Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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The Light of Education At the present time, the United States fnds itself involved in the most deadly, devastating war in the annals of mankind, a war not to add a few square miles to our already vast territory, but to preserve a way of life, an entire civilization. In view of such a strife, a most important factor for ultimate victory is the neces- sity for a broad education. Particularly indispensable is education for the Governors, the Congressmen, the Presidents of a tomorrow alarmingly close at hand, that is, for the school children of today. To assure them the right kind of prosperity and peace, they must be taught not only how to cope with the present emergency but how to manage an even more difficult peace. As a symbol of this ideal, Classical High School has, over theistage in the assembly hall, Robert Reid's distinctive mural, the Light of Education. Of unusual beauty of color and composition and of singular simplicity of meaning, the painting, by the pines in the background, the laurel in the foreground, and the figure of William Pynchon in the center, definitely establishes the setting as Springfield. The savages-receding into the dim, red light of their fire, the hardy pioneers wonderingly turning toward the brilliant, clear light sustained by the white-clothed figures of the arts and sciences, all stand in awe of the boundless power of education. Over all glows the dawn of a fresh day. Surely, the idea of education repelling savagery and barbarism is one most appropriate during the present crisis and at all times is a most admirable thought to instill into the minds of our quickly maturing future citizenship. MALCOLM K. SKIPTON.

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E BLUE AND WI-Il S. EVERETT COOK Assistant Principal TS-