Fairview High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Jennings, MO)

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SUPERINTENDENT S In th1s age of atom1c bombs and Jet propelled a1rcraft new demands are constantly be1ng made upon soc1ety If our c1v1l1zat1on meets these new challenges sat1sfactor1ly lt w1ll do so through an adequate educat1on al system Th1s means that the role of the Amer1can h1gh school w1ll con tmue to be an 1mportant one Belng cogn1zant of these facts we bel1eve that the re spons1b1l1ty of educat1on 1n Arner1can democracy IS two fold fll to g1ve Amer1can c1t1zens acqualntance w1th and an understand1ng of themselves as human orgamsms and QZQ to g1VC them acqua1ntance wlth and an understand1ng of the phys1cal the econom1c the soc1al, the 1ntel lectual and ae sthet1c and sp1r1tual worlds 1n whlch theyl1ve and are l1ke ly to l1ve Th1s acqua1ntance and understand1ng rest upon certam soc1al capac1t1es soc1l 1nformat1on or knowledge and soc1al d1spos1t1ons and hab1ts of w1ll that Amer1can c1t1zens must have 1f they are to be of max1 mum serv1ce to Amer1can democracy and to themselves WE BELIEVE that educat1on should w1den one's mental and sp1r1tual hor1zons and free h1m from the dark and cloistered vault of fear and ignorance. A cherlshed hoard of knowledge alone, however large, will not suffice for the ennchment of l1fe. After knowledge must come that w1sdom without wluch we shall walk alone in a strange world. bf MESSAGE i 5

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