ' , . . . Mr. Alvin Murchison Mr. Clement Pupils, Jr. Mrs. Carole Phillips Mrs. Mary Preuss Mrs. Mary Romxdon Advanced Math, Gnneral Scisnn 8th English Spanish librarian, Collage Algebra 26 11th English

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QD' 57 -X ., X ,tr A. 1. fps W Mr. Paul Smith Mechanical Drawing, Electric Shop . Mr. Arno Thompson P. o. D., Psychology, lr. High Guidance A -43' A x H 1 Miss Mary Young 8th English 5 . AT FACULTY basketball game, hachors unsuccessfully challenge Pittsburgh Steelers. x Mr. Hamid Stang 7th History Mn. Sandra Towle AH Hichnsi Howard How important is education? ls it really worth all the time and trouble put into it? The forces of Communism seem to think that education is indeed worth the trouble. in Russia, the Bolsheviks depended upon the indoctrination of youth, not the parents, to carry out their ideas. As the number of countries imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain increased, the children of these countries were also forced to attend schools run by the state. When Castro took over Cuba, he immediately national- ized the entire school system. in Venezuela and other latin American countries universities were rocked with Communist- inspired student riots. Realizing the importance of education, President Kennedy stated in his i963 Education Message: Na task before our nation is more important than expanding and improving the educational opponunities of all our people . . . Education is both the foundation and the unifying force of our demo- cratic way of life. It is the mainspring of our economic and social progress. It is the highest expression of achievement in our society, ennobling and enriching human life. In short, it is at the same time the most profitable investment society can make and the richest reward it can confer. MISS FRY, student teacher, demonstrates the art of pottery making.