Central High School - Doubloon Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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f 6 GIWIW prffgy, The Unknown Teacher SING the praise of the unknown teacher. Great generals win campaigns, but it is the unknown soldier who wins the war. Famous educators plan new systems of pedagogy, but it is the unknown teacher who delivers and guides the young. He lives in obscurity and contends with hardships, no golden decorations are decreed. He keeps the watch along the borders of darkness and makes the attack on the trenches of ignorance and folly. Patient in his daily duty he strnes to conquer the evil powers which are the enemies of youth. He avi akens sleeping spirits. He quickens the in- dolent encourages the eager, and stcadies the un- stable He communicates his own joy in learning and shares with boys and girls the best treasures of his mmd He l1 hts many candles which, in later years, will shine back to cheer him. This is his reward. Knowledge may be gained from booksg but the love of I .. . X .1 . I I f . ' . Am .xl I X . Nz. . 1, r NW ' . -1-1 . J . ..x. , i l s 1 I A Y I . .U , ' -v l A , . za' ' f knowled e is transmitted only by personal contact. No one has deserved better of the republic than the un- known teacher. No one is more worthy to be enrolled in a democratic aristocracy, King of himself and servant of mankind. -HENRY VAN Dvku.

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xx X DIC Xl l S A mountun climber at the summit with the sun and wmcl in his face turns to look back over the heights that he has won, so does the class of 1934 pause at the peak to say farewell to the trusted guides who for three years have led the way up the steep road To these steadfast leaders who with little reward save that which comes with the knowl dge of 1 task well done through sickness and health, through disappointment and victory have led them along their way, to the faculty of Tulsa Central High School, the class of 1934 with a song in its heart and a lump in its throat dedicnres this book, the epic of their Great Adventure together N 'NCWIM 9

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F O R E WO IQ ID 'NOGNIZANT of the present trend in 7 1 industry and government, educa- tion has written a new chapter in the annals of its progressive policies by placing an increasing emphasis on the necessity for the embodiment of indi- vidual capabilities in the collective ac- tivities of students. The 1934 TOM TOM staff in illustrating the wisdom and worth of this procedure has en- deavored to depict the inherent possi- bilities and the crescent growth of the numerous activities of students, who, through the utilization of character- building opportunities, aspire to still worthier deeds of service. ..,-f 147 NL' XR vied .Q I .1 x if I ,Xl ii l f