Haverford School - Haligoluk Yearbook (Havertown, PA)

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THE HEADMASTER S MESSAGE '4lln..--.-.Q Mr Severmgbaus In thxs year s part1ng word to the graduatmg class,I wrsh to encourage the neg lected practxce of readlng You are about to become part of a complex college pat tern that w1ll make demands upon your time and your lnterest of whxch at the moment, you have very llttle conceptxon In your posstble confusxon under such pressure,you w1ll begm to dlscard certaln act1v1t1es as unnecessary and lmproper ly t1me consummg Experlence has shown that the frne habrt of voluntary reading IS one of the f1rst to go Even those previously known for the good readmg they dxd durxng the1r hrgh school years, suddenly frnd themselves pushed to the point where they drop the practlce Those who never have been outstanding as readers soon abandon the little to whlch they have been accustomed This IS a very unfor tunate s1tuat1on No schedule of classes can give a student a wlde variety of information, educa t1onal 1nc1tement, and st1mul1 In relatlon to the total fxeld of knowledge, what one taps 1n four major courses IS rnfrmtessrmally l1ttle Unless on the slde he contln ually makes contact w1th other areas of culture, wrth current ldeas and trends rn many f1elds he IS to a degree lllxterate But If IS not only the contemporary and the novel that he needs I-le should be readrng the hxstory of man s polrtrcal strug gles, of man s frght for Intellectual freedom, of man s conquest of scxentxfrc bar ners, and of hxs unceasmg quest for spxrtual truths Where and what shall you read? Obv1ously, certaln hterature IS junk An 1n tellxgent person avoxds rt easrly and qutckly From there on, however, whether you cover an artxcle on the uranium rush whxle havmg your hair cut, or a reputable columnrst s appraxsal of the cold war, or read Dante s Inferno as a means of gorng peacefully to sleep, you are ma1nta1n1ng a hab1t that w1ll do much to promote your socxal and sp1r1tual well bemg Keep some good books xn your college room books that are not a part of the courses you are carrymg Glve them 15 mxnutes daily of your trme Finally, make one of them an lnsplratronal book of worshxp and medltatlon You w1ll do better rn everything else you undertake at college Wh' I asf '9 ' f 1 gl' K XX , ' 7 X - , V . . , . . , , - 9 l - . . . . Q . - . - I . . - , 0 . . , . . . - , . . , . . . - N C l 0 l c I 4 J - . . U . , . , - I . - I f . . O . . .

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