Western Hills High School - Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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llfffilllillflfifllfolllgllfilll HDIIRAJMAQIFHISCJIFS Anmuxcomma DROHAN BLAscx-x BOLAN Bnown BURKE CLA1ut DAUTBRICH ms MIND or SHAKESPEARE, who conceives of men as such stuff as dreams are made of, gives to the world all that is greatest in human thought. His paramount work dwarfs into comparative insigniflcance all subsequent dramatic effort. During the period of Goldsmith, however, the potent spell of the playwright, in some measure, is wrought once more in She Stoops to Conquer -a play which holds sham sentiment up to ridicule and wields the magic wand of genuine humor. In modern English drama we find the new and varied tenderness that reflects, with purposeful intent, contemporary struggle. The strong national feeling of the Irish School, Lady Gregory, Yeats, and Synge, bring a renascence of interest in peasant life and folklore. Other dramatists stand for distinct contributions: Pinero for technical improvement, Shaw for conversational brilliance, Barrie for fancy and humor, Galsworthy for the presentation of social problems, and Phillips for a restoration of the Elizabethan poetic spirit. English drama to-day is a force for the uplift of man and for much that is desirable in modern civilization. 1BERTA B. HARPER.

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17. Si sm. LEWIS Kopp HARRIS DRUCKER GREENFIELD MITTENKQETER iIE5lNlNL?flllQ9lllSilHll JIL91llGTllfllE,lIRfMlIlfllllllRlIE5 HE REAL CONTRIBUTION or LITERARY ENGLAND to the world is moral in its significance. Chaucer introduces the genial humor that gives sanity of mental attitudeg golden-voiced Spenser typifies the aspirations of man for nobility and virtue, Milton, Puritan and artist, expresses the conflict between good and evil. A plea for brotherhood and democracy comes from the Plowman Poet, through intimate communion with nature Wordsworth would bring solace and strength to the soul of man. The romance of Scott, the humani- tarianism of Dickens, and the optimism of Stevenson shed their influence for good. From the two great Victorians, Browning and Tennyson, comes an unassailable faith which teaches men to march straight forward and to meet their pilot face to face. This moral teaching through her literature comes down even to the day of Eng- land's present laureate, Masefield, who, through his reasoning, is giving to the World a broader, more sympathetic understanding of all nIen. BERTA B. HARPER.

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Dixvis DEITEMEIBR Dsvims - DOURSON DUNKEL Mas. T. E. Foucx-I T. E. Foucn FREEMAN l B 14 , WHAT WE DERIVE FROM ENGLAND is greatly underestimated. In fact, we seldom are considerate in giving England any credit whatsoever for the part she has played in our governmental develop- ment. England's greatest contribution to America has been DEMOCRACY. Our forefathers were primarily English in descent and carried with them the liberty-loving principles of the mother country. In France there was no democracy, no popular government. Not so in England. King john in 17.15 was the first to see the handwriting on the wall when he was forced to sign the Magna Charta. Following this were other steps to democracy such as the Bill of Rights, the Petition of Rights, and many others which definitely defined' the powers of the king and placed the responsibility of government in the hands of the people. People with this sense of responsibility formed our Hrst colonies and framed our Constitution. -E. S. Mouic. r 6 www lllfJllNll 1l?fllLilllSlIHlI fIlQ?f4DVllE5llPtllNIllIMllllIi5llNllClIlf