Hartwell High School - Wave Lengths Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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3-1 1-1 1-: id He who would Climb to heights sublime Or breathe the purer air of life, Must not expect to rest in case, But brace himself for trial or strifej, On the other hand, the craving for something higher and better is the best pos- sible antidote, or remedy, for the lower tendencies of human nature. The weakening through mnlunutrition of the undesirable human traits necessarily follows the strength- ening of the desire for the finer things of life. If :1 man constantly strives is he not elevated? His aspiration finally becomes inspiration and ennobles his whole life. It, therefore, behooves us never to discourage not refuse to heed the inner voice; for if we do, the urge will become less insistent until it finally will cease to exist, and life will become stagnant and dead. XVc must be ever up and doing. There is no rest in growth for growth means Change, spurred by the inner urge. There is no limit, where ambition abides, to human growth. When ve reach the height which looks so attractive from below, we find our new position as unsatisfactory as the old one A perpetual call to go higher and higher rings in our ears; :1 divine impulse constantly urges us to move on toward eternal perfection, for A mnifs reach should exceed his grasp, or whatis a heaven for? To the heights we, like the magnetized needles of the Mnrineris compass swing, spurred on by the inner urge to struggle with destinye-the inner urge, which is heavens own incentive to make mania purpose great and his achievement greater. MARGARET LOTH 33 p.

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3-0-x -r C6716 gnner CUTge N a factory where marinefs compasses are made, the needles, before they are mag- netized, will lie in position wherever they are placed; but from the moment they have been touched by the mighty magnet, they take on a mysterious power. Before they are magnetized, they do not answer the call of the North Star, nor does the magnetic pole have any effect upon them; but the moment they have been electrified, they swing to the magnetic north, and are ever after loyal and true to their afhnity. Multitudes of people, like unmagnetized needles, are unresponsive to any stimuli until they are touched by that inner urge we call ambition. Whence comes this overmastering impulse which pushes human beings 011. etch to his individual goal? How and when does it gain entrance into our lives? If we could explain just what ambition is, we could understand the mystery of the universe. It is the same kind of urge that is in the seed, buried out of sight, which pushes it up and through the soil, prods it to the utmost to give its beauty and frag- rance to the world. It is the instinctive impulse to keep moving on and up. It exists in every normal human being and is 215 real as the instinct of self-preservzztion. Indeed, might it not be said that this incessant upward promptinguthis urge which pushes men to their goal-is an expression in man of the universal force of evolution which is flowing Godward? God is whispering into the ear of all existence of every created thing, Look upii. Everything seems to be striving to teach a higher level. Everything is in the process of evolution, and the evolution always upward. The butterfly does not become a grub, but the grub develops into a butterfly. But for the fostering of this desire to push on and upwardethis God-urgee- the progress of the universe would cease; and, with the race, so with the individual. Ambition often begins early to knock for recognition. If we do not heed its voice, if we procrastinate in answering its call, if we cultivate the habit of picking out the easier tasks and putting OE the more difhcult ones, if we offer no encouragement to its years of appeal, the inner urge gradually sloughs off in its functioning, deterioration of ideals sets in, and the growth of the soul becomes stifled in the self-inflicted discontent of ease. Man then becomes a mere scrub-plnnt without flower or fruitage, for the better things do not grow in material or mental soil without work, care, and nourishment. Only weeds, briars and noxious plants thrive easily.

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g. 3-5th CZDDorla' Go-opemtion---a Wecessz'ty CEHE chief force of the nineteenth century was nationalism. The peoples of both the old and the new world centered their interests within their own respective countries. The century was one of great unrest Within the Chief governments of the world. Greece, revolting from the harsh rule of the Turks, established its own national state; Hungary attempted to overthrow its Austrian despots; Italy, seizing the provinces ruled by the Pope and France, established a united Italy; Ireland tried to break away from the rule of England; France had her ambitious Napoleon; Germany experienced continuous uprisings of its freedom-loving citizens; and, in our own country the in- tractable question of slavery precipitated the States into a civil war. Indeed, the nine- teenth century was marked by such a devotion of energies in national interests and such a development of concentrated selehness that some historians have attributed the general restlessness and the increasing number of wars of modern times to the conversion of nationalism into fetichism. Since the World War, however, nineteenth century nationalism has been side- tracked for twentieth century internationalism. PractiCally all the civilized nations of the earth were involved in the tremendous conflict of the World War. Poverty and pain, ruin and destruction, the tumbling of great powers, and the rumbling, subsiding dis- turbances, which the world is still experiencing, followed its tracks. Confronted with the realization that science had bridged the formerly prohibitive distances and had made the destruction of life so inhumanly cruel and so subtly far reaching as to threaten the very foundation of Western CiviliZation, the world agreed that international wars must cease; that diplomacy must be increased; and that the open treaty policy should be encouraged. Not the least reason for the need of greater diplomatic relationship between nations is the present industrial revolution. To-day great corporations rule the industrial world These corporations are not content to supply the demand within their own countries, but endeavor to place their goods in foreign markets. The interest in foreign trade has, of course, been greatly influenced by the modern means of transportation and communication. Each year sees new records of speed created by steamships, zeppelins, and aeroplanes; each year new methods are devised to make shipping and traveling more economical in cost and time. The rivalry for international trade has caused the industrial and agricultural interests of each country to specialize in the production of articles which it can pro- duce at less COst than any other country, India supplies the world with rubber; Brazil, with coffee; Japan, with raw silk fibers; Germany, with chemicals; England, with hides and wool; France, with cosmetics; and the United States, with iron and steel manu- factures. N0 nation, therefore, is economically self-sufFicient to-day; each is interde- pendent. Now, if this interchange of the wealth of the world, which has been so intensified by the industrial revolution, is to continue, the world must maintain peace. Economic peace through co-operation is essential; but the twentieth century is experiencing the realization that political internationalism and economic co-operation go hand in hand. Nations must no longer depend upon alliances and counter-alliances as a security against war. An organization must be established in which all the states of the world are a part, and whose aims are to secure peace and co-operation between all nations. Such an organization for the promotion of international peace and security, by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war; by the prescription of pen, just and honorable relations between nations; by the hrm establishment of the understanding of 34