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

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Dear Senlors Congratulations and hest wishes to each of you as you FCCBIXC your much cherished diploma May this ceremony of recenmg a diploma stimulate you to do your best on whatever road you may decide to follow ln life You are entering a world that is in great need of people who know how to work how to apply themselves to a task how to find happiness in their work Within the next ten years, shortages may reach critical proportions ln the fields of scientific tion and certain semi professional fields Although there are more workers ln each of the fields 1n 1951 than there were ln 1940 the increase has by no means kept pace with the demand ln each of the fields the need IS cumulative The need IS eudent for those of you who are willing to be trained and who will apply advanced work ln a yob that will assist other people and bring to you personal satlsfactlon To attain this happiness in a job well done takes courage, patience, and perseverance In becom lng prepared for ones place ln life one does not have only happy joyful experiences That would not be a real world but one must also expect days when the world seems gloomy and all things seem to be barriers These are the days that test your real worth and value Hold to your ambition with continued zeal and the goal will be realized Best wishes to each of you Sincerely DOROTHY E BERGER Vzce Prmczpal and Counselor 5 . . I My . . . . . . research, engineering and technology, health services, executive and supervisory' positions, educa- . . . . ,, . . . , . . . . ' . 7 ' 7 10

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Dear Seniors The mam sprlng of human progress IS lnltlatlve You are begmnlng to reallze thls premlse IS a profound one Where lmtlatxve 15 stlfled human progress, hke water wlthout motion, forms Into sloughs and becomes stagnant You wlll see examples of this materlallze wlth some of your assoclates just as lt has occurred ln the hlstory of natlons Your wondrous country has not reached heights of progress now holdlng the eyes of the world upon It under force or under the precepts of some archalc ollgarchy Your natlon has at tamed the esteem of all peoples wlthout sol1c1tat1on or coerclon A respect for the dlgmty of man under freedom and llberty has permltted 1n1t1at1ve to bulld Amerlca What are you golng to do about keeplng lt and yourself on thxs same plane of welfare? Competltlon wlll be much keener for you than lt was for your fathers Our dynamlc country grows enormously m populatlon ln lnterests and ln materlal productlvlty The fact that more people are avallable for lndustrlal and professlonal enterprlse means that not only ablllty IS deslred but that quallty of ablllty IS glven greater conslderatlon More splrlt HOWlng from concentrated lnterests demands the keenest understandmg and a fine srftmg of values m human affalrs Deeper knowledge and mder appllcatlon of technologlcal advances requmre a wnse balance of ut1l1tar1an need agamst frlvolous luxury In th1s soclety mlsconstrued Ideas of freedom endanger the moral obllgatlon of man to htm self and to others Your IIIIIIHUNC should dlrect you to those values that have proven most helpful to other men through the centurles Keep the freedom you now enjoy to select the quallty and quantlty of falth m whlch you care to belleye Here you may find your greatest happiness Remember the words of Thomas Jefferson The people of every country are the only safe guardlans of the1r own rlghts and are the only Instruments whlch can be used for their destructlon lVlay you all contlnue to grow and to be blessed wlth good health Smcerely LEWIS V KOST Prznczpal 9 1 . . . Y . .. . . v Y - Y. . . . . . ..r V . . . . . .. . 5 . .v . . Y. ' .Y V , V - , ,as . . . . . - - 79 r ', . - r 7

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gnghsd meparfmen f Xlltll on Xllen Donald Sluafler F ther Bn ht Kdllltflllt l'i1nm'laub'Nlary X Dllvyorth Rxchard K1 tler label pm Harold Remnullrr Bertha Dutker F Ray Shank Rhoda Bower Nlary Balthaser There comes a tlme each year when most seniors are walklng down the halls dramatically shouting Out damned spot' out l say' Double double toll and trouble fire burn and cauldron bubble or To be or not to b that IS the questlon No doubt the buddlng thesplans haye just come from English class where such plays as Vlacbeth and Ham let are read and enjoyed by every one Besldes Shakespeare senlors study the history of Engllsh hterature from Beowulf to present tunes the art of composltlon and a revlew of grammar As an extra each pupll takes one subject to thlnlc about such as Rock N Roll He IS then dtrected to write down everythlng that comes into hls mlnd about that subject It IS an lnterestlng assignment and one that glves the student a good lnslght into a SPCCIHC subject by the end of the year The year of memory work, the ,lumor Year beglns wxth such thlngs as a study of dangling modlfiers and redundant phrases ln gram mar Besldes thls half year of grammar the de velopment of llterature ln the Lnlted States IQ studied and the connectlon between early Amen can Literature IS made clear Along wlth readlng QCTCLIIOUS of prose and poetry such as some of Poes works and Thanatopsts by Bryant each student prepares a project or report on a speclal lzed theme Passmg lnto a Sophomore Enghsh class one mlght hear a would be 'Vlarc Antony dCCl3llTllI'lg Frlends Romans country men lend me your ears for one of the mam readmg asslgnments durlng this year IS ,luhus Caesar Sophomores also read Sllas Marner and such famous short stories as The Ptt and The Pendulum The Red headed League and Dr Heldeggers Ex perlment The rest of the year IS devoted to elements of grammar By endeavorlng to develop ln each student a genulne appreclatlon of hterature and by help mg htm to express blmself freely and clearly the English department at N HS can truly be credlted with servtng the school and the com mumty alllce S- - ' ' - - s ,. ' .S ' s L ., - as , as M ' ' '. , , . , . or f at - , , . v s s - ' as cc - ' , 5 X 5 ' 1 as - as Y f - l fe 9 e,- . . . . , , Y sa vs as ' as ' v , Y , l 1 v . 1 . . . 4 . v H j , Y ' 7 7 7 I . .QQ n 1 I , c ' ' ' ' . . . 55 . ,, N . 5' N t ' as - 17 - - as s s 91 , M , ,, H ' 1 ' ' ' as as - 9 . . . . i - ,, I . so V vs - . . . 7 1 . . . H . , - 99 sc as - . . .