Catasauqua High School - Brunalba Yearbook (Catasauqua, PA)

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June, 1932 BROWN AND WHITE Amid the peril of uncertain ways. . . . along our path A rich reward of unexpected things. It is not hard for us to see the appli- cation of this to our own lives. lVe are Seniors: but we now leave our pro- tector, the school, behind us. and must rely, more or less, upon our own abili- ties. These we are seeking constantly to augment and develop: it is apparent that they may be exercised best when We have some plan to direct our abili- ties, an aim upon which to concentrate our energies. Like Hudson. we are. in a sense, ex- plorers ot' the unknown. iVe are en- trusted with responsibilities of home. of state. and of world leadership itself, when we undertake to assume our place in life. Changes in politics and every- day living, in the very warp and woot' of existence. are taking place with daz- zling rapidity. Ours is the respon- sibility of a generation, which must direct those changes into the right channels. And the only way to recog- nize the right channels is to have our premeditated aim lofty and true, and maike all standards of right or wronfg conform to that aim. VVe can do no more. But that is suf- iieient. VVill we be able to say, with Henry Hudson, that: ' We'll keep the honor of a certain aim ' Amid the peril of uncertain ways, And sail ahead, a11d leave the rest to God !

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BROVVN AND WHITE PPP JW, 1932 are rising out of a net-work of tra- ditional systems and habits into a revolutionized and enlightened world. Life demands a wider knowledge and understanding of its factors. So we find ourselves in a new era of thought, a new world of scientific discovery. and if we are to meet the world on this ground we must be informed and trained in spiirtual truths and scien- tific laws. Previous generations were inclined to walk over the earth complacent in the belief that it was man'sg every- thing was made for him. But science humbles those who seriously believe that today. Religion teaches man's de- pendence upon the Universe and upon Man. He can do nothing worthwhile by himself. Ile lneans nothing by him- self. It is people who maake life inter- esting. Therefore students, in laying the foundation upon which they will build their later life, should want to increasingly widen themselves so that they will more and more incorporate within themselves the vibrating life of others, to cooperate with others and share with them the best there is. lVhere should one turn to develop his body. mind, and spirit to this seem- ingly unattainable capacity? The col- lege is your opportunity, and has come to be almost a. necessity. Primary and secondary schools teach one the funda- mentals for what is to come. We feel that unless we follow up through the greater heights of education today. after we have completed secondary schooling, we have then laid the foun- dation, but have. as it were. failed to construct the building thereupon. Ool- lege release the mind from ignorance of the more profound truths of life: from prejudice and partisanship. lt stimulates the imagination: broadens the sympathies: creates in the student a certain refinement, taste, an intensity of appreciation. One thus acquires a keen and quick understanding. power to discriminate and judge, power to focus the mind on a definite problem, power to discover truth amid a mass of error. and the power to use that truth for the benefit of himself and others. We need a speaking acquaint- ance with every branch of human knowledge: literature, science, history, philosophy, politics. economics, iIlt0l'- national relations. The college has be- come the means to this higher end. Browning said. Know not for know- ing's sake, but to become a star to men forever. So, by this accumulation of and growth in intellectual values, we should aim to see into the souls of men and unite in a cooperative effort to help Society, to share strength for weakness. experience for ignorance. The real benefits of college make for concentration of purpose, broader vision, greater efficiency, and a surer capability to meet the responsibilities of Society. It helps one to find his place in the world: it fits him for self- cxpression: it frees him from the bonds of the less enlightened: and, with this all, helps him forget himself in his sense of obligation and responsibility to the world. After High School-what? The ad- vantages of College? After College- what? It is your question. It is im- portant. iVhat are you going to do? G. J. Bartholomew. A PURPOSE IN LIFE One of Amen-ica.'s poets. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, in a thrilling saga of Henry Hudson's la.st voyagsb-in an open boat upon polar waters-expressed therein a sentiment. of the noble Hudson which it will profit us to consider for a moment. the honor of our life Derives from this: to have a certain aim Before us always, which our will must seek

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