Owen J Roberts High School - Torch Yearbook (Pottstown, PA)

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Blast OH! After many years of ingenious planning, tedious calculations and skillful craftsmanship, the produc- tion is now ready for the test. Hundreds of people have worked together under stress and strain to bring the project to fruition. Now the great day has arrived. Has every indi- vidual performed his function perfectly? Is the fuel prepared to 1'elease the necessary energy? Will the engines provide sufficient thrust? Will the delicate mechanisms withstand the great shock? Will the various stages become effective at the precise moments? Will the project be successful and give back to society and civilization the values expected and return a profit on the investment? Blast Off! The Owen J. Roberts High School Class of 1958 is the product of many years of painstaking prepar- ation, careful consideration and skillful planning. Parents, taxpayers, board members, administrative and maintenance personnel and professional edu- cators have all worked together to give to each member of ithe graduating class the most favorable opportunities to ease the rough spots on the road of life. May you find peace, happiness, and good fortune in your travels through the years of space and time. Best wishes, Carryl E. Stauffer Principal UI' oLuQClC!0I'S fl gl' To the Class of '58: You, the Class of '53, have seen the beginning and the end of certain eras. As we approach the end of this school year, we will note the passing of the North Coventry and Warwick buildings as homes for a secondary school p1'ogram. For you, the Seniors of 1958, 'there will be memories of these school buildings that will live with you forever. My wish is that the memories you carry will be ones of which you will be proud. Proud, because you gave your all whenever you were called upon to use your God-given talents. During your senior year a new era dawned. You are going to spend your adult life in an age known as the Space Age. The demands of society upon your talents and your abilities will be much greater than those expected of your parents. I hope that as you progressed year after year through our schools you acquired sufhcient back- ground material and training to help you meet the challenges of the space era. Congratulations on having completed this phase of your education and best wishes for a happy and prosperous future. Sincerely, Paul H. Grim Cglleir Quicfance as

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gg OCIC JJ 'g5IlOM7!UC!g0 Class ol' lfl58: We are living in one ofthe most crucial periods of history. The struggle now going on will determine whether we shall live in a slave world or a free world. It is very important that all of us understand the objectives for which we are planning. Only educated people can he truly free. Education includes all the efforts and activities which help to prepare us for a more complete life. Its purpose is also to develop in each student the knowledge, ideals and halmits whereby he will find his vocation and use that vocation to shape himself and society towards ever nolmler ent s. Good luck! Clifford J. Brey CSDAOWH gill' fly You, the Graduating Class of 1958, are facing a challenging period in the history of mankind: a period in which men and women the world over are searching for some spark of hope and securityg a hope that men will not lnecome so almsorlmed in the race for machinery of destruction that they will com- pletely overlook the moral and spiritual values of man: a security which can only occur as the result of a free people working together in truth and understanding. Frederick the Great once said that the greatest and noblest pleasure that men can have is to dis- cover new truths. The next is to shake oil' old pre- judices. As you leave this institution ol' learning, may you always seek these two great and nolrle pleasures. May your life he so dedicated to these principles that all the peoples of the world may he a happy, secure, and free people. Congratulations and good luck to each of you. Charles W. Duttenhofer