Scottdale High School - Scottie Yearbook (Scottdale, PA)

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SEATED: Robert S. Reese, Melvin Thomas, Cyrus J. Christner, Marshall Maust, Albert R. Schaffer. STANDING: George Bambrey, Israel Shaffer, Ignatius Chlebowski, Peter Dzambo, Raymond M. Shimshock, Arthur D. Lewis, Regis Pirl, Randall King. UfllTTIllIiE .IIII 'T UCHIIIIL UYUTEM The class of 1954 has at least one distinction that sets it apart from all other graduating classes, lt is the first graduating class of Scottdale Joint High School. 'That means, it is the first class to graduate since the jointure went into effect. That is the reason the Scottie staff decided to make the jointure the central theme of the 1954 yearbook. The jointure of Scottdale, Everson, and Upper Tyrone Township, in effect since July 1, 1953, brings the operation of these three school districts under the administration of a joint school board made up of representatives from all three districts, with Dr. Clinton M, Puff as superintendent. This, of course, provides better schools for all the children of the jointure and makes more uniform their preparation for high school. Junior High has been particularly affected by the jointure because seventh and eighth grades from all three districts report here increasing junior high enrollment by about 30 percent. This has also increased the number of pupils transported by school bus and the once almost unknown huge yellow vehicles have become a common sight as they deliver boys and girls to the portals of edu- cation. Before the jointure of these districts, Upper Tyrone and Everson sent their children to Scottdale High School, paid their tuition, but had no voice in the school 's operation. Under the jointure plan these districts have representatives on the joint school board and participate in the business manage- ment of the schools. This is now Everson's high school, Upper Tyrone's high school, as well as Scottdale's high school. To Dr. Clinton M. Puff, our school superintendent, goes the credit for effecting the jointure. ln spite of disappointing delays and setbacks he labored continuously on the jointure project for three years, his efforts finally meeting with success when the jointure contracts were signed May l, 1953 by the three districts. The Class of 1954 take this opportunity to express their admiration and re- spect for his leadership and achievement. Dr. Puff's efforts have also been continually directed to securing a new junior-senior high school. Since the jointure, plans for this new building have been approved by the State Department of Public Instruction and are now on file in Harrisburg awaiting allocation of funds. Although the Class of 1954 will not have the pleasure of holding its commencement exercises in the auditorium of the new high school, its members have the satisfaction of knowing that progress is being made and that those in junior high school will probably have that experience. We, the Class of 1954, are proud and honored that ours is the first graduating class of Scottdale Joint High School.

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UPERI TENDE T me MES.'MlIl to ini CLAS. oi 1954 l greet you as the first class to be graduated from the Scottdale Joint High School. Yours is the enviable advantage of having come under the influence of the traditions of Scottdale High School which have been developing for al- most seventy years, and at the same time having had a part in the progress symbolized bytransition to the Scottdale Joint High School. lt is an indi- cation of progress when three different school districts can pool their resources and jointly op- erate a school system. You should be proud to be part of such an expanding and progressive community. My message to you is to encourage you to adopt the progressive attitude of your parents and to keep the community and the schools of which you are a part moving ahead. No condition in this life can ever be considered as final. Change is the normal order of things. Conditions do not remain static, and it can never be said that any community or institution has arrivedg that there is nothing more to work for. Make no little plans either for your own lives or for the life of the community in which you live. Plan great things, dream great dreams, for it is only as we work to make our dreams come true that we approach the divine purpose for which we are here. l hope your school days have been happy days, and l hope the days ahead of you will be filled with the adventure and satisfaction of living a full life. Your school's efforts will not have been in vain if that is the kind of life upon which you are entering. l offer my very best wishes to you. Clinton M. Puff W iN X' a Mrs. Kimball