Central High School - Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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?lE 5Ki1E , ' ' ' ' i , To The Members of lhe 2 l4lh Class You were born during World War ll and have lived enlirely in a period of hol' and cold wars. ll' is very appropriale lherelore, lhal you have lalcen Peace as fhe 'rheme of your Record Boolc. Peace musl be a mailer of primary and immediafe concern lo each of you. You will have 'ro help loear The siaggering cosfs of our pas? wars and lhe equally heavy expenses of nalional defense. You will have +o s end several of 'rhe besl' years of your lives in mililar lraining. You will conlinue 'ro Eve, as you do now. under The lhreal of afomic warlyare and ifs unlhinlcable consequences. Peace fherefore becomes a vilal parl of your plans and hopes for The fufure. Do noi develop a peace al any price allilude. A peace based on cowardice cannof lasr. There were al leasl live 'rimes in Hi+ler's early campaign where one small brave acl' would have slopped him and could possibly have averfed rhe war, buf fear prevenled acl'ion. ' Permanenl' peace, l believe, musl be buill' on slrenglh, honor, self respecl and a respecl' for fhe dignify of man. High moral principles in our dealings wilh each ofher and in infernalional affairs give lhe grealeslr promise of a peaceful world: al' leasl' fhey will bring you 'rhal' inner peace which l wish you may possess. JOHN D. CH RISTMAN Vice-President Cenlral High School 7

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3 To The Members oT The 2 l4Th Class: As you leave CenTral High School, you will Tind yourselves surrounded by a world Tull of conTradicTions and conTrasTs, a weary world, and a world Tull of wisTful hope, a world in which people are hungry Tor peace. In EasT and WesT alike There is a common dread of a Third World War, and The caTasTrophic desTrucTion iT would bring. Some Time ago PresidenT Eisenhower said, WhaT The world needs Today even more Than a gianT leap inTo space is a gianT sTep Toward peace. This is a senTimenT applauded by The common folk of boTh hemispheres. Peace has been The dream of Thinking men down Through The years, buT iT has been elusive and has slipped away many Times iusT when men ThoughT ThaT They had developed a Tormula To secure iT. The problem oT how To bring abouT a lasTing peace is sTill awaiTing a soluTion. Possibly your generaTion will Take ThaT greaT sTep Toward peace of which PresidenT Eisenhower spoke. The currenTs and counTer currenTs oT daily evenTs will consTanTly presenT oppor- TuniTies To make choices and decisions. Upon These decisions will resT your chances Tor TuTure success and happiness, and upon The sum ToTal of decisions reached by men and women The world over, will resT The chance Tor mankind To go forward To new heighTs of achievemenT in The realm of living TogeTher in peace and harmony. We wish for your success in all Things, buT parTicularly in your search Tor a formula for peace. ELMER FIELD PresidenT, CenTraI High School April le, 1960 6

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wr - i My Good Friends: Al lhis lime. we begin lo lhink in a malure and senlimenlal manner aboul lhe value of our educa- lion and ils meaning lo our lulure work. This es- leemed inslilulion. which we now musl lhinlc ol as our Alma Maler, has given lo us a sounder basis for all ol our lulure elforls lhan any olher high school is capable ol giving. We should all be exceedingly gralelul lor lhe opporlunilies which Cenlral has made available, and also lor lhe line 'friendships which we have made. - The developmenl ol lhe 2I4 as a class was mosl unusual. Despile lhe comparalivel large number ol boys who comprise lhe class, we became a smoolh working, ligihlly knil organizalion which accom- plished whal was necessary. More signilicanl. how- ever. we developed associalions and friendships which will be invaluable lo us in lhe wide, wide world. These comradeships indeed show lhal lhe only way lo achieve a peaceful exislence is lo know and undersland our fellow man. The develop- menl ol characler is one ol lhe grealesl and mosl obvious resulls ol a Cenlral educalion. Bul char- acler is b no means a gill: il is somelhing which lhe individual musl build himself. I am lruly gralelul, and exlremely proud, lo have been able lo serve you. Il is nol ollen lhal one is lorlunale enough lo be in a posilion lo render service lo such an exlraordinary group ol young men. I sincerely lhanlc you for your lo al supporl, lor your line achievemenl. and lor lhe chance which you have given me lo play a parl in lhe adminislra- lion ol our class. Especial lhanlcs are in order, also, for lhose ollicers. commillee chairmen. Record Boolc slall members, and all olhers who helped beller lhe class welfare. Il was lhese people who helped mold a screaming mob inlo a well-lcnil organizalion which showed greal accomplishmenls. The following quolalion is lalcen from lhe words of Ralph Waldo Emerson. noled I9lh Cenlury American poel and essayisl. ll seems quile lilling bolh for lhe lheme ol lhis line Record Boolc and for lhe occasion ol our commencemenl, and il epil- omizes all lhal has preceded. Nolhing can bring you peace bul yourself: nolhing can bring you peace bul lhe lriumph of principles. STEPHEN H. GREEN Presidenl. 2 l4lh Gradualing Class