Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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n WEPLQQ MERICA laces no more momentous problem today than the decision of what is to be done for the youth of today. Eagerly they turn towards the schools and eagerly they reach for society to give the best ol its experience, they clamor for the stimuli to be creative and produc- tivei and they joyously and hopefully reach lor the torch which they desire to carry higher and brighter. From the l.atin Grammar School to the academy to the free high school as We lcnovv it today, the story of secondary education is one oi constant adaptation to changing needs. The adap- tation must be continuous and accelerated if the secondary school is to l4eep abreast ol a social scene changing with increasing rapidity and to play any significant pioneering part at the outpost of human needs. As our youth turns to the school it is a challenge to give societyis best. As young America goes to school so may vve shape our destiny, as young America turns from school so shall our destiny lie. ffl' lf Lg! V , A II J i 1 fl A rf A 'Y' o 695-Q. ?Q+ Yo M25- 94 ff' 929' 0 'iw-0 J ,yi-li'.pqA !Z,f.F'i7xAo 195' 0 9' 0 ' V G43 QV . 0, 2 f 0

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0 J ' 1 JU Y -4 v 0 r , , V Lf- ,r L rl R , V VV. U i 4. L of K fr f 'I fctfgfflf, FUUNDER5 Ulf My tgraZTZT,g?MsQ A SU-lOUl.5 OF A lVl E ll l CA 'fifiitiftf THROUGH the publication ol this boolc, the Clarion pays tribute to the three century long struggle which began formally in 1635 when the Boston l.atin School, forerunner of the present American high school, established tree public education lor the First time in the modern vvorld. Efforts of the public high school to teach youth hovv to vvorlc, hovv to thinlc, and hovv to play have not always availed against civic apathy, but universal, democratic education has endured as a principle for three hundred years, as a major lactor ol the American Dream. The creating ol an enlightened citizenry, capable of providing peace and abundance lor all is still the hope of those who are not altogether succumbed to selfish interests or hopeless. ' ,1 5 . I .IL . aj X! lf ob l r i . J , , Mi K ,J X J, Y i , ,J t -l-he theme of this boolc hopes to show hovv secondary education haw!! P expanded its historic role, and hovv our modern high school novv performs its vvorl4. ln early American history subjects were fevv and the outside activities tool4 little responsibility in developing the lull realization ol am A A student's character. Today, the high school must meet the demands ol modern society in complexity, variety of interest, and direction ol lile. -lo those vvho savv the implications of an educated youth, to those vvho set the sail in the right direction tovvard true democratic ideals, this book is sincerely dedicated. 4 L . J x on X X., 1 J J V+ 1