New Oxford High School - Memento Yearbook (New Oxford, PA)

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fiwaewwad Those of us, while yet in high school, never .quite realize how our lives are being woven day by day out of myriads of invisible threads. But, in fact, each unnoticed influence, each guided activity, and every imperceptible tug up or down, which the ordinary daily high school experiences fumish, are silently, but surely, making up our lives and shaping their courses. The common place present in our high school lives we hardly count, be- cause we are always looking back on a past or dreaming ahead into a rosy future, which, we hope, will be full of wonderful and epoch-making events. And yet all the time, in spite of us, the future is being made out of the present, and the material of our future is to be what we are now weaving. This issue of the MEMENTO has been so planned that, in our dreamed-of future, we may look back on our past to see and appreciate the ac- tivities that were planned to meet our current needs and the incidental experiences that serve to make life more livable. May this MEMENTO brighten our future with cherished memories of our past. THE STAFF MEMENTO 1952 NEW OXFORD HIGH NEW OXFORD, PA. It is behind doors, such as this, thatwe find the cherished keepsakes and antiques of the past. Beyond our door lie the pictorial mementos of ourschool years. . . open it, and relive our experiences with us. . .

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lfteme MEETING THE NEEDS OF YOUTH Education for Democracy and Education for Life Adjustment, are the objectives of the secondary schools of today. How the New Oxford High School has attempted to meet the needs of its youth, is the theme woven, pictorially, through the pages of Momento 1952. THE THQ IMPERATIVE NEEDS OF YOUTH-- 1. WORK. All youth need to develop salable skills. 2. HEALTH. A11 youth need good health and physical fitness. 3. CITIZENSHIP. All youth need to understand the rights and duties of the citizen in a democracy. 4. l-IOME. All youth need to understand the significance of the family and what helps in a successful amily life. - 5. THRIFT. All youth need to know how to purchase and use goods and services intelligently. 6. SCIENCE. All youth need to understand the main scientific facts and their influence on human life. 7. APPRECIATION. All youth need opportunities no develop appreciation of beauty in art, music, literature 'and nature. . LEISURE TIME. All youth need to be able to use their leisure time wisely and well. . SOCIAL. All youth need to develop respect for others and to live cooperatively with them. . LANGUAGE. A11 youth need to grow in their ability to express their thoughts clearly, to read and listen with understanding. 8 9 10