Ridley Township High School - Archive Yearbook (Folsom, PA)

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MR NORMAN B L FERGUSON MA DePauw Unnv PRINCIPAL To the class of 1958 When we thunk of the future we are prone to thunk un terms of today s young men and women to whom the future wnll belong At the begnnmng of the last decade when the growmg strength of totalltaruan states threatened the human rughts and lnberty fostered by western cuvnlnzatnon we looked to our young people to flght the battles that would preserve the prunclples we cherish Now we are faced agam wlth a seruous threat to our way of lnfe Agaun we look to our young men and women to carry on the fight for democracy In thus crnsus however we know that the decnsuve battles are more apt to be won In the classroom and laboratornes than on the land and sea and un the aur Never be fore has educatnon seemed so Important to our exnst ence as a natuon The advance of scuentuflc knowledge has placed great power ln our hands and ns brmgmg great changes nn our maternal luves The rate of maternal progress ns becommg so rapnd that nt us dulflcult to fore cast the condltlons of llfe twenty years hence But nf the young men and women to whom tomorrow be MR VAN S EVANGELOU MA Umv of New Hampshure ASST PRINCIPAL longs hold fast to the gundmg pruncuples that have made our democracy a cherushed way of lnfe the fu ture wnll be good whatever maternal changes take place The members of the Radley Townshup Class of 1958 have guven evidence of ablluty to do theur part In to morrow s world They have exhnblted qualntues of pos: tlve leadershap and have wnllmgly accepted the re sponsubnlmes of school lnfe They have demonstrated thenr abnlnty to dlstmgulsh sound prunclples from false doctrmes and have shown thenr wnllnngness to stand on the sude of rught and to fight for at We preduct confidently that the members of thus class wlll take theur place un tomorrows world wnth no less honor to themselves than those who have been graduated from our school before them Congratulatuons and best wushesl Smcerely s n .., . .., . 1 O O 1 . , . . - I - 1 , . , . , . - 1 - I I I ' 1 . u ' I ' I - .

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,B rf? MR CHARLES PERRY MR ALBERT FULLERTON MRS JEAN SELLERS MRS BERTHA COVERDALE Presudent Vuce Presudent Treasurer Secretary SCHOOL BOARD fauthfull actmg m our behalf In all organuzatuons there must be a Board of Durectors to formulate and durect polucy Our School Board forms a tue between the local cutuzens and the Department of Publuc lnstructuon of our state and as such manages and durects the affaurs of the enture school d 1 f us ruc MR GEORGE BUCHANAN The members of our School Board have the responsubuluty of workung out wuth the Superuntendent the educatuonal needs of the year and must then devuse ways of flnancung the casts of theur program In an effort to keep pace wuth the ever uncreasung enrollment the Board has taken tremendous steps to provude adequate physucal faculutues to properly unsure a worthwhule teachung envuronment for both students and teachers Wuthun recent years new elementary schools and a lunuor hugh school have been constructed and addutuons to exustung buuldungs have been completed At present work has begun on a further addutuon to our uunuor hugh school and plans have been formulated whuch wull double the present capacuty of our hugh school In these and other ways the School Board wull contunue un uts unturung efforts to provude the finest educatuon possuble for the boys and gurls of Rudley Townshup MR WILMER COLES u-,, y 41 f The School Board pauses momentaruly before unauguratung final plans MR JAMES LAMBERT for the ensuung year ry O 0 Q 0 O O Y' . I I A . . . , , , - , , - , , - , , I 'V Vi ,f ,Auf ig tu , '- f , pf A If ., , , - ' ' ,', .- A .W B- 1 , f,

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MISS MIRIAM CAMLIN MISS ADA MUCDONALD BS and MS Unuv of Penna Gundance Durector MISS BENETTA SNIVELY MISS RUTH WASSER MR PETER YACYK COUNSELING t1Ofw OT MTMTG SUCCESS Many tnmes a student can be more successful nf he has the help of a person who understands has problems can analyze has personalnty and gunde hum In choosong a career The Gundance Department furmshes such counselors Each student has the opportunnty to dnscuss wlth has counselor any problems he may have enther at home or nn school Specnal assnstance ln selectung courses best fitted to the nndnvudual ns gnven In the sophomore and lunuor years All semors plannlng a hsgher educatuon receuve and un selectnng and applymg to college arshups For those gomg nmmeduately unto the busmess world a placement servnce as oFfered whereby all commercial students are placed nn 'obs most suntable for their qualnficatuons A complete group testnng program as supervised by the department The school psycholognst admmusters nndnvndual lntellngence and personallty tests Specnal problems are referred to hum MR HORACE MILLIKIN BS and EdM Temple Unlv Psychologist ,- W... Mass R Wasser sensor counselor listens attentuvely and renders Results from the Natlonal Merlt Scholcrshlp Exammataon are expert advice as F Slate revlews hrs college appllcatuon received by K Dull from Miss A MacDonald guidance director . -, X 33 4 Qi R Ia 4 5 M ts f f The Guidance Department keeps interested students informed of available schol- 3 P