Oley Valley High School - Olean Yearbook (Oley, PA)

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me lCCltlOll TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS For you the happy high school years now come to an end Naturally you are anx1ous to take your place rn a larger world Our present world needs you and m1ll1ons of others 11ke you w1th your youth and v1s1on Face hte wxth a lrttle humor a great deal of p1ty a ceaseless cur1os1ty a love of beauty and a sense of comradeshrp wlth all men What IS good 1n hfe? Who can tell' Th1s small verse seems to come very close What IS the real good? I asked ln musxng mood Order sa1d the law court Knowledge sa1d the school Truth sa1d the wrseman Pleasure sa1d the fool Love sa1d the ma1den Beauty sa1d the page Freedom sa1d the dreamer You have already dlscovered a v1ta1 truth the good hfe IS not gotten alone through matenal wealth It 18 a chang1ng pattern w1th the same constant elements Try to hnd as nearly as posslble the xdeal values of l1fe kmdness to one another tolerance understandmg good w1ll and comradeshrp Bu1ld your own hfe on these and all mankrnd w1ll be blessed Home sa1d the sage Fame sa1d the soldxer Equrty the seer Spoke my heart full sadly The answer IS not here Then Wllhln my bosom Softly th1s I heard Each heart holds the secret' Klndness 1S the world L PEMBERTON WILLIAMS 7 lzrve

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0l el,UOI' The story of the 49ers has found a promment place rn our Amencan hxstory books It has appeared as a thrxlhng adventure of daring men rn a maddemng rush for gold and also as a foremost factor rn the develop ment of the West and of thxs great country It IS thxs story to Wh1Ch we l1ke to compare the story of our own school hves As then 49 means a year rn whrch we undergo a change of tools and envrronment rn our search for success whrch we recrhze rs not IOSEPH HOOVER obtarned only rn terms of gold In thetr wtld deslre for wealth the gold eekers left homes and ofhces abandoned the plow and thelr tools rn order to joxn the w1ld rush for gold We are leavrng a school the books the shop and laboratory equrpment our frxends and school actlvrtles and classes as we follow the path mto the future As the prospectors frantrcally fled westward they were not alone but were accompanred by many fellow adventurers who were a constant asset ln thexr struggle to reach thexr goal Our group of 1949 ers enters 1nto 1lS future wlth the benefrts of compamonshrp and group actron addmg mnumerable benefrts rn our efforts for success The route to follow 1n 1849 presented many hardshrps and dangers even as our own mdlvxdual routes wxll not be strarght and smooth Hunger thxrst and attacks by Indrcms hrndered their already hazardous and uncertarn yourney and they were guxded only by advrce and mformatron left by therr predecessors Our confxdence however IS backed by twelve years of preparatron xn addrtron to the advlce and careful guldance of faculty and admrnrstratron We unhke the gold seekers do not hold wealth as a means or a symbol of success but we do recogmze and mtend to uphold the admrrable trarts and worthy characterrstrcs of Amencamsm set up by our predecessors past and present as we follow our route mto the future and our success on len fa Those Who Have Shown Us the Way page fxve We Are Not Alone page frfteen The Route to Follow page lh1I'lYflV6 What We Leave Behmd page forty three Tun gg 1 . . . 1 1 . . 1 1 . , ' S , . I 1 1 1 I . . . , - 1 , . 1 1 . 1 ' 1 I 1 1 I KJ

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OLEY HIGH SCHOOL 1 1 is .14 ma Wafer We Slng to Oley H1gh School We make for thee a crown Noble and strong To thee w1th loyal hearts We ra1se our song May your spxnts never dxe Nor your walls decay We w1ll s1ng our praises Through endless days OLEAN OF 1949 Rest on thy brow Pnde honor glory love Before thee bow Swellxng to Heavens hlgh Our praxses nng Pray that Oley Hlgh School Survwes all thmgs - 'Y' i hs. p' I W. rrfu 'Q' A ' . M 'vas' ' - 1. fg r 'Y . 'Q' .V yu - I 9 I 2 V 1- ,L ' nf. 9 , L K 19' . ,' ' - 'xr . - 1 I I ' I - I I I I , I