Dallastown Area High School - Spectator Yearbook (Dallastown, PA)

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MR. TROUT S MESSAGE Many years ago there lived a man who, because of his deeds, was given a choice of anything on the earth that his heart would desire. Without hesitation he chose wisdom. During the past twelve years you have been gaining knowledge through the pro- cess of education. Now. that education will come to an end, but I trust the quest for knowl- edge will continue. This education is the cornerstone of a useful life. Education is not the end, for into this process of education must be woven understanding. Perhaps the jester was right in some cases when he said: “It seems so foolish to spend money to send to college a person who already knows all the answers.” Wisdom today, as in the days of Solomon, is still the wisest choice. Not only is it wise but it is within the grasp of you and me. It is something that cannot be gained in some tomor- row but must be practiced as we live today. It is the thing that causes people to rise above the common place and become a man among men. It is our hope, as teachers, that we have laid the cornerstone. As you build, place close to education the stone of wisdom, then mortar them together with understanding. That type of building can not fail but will grow into a life that will be a benefit to a community, a credit to your Alma Mater, and a service to mankind. It will develop into the life that will often pray this little prayer: “Lord, give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things 1 can, and the wisdom to know the difference. 9

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MR. Me SHERRY’S MESSAGE Members of the class of 1952: Not many centuries ago. where you now enjoy the fruits of civilized life, lived and loved another race of human beings. Beneath the same sun that rolls over your heads, the Indian hunter tracked down the panting deer. Gazing on that same moon that smiles on you, the Indian lover wooed his dusky mate. Here the wigwam blaze beamed on the tender and helpless while the council fire glared on the wise and daring. Here, too, the brave warrior with his echoing war cry and his defying death song, fought; and when the tiger strife was over, here curled the smoke of peace. Here they worshipped, and from many a tawny bosom went up a pure prayer to the Great Spirit. This race of nature knew not our God, but a God of the universe he acknowledged in every- thing around. Here, all of this had passed when an oppressed people from distant shores came in a frail bark, bearing seeds of life and death. The former were sown for you while the latter grew in the path of the simple native. The reverent children of education had been too powerful for the tribes of the ignorant. In the fate of the unfortunate Indians, there is much to disturb the sobriety of our judg- ment; much to excuse their own atrocities: much in their characters to demand our admira- tion. What can be more melancholy than their history? By a law of their nature, they were destined to a slow, but sure, extinction. Gone is the terror and glory of their nation; gone is the mighty warrior who, with the enlightment and advantages which we enjoy, might have rivaled us in wealth and power. The pioneers, v ho gradually extended the Influences of this strange people from our gigan- tic woods into the interior and so build up what has become our land of the free, were of every kind and origin; but the political policy which determined the western movement v as that of the wise and just William Penn, the Quaker who founded Pennsylvania and be- queathed his spirit to his followers. There is no phase of history more important or more interesting than that of William Penn's approach to the American Indians. He respected their religion and culture and did not try to crush them under a veneer of Christianity. His underlying conviction that men are bound to- gether by more than selfish interests, that all men are fellow-sons of God, and that mutual tolerance of men of good conscience is the basis of all human dealings might well serve you as a pattern along the long and rugged road to Success. It will be v ell worth your time and effort. S

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cJaculty MRS. CLAIRE L. EISENHART Pennsylvania State College Bachelor of Arts Degroo Teaching Subject: English ROBERT H. HAYS Shipponsburg Stato Teachers Collogo Bachelor of Science Degree Teaching Subjects: Shorthand Bookkeoping Typing Junior Business Training MRS. MARJORIE P. HOBAUGH Indiana State Teachers College Pennsylvania State College Bachelor of Science Degree Toaching Subjects: Home Economics