Goshen High School - Crimson Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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7I4e G d tixm 1941 YOUTH LOOKING FORWARD Ralph Waldo Emerson is reported to have said about 106 years ago that Our young men are without opportunity; people are out of work; the present generation is bankrupt, and we are without hope. It would be interesting to resurrect the old philosopher and have him review the achievements of the 100 years following his statement. Our railways and highways, telegraph and telephone, radio and air travel, public schools and industrial corporations, and our advancement in science have all been the product of the 100 years since Emerson. It just is not true in any era that youth is without opportunity, or that we are without hope. It is not true today. Some one said that youth was a blunder; manhood a failure; and that old age was a regret. Certainly youth often blunders, a goodly number of men fail, and frequently old age is a regret. But these things are not necessarily so. The fact is youth is an opportunity; manhood is an achievement; and old age may and should be a holy memory. There is no opportunity like that of being a boy or a girl. There is no achievement like that of achieving manhood and womanhood; and there is no memory so holy as that of a life well spent, or rather well invested. Our present world status, particularly our American status, is due to a variety of forces which have been at work for the past several hundred years. Chief among these forces are the influence of modern science; a period of abnormal prosperity and expansion during the past twenty years; a period of economic depression; war and its unfulfilled promises; and finally, an 1 8th and I9th cen- tury civilization which we have evidently outgrown. The world tomorrow, running true to form, will be an unsettled world. It will be a hard world; a world of new social, economic and international levels; and it will be a world of oppor- tunity. Youth tomorrow will be charged with the duty and privilege: ( l ) Of setting up a new super- structure of a better and more efficient civilization, the foundations of which are already being laid by the present generation. (2) Of eliminating war as an accepted institution of international adjustment, and the establishment of world peace through a permanent and authoritative World Court of International Justice. Tomorrow 7 must put an end to war, or war, with the aid of science, will put an end to tomorrow. (3) Of setting up a more just social, industrial and economic or- der; an order in which men are recognized as ends rather than as means. (4) Of setting up an educational system which educates effectively for tomorrow because tomorrow ' s problems will be as great as those of any yesterday. It will be a great thing to live tomorrow. J. E. Hartzler. 7 e Gnimton 1941

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lhz GlintiM 19M Y. Champion I). M. Spohn J. E. Hartzler The highest authority in our school system is the Goshen City School Board. This board is composed of three capable members who work with the superintendent of schools, Mr. Walter. The members of the board are interested not only in the effective handling of executive and financial problems of the schools, but are also con- cerned about the welfare and progress of the students. Their efficient guidance and planning have success- fully completed another year to add to the splendid record of the past. 7i4e Giimlo+t 1941

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e G UtnAan 1941 O. L. Walter The entire student body ap- preciates the fine spirit in which our principal, Mr. Bechtel, has guided the affairs of our school. Always demonstrating an active interest in youth, with under- standing and helpfulness for their problems, he is known to us as a friend indeed. Mr. Walter has shown his ability as a leader, not only by his success in carrying out the duties of a superintendent of schools, but also by his previous service as principal in the Goshen High School. Under his active and intelligent direction, the ed- ucational system of the Goshen city schools will go forward. H. H. Bechtei 7 4e Giimd n 1941