Germantown High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE CLASS RECORD, JUNE, 1935 -I+-,KQQU , .-, .leg 4-- PRINCIPAL

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THE CLASS RECORD, JUNE, 1935 ...srtil .- ,j 3.... The Gommunity Speaks Ty MR. WILLIAM H. EMHARDT ermantown gllusinessman and Gitizen REETINGS to the Class of 1935 of the Germantown High School. Now you are about to step out into the world, and the life that follows will largely depend upon what road you take. If you take the path of least re- sistance you will amble along and ar- rive nowhere. The FOR years, Mr. Emhardt has been president of the Germantown and Chestnut Hill Improvement Association. He has been actively interested in the progress and development of all phases of our community life, and brings a worth while message to the class on behalf of the parents, friends and neighbors who are interested in preserv- ing the worthwhile traditions through the coming generation. was land, and by diligence and thrift, they made it pro- ductive and have builded from this start a great city and a great state. Among the first things attempted of a community nature was the building of schools. The writings of Abraham Lincoln said, Property is the fruit of laborg path most worthwhile will be selected with a high resolve to make the most of yourself as a good citizen, and to do just a little more than is required of you. The extension of the Public School System into the higher grades can only be justified at public expense with the thought in view of a better citizenship, and is n.ot warranted unless the stu- dents accept this responsibility in exchange for the educational advan- tages provided. Knowledge is power, and power is only worthwhile when properly applied. It leads to cor- ruption and spoils, when misused. School funds are largely drawn from taxes on real estate, which have become quite burdensome. Real es- tate is simply one form of accumula- tion which is the result of labor and application and is a thing to be de- sired. All that the early settlers had property is desirableg is a positiye good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich and, hence,is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him labor diligently and build one for himself. thus, by example, assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. The general condition of mind in lhese disturbing times is toward the tearing down of the old order of security which undermines the sta- bility of the Government. Study your history and think deeply of the causes which underlie the founding and the building of our Country. l will again referto the saying of Lin- coln, 'Wvith malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the light, let us finish the work we are inf, -:QI 13 Is--

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THE CLASS RECORD, JUNE, 1935 ....4.-ggi. 4 ,A meg To THE NIEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF JUNE 1935:- If there is one thing which more than anything else characterizes this universe of ours, it is change, ever- present, everywhere present. All about us-in human life as well as in the lower forms, in the ma- terial world, and in human institutions Let Not Your Heart Te Troubled 612.11 DR. LESLIE B. SEELY Trincipal and Friend AS PRINCIPAL of this school, Dr. Seely has had a wide experience with the problems of youth. He is lceen in his understanding of life's complexities and sympathetic in his handling of its proh- lems. His parting message sounds a clarion note for those who will hear and will accept a friendly word of encourage- ment from one who is greatly interested in their success consistent with our objective makes our final goal more eas- ily attainable. Every student who finds education a slow laborious pro- cess should commit to memory the fol- owing from the writings of VVilliam James: Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education what- nothing seems to be constant either in form or quality. Sometimes the movement is rapid, explosive and gen- erally destructiveithis is revolution. At other times it is slow, quiet and constructive-this is evolution. Generally human characters which are worth while are built up in the latter way. Psychologists tell us that only occasionally are habits broken or found suddenly, as by conversion. Almost always they are the result of slow day-by-day growth. What we will be tomorrow can be pretty actually foretold by what we are doing today. A knowledge of the above fact should be full of encouragement for all of us who strive daily to attain any worthwhile quality or ability and find its accomplishment difficult and slow. 'I'oday'.S' ejort makes tomorrowfs' ac- complishment possible. Every task ever the line may be. If he keep faithfully busy each hour of the work- ing day he may safely leave the final result to itself. He can with perfect certainty count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation in whatever pursuit he may have singled out. Silently, between all the details of his business, the power of judging in all that class of matter will have built itself up within him as a posses- sion which will never pass away. I hope that each one of you may have a most happy and successful career. Sincerely yours, ' nt .ay 15 Ia