Penn Joint High School - Penn Point Yearbook (Claridge, PA)

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To the Class of 1959: I deeply appreciate your invitation to write for your Penn Point. As I do, I am immediately cognizant of two things: first, that yours is the twentieth graduating class of Penn Joint High School, and secondly, that the Commencement of 1959 will mark the completion for me of twenty-five years in public school education. Yet these are more than passing milestones. They represent extended periods of living and of learning. During these years of teacher-student associations and relationships, there undoubtedly has been a reciprocal trans- mission of learning that would be very difficult to assess. We can personally attest that this association has meant a rich and abundant experience, for obviously, one cannot be so long exposed to such a virile and imaginative segment of population without feeling its philosophical and educational impact. On the other hand, we hope that the diversity of our co-curricular program and the influence of those trained to guide and teach youth have made it possible for you to increase in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and mon. That we constantly learn from one another suggests our interdependence in the educative process. The idea that no man is an island unto himself was suggested to us centuries ago. Yet within our time a noted economist concluded that the American people could main- tain their high standard of living completely independent of the rest of the world. However, through a panorama of atomic, nuclear, and space age, we find it a breathless undertaking to adjust to changing times. Social, economic, and political independence no longer is feasible or desirable. We are resigned to living in an age of interdependence. So it is with our culture. The heritage of the ages and the ingenuity of the present are continually being compounded into a prescrip- tion for a better life. I don't know what your destiny will be, said Dr. Albert Schweitzer, but one thing I know, the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. Parents, teachers, friends, and still oth- ers have taught you all that they could. Now it becomes your province to use that knowledge to gain the full life for others and yourselves. Accept the fact that you are a member of a great community striving and working for the right things. Long ago, Paul advised his Corinthian friends that someone had planted, someone had watered, and God gave the in- crease. Your talents and skill should be designed for service, for much is demanded of those to whom much is given. Recently, thirty-four young delegates, eighteen girls and sixteen boys from every corner of the globe, came to New York to participate in on exciting educational event centered around the theme, The World We Want. Climaxing their visit to American homes and schools, these honor students from abroad shared their views on current world and national problems with their American hosts. Discussions compared the home life and social and political customs around the world. The results were obvious. We learned from them, they learned from us. That you have chosen the theme of learning from others is interesting. However, the fascinating and enigmatic thing about our learning from others is not that we know when and how it will be done, but that it will be done. This cultural influence we have upon one another is aptly expressed by John Oxenham: JOHN M. MOCHNICK High School Principal EVA JEAN LUTZ Secretary High School Office I spoke a word, And no one heard. I wrote a word, And no one cared, Or seemed to heed. But after half a score of years It blossomed in a fragrant deed. Preachers and teachers all are we, Sowers of seed unconsciously. Our hearers are beyond our ken, Yet all we give may come again With usury of ioy and pain, We never know To what one little word may grow. See to it, then, that all your seeds Be such as bring forth noble deeds. -John M. Mochnick

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fp. Administration These persons have diiticult managerial iobs. Unlike business managers, however, they cannot measure progress in material gain, their product is intangible, and losses would affect the youth of the entire community. ln forming and maintaining a iointure with another school system, they must prac- tice the ideals of harmonious co-operation for the good of all as they set an example for all of us who learn from one another. Penn-Trafford Joint Board of Education Upper right - CHARLES R. HOSTETLER, supervising principal, below left RICHARD L. ROBINSON, assistant supervising principal, below right Mr Robinson and Delores Galley, secretary to supervisors. iii My-rf: es SL' nm ag S Row 2: Paul Sandrick, Daniel Geiger, George Kifer, Harry Backus, Ivan Anderson, Patsy Ferraro. , Row 'l: James Malley, Nick Broker, Harry Corl, George Newell, Carl Fry, Joseph Palchak. :Sr .Q mr, 1 BEE

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' . v 'A Faculty . . . our in piration Caught by surprise during a hurried lunch are Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Harden, Mr. Hostetler, Mr. Robinson, Miss Peters, Mr. Rednock, Mr. Cortazzo, Mrs. Byers, and Mr. Dorsey. Our faculty grows larger every year: this year we have six more teachers than last. These are the people who really feel the pinch of a rapidly-growing student enrollment. Shift- ing from room to room and struggling to teach learning skills to students in overcrowded classrooms make teaching difficult here until a new building, as yet only in the planning stage, can be erected. Still, they bear up well and doggedly try to - Q M W ga 5- if . f ,, H .- rt ' K W tg 1 H555 - i ff' -. .. ..., .. - - i' :' . 9' ' - L..:5T' ' N V ,ag :'. Vi - t 1 . -,::L.:. 1: - :ft . i. 5:5 M.: H sr-5: -1 21 5 W fr 3 5 53311-. Q. 5, 5, . gif.. if' - 222 ., , 'Zi ,' X P e if :A PATRICIA ANGLE - B.S. Slippery Rock State Teachers College - teaches social studies 'l0, 'l'l, and biology - advises the ninth grade class and the Jr. Historians - has an eighth grade homeroom. EDWARD ARTHURS - B.S. University of Pittsburgh - teaches English 7 and 8 - served on assembly program committee - has a ninth grade homeroom. '- ELEANOR BARTOLETTI-B.S. Slippery Rock State Teachers College - teaches physical education and civics - ioined ,our faculty in February. do the best they can. Surely they deserve special recognition, for, in spite of trying working conditions, they have still found time to willingly, even enthusiastically, guide us further in co-curricular activities. Tired, but seldom weary, preoccupied, but never thoughtless, and pressed for time, but having time for us, they remain our guides, our friends, our inspirations. ...N Es... , wana? . mess 3 . - .'..g- - in- , . Q . Q ,.,., -V fr-Q tis f 14:2 .' STEPHEN BENCH - B.S. and M.S. in Mus. Ed. - directs the iunior and the senior high bands - teaches instrumental music - served on commencement committee. ROSE MARY BENGEL - B.S. Indiana State Teachers College -- teaches vocational homemaking TO, TT, T2 - sponsors Senior Future Homemakers - served on school citizenship committee.