Ramsay High School - Mounty Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, PA)

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THE ADMINISTRATION With its animated perspective and far-seeing management weltls the various parts of our school into an efficient smooth-running whole, IVIR. Sriavtaus . . . took over the reins of assistant principal last spring . . . nothing seems to disturh his good nature and happy-go-lucky spirit . . . when his laughter reverhcrates through the halls, we know he is teasing someone . . . or genuinely enjoying a hattle of wits . . . is active in the teachers' professional organi- zations . . . formerly held the oflice of vice-president of the IT S. lf. A. . . . and the presidency ofthe Depart- ment of Classroom 'lleachers . . . last fall hecame the president of the VVestern Convention District of the P. S. lf. A .... has heen a member of the faculty for ten years . . . lends a sympathetic ear to all Ramsayites. WVIIIARIJ NI, S'riaviaNs .Xssistant Principal blouw C. lIAm2Ri.I-:N Superintendent of Schools JOHN C. HABERLLZN . . . Mount l'Ieasant's superinten- dent of schools for twenty-one years . . . has merited the admiration and respect of hoth teachers and students . . . has wholeheartedly devoted his efforts to the problems of puhlic education . . . his firm Ieader- ship, endless patience, inexhausrilwle good humor, per- sistent determination . . . have succeeded in luuilding a progressive school system . . . conscious of modern needs and demands . . . he not only won esteem for himself but brought prestige to the community last summer when he secured his doctor's degree in educa- tion from the University of Pittsburgh . . . alert to community problems . . . he has associated himself with many civic movements and organizations . . . quietly tlignihed . . . yet amiable and friendly . . . we look to him as our competent, understanding leader.

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DEDICATION Erskine Ramsay left Mount Pleasant more than Fifty years ago to seek his fortunes in the southland where he readily achieved an enviable position in the industrial development of his adopted state of Alabama. Through the succeeding years he attained a reputation of national pro- portions in the fields of engineering, industry, education, and philanthropy. Mr. Ramsay never forgot his home community. It has been said of him that he greatly loves his native state of Pennsylvania and ardently reveres its traditions, its memories, and its people. His generous contributions to public education in Mount Pleasant, through which he has touched the lives of hundreds of young people, are substan- tial evidence of his interest in his home town. His concern for the students of Ramsay High School, shown in his frequent visits, and his many contacts in this community have endeared him to the people of Mount Pleasant. The senior class of Ramsay High School is pleased to honor a son of Mount Pleasant by dedicating the 1942 edition of The Mountyv to Erskine Ramsay, citizen of Alabama, friend of Mount Pleasant.

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G. Cl,IFFonn SINGLEY . . . unanimously 500 strong we are glad he is our principal . . . because he can see the students' point of view . . . he is firm in his discipline, yet fair in his decisions . . . he substitutes solutions for reprimands . . . he gives us the benefit of the doubt . . . he assuages us in our troubles . . . he encourages us in our aspirations . . . we respect him as a teacher . . . because he treats us as individuals . . . he impels us to learn . . . he helps us to understand this perplexing world . . . we esteem him as a friend . . . for his good nature . . . for his friendliness . . . for his sense of humor . . . we admire him as a person . . . with wide interests and experiences . . . with a mature philosophy and set ol values . . . with the willingness to share his time and knowledge unstintingly. li. LLM-roitn hlNc:i.m' lligli School l'rint'ipal l ll.lNORli fXlu,i.ntoN Secretary Miss lVlll,l.lltoN . . .our secretary . . . a typical young business woman . . . efhcient . . . depend- able . . . agreeable . . . a former graduate of our own commercial department . . . who now sees high school life from the admin- istrative point of view . . . but who can still understand the student's side. . .a true blonde, if there ever was one . . . lflinore with her up - to -the -minute clothes . . . adds an attractive note to the office . . . innumerable interruptions of her usual routine do not ruffle her manner . . . as she obligingly and promptly ful- fills our requests . . . a splendid example for Ramsayds would-he secretaries.