Downingtown High School - Our Year Cuckoo Yearbook (Downingtown, PA)

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The magnitude and scope of change today are so great that some people are thinking of the present era as a second great renaissance or at least a new age of enlightenment . In this new age we hear and see much of those old ideas of enlightenment which changed the Western World at the time of the American and French Revolutions. For example, the concepts of freedom, liberty, equality, brotherhood and rights were very popular long, long before our present decade and their implementation moved man one giant step down the long and difficult road of civilization. A much greater application of these ba-ic liberating ideas is probably upon us. We will, no doubt, come to know freedom, liberation and equality as no man has heretofore. However, as valuable and desirable as these may be, they, even if fully applied, fall short of providing the civilization that man requires if he is to survive. What man needs is to become truly human and to adopt and live by the great values and ethics that have given him a humanistic composition. Without human values as their foundation, freedom, liberty, equality and fraternity will not long endure and mankind may revert to bondage and the rule of tyranny. K

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High school graduates have been frequently advised that they have reached a mile stone in their lives, have come to a fork in the road, and arc faced with a moment of decision when they are graduated. Education is viewed by some as being terminal at the conclusion of the twelfth grade. It is and should be a continuing process because it is actually the apprenticeship of life. One educator stated that education should be classified into two categories: One that teaches us how to make a living; and one that teaches us how to live. At Downingtown High School, you have been exposed to an instructional program that encouraged and aided you in the development of fundamental skills. Opportunities and an environment for creative and analytical thinking and the incentives and situations to develop strong work habits have been afforded you. Every effort lias been made by the professional staff for the continuous development of sound attitudes and ethical values. Therefore, the desired goal of our efforts is that the graduates of DHS will effectively and responsibly participate in our democratic society. As an educator I am aware of your needs; as a parent I wish for you what all parents seek for their children: health, hap- piness, and good fortune; as your friend I sincerely trust that your school and the friendships made here will always be a haven should any adversity befall you.