Hillsdale School - Telescope Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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EDITORIAL Once there was a family of tadpoles who made their home in a tepid pool. One of the creatures was a dreamer, but he was also a doer. He said, in the language peculiar to tadpoles, I am weary, living in the water all the time. I shall go live on land. His friends protested, But you can't. Tadpoles don't live on land; they live in the water. It's unheard of. Surely you don't mean it. Why, you might even die . The little fellow said nothing and began his struggle to climb up on the bank. He strove for a very long time, pulling himself up a bit, slipping back, trying again. He stopped only long enough each day to eat and rest a bit. One day he discovered that he had developed hind legs. Soon he grew forelegs. He was now almost on the bank. Then at last he lost his tail which had been such a hindrance. He realized his moment had come, and he seemed to gather power and inspiration. Suddenly he iumped, he could now, you know, and there he was, on the bank! He had succeeded! At this moment it became clear to him that there was still a task before him. He must teach himself to live in such a world. And the little frog began to tail again. The little tadpole had increased in wisdom and stature in his labor; he was fit to begin a new task. Before he died, he had learned a great many things. We at Hillsdale are in a similar position this year. Namely, we have brought to a close the first twenty-five years of the life of our school; we have rung down the curtain on a successful production. .Now we must pause to consider what lies before us, just as the little frog had to do. Let us go to a theater, a circus, a rodeo, a musical, but let us go backstage. Here is not a world of illusion, watched by an audience in a mood to be entertained, but a world of realism watched by us in a mood to evaluate motives. Ambition, sincerity, elation, jealousy, disappointment, pathos, humor, adversity, success, fellowship; these are words to evaluate the qualities we will discover in the actors. We students at Hillsdale can claim these qualities too, inexperienced as we are. We should study the actors, though, and learn from them. A great actor is never satisfied with iust a successful performance. He is constantly criticising his technique and his achievements, in an effort to evaluate his faults and to improve himself. He knows that greatness and complacency are not companions.

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We Seniors feel that this year is an important one in the history of our school, not only because it marks a quarter-century of existence, but because it is also an indication of years to come. We choose, therefore, not to cite any one individual, since this is everybody's year, but to dedicate this book, which is a representative of the school, to the next twenty-five years e to the Future.

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FLORENCE E. FESSENDEN Head Misfress