Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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Seated, Left to Right—William A. Pope, Russell M. Johnston, Helen Schaffer, Donald Treon, William H. Betz, president. Standing—Joseph L. Ray, Jr.; John Eister, Edwin L. Bergstresser, Joseph N. Lawton, Rudolph Rics, J. Fred Jones, Superintendent of Schools; Paul K. Rossi ter. Board of Education Superintendent’s Message J. FRED JONES, Superintendent of Sunbury Area Schools Pennsylvania State University, B.S., M.E. May I congratulate the class of 1958 on its graduation from the Sunbury Area High School. You are about to witness some tremendous changes in educational procedure the like of which were unheard of a few years ago. Sputnik” has had its impact upon American education. People at last are finding out that nothing is as important as an educated and trained individual. Education must receive top priority if we are to retain our status as a leading world power. We have lost world prestige since the launching of the world’s first ground satellite by Russia. Our schools are no longer a luxury but an absolute necessity. The American family-and the American public must decide how great an edu- cational effort is needed to achieve this educa- tional breakthrough, no matter what it costs. The urgency of our time requires that the yardstick for education must be need and not the dollar. The process of enlarging and refining the edu- cational program to meet the changing needs must be accepted by the American people. The con- stant appraisal and improvement of all public services including the schools is not only a right O JO hut a responsibility of everyone. Since the doors to new worlds of knowledge are always opening, may we rededicate ourselves in this decade of decision to our unshaken faith in our public schools, which mean so much to the American way of life. 10