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

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Seutvrl: Dr. Mark D. Grim, Mrs. Naomi K. Gm-lire-t. Mr. Harold .l. H:-rlu-in. Standing: Mr. Henry H. Eyricll, Mr. Frank S. Fisln-r. 1 TO THE CLASS OF 1952: Graduation is the time for congratulations, praise, plauflits, and hand-shakes. The Board of Directors of the Oley Township School District joins in this spirit of Graduation to extend to each of you congratulations. After the plaudits and festivities come the realities. The time has now come that you must think about life's responsibilities. We hope that we have given you some opportunities to learn to think more clearly, to get along better with your fellowmen and to improve your own well being. Wlietller you go into farming, industry or business, or whether you go on to continue your education and training still further, we trust that your pursuits in life will be a Credit to yourself. your school, your community, your country and your God. Harold J. llerllein President of the Board Finn

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S ix I 1 i T0 THE CLASS OF 1952: Graduation time has arrived once again. All the festivity and applause centers on you. You have successfully passed the first twelve grades in an American public school system. Success is yours by reason of your efforts and ideals. We salute you. Con- gratulations to each and every member of f '52. May success and happiness be yours always. Your theme for this yearbook - the Bicentennial of Berks County -has many applications. Two hundred years ago our forefathers saw fit to take definite steps to form the great County of Berks. They had a vision. The Bible tells us Where there is no vision, the people perish. Today once again we face momentous problems at home and abroad. Questionable ideologies are proposed on every side. Ours is the task to vision the good and to abhor the evil. At this point I want to again call your attention to the philosophy of your Alma Mater stated as follows: To live successfully in a democracy means tal the ability to recognize the problems, tbii the ability to face situations with assurance and Ccj the will to achieve solution. Goethe once said, Thinking is easy, acting is difficult and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. You are thoroughly briefed on the problems of the present and the past and we have reasons to believe that your vision, effort, and the will to achieve will help you solve the problems that lie ahead. To learn to interpret the times is our challenge. However let us remember that one can no more change himself, than a leopard can change its spots. We need Divine guidance. Tolstoy said, 'gTo know God is to live. This is the greatest experience possible to a human being. Think creatively, act cooperatively, and assume respon- sibility and then you will have fulfilled your motto g'Up the ladder, step by step.