East High School - Angelus Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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GEORGE WAGNER Coordinator of Instruction niggas, Dean of Girls mtg MELVIN PAYNE Assistant Principal MISS ELIZABETH SPARHAWK MISS MARGARET BEYNON Assistant in the Office +6 t KENNETH GORSLINE Assistant in the Office

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cfo Columbia Broadcasting Systmn, Hollywood, Calif. December l, l948 Mr. Sheldon Alpert, Denver Public Schools, East High School, East Colfax Ave. and Elizabeth Street, Denver 6, Colorado. Dear Sheldon Alpert: , Your letter of November 17th llong delayed in reaching mel asks me such important questions that I will give you honest answers instead of merely fair words. Q17 Q. What does the future hold for the youth of America? A. I don't know. Possibly war. Let's face it. C21 Q. How can we meet and overcome its obstacles? A. I will deal with this in a minute. C59 Q. What can we do ngw to guarantee our security later? A. There is no security, either now or later, and I think your entire accent on security is misplaced. There never has been security since mankind began on earth -- though sometimes, for a limited period, there has been the illusion of it for certain people or certain classes. Today, in facing the fact that security is non-existent, we are in touch with realities and perhaps are all the better for it. Grasp the substance. Do not run after the shadow. And now what is the substance? Here I come back to your second and vital question -- how to overcome the obstacles that await us in the future. I know of no secret weapon, quack nostrum or stream- lined shortcut. To youth I would say: Make yourself well informed so that you are better able to understand what things are all about not merely against the background of your own country and lifetime, but in the larger reckoning of world history. Learn the meaning of words so that you can diagnose nonsense and will be better able to resist the blandishments of the too smart. Cultivate private happiness, both with family and with friends, so that you are armored to some extent against whatever happens beyond your control. And for the minority of you who have a talent for control, go into politics or public life and raise its moral and intellectual standards. D All this if there is time. There may not be. Do not listen too much to my generation. Remember that we have had our chance and very largely fluffed it. This may not be the kind of message you were expecting from me, but your questions deserve the tribute of sincerity. With all good wishes, Yours sincerely, A nd James Hilton P.S. Please send me the issue of your magazine when it appears.

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