Allderdice High School - Allderdice Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Of the tongues of many nations, Until the day when, fr-om the Wigwam Came the young braves with their Credits Came the squaws with many Credits To receive the Great Diploma, Vxfhile the s-oft beat of the tom-toms Led by the magic Wand of Zeigler Made Low music through the Wigwam. Gone the braves to distant nations, Mingled with the Golden Panthers, Mingled with the Tribes of Tartan, Harvard, Princeton, all receive them. Yet often do they think of sighing Of the gay days in the Wigwam, Of their struggles in the Wigwam Near the vale of Forward Avenue. myth 06- SXAXE

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l.I l ll IUAIZY The Song of Tayloralder IN the vale of Forward Avenue, 1 By the swelling hills of Shady, Arched in greenness, woodland greenness, Rose the walls of the Great VVigwam. Allderdice, the wigwamfs name was, Allderdice and its traditions Known through all the hilly woodlands. Y e who leave its well-known pathways, Ye who long to gain adimittance, Listen to this simple story- To this tale ot the Great Wigwaiii. From Came Came the mountains high and mighty the tribes of noble Vvlglltlllilll, tihe squaws and braves with schoolbooks To the pathways of the 'Wigwamg F rom t'he rolling slopes of Colfax, Headed by their great chief Deevers, Cam-e From From From P' rom Came Came the tribes to the Great Wfigwamg the distant Place of Linooln, the grassy Roosevelt Prairie, the shady Linden forest, many near and distant places the tribes to the Great VVigwam. the Teachers rich in wisdom To the pathways of the Wigwam, To the young braves in the wigwam. Many things the teacihers taught them- How to conquer all the spirits, How to use and profit by themg Showed them Algebra, the mighty, How to struggle with his presenceg Showed them Chemistry and Physics, lNhich harass the sleep of mortals VVhile they oonquer them with Shrinerg Lead them through Geometric forestsg Helped them ride through Latin countryg Showed them Biology and English. Many tlhings the teachers taught them Of the stories of the nations,

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Upportunity WITH conditions such as they are, it is natural that many -of the graduates of 1933 sh-ould be in a dilemma as to what they will do until they can procure regular emplloymenlt. Although in the majority of cases limited funds preclude any expensive 'higher education, lack of money should not prevent any ambitious young person of Pittsburgh flrom improving himself culturally. The facilities for costless education in this city are many and are wi-thin the reach of everyone. The seeker after knowledge may go to the Carnegie Library, in the books of which lie almost limitless information on every branch of learn- ing. His reading he can follow up with dir-eot -observation in the museum, or by lisltening to the capable men wl1o lecture in the Music Hall. Here, in this one building, is enough to satisfy any -thirst for enlightenment. The courses offered to graduate students by the High schools and trade schools form another priceless oppontunity and should not be regarded merely as a method of spending time, but as serious, specialized study. Let n-ot the oft-ridi-culed correspondence school be disdained, for through its agency the pathway to knowledge can be greatly illumined. If the graduate feels that he is not adapted to .the pursuit of further k11owledge and wants to put his shoulder to the wheel, he need not necessarily stay idle and dependent because of industrial inactivity. There are all over the country abandoned farms which he can work on a crop-sharing basis and ex- tract a living, if nothing more, from the soil. T-he gold fields of the West offer a reward, uncentain as it may be, to diligence and knowledge. There are other opportunities like these ready to be taken by those who are willing to leave their procrastinating iidleness and to putt their whole energy into a determined venture. In vievsf of these opportunities, then, let us not permit ourselves to become the unresisting victims of circumstance but rather let us rise with all the sanguine vigor of youth to reproduce the -enterprise wfhich has made this country pre- eminent among nations. GAG -27-