Flathead High School - Flathead Yearbook (Kalispell, MT)

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HE FLATHEA of illnrvwnrh IN THE compiling of this volume of the Flathead An- nual the staff has attempted to keep an accurate record of all of Flatl1ead's activities and in all other ways tried to create a book that will cause Flathead to live forever in the hearts of the boolis possessors

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6 THE FLATHEAD MR RANDALL'S GREETING T0 THE STUDENTS or FLATHEAD, GREETINGS: For the past eight years it has been my privilege to preside over the destinies of your high school, an institution which has meant much to you. Here the dreams of your childhood have been translated into possibili- ties. till you have begun to sense them as realities. New visions of life have been opened. The dim future has taken form. Life has taken on a bigger, richer meaning. To many of you the world of literature has opened its boundless re- sources. The art of Shakespeare, the sympathy of Burns, the mystery of Poe. the philosophy and beauty of Tennyson, the grandeur of Webster and Burke, the delicate touches cf Wordsworth, the legend and mythology of Longfellow, the inspiration of Bryant and the challenge of all great biog- raphies have brought to you through your high school a wealth above money value. The courses in literature have placed you in touch with the universe of God as it has been revealed by the wisest and best men of all generations. Yourwork in science has given to many of you an insight into the forces of nature that reveal God's infinite wisdom. Not only have you studied the forces which underlie the whole industrial worldg that produce new types of animal lifeg that create new vegetationg that paint the even- ing sunsets and that tint the lily and the rose, but you have studied na- ture's immutable laws which enable you to sit quietly in your lroom and listen, with no visible connection, to the voice of the singer or speaker, to the harmony of the orchestra, aye, even to the trill of the canary thoiis- ands of miles distant as though the sounds originated within the room. ln your art work you have learned to trace the delicate colors that nature alone can paint in perfection. You have been trained- to see new beauty all about you. In your Home Economics you have learned to translate those duties that some call drudgery into works of art. ln your social studies yum have learned something of the great laws of econom- ics and government which should guide in making our country better. The vocational side of our school has placed in your hands means of making a living. As a whole your high school days have been a period of rapid mental expansion, a period of unfolding and developing your powers so as to give life its true meaning. ln this unfoldfing process the school has had two great objectives, one is to make of you cultured men and women, the other useful citizens who put their talents to the best use while earning a living. Culture is not an indefinite, intangible thing- To know nature and her laws and recognize our dependence upon them, to know our fellow man and to feel our obligation to him, to know and realize our obligation to God, this is culture: this is education and as we approach it as an ideal, we may justly claim the title Cultured. The second objective has been to make the school a truly democratic institution wherein the boy or girl who plans to go into the shop or office, onto the farm or to become a mechanic, shall have the same consideration as the boy or girl who plans a professional career. These have been the ideals which the management of the school has had in planning its activities. May they continue to be the directing power in Flathead. May they continue to lodge in the hearts and minds of students till it shall make of them, as it has of so large a percentage of you, men and women not only worthy of the spirit of Flathead but worthy representatives of the best American ideals. F. O. RANDALL