Snowden High School - Aquila Yearbook (Library, PA)

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'P Y fu I ,b, il a 0 . ow ozloeruidng rincryoa MR. MARTIN E. WEAVER Library, Pennsylvania Ma rch 28, 1949 Dear Seniors: Your theme, Forwarding Together is a very appropriate selection for today. You have hit at the only way out of our present state of affairs. May I suggest to you four antidotes for a world that trembles at the mere mention of the word Atom: Our obiective must be a world in which social, economic, psychological and political conditions favor the growth of peace and do not favor the growth of war. As a first element of Forwarding Together I would name: A world in which the people rule. l have no faith that we can have peace in a world where Gov- ernments are not responsive to the will of the people. Thomas Jefferson said: I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves: and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. That government governs best that governs least. As a second antidote for peace I think we must seek: A world in which maximum freedom and opportunity are given to the individual. If we are to create a world of peace, we will need all of the energy and strength that man is capable of. To me, it is evi- dent that the greatest human driving force yet developed is liberty and freedom of opportunity. Men, given a chance to be ambitious and to create a better world for themselves and their families, have proved, here in America that Liberty is a tre- mendous spark plug. We owe much in this country to our natural resources and to our geographical position. But we owe for more to the vast release of human energy which comes when the individual is free to work, without bonds, for his own advancement. Any- thing which destroys opportunity-whether it be a government, a restrictive labor union, or legislation designed to block the individual-is not in the interests of peace. As a third component of Forwarding Together, I would suggest: A world in which production is ever expanding. If we are to make for ourselves a better world, we must in- crease the production of a great many things in order to raise the standard of living for hundreds of millions of people- particularly outside the United States. Half of the people of the world today suffer all their lives from malnutrition and the diseases of malnutrition. lt has been estimated that at least tive hundred million people are born and die without ever having had enough to eat-not one day in their lives. As a fourth antidote l would recommend: A world in which we keep the virtues of national feeling, but begin to outgrow some of the vices of nationalism. lt is good for the spirit of man to be attached to the lands where he was born or where he has chosen to make his home. Love of one's own land is a great virtue: iust as a devout faith in a religion is a great virtue. I do not believe that the peace that we will all want to achieve in the end is an enforced peace. I think what we are reaching for here is not the forcible suppression of wars, but the purposeful planned elimination of conditions which will create wars. I accept this as a Gnal opportunity of placing before you as a written record my recommendation to you and yours so that we might continue living as Americans according to the American Way of Life. It is a MUST that we begin formulating a life for ourself that will be centered around Forwarding Together. With my sincere best wishes to you as graduates for a continued world of peace where all may enioy: Freedom of opportunity, Freedom of religion, Freedom from want, Free- dom from fear, and Freedom of speech. But let us remember that we will not continue to enioy these freedoms until such time as we humble ourselves to the point where we consider ourselves as only ONE of the crusading peoples for world peace. With kindest personal regards, I remain Very truly yours, MARTIN E. WEAVER Supervising Principal

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If 1 i 4 our Earn! of glofoacafion.. Frank Bolte Clifford Handele Martin E. Weaver Michael C. Panaride John Bruce Samuel Engott Walter Dalrymple Albert Roadway orwar ing ogeflaer Reluctantly the members of the School Board bid farewell to you, the graduates of Snowden. We regret to see you leave, yet we congratulate you for your success and your accomplishment. Your motto Forwarding Together is well chosen. Forwarding to what? Toward a higher education? Toward marriage and a family? Preparation for a steady iob? Forward means to Advance ! Are we go- ing to advance in our educational systems? Our religious and political Freedoms, our right to self government? ln a Democracy we can go forward together only if we believe in the essential dignity of man, and carry on a willingness to cooperate with each other, our neighbors, friends, and Notions. Communism with all its hideous attacks on our Schools, Churches, newspapers, and gov- ernment, will be shaken off like water from a duck's back, if only we stick together--re-affirm our belief in the brotherhood of man and the dignity of the human being. But no one can accomplish this alone, together the results are inevitable. Forwarding Together . Yes, go forward graduates,-go forward. Hitch your wagon to a star. But, keep your feet on the ground, give your fellow man a helping hand. Advance to- gether until your home, your schools, your Church, your land, Your Nation, yes, and your world, shall become and remain, the kind of place we want it to be-the kind of world we want, a world of peace, goodwill, progress and contentment.

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' I 'mir'-19- ,. H , CLCQLAY MR. MARTIN E. WEAVER University of Pittsburgh Bachelor of Arts Master of Education Working towards Doctor of Philosophy Supervising Principal MISS HELEN SUSKO Louise Salinger Designing School University of Pittsburgh High School Secretary MRS. ROSE MARIE BRUNETTI Graduate of Monongahela General Hospital West Virginia University Pyschiatry training at Manhattan State Hospital ChiIdren's Hospital-Cincinnati, Ohio School Nurse MISS ESTHER E. MOLOGNE Seton Hill College Bachelor of Music Degree Pennsylvania State College Supervision of Music MR. J. HAROLD DUMM California State Teachers College Pennsylvania State College Carnegie Tech Bachelor of Science, Shop Home Gift Club Advisor MISS HELEN W. McCORMICK University of Pittsburgh Bachelor of Science-Home Economics Carnegie Institute of Technology Maior Subiects-Foods, Clothing, General Science, Chemistry, Biology, Bacteriology, Home Economics Y-Teen Advisor SENIOR ADVISORS MRS. VIRGINIA A. LENHART Slippery Rock State Teachers College Bachelor of Science English, Speech, Dramatics Aquila Advisor MR. FRANK MARKLEY Slippery Rock State Teachers College University of Pennsylvania Duquesne University Bachelor of Science Master of Education Social Studies, Physical Education, He JUNIOR ADVISORS MRS. MARGARET DANLEY Duquesne University Claysville Normal College Washington and Jefierson College Bachelor of Science Master of Education Mathematics MISS MARY E. ZEEDICK University of Pittsburgh Indiana State Teachers College Bachelor of Science Duquesne University' Spanish, Reading, English, Literature SOPHOMORE ADVISORS MISS VIDA POTTER University of Pittsburgh Duquesne University Bachelor of Education Typing I, llp Secretarial Training Junior Business Training 8 alth I FIRST ROW: Mrs. Gertrude Ramaley, Miss Helen McCormick, Mrs. Virginia Lenhart, Miss Catherine Telban, Miss Mr. George MR. WILLIAM CHERNEY Vida Potter, Emily Miller, SECOND ROW: Markley, Mr. Miss Mary Zeedick, Miss Virginia Phillips, Mrs. Margaret Danley, Lupinacci, Mr. Frank Martin E. Weaver, Mr. Harold Dumm, Mr. William Cherney, Miss Helen Susko. Indiana State Teachers College Bachelor of Science in Education English, Science, Mathematics Hi-Y Advisor, Biology Club MISS CATHERINE TELBAN Duquesne University California State Teachers College Curry Business College Bachelor of Education Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Junior Business, Economic Geography FRESHMAN ADVISORS MISS EMILY C. MILLER Bachelor of Arts Degree Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio University of Pittsburgh Master of Education General Science, Health, Physical Education G. A. A. Advisor MR. GEORGE LUPINACCI University of Pittsburgh Master of Education History, Health, Physical Education Coach-Football, Basketball, Soccer EIGHTH GRADE ADVISORS MISS VIRGINIA PHILLIPS Slippery Rock State Teachers College Duquesne University Bachelor of Science Degree History, Science, Arithmetic, Art MRS. GERTRUDE RAMALEY California Teachers College University of Pittsburgh Duquesne University Bachelor of Education Geography, Reading, English, Writing