Northwestern High School - Compass Yearbook (Hyattsville, MD)

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i A ff Course of Guidance Southward the course of guidance is a start mg point from which the student charts the direction of his future lt is a point to be re visited as he developing his talents through education and experience may change course or gain advice in order to remain on a true course to his goal Dedication The 1956 Compass is respectfully dedicated to the administration and the faculty of Northwestern High School for their unswerving efforts - in directing us along the pathway of knowledge in guiding us along the road to character in pointing us truly to the future. . ,, - ' We ' R - . I o 5, ' ' Z' 4? 2, ' L' - A . ,F 4 if G YL I I , f f' s .l f 5 4' ' J SN t fwf E51 - V4 , -5 1 55- - I ' Y C I 1 I I I I I

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Foreword The course of gundonce South whuch hos helped our lot And which In thus our need we ve troveled well The route to knowledge North wnll show us foretell ln tarne our future whnch now we know not Our poth Eost to lndnvlduoluty We sholl follow through these forrnulotnve yeors And though the woy moy prove to be severe The rood to chorocter West sholl shorter be Wlth post lessons Ieorned serving os our guide The onms we cherish sholl serve os our gool From useless things we would our thoughts control We stortlng out from Northwestern s for rood Now pouse to consider eoch dnrectnon For we now must moke our own declsnon And follow It though weory be our lood We hold wlth our future thus rendezvous And hope to choose dlrectlon wnse ond true CONTENTS SOUTH Course of Guudonce Admnnnstrotlon poge NORTH Route to Knowledge Closses poge EAST Poth to lndlvuduollty Students poge WEST Rood to Chorocter Extrocurrnculor Actuvntles poge NORTHWEST Ponnt to the Future poge . I l . . . . 1 I I I I I I I I . . . . I I ' I 1 I We must, whotever course we toke, hove pride. ' I I I I 1 I I T I - . . . I 1 I

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V4 Q Mr John P Spelcher Q-4' Administration Northwestern Hugh School opened os o senuor hugh school nn September l95l wlth Mr John P Speucher os prlncnpol In the succeeding yeors Mr Spelcher hos not only directed the odmlnls trotlon of thus school but olso he hos been on octave portlclpont an the mony scholostlc oth letlc ond soclol octvvntles sponsored by ond for the students Mr Spelcher ottended Western Morylond Col lege the Unrversuty of Morylond George Wosh lngton Unlversrty ond Columbuo Unuverslty ond he holds o Bochelor of Arts degree ond o Moster of Arts degree. He hos been octive os o prin- cipol for twelve yeors five of which have been with Northwestern. In spite of o busy schedule Mr. Speicher en- joys in oddition to the school octivities othletics church work ond fomily events.