Peters Township High School - Ember Yearbook (McMurray, PA)

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It follows that when men are no longer free to state the results of theIr learnIng and the understandlng even when occasIonally the Ideas achueved dIsagree wIth authorlty or dIssent from orthodox belxefs a great conservIng force In soclety has been lost RepressIon of an Idea does not dIsprove It The best way to handle Ideas IS to allow them to be presented and to expose them to the 0bleCfIV6 challenges ot thnnkmg people who themselves represent many dnverse pounts of vlew there may be students In the class of 1956 who have or wIll present Ideas whIch have or wIlI be challenged If so then there IS a mark of dIstInctIon on that person because he has caused others to take note of hIs Idea Let me say to the graduatnng class of I956 your achuevements whatever they may have been whIIe In school wIll have a guIdIng Influence on your maturIty to full manhood or womanhood Intended In so tar as thIs EMBER IS concerned? I leave you wIth that questuon to be answered by yourself It has been a dIstInct pleasure to work with you SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL E PAUL DAY SCHOOL BOARD These men who meet monthly do theIr best to make our school one of whlch to be proud They are able and consclentlous men who have been tocklmg the problems of the Increase of students In relatIon to a new buIldIng Thank you each and everyone of you for heIpIng to make our hIgh school days pleasant and full of memorIes Seated Mr McClure VIC6PTeSId6I'1l Mr Orr Secretary, Mr SIms PresIdent StandIng Mr Johnson, Mr Studt Have you as graduates in the class of I956, achieved what you I 4

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The publtcatuon of the T956 edttton ofthe EMBER the Yearbook of Peters Townshrp Hgh School marks another nrnportant mtlestone tn the htstory of our school The coo drnated eftorts of the yearbook staff the stuaent body and the faculty advtsor nav been rnerg d unto a slgntfcant contrnoutuon to the o tstandtng achxevements of Peters Htgh The work done the lessons learned ana the experuence gatned are all tmportant phases nn the development of our educa nal e a d r repatatton to x as contrrbu nn ct tzens rn o r democ attc way of lute We are all thankful that our vxnse forefathers ecogntzed that publlc ducatlon democrattc processes ln government free enter pruse the Importance of the home and the freedom to wo shtp God are the cornerstones of peace prospertty and happiness All of these concepts of our Amerncan way of lute have can trtbuted to the productlon of thus book Public education has provtded the opportuntty for thus acttvtty democrattc processes have been used tn nts productlon freedom of enterprlse has permitted flexnbtluty and scope to the work parents have contrlbuted tnsplratton and stnmulatton to thenr boys and gurls and our belief ID God has set the standard for the hugh Ideals of the book Cangratulattons to the Class of l956 for a lab well done and a Yearbook which will fo m a strong lrnk tn the chaxn of history of Peters Townshtp Hugh School JOHN F HALL PFUNCIPAL FACULTY MEETING Plctured below IS one of the faculty meetings held thus year for the teachers of the hugh school bunldlng ln these TGCUITY meetungs the teachers discussed and solved many of the problems that arose concernlng the students and the school Besldes the butldtrtg faculty meetlngs the teachers also had meetings with teachers from the other two buildings when the teachers organization The Peters Township Educatton Assocla Mr MacBeth Vice Presldent Mrs Sprenkle Secretary and Mrs Lawrence Treasurer jg'-J .r sl r-- 4371 h.. 'Wlfb f if .......'. MW' KL . E I . . v v , A f ' ' e e . . .X 1 . . U , . L 1' D A , tlo ltf n Ou p ' ' life ' t' g 't' ' 'T , U F Q V Q , L . . e . I , H . y h iff K f ' . . . . 'I 4 , . r . . . . L . . . , . . tion, met four times during the year. Ottlcers for the year were: Mr. Mounts, Presidentp we Y lA A l it : V 1' ' P 1 A -- If 1 ll M V ' P .t 5 Wflfjfll -5 fx? 5 KV ., ' M y 1 , ' fl 'V so ' . 3 c T r pl. .R -oy ' xr, 7 sl 1 ' ,I Q N .,