Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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A bulletin to the teachers. J. FRED JONES, M.Ed. ROMAYNE KILLIAN Pennsylvania State U niversity Secretary Superintendent of Schools A Message From Our Superintendent The philosophers of old drove home the point that the mental processes of a free mind and those of the herd were as far apart as the two poles. The man with a conscience dares to stand alone in what he thinks is right. The free man deals with his life in a wholly different fashion than does the man whose mind has not been set free. Wherever this concept of the free man has held sway, human life has found dignity and freedom. It exercises an inner control over mankind. Force and coercion throughout the ages have eventually proven futile. Mutual respect, cooperation, and a common understanding have taken their places in order to form a basic foundation for the democratic way of life. We have recently witnessed a horrible situation in which twenty-two of our American soldiers in the Korean theatre of war refused to return to their home land because of the indoctrination of communism. A newspaper reporter from one of our western states became interested and wanted to know the reason why one of them did not wish to return. What he found was shocking. The soldier did not have a decent life to return to in this country. His home life had always been wretched and insecure. Before he left he tried to hold the fragments of his family life together without any measure of success. Being of a sensitive and rather weak nature, he embraced communism. The verv life that you are preparing for is most important to the stability of your country. It is my wish that you procure for yourself the best educational foun- dation possible. One that can be tested and never found insecure. J. Fred Jones Superintendent 11

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Left to Right-G. Pollock, President; J. Jones; D. Treon, Secretary; H. Beck; W. Abrams; W. Pope; P. Rossitcr, Clerk; W. Bet .; C. Knoebel; E. Kistler; J. ShifTer, Vice-President. Board of Education The Sunbury Area Joint School District Board is a group of local citizens elected in the general election for terms of four or six years. A merging of Sunbury, Snydertown, Upper Augusta Town- ship, and Rockefeller Township has added three members to the former board of seven. This move was made to promote better schools. Meetings are held regularly on the second Tuesday of each month, at which time decisions are made reoardino o £ the administration of the school district. These men are to be commended for their fine efforts to serve their communities and schools.1 10

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LOIS BURGESS Secretary Type up today’s schedule. FREDERICK PADGETT, A.B., M.A. Heidelberg College Bucknell University Principal President Dwight D. Eisenhower has said, “The youth of our Nation . . . who O ' J are the future of our Nation ... are the hope and test of freedom itself.” In building a house or a bridge the builder would not attempt to proceed without a plan. A general would not send his men into battle in a haphazard manner. The same is true for each of us. A plan of life is necessary, is a vital part of our early life and educational experiences. Without such, our lives will be a failure. Having developed a plan of living early in life will assure each person of a definite place in our competitive world. It will make certain that your influence, in whatever way you may care to direct it, will be felt in your Community, your State, and your Nation. You can be the leaders in our democratic social organization who have determined to stamp out every trace of communistic tendencies by means of the influence of education. Let us so plan our lives that we may justify the words and belief of our President. Frederick Padgett Principal 12