Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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in the beginning our minds were untutored, but through the ages all knowledge inoreasedf, Sa ! 7 Q 111 11,,H ! u X l -.,,, - ' '111 V f ff Q M- f ffl! PM . I ' Ill' 'Ill ll hvlllllllll 11lUIlIllllll ,. lll llllm OX lil f 4 - 1.1 11 53: Hull lfllllwl - lllluil T.. I -- T. lllluu:rlH ' 'H -H flnmll .47 ovevvovb As the culture and ancient civilization of the Far East brightened and enriched our lives, so has our beloved Adelphi influenced us in these formative years, helping us attain a cultural background as Well as stimulating and enlightening our minds. lnstilled in us have been the great gifts first recognized in the Orient-mental alertness, reason- ing power, respect for properly constituted authority and a deep and sincere love of beauty as displayed in all forms of art. We have learned the joy of accomplishment, the exploring of new fields of learn- ing, the treasure of friendships and the strength of unity as we were Welded into a class entity. In appreciation of these priceless gifts We turn back the pages of memory. W 6 NN

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l9ringS joy to the heart.

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essa -e of I-be eabwaasfer This year the Adelphic has as its central theme the Orient, and the influence which it has exerted upon our Western World. Too many people these days are prone to consider our western civilization as including everything worth while, and as responsible for all inventions and improvements. We forget that in the Tigris-Euphrates and the Nile valleys there was a high degree of civilization 6,000 years ago. VVe do not realize that the Chinese were busy inventing printing, and that there were 'Apenny-in-the-slot machines in Egypt when the inhabitants of Western Europe were still savages in the wilderness. ln addition to this we have the great heritage of art, architecture, literature, drama and philosophy which has had such a tremendous influence on our own civilization. The Oriental mind works in ways which are often strange to us, but these people have, through the centuries past, had the same hopes and fears, the same loves and hates, and the same yearning to reach out for something higher and better in spiritual things. Their ways of expressing these thoughts and emotions have been different from our own, but through them they have made great contributions to the onward march of civilization. If this volume does no more than lead its readers to an interest in things Oriental and a desire to learn more about the Far East, it will have served its purpose. MMF 7