New Riegel High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (New Riegel, OH)

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CLASS OFFICERS SENIORS: Carol Wank, treasurer, Arthur Scherger, presidentg Janet Clouse, vice- presidentg Phyllis Watts, recorderg Lawrence Burkett, sergeant. SOPHOMORES: Janice Coleman,treasurerg Susan Clouse, sergeant, Berneda Bumb, reporter, Gerald Huss, secretaryg Robert Theis, president, Wilfred Kinn, vice- president. I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know, I want to be able, as days go by, Always to look myself straight in the eye, I don't want to stand with the setting sun, And hate myself for things I have done. I don't want to keep on a Clos et shelf A lot of secrets about myself, And fool myself, as I come and go, Into thinking that nobody else will know The kind of a man I really am, I don't want to dress myself up in a sham. MYSELF JUNIORS: Kathleen Gillig, reporter, Jane Elchert, presidentg Jane Reinhart, vice- presidentg Marvin Hohman, treasurer, Re- becca Kelbley, secretary. FRESHMEN: Mary Jane Smith, reporter, Re becca Rutherford, treasurerg Carol Clouse, presidentg Joseph Theis, vice-president, John Wagner, sergeantg Wilfred Tiell, sec- retary. I want to go out with my head erect, I want to deserve all men's respect, But here in the struggle for fame and pelf, I want to be able to like myself, I don't want to look at myself and know That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show. I never can hide myself from meg I see what others may never seeg I know what others may never knowg I never can fool myself, and so, What ever happens, I want to be Self-respecting and conscience-free. ----------Selected

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WH T IS A TEACHER fThis article written by Miss Butler was read into the Congressional Record by a member of the United States House of Representatives. I Between the innocence of infancy and the dignity of maturity, our children fall under the influence of a group of people called teachers. Teachers come in assorted sizes, weights, and colors. They have various interests, hobbies, relig- ions, and beliefsg but they share one creed: To help each child to reach the highest possible degree of personal development. The teacher is a composite. A teacher must have the energy of a harnessed volcano, the efficiency of an adding machine, the memory of an elephant, the understanding of a psychiatrist, the wisdom of Solomon, the tenacity of a spider, the patience of a turtle trying to cross the freeway in rush-hour traffic, the de- cisiveness of a general, the diplomacy of an ambassador, and the financial acumen of a Wall Street wizard. She must remember always that she teaches by word but mostly by precept and example. A teacher may possess beauty, or grace, or skill: but most certainly she must possess love--a deep abiding love of, and respect for, children individually and en masse. She must love your little girl who has the song of a bird, the squeal of a pig, the stubbornness of a mule, the antics of a monkey, the spryness of a grasshopper, the curiosity of a cat, the slyness of a fox, and the mysterious mind of a woman. She must also cherish your little boy who is inconsiderateg bothersome, an intruding bundle of noise with the appetite of a horse, the digestion of a sword swallower, the energy of an atom bomb, the lungs of a dictator, the imagination of Paul Bunyan, the shyness of a violet, the audacity of a steel trap, and the enthusiasm of a firecracker. A teacher must teach many things: reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling, geography, history, music, art, health. She must also manage during her 6 llZ hours to teach manners and morals to children whose parents have despaired of the task during their 17 lfZ hours. A teacher is Truth with chalk dust in its hair, beauty with an aching back, Wisdom searching for bubble-gum, the Hope of the future with papers to grade. A teacher must possess many' abilities. She must not mind explaining for the 10th time the intricacies of two-place multiplication to the whole class, then explaining it again to the one child who wasn't listening. She must learn to judge between encouraging and pushing a child. She must sense what decisions to make and what must be made by the child. She must be steadfast without being inflexible: sympathetic without being maudling ldving without possessing. She must live in childhood without becoming childish, to enjoy its great joys, satisfactions, its genuine delights: while understanding its griefs, irritations, embarrassments and harassments. A teacher must, each year, send 30 children to another teacher--proudly, lovingly, sadly--and await 30 more with ready wit, love, and eagerness. She must do all this while worrying about how to pay the utility bills, what to have for supper, whether her baby has the chickenpox, if her lesson plans will meet the supervisor's requirements, how Mrs. Smith will take the lower grades on John's report card, where to get the extra money for summer school, and who took the dime from Susie's purse. For this you will pay her more than the garbage man, but less than the garage mechanicg more than the grocery clerk, but less than the postmang more than the ditchdigger, but less than the truck driver. The most amazing thing about a teacher is that she wouldn't trade jobs with anyone she knows. She likes to teach. 9