Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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'IM .9ntl'0Jll,Ce Our gkefne . . . THAT INTANGIBLE SUBSTANCE, GASES SO VITAL TO LIFE ON EARTH, THE AIR AROUND US, IS OUR THEME FOR THIS YEAR. AIR AFFECTS OUR EVERY MOVEMENT, FOR WITHOUT IT THERE WOULD BE DEVASTATION AND UTTER NOTHINGNESS. AN EMPTY EARTH VOID OF LIFE WOULD EXIST. THE BEAUTY OF THE SKIES WOULD BE LOST TO THE FLEETING IMAGINATION OF OUR CREATOR, AND THE REALITY OF CIVILIZATION MIGHT STILL BE A DREAM. JOHN RUSKIN SAID OF THE SKY, THAT IT IS: ALMOST HUMAN IN ITS PASSIONS, ALMOST SPIRITUAL IN ITS TENDERNESS, ALMOST DIVINE IN ITS INFINITY. AIR STORMS, BLOWS, DRIFTS, WHIRLS AND ROARS IN EMPHASIS OF ITS HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS. IT HAS WIND, RAIN, CLOUDS, THUNDER, LIGHTNING, FOG AND HAIL TO EXPRESS ITS MOODS. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEN WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH- OUT AIR, FOR THE TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, RADIO, TELEVISION AND RADAR ALL DEPEND UPON AIR FOR TRANSMISSION. ALL SPEECH, SOUND AND MUSIC ARE DEPENDENT ON THIS SAME STUFF OF LIFE. MAN IS ETERNALLY REACHING UPWARD TOWARD THE HEAVENS FOR THE CULMINATION OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. HIS UTOPIA IS THE GREAT BEYOND. THUS FAR, HE HAS ONLY TOUCHED UPON THIS ZENITH THROUGH AIR TRAVEL AND AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED MISSILES, THUS, IN SUMMARY, IT MAY BE SAID THAT AIR IS LIFE, FOR EVERYTHING ANIMATE AND HERBACEOUS RESULTS FROM THE EXIST- ENCE OF AIR. 6

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