Mont Pleasant High School - Montaneer Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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ln working wilh you lor lhe pasl lhree years, lhe overall purpose of +he faculfy of Monl Pleasanl l-ligh School has been lwoelold. I+ has been our purpose 'ro help each, in lhis phase ol whal should be a life long quesl, become all lhal is wilhin him 'ro be, io help each realize his fullesl polenlialilies. Through an ongoing pursuil' of 'rhis obieclive, on your parl, borh wifhin and ourside of Jrhe bounds of formal educalion, your capabili+ies can be developed so +ha'r you will be able fo ulilize lhem in lhe planning and in 'rhe living ol a good life. Secondly, we have soughr lo cullivale wilhin you fhe willingness and abilify To conlribule as besl you can To rhe conlinuecl development ol our democralic sociefy. Much of our educalional elforl has been in lhe area ol lransmission of knowledge, knowledge of lhe ideals, slandards, values, and lechnology ol This and olher cullures. We have parfially failed if wilhin you lhere has nor developed lhe urge 'ro confinue lhis search for knowledge lhrough each of The years ahead. We have failed even more, however, if we have inculcared rhe concepl fhal To know is fhe end. We do expecl +ha+ you know considerably more as a resul+ of your high school experiences, bul il is more signilicanl Thar you know how lo use whaf you know and have lhe disposifion lo do so. Presidenl Eisenhower slaled fhis principal mosl elleclively in a recenf address when he said, we musl believe in and praclice an approach founded on individual iniliafive, individual self reliance and resourcefulness, individual confidence, and individual volunleer ellorl. ln 'rhis role The American cilizen is noi a speclafor or a dependenf bul' an acrive and vigorous parlicipanl. And pariicipanl he musl be if we are lo remain a free sociely. ln lhe world conllicl belween lhose who believe in 'rhe supremacy of lhe slale, and lhose who believe in The supreme worlh of man, freedoms viclory clearly requires vilalily in 'lhe individual cilizen-and vilalily in 'rhe volunlary associalions in which he chooses 'ro ioin for common purposes. Emu ,g1.l?.-769 fm I ff A , I7 1 , sd - 1'

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4 4 ELEANOR KELLY Nurse Teacher I0 Qi I ,.,.r 3' i MARGARET BERGEN, M.S., Girls Guidance Counselor ,ll- Nki X 3 X : ' 5 Qgxrxf wg '1WQ'F N35 JA .........., e A Q' CHARLES ABBA, M.A., A5sas+an+ Principal CHARLOTTE JUNIAK ZOE MARTINDALE, B.S. Q OFFICE STAFF CHARLOTTE LUHRS I 1714, fpylw' 7 I 1 5i,!ZbIM JOHN GREGORY, M.A., Boys Guidance Counselor ' vi 1 1 'f ff' , ar .. gf I . ALICE FENSKIN HOMER AYLESWORTH Head Cusfodian