Moorestown Senior High School - Nutshell Yearbook (Moorestown, NJ)

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M arion L. LeConey Secretary Board of Education Louise McC. Bechtel Executive Assistant to Superintendent B.A., Oberlin College M.A., Columbia University

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Superintendent of Schools Paul R. Jones M.A., Columbia University . . . FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLSl DESK: Very often we assume because we are born in a democracy that all of us will under- stand and appreciate it. Nothing could be a greater fallacy. Many people who have grown up as citizens of this country and have been exposed to all the democratic institutions of our way of life seem to have little understanding of the responsibilities that must Cbme with democratic government. Such people, have little regard for the rights and privileges of others and show little appreciation for the government of which they are a part. This is probably true because so many things in life are taken for granted. There is no quick method by which good civic attitudes can be established. Only as all of us study the development of democratic institutions can we value and appreciate them. Such a study will reveal that our social heritage has been a process of slow and painful procedure. It has been accumulated day by day and year by year; our generation has had the opportunity to profit by the work and struggle of many generations that preceded it. You as members of the CLASS OF 1958 have had many opportunities to study democracy in action. You have had the chance to participate in perhaps a small way. Now as the future leaders of your generation you will have within your experience the responsibility to take your proper place in this great nation of ours. May this ex- perience prove to be the most valuable to you and to the country of which you are a part. PAUL R. JONES Superintendent of Schools

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Carl F . Hensinger Principal of High School M.A., Lehigh University TO THE SENIORS HYouth in a Democracyi, is indeed a very timely theme for this 1958 edition of the N utshell. In your classes and school organizations you have experienced the satisfaction of work- ing with your fellow students and teachers in groups to achieve certain goals: developing skills, learning to think intelligently, serving your school and community, learning to use leisure .wisely, learning to safeguard your health, etc. This experience of working as a member of a gioup is excellent training for life in a democracy. In your classes and the many activities of the school you have also had the opportunity to develop your individual capacities as you have seen fit. You have enjoyed the freedom to select your program of studies to prepare for a career or a college of your own choosing. Your individual achievement is very important in democracy. Yours has been a broad education conceived in freedom and dedicated to the idea that the development of the individual is the real goal of education. This is the real meaning of youth in a democracy. May you bring credit to yourselves, to your community, and to your school as you seek to achieve success and happiness in this great democracy. Good luck! g$ y D g . M argaret M . Binker Assistant to the High School Principal and Guidance M.S., Temple University