Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Pioneering I CONGRATULATE the boys and girls of the Alameda High School that they are living in this age, when the old order is passing and they have an opportunity of helping establish the new. I have always envied the pioneers. They made history. It is only the pio- neers that ever do make history. All empire westward takes its flight. Conser- vatism is apt to be only another word for timidity and self-complacency. Prog- ress comes through the brave souls that always look beyond and are never satisfied -eager souls, dreaming of perfection, whose reach exceeds their grasp, as Browning puts it. But no pioneering is ever done except by the spirit of youth, and to the youth of the world there opens up today a new opportunity for adventure. We have con- stantly heard that the whole social order as well as the economic order is chaotic. But scientists tell us that our universe is a constantly expanding one, with new . DR. THOMPSON worlds beyond. In the world of the mind and of the spirit the process of development is yet in its infancy. We cannot again land at Jamestown or at Plymouth Rock. No longer are we called upon to fight our way across the hostile plains to the Golden West. But more glorious and unexplored territory in the realm of Science, Art, Literature, and Service to mankind challenges us. What our social adjustment will be is a matter of conjecture, but we do know that the new call is for an age that gives to every man and every woman what our forefathers hoped for, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness-an ideal which is well-nigh forgotten at this time. To win demands courage, faithfulness, and a new search for truth. May we all unite in a new spirit of pioneering and blaze the trail which will lead ultimately to individual and national happiness. Glori- ous youth, the future is yours. You must win and win nobly. Your motto must ever be the Latin proverb, Inveniam viam aut faciam, - I will find a way or make one. Rejoice that the quest is unending! To the ACORN staff and the faculty members assisting, to the senior classes which they represent and to their able advisor, Dr. Paul Vigness, I extend my appreciation for the publication of such a splendid edition of our Annual. GEORGE C. THOMPSON,