Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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FREDERICK PADGETT, Principal PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE Thomas Jefferson advocated . . a crusade against ignorance. This crusade has been implemented to such a degree that secondary school enrollments have increased twenty-fold in the last fifty years, while the population of our country has only doubled. Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty, and honor. More and more in the modern world large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment. Our men and women who are trained in the ability to think, evaluate, and create have made, and will continue to make, vital contributions to the building of a continually better civilization. The youth of America today has a challenge in the oppor- tunity to secure this training which will give them the oppor- tunity to serve, and thus have that peace of mind so necessary for a feeling of personal satisfaction. When we lie down, worn out, Other men will stand strong and free. But by the steps we have made they will climb, And by the stairs we have built they will mount. At our clumsy work they may laugh, And when the stones roll they may curse us. But they will climb . . . and by our steps They will mount . . . and by our stairs. FREDERICK PADGETT A.B., M.A. Heidelberg College Bucknell University 14 LOIS BURGESS Secretory RHODA J. PASSMORE, A.B. Pennsylvania State University Home and School Coordinator

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 J. FRED JONES, Superintendent of Sunbury Area Schools SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE I am very happy to congratulate the Class of 1957 upon its graduation. It is hoped that the education you have received here is just the beginning of a cycle that you will not fail to complete. Those of us who have spent most of our lives in the education field have been seeking ways over the years to raise the levels of education to meet today's needs. Effort to improve requires action; no progress can be made if we remain still. There are many trends that we can see all about us which make for sound progress, but complete cooperation is needed. Many years ago I heard this statement, You can travel no faster than you are able to take the public along with you. There- fore, better education becomes a matter of selling, and we cannot establish an educational policy acceptable to the public unless all people are informed concerning the problems that face us because it is they who pay the bill. I hope that your association with your classmates, teachers, and principal has given you an outlook on life that will never dim but as the years pass and you become more mature will shine with great brilliance among those with whom you come in contact. The road ahead will not always be an easy one, but I do know that the education you have received in the Sunbury Area Schools will enable you to cope with many difficult situations that may confront you. Lots of good fortune to you, Class of 1957. J. FRED JONES, B.S., M.E. Pennsylvania State University ROMAYNE KILLIAN Secretary MILDRED EYSTER Secretary 13

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FACULTY CHARLES W. COLEMAN Mus.B., B.S. Susquehanna University Temple University Music Theory, Band, Orchestra, General Music Supervisor RUSSELL F. DELP Pennsylvania State University Vocational Mochine Shop JAMES E. DOTY B.S. Bloomsburg State Teachers College Speech, Speech Therapist ROBERT W. DRICK B.S., M.S. Pennsylvania State University Vocational Agriculture srv • MARY C. BROBST A.B., A.M. Irving Female College Susquehanna University American History, German GEORGE M. AMERMAN A.B., LL.B. Dickinson College George Washington University World History, Pennsylvania History JOHN M. AUTEN B.S. Susquehanna University Health and Physical Education EMERSON L. DERR A.B., A.M. Susquehanna University Bucknell University Problems of Democracy, Economics