Downingtown High School - Our Year Cuckoo Yearbook (Downingtown, PA)

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Education ID an American Democracy should have the follovvlng objectnves self realnzatlon, b human relatlonshnps economlc effclency and d cuvnc resoonslolll ty The school must become a place nn vvhuch courtesy and co operation are charact rlstlcs of all It must present a lcnovvl dg of p r sonal economics a crltncal attltud expressed ln one s judgment as a consumer and d v loo experiences vvhuch will contruout t tol ance, to a passion for soclal pstace to th development of crltlcal judgm nt and to an understanding of what the d mocratnc way of lnfe really us, and a loyalty to It The Class of 1939 has cortrlbuted to twes objectives through leadership and partncupa tnon In athletacs clubs ass mblles p a s operettas, and Ctudent Councul As the members of this class face the realltles of llfe may each one Be mindful that these things abide above all else truth, tolerance and love Whate er betlde Ci' 5 Supervising Principal Dovvnlngtown Senior Junxor l-lugh School Page ten My sincere best vvlshes to the graduating cla s of 1939 May fortune smlle on your every good and gracious effort and may your contlnulng edu cation botw formal and Informal mould your llves Into vvorthy, responslbl cltlzenshrp l leave you vvuth this thought You have each been given a bog of tools A formless rock and a boolc of rules And each must molce, ere life has flown A stumbling block or a stepping stone Goodbye and good luclc Most slncerely yours f principal of Dovvnlngtown Junsor Senior l'llgh School

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Ernest Smedley President George E Perry Vnce President N Leland Wllson Secretary Robert T Ash Mrs Belle M I-lutchlnson When IS one educated, or what constitutes an educatlon7' Certaunly the posses sion of a diploma, be If I-llgh School, College, or Unnverslty, rs not Flnal proof Some of those who stand highest IH the I-Iall of Fame had llttle formal educatlon No one wlll deny that Abraham Lincoln was a well educated man But he one time sand to an acquamtance who had expressed surprlse at his lntellngence, I never went to school more than slx months In my Isle Yet Lincoln stands as one of Earth s Immortals Life to hum was a great school and he never ceased to be a learner An old Greek phllosopher, slttlng on his porch, lookung tovvard Isle s sunset, was approached by a vrsntor, vvho sold I observe your old and happy Isle I-Iovv do you attann ltr? And the old phllosopher replued You see also, the line trees and orchards I possess Well, I have them because I planted them as a young man So, In youth I land the Foundation of my Inle I dnd not walt untll I vvas old to begun to build for thus clay And so to you who are graduatlng from Dowmngtown I-Ilgh School, the Board of Education commends the message of the old Greek phllosopher with the hope that you will make the sprrlt of If your own only then can you lay claim to being educated ERNEST SMEDLEV Page eleven