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

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3 3 S gl To the Class of june, 1934: A modern writer has said, bLWCStCf11 Europe has carried the physical sciences and the exact arts to a point no other culture has reached and has adapted the whole mode of life to the pace and capacities of the machine. It is in this world that the members of the class of june, 1934, must be ready to take their places. Courage, tolerance, understanding and honesty are requisites for cooperative citizenship in this progresf sive age. We hope that we, your counselors and friends, have helped you to develop a working philosophy of life. We hope that you have benefited by the experiences you have had in your school community. Some of you will continue to be leaders, others may make lasting contributions in the fields of art, science, and business, but all must contribute something to be worth while in this mar' velous age. Our wish for you is, that you will have the courage to dare, and the will to do. Good luck and God-speed! STELLA C. CULLEN.

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To the Members of the Class of june, 1934: In this twelvemonths when we are hearing much of the centenary of public education in Pennsylvania, the theme of your Record calls to mind that even less than a hundred years ago Science was struggling for a place in the curriculum of schools and colleges in a country as enlightened as Great Britain, which the American Colonies recognized as their mother country. For him who is unaware of the history of the past few centuries, it must be diffi- cult to realize that the one who believed himself educated could reconcile his ignorance of science with that belief. Yet such was the fact and but a brief time ago, measured in the history of the ages, he who based his right to be called educated on his familiarity with the sofcalled humanities, acknowl- edged no acquaintance with the sciences as necessary to support his position. Vw'e say today that we live in a mechanical, a scientific age. We recogf nize the inductive reasoning and the love of truth which must guide the scientist. We know how much the prosperity and welfare of man are due to science. The man of education no longer denies to science its rightful place. Possibly the situation is reversed and in the field of education we are neglecting the old humanities and. emphasizing too much the sciences which were elbowed aside some years ago. Let us trust that a balance will finally be reached and that which is culture be properly measured. Whatever may be the progress of science, whatever knowledge science may bring to us of the way nature works, let us hope that men may put its findings to use not for the destruction but for the happiness and good of mankind. May the coming years bring to you success and prosperity. Most sincerely yours, WALTEa ROBERTS

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THE RECORD 1934 Art and Mechanic Arts RALPH B. YONKER Department Head- Alice R. Hale Alfred T. Harr Henry W. Hetzel Harry S. Hutton B. Frank Jarrett Elmer S. Lukens Elmer J. Reinhardt Gertrude Roberts John W. Robertson Elizabeth D. Schaifhauser Jacob J. Vkfeitzenfeld l English JOHN D. MAHONEY Department Head Irvin W. Anthony Grace B. Atherholt Willard S. Campbell Mona C. Greer Isadore Edelman Holmes Falkenstein Alice E. Fellger Leroy Fothergill Lillian Frantz William H. Geisler Mary E. Gross Anna W. Hanna Helen B. Hassler Fannie Hill Eleven Kathrine L. Howell Marjorie Jones Rose W. Kaplan Carl Karsch Ethel Ladd M. Jeanette MacKen John V. Mclntire Georgina Melville George Montgomery David G. Paul Cecil O. Richardson D. Clifford Ruth John L. Sigmund Herbert S. Weber