Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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©ration IIEN one begins to think of what human mind and energy have accomplished, he is really astonished. The endless cycle of scientific knowledge, the rapidity of production, the train which rushes by like a hurricane, the submarine that glides like a whale, the incomparable aeroplane, the wireless and telephone messages from sea to sea seem, as yet, miracles to us. These things have reduced the earth to an ant hill. But in spite of all these developments there is an evil which is incessantly striking against the props of human welfare and causing it to fall into the depth of misery. The human mind, superior as it is, is such an excellent conductor of falsity that whenever one calculates its current he has to use zero, or less, as resistance. To the human mind nothing appeals so much as flattery. The biological law — against each enemy of an organism there is some means of protection peculiar to the organism, or a physical external one; for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction — seems to be true in ease of man also, for were it not so no existence would be possible. The remedy for this weakness of man — the liability of being deceived — is very cheap and obtainable anywhere at any time. Here it is: do your own thin king and reasoning; never let someone else to do these for you. For as long as people blindly accept another’s policy and mechanically follow it. there will be no peaceful life and equal opportunity for each. When people begin to do their own thinking and reasoning, then they will meet the iron necessity of putting into practice the long-spoken-of and never-obeyed phrases : “all men are created equal “all men have the same wants, therefore all men have the same interests.” As soon as they realize this there will come harmony, peace and love among them and this world will become what it ought to be. A boy remarked to another that hot bread with butter was very good and said in reply to an inquiry, he had never tasted it. but his father had heard some one say so. Now is there sufficient proof to believe the statement of the boy? Of course there is no proof whatever. Such is the case with Socialism at the present time. Society may be divided into two classes: the capitalist class and the working class. The structure of society is of bene- fit to the former and of disadvantage to the latter. Just imagine what would you observe during a strike. Take for example the Colorado trouble, one of the best examples. You see on one side thousands of working men striking because their wages are too low to keep them in normal condition, while on the other side you notice a millionaire from St. Louis, another from Chicago, a third one from England, etc., not even as many individuals as there are thousands of working men, refusing to let the working men have their bread, which they have so dearly produced. Further on. you witness that the army, the press, the police, the court, the law. often religion, etc., take the side of the capitalist to help him oppress the working people. This is what is called class struggle, a consequence of the two extreme classes now in existence, with opposite interests. There are many more intermediate classes, but they are disappearing and uniting with the former two (ninety-nine per cent go to the working class). Because the capitalist class is only one-thousandth as large as the working class, do not be deluded that we have no classes. Socialism is hot merely a political party. It is a new, inevitable form of society caused by the continuous perfection of the means of production. It is as different from the present society as the present is from the past. Socialism represents a uniform force acting against two unequal resistances: the capitalist class and the working class. Logically its effect upon these two classes must be different, as, in fact, it is — favorable for the working class and unfavorable for the capitalist. The DORA REIMERS: — “She will, if she will.

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Samuel Fleishman Randle Harrison Gladys Duffy Bryan Compton Edith Harrison Rl T TH MctREYXOLDS: — “She has two eyes so soft and brown. Take care! Take care! She takes a glance and looks down. Beware! Beware

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Emerson School HOY SCOTT: — “Being good is a lonesome job.”