Norristown Area High School - Spice Yearbook (Norristown, PA)

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Superintendent ELLWOOD A GEIGES TO THE CLASS OF 1953 Dear Frnends As you approach the threshold of adult life remember the unstructlon of your teachers From them you have received something In addltlon to class room teachung Certainly your accumulatlon of knowledge facts and skulls wlll be profitable But more umportant wnll be the result of many scholastuc expert ences which have contributed to the bulldlng of good character The emphasis placed upon the value of moral stamnna lnltlatlve and hard work should prove lnvaluable to you ln years to come Thousands of young men and women wull complete their hugh school traln :ng this year With only a few of the world s youth enloymg the pruvllege of an education free from State and polutlcal domlnatuon ut IS proper that we should be thankful for a heritage whuch provldes unrestrlcted opportunities We should be grateful too for gifts less obvious equality liberty lusttce and a rlght to worshnp as we please for a government by and for the people and for a thousand other lays that pass unnotnced but are a part of all that ns good nn our daily llves Let us In our humble gratutude find strength and fauth and deducate our selves to wholesome productnve lnves Sincerely yours ELLWOOD A GElGES Supermtendent 'IO n 1 - 1 1 1 1 . . . , . . . . 1 - 1 I 1 1 1 , . 1 - 1