Howell High School - Torch Yearbook (Howell, MI)

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GREETHNG T0 THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1947 It IS a pleasure to extend a greeting to the Class of l947 and through your year book to the members of the teaching staff students of Howell High School and residents of our community The first class to complete its course in Howell High School was grad uated in 1869 Smce that date each year with the smgle exception of 1880 your high school has provided a group of trained young people to make their contribution to the welfare of their community and their nation These graduates have faced the problems of their times have had an active part in finding a solution to these problems and have done much to Justify the confidence of the people in the American system of public ducatlon During these past few years in general and these past few months in particular wrlters commentators and platform speakers have shown a disturbing tendency to expend their genius on finding words to describe the trage dy, of our world Words such as war torn devastated disturbed sor rowmg have been used with such monotonous frequency that some of us have become tired of them while others have become completely convinced is not going to be bettered by those who can do nothmg but weep over the ruins about them That IS the road to failure it is the road to despair It IS the opposite of a stubborn faith and as students and teachers of Howell High School we are not in that business I firmly believe and I hope you believe that the flnal hope for our world is not ir a United Nations nor in atomic power nor any complicated system of government control That final hope rests in personality in the guided ideas of you boys and girls who have been and are still enrolled in our public schools We trust that you will not become men and women set in your ways full of preJud1ces prone to take to yourselves the words of cynlclsm and despair and unhealthy self criticism so prevalent today Your school has given you the opportunity to develop your human and natural resources plus some spiritual ones as well If this development has been strong vigorous and intelligently done there is no ceiling in opportumty I shall always be interested ln your welfare and success Loyally John S Page Page 3 ' I ' ' 1 1 ' 1 ' of the hopelessness of our situation. But the fact is that the situation

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A DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE IS THE ALL INCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION Superintendent MR. JOHN S. PAGE

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