Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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They are followed by the priests of the old religions who were the teachers of their time, and the early astronomers and scientists who began the scientific knowledge of the world. As the pro¬ cession reaches the Middle Ages, the light dims to a faint glow and only a few men pass by, the monks who, hidden away in their monasteries, kept knowledge alive in this age of dark¬ ness. The lights begin to grow again, as the Dark Ages pass from view and learning comes to life again. The pro- Our Alma Mater. The ancestor of Falls Church High School. a ' uer the horizon comes a light — a faint glow which grows and grows, illuminating everything in its path. Through the light come shadows of men, walking in a solemn procession along a trail of learning which begins with time and stretches to infinity. First is primitive man, for with him began knowledge, and with his chil¬ dren began education. Next are the Egyptians and the Romans, who are followed by Socrates, walking at a dig¬ nified pace along the path, accom¬ panied by Plato, famous for his great dialogues, and by Aristotle. With them are their students, who went on to in¬ crease the knowledge of the world. row aw d Shad O UJ 5 re66 Following in their footsteps.

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?r 1 “” ” x AV 1 ’ : 1 o r e lv o r If Thomas Payne were alive today he would say again, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” I he truth of this statement can readily be found in almost every newspaper and magazine pub¬ lished in the world today. The present national and international strife exemplifies the desires and conflicts of a seriously divided people. The present belongs to those who govern, but, in truth, to¬ morrow must belong to us, the young. Perhaps, some of us from Falls Church High will one day be in a position to alleviate some of the present problems. Our one weapon for this monumental task can only be . . . the power of knowl¬ edge. Our factories for the production of this. . . our schools. Today we leave Falls Church High, some to fill their needed positions in the world, others to change and improve the conditions under which the remainder must live. In the meantime, here is the Jaguar’s offering to the future ... a record of our past.

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The show goes on. ron oCi (2 Lt 6 an 1 St ad o w 6 re66 men who have worked and studied to develop onr present school system, Alcott, Mann and Dewey. Into the glare of the now-brilliant light come the administrators and teachers of the modern schools, who are perhaps some of the most impor¬ tant of all, for they are training the youth in an age when ignorance is death, and knowledge is imperative in the fight to rescue man from his failure to understand man in an age of all destructive weapons. Falls Church High School, like many schools in the world today, represents the effort that is being made to hold high the light of learning, the torch of liberty. Pony express. Modern pony express. cession is long; many great people pass by; people who have preserved the knowledge of the world. They are great teachers and thinkers and orators, great men of science and letters. In the growing light come the figures of Rousseau and Pestalozzi and Froebel who were the first of the great edu¬ cators to believe that students should be taught by understanding and not by punishment. After these men come Thorndike, who developed much of the modern education system, and the