Barringer High School - Athenaeum Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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EDITORIAL As graduation draws near and we prepare to step out into life we look toward the future with varying degrees of eagerness and apprehension. Upon becoming self- sufficient many persons believe that a break in the family ties is positive and perhaps necessary. That theory is an obviously inexperienced one for when they are out in the world trying to achieve this self-sufficiency they discover that the family is needed and appreciated more than ever before. The home and family circle form a definite nucleus in every individual's life. When all is said and done it is the home to which one instinctively turns when trouble or per- haps just simple weariness besets him. It is only within the family circle that we may relax and know that we can be absolutely natural. From time immemorial it has been the home that has made life worth living. Man's determined struggles against Nature's superior odds were all to make and keep his home safe. Then as he progressed he sought out and developed methods to im- prove and better it. In saying that the home is the background of all civilization it is probable that the speaker had in mind the possibility that Nature and her great superior forces could have cowed man from the beginning had it not been for the persistence his home instilled in him. Beyond general comprehension is the great influence our family circle and home actually have upon us. All our opinions, ways of thinking and philosophizing on the world at large are due to something imbedded in our minds from infancy. Realizing the quantity of mental and spiritual wealth we have derived from our home, our own part in that establishment becomes clear. As we ourselves develop and cultivate new ideas, opinions and philosophies we should bring them home and. in turn, share them with the family as they have shared theirs with us. Indeed, many of the conditions and problems facing the human race today cause us to hesitate and try to avoid unpleasant realities. Since this, of course, cannot be done, every man. woman and child needs a haven where he can be encouraged and reassured that the beautiful things in life do still exist and flourish in this, perhaps ever so humble place —home.

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