Montpelier High School - Mirror Yearbook (Montpelier, OH)

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.,.......,.,'- 4 There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat And We must take the current when it serves Or lose our ventures. -William Shakespeare. Page 6

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- Tc1l1.4illi0ll This school year began very soon after the clos- ing of one era and the beginning of another era. The movement from steel to atoms caused much concern and speculation, even in view of the confi- dence that the United Nations Conference had gen- erated. That pupils in a school are removed from such world action is far from the truth. The leaders of today, the pupils of yesterday, have brought about in part this change, and this alomic era is the result of thinking that had taken root in the schooling or educational plan of this nation many years ago -a plan that has been, now is, and should continue to be confusing in many respects, yet clear as a con- structive pattern in other characteristics. That the pupils of today are the leaders of to- morrow, no one will question, however, the things they do, the thoughts they think, the way they con- trol themselves, will reflect the school of today. The school of today is only what the people of today want it to be. lt has taught man to make machines of all types, the airplane, traveling faster than sound, the atom bomb to destroy not only all physical struc- tures man has invented, but even rnan himself. Possibly one of the most heartening signs on the horizon may be the fact that fear of what can hap- pen to man without control may tend to bring a positive reaction and a rebuilding of character that will use the new power or powers in a positive manner. W Pupils in high school do more serious thinking than they are thought to do. They have developed Page 8 H. M. ,Shaeffer, Superintendent good characters all in all, they do know the right and positive side of life, they would be good leaders today except that age is a barrier. lt is the sophistication developed by age that will change their character and make them what they will be in future years. They will follow the pattern that now exists, mak- ing changes slowly yet surely. lt is, therefore, our responsi- bility as adults to assist not so much by admonition as by example the character we would like to be and see. -Mr. Shaeffer.