Goshen High School - Crimson Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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H M O N Our Inheritance fPPROXIMATELY five million boys and girls in the United States are attending high schools. When the number of young people who are attending similar schools in foreign countries is considered the total number amounts to many millions of boys and girls of many na- tionalities and races. The question may have presented itself to some of these boys and girls as to the origin of schools of secondary education level. How did they start? Who was the first leader in the move- ment? Who originated the idea? The High School of the United States, the Ginnasio of Italy, the College Communal of France, and the Gymna- sium of Germany are types of institu- tions that are the children of the first school of secondary education. These are the direct descendants of the Acad- emy of Italian Renaissance. Each of these institutions is characteristic in type and purpose, but the bases on which they are established are fundamentally the bases of the first Academy. To Vittorino da Feltre, who opened his school at Mantua in 1423, should be given the credit of starting the move- ment that completely changed the objectives of education and established a new education that has dominated the secondary school training until the present time. The objective of education prior to that time was to prepare the individual for eternal life. Education functioned for the Church. Com- bining with the new humanistic studies the best ideals and practises of the old Chivalric education, this Italian pioneer devised a scheme of education that would prepare the youth directly for life in the world here, and for a useful and enjoyable life at that. The name Feltre has no significant meaning to the majority of people. He as an individual is unknown, but his influence and his educational fore- sight has resulted in the establishing of a type of school, which with all its privileges and opportunities is the inheritance of every American boy and girl. The quotation from Emerson, An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man, may be aptly applied to the work of Feltre. — Principal O. L. Walter 1 3 page seven

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H M O N Silhouettes |UR Annual this year features the Silhouette. This is significant. Some one has said that coming events cast their shadows before them. Be that as it may, we do know that great events and great men leave great figures in outline behind them. These we call Silhouettes. We read a few years ago the story of The Man Who Sold His Shadow. This man thoughtlessly bartered away the substance of his being so that he cast no shadow when he stood in the open sunlight. He thus became a mere nothing — a non-entity. His char- acter and his personality were gone. The plight of this man was most distressing, so the story relates. No one would mistake the silhouette of Abraham Lincoln, of George Wash- ington or Martha Washington. Even their shadows are recognized by people of today. They cast a shadow that was different from anyone else of their time. The reason so few people stand out in any particular period is that not many folks are brave enough to be different from other people. Most folks cast shad- ows essentially like all the rest of the folks, and the common herd hides them. But some one says Lincoln was of a dis- tinguishing figure. Yes, he was six feet, four inches tall. But he is not remem- bered because of his stature, but because he did not hesitate to differ from other men of his time. He cast a shadow all his own. It would be interesting to take a shadow picture on commencement day of each member of the class of 1930. Then in 1975 we ' d like to see made again the shadowgraph of all the members of the class then surviving. What would there be distinctive about the leaders? But it is not necessary to photograph and silhouette the class of 1930 by any mechanical means known to modern art. Each one is making up his own silhouette, and the years to come will blend most of these into the composite picture of the race and time. But let us hope that there may be some who have sufficient individuality and force of character to leave behind a silhouette that shall be all his own and recognizable by all the world. — Superintendent J. W. Foreman 9 3

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HE CRIMSON The Faculty Ort L. Walter, A. B., A. M. Principal Gertrude Wahl, Ph. B. Latin Bonnie Deniston, A. B. English Eda Margaret Barnes, A. B. English Katharyn De Wees, A. B. English Benjamin Stoner, A. B. English Olga Beckman, A. B. English Melba Smith, A. B. .. History Frances Stutz, Ph. B. ... History Daniel Gerig, A. B., A. M. ' Social Science - History Doris Beaman, A. B. Latin Helen Vanderveer, A. B. French Stanley Schenck, A. B. Mathematics J. Fred Ulery, A. B., B. D. ... Mathematics Eva Graham, A. B. Mathematics Samuel Welty, A. B., B. S., B. Pg. Science Ralph Beck, B. S. Science Clara Trautwein, A. B. Science J. E. Weaver, A. B., A. M. Commercial Mary Biggs, A. B. Commercial Nada Wright, B. S. Home Economics Arthur Sprunger, A. B. ... Art Reginald Brinklow, B. M. ■ Music Claude French, A. B. ..... Manual Training Ira Fleck . Manual Training R. T. Kintigh Auto Mechanics Herman Byers, A. B. History and Physical Education Maurine Sherwood, B. S. Physical Education Faye Nixon, R. N. .. ... Health J. Howard Brown, B. S. Agriculture Rev. I. R. Detweiler, A. B., B. D. ...Religious Education page eight 19 3