Greenhills High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Greenhills, OH)

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. a silhouette in deep com- munion with my own . . . Identification with a cause.

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Like ripples in a pond, empathy radiates outward to larger and larger circles of people, On beautiful, rare occasions they share a smile. . . empathy is emotion shared . . . Man neither searches for something only for himself not seeks all by himselft Being a social creature, he grasps truths in unison with companions. Students walk through the halls, exchanging fleeting smiles and quick remarks with the faces of passers-by before they move on to others passing by. On beautiful, rare occasions, though, they share :1 smile coming from behind the facial facade. A sudden communication bonds two spirits, a brief moment fading t0 a lingering memory. Finally they reSume their walk through the halls in anticipation of the next time, but even distant faces have their place in the memory of a friend.

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The communication with truth and beauty, of one soul with another, is the primary purpose of the arts. In music, painting, literature, dance, and drama, the student recognizes universal truths and takes pleasufe in the entertaining, and rewarding cultural aspects of the world around him. Enraptured by the brilliant color and dazzling sonorities 0f Debussy, assimilated into the person of someone else7 or engrossed by the philoso- phies of Plato, students attain spiritual comradeship with truth and beauty. Beauty lies also in the tangiblehin mist, swaying grain fields, lofty peaks, undulating cloud masses, and the quiet desert. Nature relaxes, entertains, secludes and holds youth in her cool, unchanged hands. Music, the most empathetic of the arts; tones and rhythms create moods, feelings. Nature relaxes, entertains, secludes and holds youth in her cool, unchanged hands.