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

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The Unknown Teacher 1S1NG tlic praise of the unknown teacher. Cjreat 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 obscurit) ' and contends with hardships, no golden decorations are decreed. He keeps the witch along the borders of darkness and makes the attack on the trenches of ignorance and folly. Patient in his daily duty, he strives to conquer the evil powers which are the enemies of youth. He awakens sleeping spirits. He quickens the in- dolent, encourages the eager, and steadies the un- stable. He communicates his own joy in learning and shares with boys and girls the best treasures of his mind. He lights many candles which, in later years, will shine back to cheer him. This is his reward. Knowledge may be gained from books; but the love of knowledge 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 Dyke. I

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i)i ' :i)i(:. Ti()N As A mouiit.iin climber at the summit with the ' sun and wind in his face turns to look back over the heights that he has won, so does the class of 1934 pause at tlic 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 sa e that which comes with the knowl- edge of a task well done, through sickness and health, through disappointment and victory, base 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, dedicates this book, the epic of their Great Adventure toLre ther.

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FOR F. WORD COGNIZANT of the present trend in industry and go ernment, cduci- tion has written a new chapter in the annals of its progressive pohcies by phicing an increasing emphasis on the necessity for the embodiment of indi- vidual capabihties in the collective ac- tivities of students. The 1934 Tom Tom stafi 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.