Claymont High School - Clay Tablet Yearbook (Claymont, DE)

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EUGENE SHEPHERD One minute here, the next minute there, Roaming about without a care. JAMES SPRING Rome was not built in a day. EDNA WALDRON A merry heart goes all the day. GORDON WALDRON 'All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them. JACK WEATHERLOXX' l.oolcf here comes a lady. FERN WEHRHEIM She smiles and all the shadows depart. WILLIAM WHITE For every action you make have a good reason. MADELINE WILHELM Some credit in being jolly. BETTY WOHNUS Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. MARIE YOST Some friendships are made by na ture, some by contact, some by Interest, and some by souls.

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WILLXAM OBERLE Leave silence for saints, I am but human. HERMAN PAIGE A busy man never has time to tell how much work he does. VIRGINIA PYNE He who laughs-lasts. CLAIRE REITER I shall he as secret as the grave' AIDELAIDE RIDGAXVAY Seek a bright outlook on life. CATHERINE ROBER . - Love for one, friendship for few and respect for many. ROBERT ROBERTS May they say of me-He Serves' CHARLES ROHLING My :rue-love hath my heart, and I have hers. MARGARET RUSSELL Self reverence, self knowledge, self control. HOWARD SCOTT 1:'s jazz, iz's jazz that makes the world go 'rounclf'

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Gladys jones, 1 93 7 ET us take a glimpse into the Old World a few centuries ago. Surely there must have n some good reasons for the hordes of people coming to America. Why did they leave apparently good, comfortable homes to brave the perils of an uncharted ocean to come to a land that might be infested with wild animals or ruled by some cannibalistic savages? Per- it was the spirit for adventure and the desire for gold that lured the first explorers here. vast, unexplored continent, offering free land to any who cared to take the risks that went with it, beckoned to the people of the Old World. For political and religious reasons were more than willing to leave their mother country for a haven of peace and for chance to start life over again in the New World which promised freedom. They had no experience in self-government to help them-only the right of fighting for their lt was a struggle from the time they left the Old World until they achieved their in the new land. That made a stronger foundation on which to build a future world power-for all the were weeded out. Only the strongest could survive the hardships of the new country. Those who migrated to America had qualities which would help them SL1fmOL1Ut the most difficult obstacles that they would have to face. They were not afraid to try something new. lnitiative was one of their strongest points. lt furnished them the incentive to push forward with a new resolution to seek the things which they knew they wanted. Perhaps they aimed too high, but these different types and races of people reached the goals they set for themselves so securely and satisfactorily that the wisest leaders of the Old World were astounded. Surely, they thought, a country such as this could not long endure. But look what has been done-these different races of people from all over the world have created in America a new kind of democracy. Even today we find a number of immigrants still coming to America to build a new future for themselves and help build a better democracy. Edna Fawcett, 1937 East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. Would Kipling have considered this true if he had known a cosmopolitan city. lt is true that the customs and belief of the East clash with the doctrines of the Western peoples, but cannot the two be blended? Consider that japanese who greets you in clear English and who wears a trim tailored suit instead of his native robe. l-le has been assimilated by a western world and has brought to it his skill to create delicate loveliness and ability to delve deep into the realms of learning. A short distance from the center of some of our bustling cities can be found a bizarre settlement known as Chinatown. Certainly the East and West are tangent here. America brings together the North and South as well as the other extremities. The swarthy Italian and the fair Swede meet on equal ground and have equal opportunity to make their contribution to the culture of the western world. Truly it is the huge cauldron into which are poured a great variety of nationalities from which come that versatile people known as Americans. America is comparatively a new nation among the other powers of the world, but we rank high among them because they have contributed so much to our civilization. The best social heritages of nearly every country on the globe have been blended within our borders. Knowledge of science and industry, the appreciation of fine arts and music, and the rudi- ments of our own government we owe to our fellow nations. Truly America is the greatest melting pot in the world. The peoples from all parts of the universe pledge their allegiance to this great land. Many of them sacrifice and struggle, and work and plan in order that they may be more worthy to be called citizens. They realize the opportunity that they have in helping to govern, in raising themselves out of the ranks of the ordinary, and establishing themselves solidly in this democracy. Those of us whom the Melting Pot has already Americanized must realize that the immigrants are not detracting from our opportunities but are adding strength and greatness to an already great nation.