Richland High School - Portal Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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The production of this first annual, or yearbook, for Richland Township High School is another mile- stone in our high school's steady rise from its meager beginning in T912 to the position it now occupies in the educational field. Many objectives have been sighted and successfully attained by the united efforts of an interested citizenry, an aggressive faculty, and an alert student body. We now offer our most sincere congratulations to the class of 1946 and its adviser, who have so willingly given of their time and effort for the launching and successful completion of this new proiect. We must also remember those not directly connected with our school who gave their splendid cooperation and assistance. Their interest ancl faith were great enough to make the necessary contributions to insure the success of their venture at a time when the only evidence of return to them was the word of the students that the annual would be successfully completed. They truly were pioneers in this proiect along with the class of 1946, and we of this high school and the community owe them a debt of gratitude for their help. lt truly can be said of any educational institu- tion that its success can be measured only in the success of its product, namely, its students, as they venture into new fields of endeavor, attack new proiects, plan the course of action to be taken, organize their forces, and work through to a suc- cessful conclusion. The student body of Richland Township High School, its faculty, and the com- munity are proud of the fact that the class of 1946 has shown that it possesses the leadership, cooperative ability, and the willingness to work in carrying to completion this major and initial undertaking. They have plotted the uncharted course. They have traveled this course along its entire way, and have handed down to the under- classmen a tested and workable guide. Such are the elements that make for success whether in school or beyond school years. ak 'k 'k 'k if Every life has its trials, tribulations, discourage- ments, dangers, and difficulties. They are personal and individual as well as unusual, and no one an '4 e can escape them. Longfellow, in the Rainy Day, was thinking of this when he wrote: Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. How many such days or how dark they will be will depend upon how well the individual can use the forces necessary to overcome the difficulties. This is true, not only in temporal matters, but also in spiritual affairs. To him that overcometh will l give to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God. Some things may be impossible, but most things can be overcome, and struggle against difficulties gives strength. Great souls are developed by the stress and strain of conflict. So he who struggles valiantly to overcome the difficulties of life is not only likely to succeed, but his success will, in a large measure, be due to the strength that comes from patient and persistent efforts. Small souls are overcome by difficulties and misfortunes, great souls are developed by them. Effort and resistance are the dynamos of power, difficulties are blessings in disguise, absolute essen- tials in the development of manhood and character. The boat that always sails under cloudless skies is not prepared for storms. The shafts of strength and power that help overcome life's problems are always developed through toil and effort. The difficulties of life have been wisely placed in our pathway in order that we may develop the strength needed for our work. Men should not seek the easy problems of life which they are now able to solve, rather should they seek the difficult problems that will test and develop strength. These rugged facts of nature built into great scholar- ship, and the rugged virtues of life built into character, are the crowns of victory God gives to men and women who struggle and strive. FRANKLIN A. MILLER.

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Franklin A. Miller Mr. Franklin A. Miller, our Supervising Principal holds an enviable record of service in Richland Township. Being a member of this community it was his honor to be one of the twelve freshmen in the first class to enter high school from this dis- trict, and he also holds the distinction of being among the first graduates from Richland Township High School in a class of three members. Mr. Miller received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, and at present is a candidate for his Doctorate in Education at the same institution. Apart from two years as a teacher in the East Conemaugh Borough Schools, Mr. Miller has served continuously in this district in one capacity or another, and has occupied the position of super- vising principal since 1936. He has watched the high school grow from its modest beginnings a few years ago to become one of the more important districts in Cambria County, and has helped direct it through several expansion programs. At present he is faced with the colossal task of providing adequate facilities for the rapidly growing student population. In spite of the many demands made upon him through his position as supervising principal, he has also found time to take an active part in many educational and service organizations, where he has frequently held important offices, and served on numerous important committee assignments. MR. LUNDQUIST Mr. Carl E. Lundquist, High School Principal, has been affiliated with educational work in Richland Township for the past twenty-one years. Most of this time has been in his present capacity as principal. When he first came to this community there were fifty-six students in the high school, and a senior class of six. Mr. Lundquist, who holds the Degree of Master of Education, came here as a teacher of English, and during his many years as principal he has continued to teach several English classes a day. The only extra-curricular student activities in his early years here were the iunior-senior play and basketball. The Washington trip was added, and since then he has witnessed and directed the in- auguration of one activity after another, until today Richland Township can boast of a well rounded prc-gram of student activities which mean so much in the growth and development of our youth. During the war years Mr. Lundquist responded to an appeal by our government for additional help in the various branches of governmental service and enlisted in the Merchant Marine. There he served his country for thirteen months as a Steward's Mate, 2nd Class. His several voyages, aboard troop and cargo transports, took him to England, France, Africa, and Italy.

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gnome! af Ddzeotofza LEFT TO RIGHT-Thomas Blackburn, Treasurerg Howard Wissinger, Vice Presidenig J. C. Helman, Presiclenfy A. T. Lufher, Secrefaryg Lewis Weaverg and Franklin A. Miller, Supervising Principal lrma fMefzlerJ Yarnick, Secreiary fo the Supervising Principal. Mrs. Yarniclx was graduated from Rich- land High School in the class of '36. Mary Louise Malzi, Assistant Secre- fary. Mary Louise is a Richland graduaie of '45.