Central High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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- ' W N ff'- f- ,wfggjz ...A t 5. ,Yagi-Hr. -4-. E, ...-.....fz .a.L..-.,.,. GA LIGN .ION ICS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS To Portray Indian Culture Is to Share An Immortal Heritage HE MESSAGE of Indian art and music is beautifully and tellingly portrayed in the 1931 edition of the Tom Tom. The vision of those responsible for this year-book is gratifying to all who are alert to the colorful background which is ours in Oklahoma. The power of the emotions is revealed in the study of lndian life. It is art' and music that give the most genuine release to the inner life of a people. The things which bind a group together are the common ideals, appreciation, and modes of group expressiong consequently it is of inestimable value to youth in a modern city to discover the significance which the art and music of the Indians held in the civilization which preceded ours and which has woven itself into the warp and Woof of modern Tulsa. No loftier desire could be coveted for the youth now in Central High School than that he come to an awareness of the present contributions which music and art have for his life. lllay the charm that is music, the beauty that is art, and the refining power of cultivated emotionsicontinue to enrich your lives. in 3014-24. Place 26

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' W ,, . 4A i'r'3i f swf' . . rm tff'?: i YVILL FRENCH ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS To Know Their Art and Music ls to Appreciate a Race N A PEOPI,E's music, art, and literature is to be found the double distilled essence of all that is best in its cultural past. Its artists forever seek to reincarnate the spirit of their times in the materials of their arts. If you would learn to know a nation's heart, study its art. ln making the art and music of the Indian the theme of this year- book, you show that you recognize in what aspects of the past you may find the most valuable contributions for the present. And the future of Tulsa and of Qklahoma, like that of every other social group, depends upon the ability of its people to reweave into the patterns of the present only the best materials of the past. Conscious social progress is not an ieonoelastic process by which we break away from the past but rather a selective process by which we choose the most promising elements of the past out of which to build our future. ln physical science, we have long learned to expect progress from the known to the unknown. VVe are discovering that in social science as well this method is most fruitful. In reality the past is never dead, but is being perpetually re-born in the best of our plans for the future. lf our past were dead, so also would be our future. Mayf you as an individual and as an institution draw richly and draw wisely for the future from the short but colorful past, the hectic but fructiferous past that belongs to all of us who live in Tulsa, in Qklahoma, and in America. Y A-+ -f nw Q 4-vm' ie- Pwr 75

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I I I i i I u i fl? 2? l I I li IF ,Xin ,ifglf lj Il 4 I Q I l 3 A l I l I .I I i . K l rl I 3 ' r E I ,X Q S Q I T I I I 5 . g - . 3 V . 'fi Qt l . , A i I l tg J 1 S E 3 ELI C. I-'os'I'EI: , A I PRINCIPAL W , TULSA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL .wil 4 , - v , To Understand the Indian s Art ls to 2 , , r N E , Realize His Lofty Character , HE INDIAN is the true child of nature. He stands unadorned, scorning the garb V of deception and pretense. His simplicity, faithfulness, and fairness have cost him A t Q. his freedom, even the extinction of his race as a separate and peculiar peopleg but as a type, and an ideal, he lives and will live. I-3- feh The World is recognizing his type. Synimetrical and finely poised in body, he has Q ' become a model for painter and sculptor. Lorado Taft's Black llazvl' stands wrapped I f I in his stony blanket, the masterpiece of a great sculptor. The lndian is to keep company I with the Gozlzlesr of Libffrty in New York harbor, and enunierable other statues and 5 T paintings of him adorn the public parks and halls of our cities. . V The beautiful music of the Indian, coming from the soul of a race which lived close , ' to nature, Godls creation, is recognized by the world as one of the rich heritages of the ' . past. To know, understand, and appreciate the art and music of the Indian brings us V+ Egyf to a richer and fuller life and to a closer relationship with the God of our universe. 1. 5 The schools have a responsibility to provide opportunity for students to receive gener- Q . ously of this artistic and musical inspiration which contributes much to character 5 - development. . , . lxgl f J gf , ll ' I i . I ' , A - ..,. WW- .... .. L..-L--.-..n..L,..-..-. .... ..... - . .. .. .... . ...... , ........ c.-..,...........---..-,..-.--... . . 7 3-f mms ...Q , V+- 1-qs--I -A A4-:Pew PAGE 27