West Newton High School - Searchlight Yearbook (West Newton, PA)

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Planning ur Progress l'rfxnk l,Ii::li, 'Tre'-fissilrrliy Ollo leono, l3!L15ir'luiilp Donrilcl Long, Vicie Presidc-lily Cecil Wriltwr, Sevietrfiiyg Orion Kllo. To the .Graduating Class of 1951: The Board of School Directors congratu- lates you for having successfully completed your high school courses with a record com- parable with the best classes before you. We are proud to have had a part in your educa- tional development, and wish you success in your future undertakings. The critical military and defense emer- gencies which now exist will undoubtedly af- fect the future plans of many of you. While some will be able to continue further educa- tion, others will be inducted into the armed forcesg some of the rest may enter business or industry. Your new lives will be more com- petitive and challenging' than ever beforeg and on the other hand, more opportunities for jobs will be available than in previous years. Un- fortunately, with the emphasis on special skills and abilities being! greater than ever, many jobs will require more than a high school edu- cation to qualify for them. lt will be up to you to prepare yourselves for these jobs. For those who cannot attend college, other means for personal improvement are available in the form of special short courses, apprenticeships, night schools, correspondence courses, or by self study. It is a fact that the educational improve- ment oi' many high school students ceases upon graduation. Your present education is only a part of the tools that you will need to make a successful future. It is hoped that members of the Class of 1951 will continue to improve their knowledge by availing themselves of the educational facilities within reach. Otto J. Leone President

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Steering ur Course STEWART S. TOWNSEND Principal Education begins with the first moment of life and continues until death. According to John Dewey, Education is life. The results of education are changes in the individual. His inherent tendencies and emotions are modified as forces of the environment impinge upon his nervous system. He acquires ideas, habits, at- titudes, and ideals. He develops a continuously changing character for better or for worse. The character of each member of this gradu- ating class at this very moment was deter- mined by how he lived in the past, his charac- ter at the time of his death will depend upon how he will have lived up to that moment. My sincere Wish is that each may so live in the future as to achieve the greatest worth and happiness for himself and the greatest good for society. ' 4, DR. CLAUDE MITCHELL Siigpcwising Principal . ' 'A Ais members of the iC.iass ,of.1951 you, no doubt, are beginning to, realizegthat you are facing a society that is 'exceptionally long on precept and too-short on example. In it 'you willlbe called'up0n, more. and more, to assume duties and obligations as the years come and go. Whether this nation will continue. to exist or 'fall into decay isvmore and more becoming your question to answer. , ' Unborn generations vgill be looking to you to preserve and hand down a heritage un- sullied and a flag unstained by the dross of human depravity arid man's' inhumaiiity to 'man.'rMay the opportunities of the future be grand and many but likewise may You never forget that with .them will always come duties and obligations. .Q , . . 'V '1 V, 1 -.vi , '