Sayreville War Memorial High School - Quo Vadis Yearbook (Parlin, NJ)

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Dr. Riclrard S. Pollack Superintendent of Schools The recogniTion oT The imporTance oT TradiTion in The liTe of The high school pupil is commendable, buT This recogniTion should noT be resTricTed To The narrow concepTion of The word. TradiTion is an inheriTed cuiTureg iT is The handing down oT ideas and cusToms Trom ancesTors To posTeriTy by means of speech raTher Than wriTTen records. IT is obvious ThaT acTiviTies such as Open House. YouTh Week, SporTs and Musical Programs have become cusTomary and may, Tor This reason, be ciTed as good examples oT TradiTion. More imporTanT. however, is The Ameri- can ideal oT Tree secondary educaTors and our concepT of scholarship. BoTh oT These are basic TradiTions, wiThouT which The oThers could noT grow. IT is my sincere hope ThaT you of The class of '54 will enioy beTTer and happier lives Tor having lived wiTh The Tine Tradi- Tions oT our school. R. S. Pollack SuperinTendenT Miss Margaret M. Walsh Principal CharacTer Training, loyalTy, service and scholarship have been an inTegral parT oT your high school IiTe. To reading. wriTing. ariThmeTic, we have added The TourTh R , responsibiIiTy, which conTribuTes To The moulding oT The whole man. Knowledge wiThouT inTegriTy is valueless. As you cope wiTh liTe's problems. may These cherished TradiTions which have been so imporTanT in your school program grow even more meaningiul and enrich your Tu- Ture abundanTly. MargareT Mary Walsh

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Board of Education Every Town has iTs core of hard working, com- muniTy minded ciTizens. The Board of EducaTion is a represenTaTive group oT such ciTizens. ExerT- ing Their eTTorTs Tor The beneTiT of public schools, The members work Tirelessly To provide The needed services Tor all. Careful and progressive planning has made The new school in Morgan a realiTy. WiTh The sTeel and brick work begun in The Tall oT l953. The build- ing is scheduled Tor occupancy in The Tall of l954. The high school sTudenTs are parTicularly graTeTul To The Board oT EducaTion Tor The exTras provided by Them. These exTras include: an annual banqueT Tor The aThleTes. an eTTicienT TransporTaTion sysTem Tor sTudenTs. a series oT professional enTerTainers Tor The assembly programs, a granT To The sTudenT publicaTions To eliminaTe The need Tor adverTising. and a willingness To help ouT aT school TuncTions. The Class of I954 wishes To exTend a sincere Thank'You To The Board of EducaTion Tor Them- selves and The underclassmen as well. . U . FirsT row: F. Samuels. S. Marcinczylr. PI Karbowslri, W. Zach, E. Gavel. Second row: S. Malik. J. Keenan. W. Zamorski. W. Nagle. S. Nowak. R. ArmsTrong. Munn, M W s,,,.M..,,.,.W. -i.,.A,M.W.....Wm...,sW.,M.W.M., ,.,,, ,,W.m,s,.,.,.-s ,.M,.M,,M. ,,.,. W ,N,W...,.M s.,, W , , VY Y Y 1 ,,,,

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Th Faculty VINCENT ABBATIELLO Physical Educafion B.S. Selon Hall Universify Pholography Club, Foofball Coach JEANETTE BOGUCKI English and Social Studies B.A. Caldwell College 'For Women Modern Sfory Club CHRISTOPHER CORNELL Music B.S. New York Universify Twirlers. Band. Orchesfre HENRY J. COUNSMAN Inclusfrial Arfs M.S. New York Universify Craff Club ETHEL M. DOWNING Languages and English B.A. Mouni' Holyoke College Sub Deb Club WILLIAM L. DUNNE Mafhemalics M.A. Bosion College