Dover High School - Doverian Yearbook (Dover, DE)

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ees er Curiosity is as old as the ages. People have always asked = ES questions about the unknown. They have wanted to know ee who painted the rainbow across the sky . . . why the chilling winds of winter gave way to the soft breezes. of spring. They searched their minds, and using their imaginative answers wove them into some of the most Ms, Be beautiful stories the world has ever known. This was the i y i i i iy nt birth of mythology——answers for curious, creative minds. Whi Wi 3 Hy He Hn The Greeks, sons of a young world, found the seasons so remarkable that they felt that gods and goddesses ruled the universe. For every phase of life they devised deities— i t if from the fair Aphrodite, queen of love, to Phoebus Apollo who drove the flaming chariot of the sun up “heaven’s blue dome,” bringing light and knowledge into the world. The Greeks satisfied their burning curiosity with their imagination. Legends grew about the murmuring voice of Neva fai MDs : Ses: | wind, the threatening roll of thunder. In their flights of ae i achat ae be ae Se- ‘ is ‘“s ¢ thought they dared to mount the fiery Pegasus, gift of Minerva to the Muses, to aid mankind in poetic inspiration. Their inquiring minds created a civilization, advanced in culture, art, and learning. Choral singing and music of the lyre and flute celebrated their feast days; poets com- posed odes in honor of victorious athletes; sculptors made marble statues of the sinuous dicus thrower and the lithe foot racer. Their youth were instructed by bards in the glories of the past and trained to take their places as citizens of a free state. We have the recorded knowledge of the ages to consult to answer our questions. Thousands of years of observa- tion and scientific knowledge have resulted in explanations we believe to be true. We know that rainbows result from the reflection and refraction of the sun‘s rays as they fall on drops of rain. We have scientific knowledge to ex- plain the seasons. We are rich in the recorded wisdom of the questioning minds of the past. As the Greeks did, we, too, search for truth. Moreover, we return to them for the wisdom of their philosophers, for the beauty of their art and, above all, for their passionate gladness in living. We are curious about our world. There are still great areas to fathom. We today are challenged to mount the winged Pegasus to pierce higher and deeper into the unknown. The Doverian staff wishes for the Class of ‘60 the joy of curiosity—of creating—that, like the shining sun-god who dispelled the darkness, we may do our small part in probing the mysteries of our world and in solving. the problems that still trouble mankind. © e

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