Lancaster High School - Mirage Yearbook (Lancaster, OH)

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Selection of Classes

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Fr e e d o m of thought. Expression . . . If we do not want to be fooled as our fathers were fooled into think- ing that they had made an enduring peace, we must exercise our free- dom of thought—our freedom to try to think straight. We must try to judge ideas in the light of the straightest thinking of the past .... And so, we will choose to study science or mathematics or languages or history or literature or music, and, with all, the teachings of Christ—in which internationalism and democracy are rooted deep.......It is pos- sible to have agreement in any field and yet permit different points of view. But unless we compare the different views, we have no right to draw conclusions—which makes the selfish view ridiculous and tolerance essential .... Modesty and humility as well as self-reliance should char- acterize our thinking, for the peace of the world depends upon thought- ful planning and not upon the crooked thinking of the Hitlers or the inertia of the mass-mind. JUWLa,

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 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Recreation is prescribed for us all—recreation out-of-doors, in the gym, in the library, at school and Y dances, at club meetings, at games, at the canteen. Let us be so- ciable—let us know many kinds of people, be responsible members of school groups—so that we may help build a friendlier world . . . Above all, let us avoid an overdose of play. The immediate effect may be exhila- rating, but the later results are highly dangerous. A steady diet of pleas- ure will cause drowsiness and stu- pidity. We may never become adults, but remain children . . . We must not be caught napping at this critical period of our lives like the nations that drifted along in pleasure and awoke too late to the Nazi threat.