Central High School - Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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

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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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AND THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES AND THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNINGI-IOOKS: NATION SHALL NOT LIFT SWORD AGAINSB' NATION, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANYMORE. Isaiah ll.4 Man has dreamed of aTTaining peace Tor Thou- sands of years. War desTroys life, ravages The land. wasTes years of work, TrusTraTes consTrucTive eTforTs. CivilizaTions have been losT, Their advances eradi- caTed, rendered meaningless by senseless desTruc- Tion. Man. who has The poTenTial To creaTe a uTopia, has all Too oTTen used ThaT poTenTial To desTroy The world as he knows iT. He has noT yeT resolved The problem of how To live aT peace wiTh his 'fellow man. This is The dilemma facing our generaTion. We are in an age of TransiTion-new naTions have arisen. old social problems demand soluTion. During our liTeTime. man achieved The dream of The ages-he launched saTelliTes To circle The earTh and rockeTs beyond The moon. He probed The ArcTic depThs. BuT whaT is The value of all This if iT can be desTroyed in a momenT's Time! We musT learn To live wiTh The people of The world, oTherwise There may be no world To live,in. We musT realize ThaT all men are alike, in ThaT They have The same needs, emoTions. aspiraTions. We musT learn To accepT people as They are, To respecT The differences beTween Them, and To appreciaTe Them Tor whaT They can conTribuTe. lf we are To live aT peace in The communiTy The world, we musT learn To live in The communiTy our neighborhood. Our experiences aT CenTral should help us To beTTer undersTanding of oThers. We have lived and worked wiTh persons from diTferenT backgrounds. of diTferenT races, religions, and opinions. We musT expand This experience and a pl iT in oTher aspecTs of our lives-in our personalJrelaTions, in our work. in our communiTy. Through individual eTTorT we can develop The basis Tor broader undersTanding. We have The privilege of reproducing on These pages messages from several world renowned Tigures on The viTal need Tor world peace. lT is reassuring To know ThaT These people considered iT imporTanT enough To Take Time ouT Trom Their busy lives To send us Their views. ln addiTions To The personal messages. we 'received a leTTer from The WhiTe House, wiTh a copy of The PresidenT's STaTe of The Union Address of January 7. I9bO. and one Trom The UniTed NaTions quoTing SecreTary-General Dag Hammarskiold's Message Tor YouTh. As we go To press, we see ThaT There is no alTernaTive if we wish To have a world in which To live. There musT be RAYMOND TU MARKIN EdiTor-in-Chief Peace.