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

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MQ.. ,,,, - . 1 we o YoU, THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1933: Another four years has passed. You young men and young women who came here as boys and girls seeking knowledge, are going forth with confidence to meet the duties and responsibilities of life in the larger World-a world at this time struggling with serious economic and social problems. W'e have seen you grow in body and in mind and have faith in your ability and character to stand hrmly for the right in Whatever your lot may be. As we think, so we are. May you be given the strength to live up to your convictions and never to be ashamed of what you have done. Sincerely, AARON S. LONGACRE. THE RECORD OF THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1933 Page 9

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ft HE poet Wordsworth mourned that the H celestial light with which we see the earth and every common sight clothed when we are young fades into the light of common day as we grow up. Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon the growing boy, he lamented. Beautiful things, in nature and human nature, in art and act, all become dulled and dimmed to us as we get used to them and grow to take them for granted. Pity 'tis, 'tis so. But we need not let it be so. We can, if we will, keep free of this prison-house of adult boredom and drabness. Many adults do, and all young people have the chance to do so. VVe must keep our sense of wonder, says the philosopher. We need not lose our feeling of the magic and majesty of things while we lind out more about them. We must keep youth's enthusiasm, youth's intensity and dauntlessness, if we would keep truly alive, says David Seabury, the psychologist. Youth, be it in the unspoiled young person or in the person of years who has preserved the spirit of youth, believes in an eternal and eventual rightness underneath all things, isfull of eagerness and earnestness to uncover and keep uncovered this rightness, burns with admiration for order and harmony wherever it is shown, possesses cheer and courage in the face of problems and difficulties and troubles, knowing there is a way through every one of them to triumph if he will use brain and heart to find it. All these qualities every young person can keep to the end of life if he will keep on expressing and using them in every relationship and situation. BEATRICE R. RICHARDS. Page 8 THE RECORD OF THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1933

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sl -1-vw, -- --',n'l'. ' REETINGS TO THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1933: When the ear is attuned, otherwise ordinary sounds become music. To the modernist, a steamboat whistle, the throb of machinery, the bustle of a busy day may suggest the theme of a symphony. The sensitive ear of the composer detects undertones and rhythm, which may be blended and varied to pro- duce a pleasing harmony, softly charming, or vitally stimulating. Those who cultivate the listening ear find new worlds opening before them, where quite common- place affairs take on new meaning and hitherto-un- known rhythms add zest to the adventure of living. STELLA C. CULLEN. P692 10 THE RECORD OF THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1933