East Lampeter High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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.Il '. 323-1 Q . 1- - -3 0 --.. .2'1 im?' R ' any-my R- A Senior's I-lomily Less than a decade ago we were confronted with a state of affairs which dared not to be challenged. Mankind was thriving, producing wealth, accu- mulating wealth, spending wealth, but few contelnplated the values of life beyond the Material. This error brought all of us untold grief and few of us will outlive our dreaded experience. We, however, are 11ot the 1I10SlI un- fortunate of those who have thus suttered because of inaterialisin. VVe are tl1e youth of the land living in a state of flux which will turn largely as we desire it if we are wise enough to evaluate life correctly. Ours is a 116W era of living Zllld one which will produce history for all the worlds of all times. This new era is characterized by a inind for the scientific, for industry, for the professions, and indeed for any phase of life wl1icl1 does not neglect the spiritual. Those who dare forget that they are their brother's keeper shall soon realize that the world has labeled thein and placed theni on the shelf as an exhibit for tl1e race of tl1e future. Countless thousands have thus been branded only to realize tl1at their one way of salvation was that of laboring for their fellowlnen even though it be for naught. Shall we as graduates neglect their bitter experiences and again make this fatal mistake? Shall we once more center our affections on those things wl1icl1 give us o11ly more encumbrances rather than liberties and true enjoyment? Shall we again ex- aggerate the spirit of getting and inininiize the spirit of giving? Shall we tolerate the selfish when tl1e unsellish is so evidently in deinand? Ours is an age of a new order of thought. One in which we must empha- size living rather than the inaking of a livingg the enjoying of time rather than the wasting of timeg tl1e doing of deeds for the conunon good ratlier than the hoarding of goods to ourselves. If we, as Seniors, have not caught this spirit of living we are not yet ready for the COIIlll1CI1C0ll10I.li1 of life in an active society. Our course in school has been replete with opportunities for work, for play, for social contacts and all of these for the developinent of our characters and personalities. If we have not caught this spirit perhaps we were mentally blinded by disturbing influences or perhaps we were yet the product of a society which has outlived its usefulness. lf thus has been our misfortune let us speedily hasten to ainend our ways. lf we have already prepared our- selves for the world of the i1111nediate future let us grow ill XVlSd0lI1 and stature for the sake of its coinplete fllli'il1Ill'llf. ln the words of the i111111ortal i'llll-l'1'SUll we sunnnarize Olll' conclusion and say with him: Wliife is 100 .vhorf to waste In. rzrifie peep or cynic bark, Q'll1ll'l'l'I or l'f'llI'i7l1lHldS 'Twill soon he durkj lfp! mind flzine ozrn aim, and God xpccrl the mark! ' A. o. nn1s1DnNsTiN1a ll 12 l

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f '5 cfm' qi Il VI Q I -a Q 95 IMI 5 lg-Nj i Senior Class Organization I'1'cs1d1-ut ....,.,.,.. Flowrvrx f'1:1c.u1 ANU PINK H Colors USES BROWN .xxn IIVFF OFFI1'1'I1iS Vice-l'1'usido11t ...,... Secretary, ..... Treasurer . ,.... . WISH Ricllzlrd XYUZIVUI' Mary LcFev1'e Mabel Sllirk ,,,....,1Iil1'y Rohrer