Orwigsburg High School - Hi Crier Yearbook (Orwigsburg, PA)

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DEDICATIO l x MR. WILLIA M SNYDER The members of the Senior Class of Orwigsburg High School dedicate the Hi-Crier of 1955 to our honored and esteemed teacher, principal, and counselor, Mr. William Snyder. His genuine desire to improve the activities and scholastic standards of the school, through encour- aging and building good students, has been increasingly evident, By splendid example, by em- phasis upon worthwhile achievements, he has influenced immeasurably the lives of all who have come under this tutelage, Born in Ashland, he was graduated from Butler Township Schools in 1942, after which he spent three semesters at West Chester, earning credits in Health and Physical Education: three, at Ursinus, in science: five semesters at West Chester, in science, after which he received his B. S. in education from that school. He attended Bucknell University where he spent two semes- ters in the post-graduate school, earning his M. S, degree in education. He served three years in the United States Navy where he earned his commission and also studied physics, advanced mathematics, and Navigation. He served in the Pacific Theatre and was an executive officer of his ship, A. T. F. For some time he worked with the Pennsylvania Anti-Tuberculosis Society, followed by several years of teaching in the Lehman and Pine Grove Schools.

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Blue Mountain Joint School System The opening of school for the 1954-55 term found Orwigsburg Borough participating in a joint school system. This jointure was effected the previousjuly after many months of discus- sion and planning, Being a member of a jointure already has resulted in many improvements in our schoolsg it has also presented some new problems. It is hoped, however, that through experience and co-operation on the part of all concerned, a better school system will emerge for the boys and girls of Orwigsburg. The first meeting concerning jointure was held at Cressona on Wednesday, December 16, 1953. Representatives from New Ringgold, East Brunswick Twp. , North Manheim Twp. , Wayne Twp. , Cressona and Orwigsburg were present and heard Mr. Arthur Henninger, County Super- intendent of Schools, discuss the reasons for forming a jointure and the advantages of operating larger units of administration, At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Henninger asked each of the school boards present to approve his plan for jointure, to give him permission to have his staff make a detailed study of the area, and to adopt a resolution that each district take a com- plete population census as soon as possible in 1954. Very little action was taken by any of these boards for the next few fnonths, Finally, early in May, jointure discussions were re-opened at which time representatives from the six districts involved attended a meeting in Mr. Henninger's office in Pottsville. At the meeting some basic changes were outlined that seemed agreeable to all of the districts, and it was decided that a series of meetings should be held so that a complete exchange of information could be obtained. Following this series of meetings and after all of the boards had indicated a willing- ness to enter the jointure, an organization meeting was held on Thursday, July 8, 1954. At this meeting officers were elected for the joint school system and the articles of agreement were signed, thus bringing into existence the Blue Mountain Joint School System. It is the hope of the Orwigsburg Board of Education that by participating in the joint system more educational service will be made available to the boys and girls of Orwigsburg at a cheaper cost to the tax payers than would have otherwise been possible. QWNWN?