Beachwood High School - Oculus Yearbook (Beachwood, OH)

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Communicative Arts and Humanities MARY FORDING, B.A., M.A.; Western Reserve U.; John Hay Fellows Study, U. or Oregon; Humanities, Sr, English. Team teaching. ROBERT DOBER, B.A., M.A.; John Carroll U.; Humanities, Sr. English; Student Council Humanities' students and teachers assemble for a panel discussion. Nothing can be funnier, properly considered, than the fact that one's own father is a pygmy if he stands far enough off. Perspective really is the comic element in things, --G. K, Chesterton Perspective is an amazing thing; an almost often thing. It makes the butterfly larger than the eagle, the mouse weightier than the hippopotamus, my hand big enough to hide entirely the heavenly spendors of Mighty Orion, and my thumbnail greater than the moon. But we have ceased to wonder at it-- it's so commonplace! Psychological perspective, far-sightedness --may we callit wisdom. Perhaps it should do the same thing that visual perspective does: make things awesome, make them wonderful, and, when properly considered, '' make them funny. Perhaps this is man's greatest dignity: not to take the world too seriously, and to be cognizant that, in some ways, he is greater than the universe. Seek perspective. Seek wisdom. Youth is able to do so. Wisdom says in the BOOK OF PROVERBS: Love me, and thou shalt earn my love; wait early at my doors, and thou shalt gain access to me. Robert Dober 16

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Be Yourself—We Need YOU Is it true blondes have more fun? In Beachwocd's Guidance Program we are much concerned with the healthy development of a student's personality in order to enhance his own welfare and that of his society. As a public school in a democracy we tolerate and even encourage the development of a broad spectrum of individual personalities. A corner - stone of democracy is the concern for the dignity and integrity of the individual. As never before, a lack of cour- age, and desire for superficial comfort, ease, and security tempt us not to express ourselves as in- dividuals, thus forsaking th is price - less spiritual and democratic heritage. Nietche's words of a century ago have special meaning for us today. Speaking of individual personality, he said, ''The surest way to corrupt youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. Dr. Joseph Ruben JOAN SHAW, B.A., M.A.; College of William Mary, U. of Pitt., Duquesne U.; Freshman and Sopho- more Class Counselor; Girls' Cabinet Advisor. How often do you date? DR. JOSEPH RUBEN, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Guidance Dire Jieanasre Class Counselor; N.H.S. Sponsor.

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ant Senior English And then in the third quarter, Jim Brown il We MUST set up a budget, dear. One more word against Whitman. . . EUNICE BERKO, B,A.; Western DAVID OVERBEY, B.A., M.A.; Reserve U.; Comm, Arts; Jr. Doctoral Work, Tulane U.; High Student Council Advisor. Wayne State U., Connecticut U.; Communicative Arts,