Pequea Valley High School - Pequoian Yearbook (Kinzers, PA)

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851561925 l Olfl'I, Principal You, the members of the graduating class ol the Pequea Valley High School, have reached an important milestone in your lives. This is an important time for you. It is an equally important time for your schoolmates, parents and friends. The interest of the whole community is centered around you, and rightly so, because the schools represent the largest investment and business here in the valley. They symbolize an investment in boys and girls. To each one of you is given a character to build, a personality to fashion and a life to live. You will want to do your best to malce the most of these. Many energies, powers and talents are at your command. VX7hat will you do with these? l am sure all ol you will want to join that eager, joyous, expectant band of youth lmown as successful high school graduates. ln other words you will want to be a contributing citizen in our democracy. Since you have but one tile to live in a relatively short time, it becomes necessary to piclc out the worthwhile and essential things and cast aside the nonessential. You must malce a choice: you must choose. That may seem an easy thing for you to do while you are keyed up with excitement and with the sheltering influence of the home and school. But as time goes on the world will not prove to be the same as it seemed in the quiet surroundings of your high school life. Theories fail and life becomes harder to handle than you once thought. It is the hope of your school that you have been inspired to seelc your goal to the best of your ability. l hope you have been inspired to the extent that you recognize your talents and capabilities. Examine well the path your feet would trod. Consider what high attainments your mind is capable ol reaching. Your tools necessary to do this will include such items as hard worlc, friendship, love, understanding, and faith. Someone has so beautifully said: 'iLife is the mirror of icing and slave, 'Tis just what we are and soy Then give to the world the best you have, And the best will come hack to youf, Steadied by the experience of your parents and guided by their counsel and care, equipped with the training which your school has endowed you withg accepting the moral and spiritual values of lileg clothed in the faith and trust of youth, with all the enthusiasm and vigor that belongs to youth, may you go forth into the world and find all the happiness, success and the realization of all the dreams you have had during the years. May your hope be high. Have iaith in God, in yourself and in the future. Congratulations and best wishes to you. '-FYYPIVC . .!4I fA.Lll . Agheflnan

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HEALTH Tile tzeatttl suite consists ot' five rooms: tile rtoctor,s examining room, nursets room, rtentat examining room, tile infirmary. anct tile waiting room. tfquip- ment incturtes an etectric eye cilart. iutt ctentat tacit- ities. first-aict equipment, anct generat examining equipment. Ntusic Room l',tI'Vl'I1 MUSIC ROOM Tile music suite is set up to accommoftate tile music activities of ttre sctloot. Ttzese inctucte generat mu- sic in gractes seven ttzrougtz, ten anrt instrumentat anct etiorat music for att gractes. Generat music ctasses contain an average of twen- ty-tive stuftents uvtzo receive instruction in vocat music. ttleory anct music apprecia- tion. Tile ctnorat program in- ctuctes a Iunior ttigti ctiof rus anct a Senior ttigti FIIOY rus of wtiicti tire meminers are ctzosen tay auftition. tn actctition to tile ref tlearsat room. tile music suite contains an office. storage rooms anrt a pracf tice room.

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P. aff? U p0l,Ul'lCl Assistant Principal One of Americays finest writers imas saint that tiie greatest timing in iiie is tile power to grow. Teaciiers as weii as parents are priviiegeci to witness tiiis Woncteriui growtii oi our youtil ctay aiter ctay, as we see tiie young mincts entrustect to us unioici. As teacilers we are interested in guiciing anti speeciing up tilis process to give eacil iiie purpose anct cieptii. Our community ilas matte a great investment for our youtii Witii enormous otentiai oi growtil anct return. P It is our priviiege as teaciiers to woric wilil you in maicing tiiese investments. tiie profits being a gooct man or woman wiio wiii ine a crectit to our country. our community anci our scilooi. Eciucationai growtii is more tiian tiie passing oi examinations: it is an en- ioyaiuie experience with an atmosphere, a ciiscipiine and a iiit that produces a iiuman ioeing. You must not oniy tive. but tive tor sometiiingz some icteai. some purpose. some spirit of service to conquer anci accornpiisil greater timings. Growing iiearts anct mincts must ine wi-it verseri in time morai values tiiai place Goct first, iceeping spirituai growlii at ttie same sleaciy pace as piiysicai anct mentai grovvtii. it is att rigiit to be contentect witii wiiat you iiave but never wilii wiiat you are. Looii about you. Stucty tiie never ciianging iaws oi nature. Remember time great iauiiiiers ot tiie ages, tile sages wilo uttereci trutiis XVi1iCil centuries oi time ilave not ciwangect. Vviien we conternpiate time great' marveis oi tiie Ltniverse. tilere comes a teeiing tiwat we are more tilan iiesii anti bones. giving permanence to morai ami spirituai vaiues liirougii guictect growtii ior a cuitureci peopie. it we ilave ileipefi you to ctiscern tiiings witii tasting vaiue, actopt icteais. and to grow in iiuman uncierstancting, your stay at Pc-quea Vaiiey has been an enriciiing experience in your iiie. TiliYtCCH