Gratz High School - Gratzonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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FUHELUUHD N THE PROCESS OF CONDENSING FOUR YEARS OF SCHOOL LIFE INTO A LIMITED NUMBER OF PAGES, EDITORS Ol? RECORD BOOKS BREAK THEIR HEARTS MANY TIMES OVER. SOMETHING MUST BE SACRIFICED IN THE CONDENSATION. THE SACRIFICE MAY BE A TRIBUTE TO THE FACULTY THAT GROWS RICHER WITH THE YEARS, A SYMPATHETIC AND PRICELESS PORTRAYAL OF ONE'S CLASSMATES, OR AN HONEST DEPICTION OF THE RICHNESS OF SCHOOL ACTIV- ITY. WE THINK THAT IN THESE PAGES NO GREAT INJUS- TICE HAS BEEN DONE TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL LIFE. RATHER DO WE HOPE THAT IN THEM YOU WILL FIND A COMPLETE AND HEARTFELT APPRECIATION OF WHAT GRATZ HAS MEANT TO US.

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IJEDICHTIUH HE term democracy as it is most widely understood signifies a government of the people, by the people, for the people. It has a rather limited, political meaning in its wordly use. We have taken this word which can be classed with all others in a book called a dictionary and which may be defined in so many other words of common use-we have taken it and put a halo around it. In our key-title, Design for Democracyf, the last word is not as simple as it appears to be. It cannot be defined. We have given it untold powers of significance, and in it we have epito- mized the theme of this record of our high school lives. Our new word democracy does not refer merely to a QIOV- ernment operated on democratic principles. It includes democ- racy in every phase of human life-democracy in social, moral, religious, and political life: democracy in every little action we take: democracy in our very thoughtsg and, most meaningful of all, democracy as a basis for our ideals. And so this book and the youth it represents are dedicated to the forming, the faithful practicing and upholding of a work- able, liveable Design for Democracy.