Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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CQNTENTS Books That Tell Gul' Fate Books From Which We Learn Books That Recorcl Our Achievements and Joplinistics

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are t e oun ation 0 0 ern ivi ization Thv most inarxwlmis inveintion of man is lzingiizlgv. XYitl1nut lang'uag'cl1Q l'0lllZllllS ll lwast, as liniiteicl as ntlwr animals in his mun- Illllllltxllilfill with his licillows, ancl almost as liniitml in his thinking. XYith lang'uag'v. inan lncfctoiiivs that mastm' nl all otlieir nl' Clcm4l's C1'oatui'vs, .-Xltlioixgli languagv is thv most wonclcirlul ol' inn-ntions, its full poteintialiticis cmnlcl iwvc-1' lx- realized without two allivcl lllVflll- tions-writing and printingx XVithout printing, thc- privilagci of vom- muninn with the g'1'vat inintls of all agc-s was 1'est1'in'tml to a clioicic- lbwg without printing, univc-rsal dissemination of liiiowleclfifci was iinpossihlv. But today, the accumulated liiiowlcrihge ol' the agus, the inspiration and wistlmn ol' the great of all times, are avail- ablo to virtually all. XYithout printing, gle- inocracy, Science, our innclcrn world, voulcl not vxist. Trulv, the Dfllltfxfl nagra anal hooks ara thv frvunclation of inmlvrn Civilization.

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The Front ntranee Recalls Many Memories 9