Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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' ' GRADUATION from Hopewell High School is a new experi- ence to youth. Since the entrance into elementary schools Uy this has been the goal which ever beckoned us onward. Even after entering high school, that final ceremony seemed very distant. We had magnified it until it became our foremost ambition. Now that it has finally been achieved, many of us discover that it is almost an anti-climax. It fails to be the greatest thing in our lives as we have so fondly expected. We find ourselves thrust out into a world as dissociated from the routine of school as the moon from an apple. Instead of having ease and comfort at the peak of success, we discover that we have barely reached the foot of the ladder with many rug¬ ged steps to climb. In fact, the graduation ceremony seems rather malapropos. One almost thinks of postpon ing it until a more definite success is vouchsafed. Nevertheless, we have started. Although the trail winds long and hazy before us, we have no intention of forsaking the strug¬ gle. Gradually, those of pusillanimous spirit will be weeded out to remain buried until they finally give up the fight. Notwith¬ standing the progress of civilization, nature’s old law. the “sur¬ vival of the fittest” still lingers. Only by overcoming every hinderance which may be found in our paths may we hope to form for ourselves a definite place in life. Youth, we admit, is a dreamer. In the spring of life all things are seen through rose-colored glasses. Yet, with a totally unexplored country ahead of us we are beginning to realize, possibly for the first, time, the struggle for existence, which life may have in store for us. It is but natural, therefore, that countless doubts are beginning to assail us when we consider our inexperience along such lines. Do not conclude, however, that youth is afraid. There is quite a distinction between panic-stricken fear and intelligent caution. It is impossible that in a ferv generations the quality of youth can have changed to such an extent that with time and experience we cannot equal and even surpass, the accomplish¬ ments of the present leaders. Without doubt, they too entered the sterner lists of life with misgivings. We are prepared, like¬ wise, with our plans for the future which even if not practically sound help us to find errors in present systems. Like theirs, our plans point to that ultimate goal of success—happiness. Page Four

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THE STAFF (1) Arthur S. Waxman, Editor-in-Chiof; (2) James Mallonee, 1st Associate Editor; (3) James Sordelctt, 2nd Associate; (4) Eugenia Daniel, Exchange Editor; (5) Robert Swift, Asst. Exchange Editor; (6) Edwin Ruffin, Humor Editor; (7) Custis Burton, Boys’ Sport Editor; (8) Helen Layne, Girls’ Sport Editor; (9) Edward Parker, Business Manager; (10) Margaret Argenbright, Asst. Bus. Mgr.; (11) Nan Connelly, Poetry Editor; (12) Jacqueline Chappelle, News Editor; (13) Russell Andrews, Typist; (14) Preston Bailey, Typist; (15) Fanny Edwards, Typist.

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Exchange HE DUTY of the Exchange Editor is to publish monthly, in a special column of the paper, articles from the dif¬ ferent papers which he gets in exchange for a copy of the “Kaleidoscope.” This column is very essential to the paper and is read with keen delight by most of the readers of the “Kaleidoscope.” It is our aim to edit only interesting articles in this column so as to attract the attention of all readers. Our paper is not perfect and will not reach any state of per¬ fection for a good many years to come. Before anything is per¬ fected, there is one thing that is necessary. That is criticism; for, as Arthur Symons said, “The aim of criticism is to distin¬ guish what is essential in the work of a writer.” Thus it is with our paper, the good points will only be brought out through criti¬ cism. We need the opinions and suggestions of other schools that we may correct and perfect our own paper, and there is only one way to get them; through the Exchange Column. All of our lives we have been exchanging our ideas and theories for those of the people about us, and if we didn’t, right then and there our minds wou’d grow stagnant and progress would be a thing of the past. Not so long ago, we received a paper in the regular monthly exchange from a northern school. In this paper the school criti- cicized the “Kaleidoscope,” saying: “A nice little paper. Its being of a combined magazine and newspaper form is an added attraction. You ought to have a literary department.” Since that time we have tried to edit articles with literary quality written by the pupils. We appreciated this helpful suggestion. Any concrete criticism is always welcomed by us. At the beginning of this school year we had about one hun¬ dred regular exchanges on the mailing list. It has been increased to a hundred and twenty. Practically every state in the union is represented in this list, also several foreign countries. The staff wishes to thank subscribers and readers of the “Kaleidoscope” for their favorable comments of the articles in the Exchange. It has been our effort to print in this column only that matter which is interesting as well as useful to the student. Also, we wish to thank each school for exchanging with us. Our wish for the 1932 staff is greater success with the paper and all of its departments. Page Five