Central High School - Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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To The 2I4+h Class: Tradi+ionally, a message from a class sponsor +o his class is comprised of advice and good wishes. Advice. 'ro be of benefit should be condifioned by experience and wisdom. Each of us has accumulafed some porlion of lhe former, buf 'rhe laffer is a general quali+y which musf be evaluafed by each in lhe lighl of his maluring years. l should like however, fo impress upon you one conclusion ihe validily of which I am convinced. You genflemen are in a posilion of disfincl advanfage and of grea'r promise. Your schooling has been almosl singular in This era of inlelleclual regression fo fhe mean. Your inna+e capabililies and falenls mark you for leadership. Your achievemenis have already sel' you aparf from ordinary compe-'ri+ion. ln sum. be confidenf and welcome fhe challenge which you know is omnipresent To each of you I'exfend a sincere wish for a realizafion of your poienfial and your aspirafions. MILTON LEVIN 5

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DEDICATION WITH deepesi' grafifude and admiration we dedicafe our Class Record Book fo Mr. Milfon Levin. our sponsor. Because of our unwieldy size-+he 2l4 is fhe largesf class fo graduafe from Cenlral in recenf years--Mr. Levin mel' wifh many unforeseen and unprecedenied problems. Through if all he remained calm and smiling and kepf fhe class spiri? high. Being our sponsor mean? many inlerrupfions and inlrusions in+o Mr. Levin's classroom. and even in+o his home life. buf he was always quick +o joke wirh us and fo beliH'le fhe lremendous amouni of work and lime involved in sponsoring 'rhe class acfivifies of more 'rhan 360 feenagers. The Prom, fhe Banquet fhe Class Pins, fhe Class Trip. fhe Record Book-any one of fhe fhousand-and-one proiecfs of fhe class mean? a lof of worfk. and if was a terrific iob fo make sure that nobody go? los? in The shuffle. Mr, Levin supervised everyfhing. and managed no+ +o sei' himself aloof from fhe boys. We always fel? we could falk lo him as a friend. Buf alfhough he may acl like one of 'l'he bays. his inhereni' wisdom and insighf were always evident Whenever a member of a Class Commi-Hee. or fhe Class as a whole, did somefhing wrong, or made a faul'l'y decision, or was slow in carrying our some proiecf. Mr. Levin would never fear down incenfive by bawling us out buf would make fhe boys realize their misfakes and would encourage +hem fo fake lhe leadersh-i of fheir own class. Never a demagogue, he would always +ry To give ihe boys whiaf fhey wanied. if -if was af all possible. He faughl' us by example a greaf principle of our fheme. Peace. Whenever there was a dispufe beiween commiflees or individuals he was fhe arbiirafor, and guided us fo compromise. ln dedicafing This producl of our labors 'ro Mr. Levin, we are really dedicafing if fo fhe spiril' be ind all of 'rhe accomplishmenls of fhe 2 I4.

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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