Somerville High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Somerville, NJ)

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and of those . . . Time is an important factor in education. A person's accomplishment is reckoned in periods varying from one year to a lifetime. The intermediary years of a student's education are divided into four year segments. His progress is evaluated at the end of each four years, and he either goes forward or drops by the wayside. Once he goes beyond these formal levels, education becomes a lifelong proiect. The student, now man, advances on his own. He is rated in terms of what he does. There are no set periods for ending a phase of his development. The time allowance is what he makes it. Theoretically then a man can grad- uate at any time, he can have many graduations. This time we speak of is a paradoxical element. To the student it is a turtle roused from his winter hibernation moving stupor-like to a new burrow. To the teacher it is a gazelle alarmed by the presence of a beast of prey dash- ing to safety. To the administrator it must be part turtle and part gazelle, for he reckons his time not in terms of matur- ing youth or developing minds but in the mundane matters of ordering supplies, signing diplomas, or building schools. As the student must be graded, so must the admin- istrator. However, as there are no stipulated periods the time for evaluation must be arbitrary. Because students operate on the four year plan, why not the administrator? Besides the Class of 'I956 feels akin to a particular adminis- trator, for they began their S.H.S. careers with this man. This man has proved himself lust as the graduating mem- bers of the Class have proved themselves. The parallel careers make for a natural period of recognition. Dr. John B. Geissinger, the Class of 1956 salutes your accomplishments in the past four years. We hope you will consider yourself a part of our graduation. Your grades merit the diploma of Administrator Extraordinary your report card follows: COURSE Building 'l8 Room School ..................... . I Construction of Brook's Field Bleachers ....... . I Reorganizing Business Administration ..... . 'I Revising H. S. LANGUAGE CURRICULUM . l Expanding Guidance Program to El. Grades ........ . 'I Organizing Special Ed. 8K Psychological Service ....... . I Extending EI. Foreign Language to the 7 and 8 Grade . . . . l SOCIAL TRAITS Patience ............... ................ . I Understanding ............ .............. . I 'I Getting Along With Others .............................................. Neil Fitzpatrick, Vice-President, George Sipel, President, Carl Roth, Class Adviser, Judy Kahn, Social 4 Representativeg Jake Quick, Treasurer. Not shown: Anne Montagna, Secretary.

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