Hatfield High School - Hatter Yearbook (Hatfield, PA)

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MR ELMER B LAUDENSLAGER Supervising Pnnclpal Swarthmore College A B University of Pennsylvania M A To The Mud Century Class You are taking your place in the world at an auspicious time in the twentieth century the close of the hrst fifty years and the beginning of the last What is your outlook for the future? The keynote of the last fifty years has been the acquisition and application of knowledge an interest in thxngs factual From our institutions of learning laboratories and factories have come the discoveries and the technology of our modern life What are the facts? and Does It Work? have been pertinent and practical questions These have educational world We shall continue further to explore the unknown The keynote of the second half of the twentxeth century w1l1 be Under standing To secure the physical achievements of mankind and to promote happiness the future must be filled with understanding Men have always searched for this quality the early prophets emphasized it the psalmists prayed for it and the people were astonished at the understanding of Jesus Understanding IS a spiritual quahty lust as knowledge reveals the facts of our physn al universe so understanding brings the spmtual qualities of sympathy tolerance goodwill and brotherhood Only through understanding on y by generating attitudes whereby all men wxll 11ve in common brotherhood w1l1 civilization survive Then and only then shall we have followed the admomtion of the w1se man who long ago urged With All Thy Getting Get Understanding 8 O 1 O I - n I I ll ll made lasting contributions to our civilization. They have built our social and 1 I . ' . .1 - . I t r

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TO THE CLASS OF 1950 Everyone has the right to 11ve to work to be h1mself and to become whatever his manhood and his vision can combine to make him In h1S Do Your Own Thmkmg C H Scheri says Success 1n any field IS the product of two factors ability times application The formula IS Axa R A represents abzlity a application R result Whatever your natlve capacity you owe it to yourself and to the world to develop and to make the most of 1t It IS the job of education to help you to requires more than going to school It consists of leaminq from all things that happen to you from the things you see and hear and feel from the things and people and ideas that stimulate you However it IS important to know the 11m1tat1ons of your own talent so that you will not aim above your abilities Select the vocation which IS best surted to your ability then be worth your salt Happiness IS measured by the s1tuat1ons that come from work as well as from leisure MR HARRY E WENRICH Hlqh School Pnncnpal Mathematics Gettysburg College A B Temple University M A 9 I I I I : . ' ' : , . discover and to build on what you have. However, to secure an education I I . n ll - ll 1 1