Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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-.-.A.-.-.-4 A:'A::v,v,:, v.-.' - - Av.,., - ,.,.,., X.. res Fe' , X t., Q x . Q 5I'PERIN'l'l'2XIbIibI'1'ci1I.XRl.l4IS C. M.xnl:1R.x, All.. A.M. Juniata College, New York L'lllYL'l'SltX'. School of liducation The Superintemlenfs essage A Good School is a place where young people of any age come together to edu- cate themselves and each other, with the help of good teachers. in those social hahits of Co-operation and Studies needed for Effective Citizenship in a Democracy. Sunbury Schools have slowly evolved through the last century coincident with the growth of the nation and the city itself. Those great thinkers who founded our nation a century and :1 half ago did not regard education merely as one of the incidental functions of the democracy. Time and tilne again they spoke of the schools as the primary means through which the hlessings of democracy were to hceome the common inheritance of all. This democracy and these schools constitute the nohlest attempt ever made to achieve the destiny of man. They have heen established in order that he may, so far as practicable, have an unfettered opportunity to achieve his own hest sclfg that is, to realize whatever worthy talent or notahle aspiration he may have with no other limitation than that which he wills to set for himself. The high school is coming to he regarded as an institution designed to serve the educational needs of a period of life of all young people. rather than a cumulative step in the educational ladder for a selected few of the total age group. Greater adjustments to individual capacities for learning will he necessary, and the formality of the present day program must he modified to meet individual needs. It is lil-:ely that the high school of the future will he more closely connected with the life of the community. In other words. a high school course will include that type of training necessary in preparation for adequate participation in the duties of citizenship and, at the same time. provide an enriched opportunity for living during those years immedi- ately preceding adult life. C. C. BIADEIRA, Superintendent. SHS 5

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Page 12 ,,,,,,,,,,i,,,,2E,gL.yfffif . -G., Left to Riglxtflir. Rube-rt 0116-nh-rf. Mr. A. J. Glosv-r. Mr. Hugh Willnrul. Mr. C. C. Mndpiru. Mr, Joseph Ray Miss Mary Ruhllins, Mr. Jmm-s Yun Dyke. Mr. XV. K. Davis, Miss Annie Hilemzm B0ard1H5EducaH0n OFFICERS JOSEPH L. RAY - Prvsirlmzt ANDREXW' J. CJLOSSER Vim' Prcsidmzf JAMES P. YYAN DYKE - .Secretary MEMBERS XVILLIAM K. IDAYIS Ronizm' OBERDORF IXNNIE IXILICMAN Hman M.YV1LLA1m BIARY E. ROBBINS Sccrvfzzry in flu' Board of Ii:!lIll'I1fi0Il

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Page 14- PRINCIPAI. Fnrzmznlclc P,mG13TT, A.B. Heidelhurg Colle,-ze The Principals essage The picture-story of this issue of the TORCH will give you a glimpse of the activities and study programs which interest and inspire students at Sunbury High School. In these activities and study programs are several lumdred undergradu- ates. To this high school come many hundred students each year. Among these students one finds a variety of ambitions. Some are interested in husiness and related fieldsg some have a desire for cultural advancementg others are preparing for professional study-teaching. law. dentistry. or medicine. All have but one general purpose, preparation for a happy useful life. If you are one who anticipates the happy experiences offered hy high school. you are anxious to get some impression of the life surrounding the institution in which you are interested. This you should do, so that you may properly evaluate your interests and aptitudes with respect to activities and study programs. XVhen you turn these pages you should catch some of the joy which is school, and some of the spirit which is Sunhury High School. FIREIJI-IRICIC PADor:'1 1', Principal. i