Barringer High School - Athenaeum Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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©edication January, 1952. and graduation! The latest period of important time to us seniors. Yet, as we planned the yearbook and reflected upon our four years here, again and again we were impressed with the permanence of time in its influence upon us. The names of our yearbook and newspaper . . . Athenaeum and Acropolis . . . where did they come from and why? And as we looked about and pondered a bit, we saw evidences again and again of the influence of ancient Greece 14)011 us moderns . . . our education, our recreation, our sports, our ideas of government, religion, behavior ... in so many ways we are indebted to the ancient Greeks. 1952 A.D. back to 1952 13.C. ... so long a span . . . yet so powerful and valuable are the links which chain our lives, our daily habits, our customs and our beliefs together . . . that on second thought we no longer are so sure that 1952 is so independent, so different, so ultra-modern. Have we ideas on education? The Greeks left us some guides. On religion? They set admirable standards. On sports? The statues and Olympics speak today for their concepts. On living? The idea of a sound mind in a sound hotly is still our best guide. Philosophy of life? Thoughts of life and death have been thoroughly explored by the Greeks and their advice holds true. We have lost a dear comrade suddenly from our senior class. We have suffered the shock of such sudden change. Did the Greeks know too the shocks of life and how to adjust to them? The Stoics and Spartans are impressive guides for us here too. Everywhere the Grecian ideals offer us help, and so in the following pages we hope we can show some recognition of this influence.

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 ice-principal principal ©fficc 3taff MISS FANNY BELL MBS. ESTHER ZALL