Arnold High School - Arlion Yearbook (Arnold, PA)

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1 Your commencement in 1953 means the real beginning of your chance in the world. Some young people express the pessimistic opin- ion that i we are out of luck. We have nothing to look forward to but the war that is not a war. We can't practice our vocations, begin our careers or make plans for the future. It looks as though we are the unfortunate generation. Quite a large number of people seem to agree with this thought. In the Book of Hebrews are the words, By faith Abraham went out, not knowing whither he went. He could not see the future anymore than we can. Life was uncertain and insecure for him, too. Two and a half centuries ago a handful of colonists on the New England coast managed to dig out a living from a grudging, rocky soil. A man who reached the age of forty- OUR rincryoa H. H. SINGER Carnegie Institute of Technology University of Pittsburgh tive was old. A woman who lived to forty was considered lucky and if half her children did not die before the age of four, the mother was for- tunate. ln contrast to the conditions of living during Abraham's time, or even during the early history of our own thirteen colonies, our lives- even with the cold war in Korea, is pretty good. Take hope in the fact that we are better off today than persons in those times. Be patient- do not plan pessimistically for evil days but have faith that your generation will also have its share of the good life. In the past, Faith has taught men to live by intangible things. Misty words like honor, love, loyalty, trust and hope give glory and dignity to human existence. Those words can be shining beacons for you in 1953-set your compasses by them that your life may be full and abundant., FRIENDS

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oayoerinlfenafenlf GENTLE IN MANNER, STRONG IN DEED H. D. BERKEY Indiana State Teachers College University of Pittsburgh CLASS OF 1953: You as citizens of the United States have inherited an incredible fortune in the form of a free country for which you must pay the price of eternal vigilance. Yours is the challenge to preserve for future generations and to relinquish eventually to them this nation still bearing its emblem of freedom. May the scribe who pens your story write of the mem- bers of your class that they have lived well, not only true to the principles of right and justice, but also faithful to their country and their fellow men. Always for posterity this world presents a challenge. 'I'I

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GUIDES AND HELPERS 'l QE, 9' if 1 x ' gf' x 1 A V N I . D , u .AX N :B . QW fl J ' ' ji Q' ' L! lf 6554 fcmlf Qfincapa J. J. PALLONE Indiana State Teachers College University of Pifisburgh Pennsylvania State College Proud of the new addition io The school. 'I3