Snowden High School - Aquila Yearbook (Library, PA)

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Frank Bolte Clifford I-landle Martin E. Weaver Micheal Panaride l Iohn Bruce Samuel Engott Walter Dalrymple Albert Roadway U I 6l06ll 8 me y0lfLt!L of Kar me of ll'l'LOI l 0Lll,, Your Motto is a challenge to your elders. It poses a solemn duty. We, of your parents, your Churches, your schools, must prepare you, the Youth of Today , for this World of Tomorrow . Youth is short lived in this challenging age. We are tots for a momentp a few years in early childhood, and High School slipped by almost with a flash. Now you are MEN and WOMEN. Con- gress is debating the possibility of immediate military service. Laws are being considered to make you eligible to vote. The security and safety of our world and our way of life are on your shoulders. You have accepted the challenge. We know you will be worthy of your trust. We know the challenge will be met. You, and the millions of other high school graduating MEN and WOMEN throughout this great Country of ours will rise to the occa- sion. You will accomplish where we have failed. You will preserve this Freedom which is the foundation of our way of life, a Freedom about which you have studied in your books, but have not had time to fully appreciate. Yes, you the Youth are prepared. But we, your elders, pass on to you a piti- ful world-a world torn into two camps-a world struggling for survival and already en- gaged in deadly conflict-a world balanced on the verge of total destruction. We look to you, the Youth , to save Our World , our way of life, our precious freedom-our Democratic way of life. We know you will not fail, as we have. When the darkness has passed and the light of freedom once again brightens the world horizon, your youthful courage, stam- ina, and faith will prevail. From the lessons learned of our failures, and from the knowledge gained in the hard life ahead, you will prepare for your children that world of tomorrow, where peace, love of man, and the precepts of Christian humility and charity, will prevail, among friends, neighbors, and Nations. Men and Women of the Graduating Class, we have tried to Prepare the Youth of Today for the World of Tomorrow , so that in the World of Tomorrow, Youth can live in peace and prosperity. Frank Bolte in

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ninja gay Once again We have come to that time in our senior year when the Aquila is the one big object of our interest. Looking back to other years, We feel this Aquila has a high goal to reach. This fourteenth Aquila, We hope will give those who come after us sorne- thing to strive for. Our memories have been very pleasant and our interest will ever be with Snowden High. D. Zupancic Row 1 Arclven Blythe, lanie Merenic, Dolores Whitesides, Marlene Schmitt, Carolyn Tessaro. Row II Libby Collins, Dolores Blashich, Eleanor Lee, Donna Kupcha, Betty Lou Stilley, Dolores Zupancic, Mabel Briggs, Norma Dolfi, Maureen Richardson, Dora Condie, lirn Verno, Row III Mrs. Virginia Lenhart, Margaret Brandis, Mary Lou Elford, Donald Barton, Irene Batelli, Donald Bores, Paul Popovich, Eugene lox, Bernie Honan, Bill Griffith, Louis Gorisek, loe Karninsky. 4

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l Library, Pennsylvania March 29, l95l Dear Seniors, You have been very kind in inviting me to write an article for your yearbook. I accept this challenge more seriously than I have in the past. I realize that it is a serious responsibility to attempt to indicate to you the many things that I feel, as an educator, should be brought to your attention, presently as seniors, and as the voting citizens of tomorrow. I feel that it is necessary to remind you of the many trying problems that you are going to be faced with that we as school people have not been able to prepare you to cope with. I openly admit that you will consider us as failures at many times in the future: because we failed to prepare you for the many challenging situations that you will need to solve. I do not know that there is any one that is certain that he is giving you the background of experiences that will prepare you to tackle the problems ten years hence. I sense that you need to be reminded that it is not the sole responsibility and obligation of the Schools to give all of the experience background that will be necessary to travel along life's rugged road. As the years go on, the Schools are called upon to carry an ever increasing share of the load of preparing the youth of America for their jobs of tomorrow. There was a time when schools were only held accountable for giving boys and girls a well grounded background in reading, writing, and arithmetic. Today, the schools are held accountable for teaching the three R's in addition to many other tasks too numerous to mention within the limits of this page. I feel that it is time that we appraise the work that is being attempted by the schools and to begin doing something about holding the other responsible agencies accountable for their share of the experience back- ground. For a few moments, let us consider the many other agencies that need to share in providing experiences of the kind that will make of you the best Americans possible. The churches of America have a share in this total job: the home has a very important responsibility in the molding of the citizens of tomorrowg the local social service organi- zations have a responsibility of giving to you many of the fine things that the schools are not equipped to furnish either physically or financially. The businesses and the industries of the community have an obligation that they need to do something about in helping to prepare its future employees. The local, state, and federal governmental agencies need to appraise their contributions with a view to broadening them, so that the boys and girls of America, regardless of their born station in life or their geographic location will be guaranteed equal opportunities with respect to educa- tional opportunities. As the future fathers and mothers, let us be ever mindful that the Schools alone can not do the kind of a job for your child that you will be expecting of them unless they have all other agencies assuming and doing their share of the job. You, as the future parents of America, have a tremendous responsibility as parents to see to it that you establish the proper home background and that you furnish good moral examples so that your children may grow up to be honorable citizens. If we have failed in certain respects, and we feel cer- tain that we have, be careful, before you condemn us too harshly, that you have made a thorough search of arriving at the facts of why we did not provide our share of the experiences that you feel you lacked when you were a stu- dent in our I-Iigh School. lf, when all of the facts are in, you find that there are physical additions and additional equipment that could be provided, then let us resolve that i by the time our children enter our Schools we will be cer- ' tain that the Schools are well equipped with the physical necessities and that they are staffed by qualified teaching w 3 6 t 1 personnel, that will to a degree, guarantee that our children will not be deprived of the educational experiences that we feel were missing when we were in high school attendance. Let us make certain that as Americans, wherever we live in this great country of ours, that we do our level best to provide for the youth of tomorrow as rich an educational program for one community as for any other community. Let us insist that wherever the youth of tomorrow attends school, he will have equal opportunities of drinking in the richest of known educational experiences. Let us insist that all agencies that could do so much in helping to mold the Americans of tomorrow discharge their full share of the responsibility that they are obligated to share if they are to be considered as American Institutions. Let us never lose sight of the fact that the best Ameri- can citizen will always be the best informed citizen. Those of us who feel that we should not continue in our never end- ing search for additional information will never be the kind of citizens that will stand-off the many threats of govern- ments from other quarters of the world. I feel certain that the tremendous powers that are wrapped up in the atom bomb will never be a match for the unlimited powers that are tied up in an American citizenry whose goal it is to never stop wanting more information about more different things. Let us make it our business to never be satisfied with what little information we may have at hand. Our secret weapon for the present and the future will be an America whose people never stop wanting to learn. We learn to love our neighbors here and abroad when we use the God-given-patience of learning more about their way of life. The more we learn about all the peoples all over the world and the faster we do it, the faster will come an under- stood peace. Prayer alone will not guarantee that our chil- dren will not be faced with the same hates that are current today, It will take prayer, planning, compromise, love for hard work, and a never-ending-patience. We hope that there are times in the near future when you feel that there are problems that you need help with, and that you will return to our Schools for that help. There will be times in the very near future when we will come to you for help in solving our common problem-The Pre- paring of the Youth of Today for the World of Tommorow. With my sincere congratulations to you as seniors, Iremain Your friend and co-worker, Warfin mauer, Supervising Principal