Montgomery Area High School - La Monta Yearbook (Montgomery, PA)

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l by the supervising principal, Mr. Charles W. Potter, who took her around to see all the school board members. She was accepted unanimously and began teaching English in grades seven through eleven, but later she dropped the lower grades and added the twelfth grade to her schedule. She has for the past several years taught English in eleventh and twelfth grades. For many years she served as ad- viser for the school paper, the Microphoneg the yearbook: and the senior class. A large project which her seniors enjoyed every year was the writing of senior research themes. After she came to Montgomery, Miss Ruggles started work for a degree at Bucknell University. She earned her B.S. in Education in 1932 as a result of many summer sessions. While at Bucknell she made many enduring, delightful friendships. She and some other single companions were known in the dining room where they ate together as the Zinnias. In 1947 Miss Ruggles became a charter member of the Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, a teacher's organization. At a P. T. A. meeting on October 21, 1959, that group and the Board of Education honored her and a fellow colleague, Miss Eda Good, at a This ls Your Life pro- gram before an audience of four hundred persons. Miss Ruggles was honored for completing thirty- five years of service as a dedicated teacher and counselor. Then in May, 1962, she was honored by the students of Montgomery when they organized a chapter of the National Honor Society and named the organization the Evadne Ruggles Chapter. She also was dedicated to work in her church and recently ended twenty-tive years of teaching at the Oak Grove Methodist Church at Pikes Creek. The Class of 1964, the LA MONTA Staii, the en- tire student hody, and the faculty wish to extend their congratulations to you, Miss Ruggles, for a very rewarding forty years of teaching, both to you and to your students. May you enjoy a very pleasant and healthy future. raps- .+, 5.

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IN MEMORIAM President JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY In his inaugural address on January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy said: Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. President Kennedy served his country faithfully and gave his life while doing so. He was one of those rare personalities who arc known, loved, and re- spected throughout the world. His extraordinary understanding of world affairs enabled him to become one of the great statesmen of the century. As President, he presented to the nations of the world a symbol of the United States that we may be eternally proud of. His decisions reliect a great love for his country and a concern for the welfare of the people. They also reflect patience, ambition, and courage, the latter a virtue which he himself ad- mired greatly in other people. We can only hope that his death was not in vain and that his hopes, dreams, and plans for a better country will live on. Our nation has truly lost a great leader and a courageous man.