West Philadelphia High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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To the M embers of the Graduating Class af fune, 1929: ITHIN a beautiful and costly shrine, in the Library of Con- gress, at Washington, hangs a precious document, yellowed with age, and venerated by all who see it. It is the original of that famous Declaration, the adoption of which brought our country into being. We call it the Declaration of Independence. This title, however, conveys only a part of the great idea of which the Declaration is the expression. The establishment of American independence from a tyrannical European government alone could not have made our country what it is today. The real cause of our progress and prosperity has been our freedom to develop among ourselves the great idea of human interdependence. The possibility of human advancement rests largely upon our realiza- tion of the fact that people and nations, individually and collectively, are economically dependent upon each other. Graduates of modern American high schools, who will have to solve the great problems of the world in the near future, should make it their business to understand this great truth. Upon the widespread development of such understanding rests the future of humanity. We, your teachers, feel confident that you, our pupils, will effectively carry your full share of this large responsibility. That you may make good in the great undertaking is our sincerest wish. I Faithfully yours, CHARLES C. HEYL. N ine