Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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OUR CLASS LEADERS FRED MORENE President, Student Council EDNA LOVE First Honor Graduate 3 Eopeweli £[(jh School

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Ghe Glass of iggi A PERSONAL MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 1941 I consider the theme “Freedom” an especially appropriate one for a graduating class at this time. You are confronted with a more serious challenge of many of our traditional freedoms than any previous generation has had to face. These freedoms were won for you by the effort and sacrifice of your forefathers, and it is your duty and privilege to maintain them. They can be maintained only as they were won—by effort and sacrifice. There can be no real freedom without self-discipline. President Roosevelt has said that the aim of the democracies of the world is the establish¬ ment of four freedoms for all peoples. These are basic freedoms; but as young men and young women just setting out to fashion your lives, you are probably looking for freedom of a somewhat more personal nature. I wish for you four freedoms which, if you pursue them with zeal, should bring to you some of those satisfactions that make life worth living. The first of these is the freedom to play. The old adage “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” is true of adults. In your highly mechanized world the worthy use of leisure time becomes a major problem. Your recreation should be as carefully planned as your work, and it will be satisfying to you only in proportion to the thought and effort you devote to it. Begin now to develop your hobby. You will be free to enjoy it only as you use it. The next is the freedom to work. This means not merely the means of earning a living but the opportunity to make a contribution to society. It is your task to discover the field of work in which your training and ability can best be used by society. In the recent past great numbers of young people of your age did not enjoy this freedom. This is a challenge to you to win this freedom for yourselves and transmit it to those who come after you. Then there is the freedom to make a home. I fear that we value this freedom too lightly. The perpetuation of society is dependent on it, yet it requires intelligent effort to maintain this freedom also. You should devote your most serious thought to the making of your home and to maintaining in it high standards of social living. There are many freedoms within the home that should be jealously guarded—your freedom and the freedoms of the other members. Self-discipline is the only guarai e of this freedom. Finally I wish for you the freedom to think and to give expression to your thoughts. These must go together, for we soon cease to do much thinking unless we express our thoughts. The cure for the ills of a troubled world must come through your carefully tested thinking and that of thousands of others like you. You must make your contribution to man’s long struggle toward the realization of truth. The Great Teacher said, “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free,” but we cannot know the truth unless we seek it. These freedoms which I wish for you involve responsibilities on your part. This is true of everything in life that is worthwhile. I hope that as you face the future you may welcome these responsibilities and thus achieve all those freedoms which bring the satisfaction of a useful life. —J. E. Mallonee.

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BETTY SUE ALTMAN BETTY SUE “Always busy as a bee.” EVELYN ROSA ATKINS EVELYN “A synonym of amiability.” J T n