Mount Pleasant High School - Green Leaf Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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'I776 One might wonder if George Washington, sur- veying the snovvat Valley Forge, ever antici- pated a two-hundredth birthdaygfor the young, weak, and divided nation whose rag-tag army he led. Whatever little he probably thoughts about the prospect, here we are, in 1976, about to celebrate America's Bicentennial. We are citizens offfthe same country that he was so long, long ago. Today, perhaps, we are a little more powerful, a little more affluent than were are ancestors, our country is now neither weak, hopelessly divided, nor especially young. They has grown from a gathering of re- bellious English colonies over two centuries ago to the keeper of the light of freedom in the contemporary world. Our nation's first two hundred yeairsztraveled a twisted, arduous path - at each turn a crisis, a lfvital decision to be made, an everlasting quest 1976 And so we arrive at our Bicentennial. We ics,c , today in atime of re-adjustment, a csii T of traditional practices. Outmoded ideasfaire going iiii the board, and new practicalities are taking their place. Onrefgbyilsone the ties with yesterday's world areifiijiijbgrieaiking. Change, i,,i for ii better or for worse, is iiaicceleratingl are being opened up. New T , diSQtIssed. New humans are taking theirffplaces in scs, in7glife.i New lifestyles are forming. The future is V rushing toward us, yigg, 3 gigita , But in the seeminglmayhem of ic, and contextual evolution, at- y tempt to rationalize away our responsibilities,f,.,s1f!55,j5,nj5Qg to ourselves and to others. We, in Americaiisifxfi I 1 must continue to set our sails by the star that T our founding t,si fathers fixed for themselves when they brought demwgg:y,c to the new world. We must attempt toflfbfllow its path as., l 'toibe fair to all men and yet let all men rule. well as we possibly can. Weiirnust have r The road thepeople of America have chosen that if we doggedly, persistently, ,rs , to hoe was neverian easy onegit is filled with and highfmindedly stick it out, a brightericdayif iitii if iclli T compromise, strife, and Our self- will must hopefor the future, thatjitg- . , reliant fathers steered clear,ofIfthiie easy trap will beffbetteri than the t,, Many have given ll totalitarianism that so many fledgling nations ilil if much tolrhoe the lt is because ,,,,, of , tiiti,, tot,,keeping instead on the road of them that we are cl corrections slowly by trial bicentennial. It remindisicius to and ef H 'OWS time YO get iusi the +15 iisc,sc lli right balance betweenvlocal and nation- you, l, the ,L Q al government. It the farmetin Arkansas, thheiassem- allsctheggissues that Camas iifli liic T man ing5iDetgrfo,it, the executtiixielein Los he United States withstood illl afffgfreata Angeles. We are galil? fparticipantsfingftiaf partial country became more just in fulfillment of adream that princicptleatyeach crossroad, gradually, Ameri- ,,,i , the dream that all men cans began tof their coat of isolation- given freedom to live ism in efforts to bring their type of free society ffl T, the-re. And, therein lies to other men, and many timesg IUEY have frustration, to live T to combat the spread of mindless tyran- tomorrow, cctcc make less, partial the tlggggc i the less fortunate. ,ht , fulfillment ofifftheiidream. fi ,atis,l T. ,gt ilsg T T t laid two hundred years ago, 'l,t f man Q52 g,tg feeling of ever, is fairttgfrom finishedq gtl Nowf America has llli nftitialways hats -as and all effort ness, too. The ideal man, of has nevergfand probably willfnever exist to our 5country's sigcgii lt, if the way theyibasically are.i to hcc future of the ,Out iW21Ys15 iiS rCl0S9f to What 55 T N T T right, give a lift to T iilliil A liiii i T t those who have needf htii hiiihhi w ho A l lfgfi chance to control theiiffiirleoiwn ilsivesfj ttt h N icc.. 3 Wh0iC0V'ff the Sumltitieibf ff99d0m-diff ill i qi 77' 'I - . 1 1 . .:tp..t,,,tEi,,f:f .i i-et .ii-:, ,,fsht,, t A f . ,,.. K 1 - i,:7.2ggg,i5qggg5QYS?1553,19I i g- 2 t' 1P5s1-ifj.,f- -' r Q , ,:- f -'.' 1:---f 3 ig,-rf A , . Q fi r 1 ,. .css 5

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QEJQ4 1976 The Green Leaf Published by the Green Leaf Staff of Mt. Pleasant High School Wilmington, Delaware 19809 Volume 26 june 1976

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WE HO UR A GOOD FRIE D .Q 'fir an if Q5 Wt M5 ,, -1 - if N..f s. .fL. ,A fi ---f f, sm , , I it . . aa. 'Ar ,.,.,.g .X His school day begins early and ends late, and as the days become weeks, then months, his months never seem to end for there is that last bill to be paid - usually incurred by some student activity - or one more requisition to be completed for school supplies. He began his Mt, Pleasant Career as a Math teacher in 1968 but soon found himself in the role of an administrator, a position whose limits become limitless. There is hardly a time that his office is free of students who need guidance and supervision as they pursue financial stabi- lity for their activities be it advising a senior treasurer or a yearbook business manager. His chief virtue is his sincere devotion to not only the school but also the students. lll f Because he is a keystone in the structure of school life, we feel 9 s 'W it a privilege to honor our good friend, Mr. Richard Huffman. ,xtlxxv , ,Miz f X X x W I ' in , x , 1- UM f ' i URlEl '-9 Nw X U 'ig .5 41 J Nt-. l li H' mf ll N l ll l i 'J fx' it t -on ll N H 6 l ' t ' V,iv A if ff if lf ll l Li 8 ltft t A iff X :gli it la P5 17 lt'- 4 W xl' 5- Nfl TSI' X 3