Lansdale High School - Highlights Yearbook (Lansdale, PA)

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lllllll lll Ill Supfrrnlrndrnt 0 Sfhools THE A ERICAN AY II rs related rn the Odvssex that I lx sses sacrificed a bulrock each morning to the eternal gods and then watched the squrrrnrng entrarls of the slaughtered animal rn order to get the weather forecast that he mrght plot wrselx the course of h shrp on that particular das Vke hate gone a long w as srnce the trrne of I lx sses but the age of science we are reminded rs not more than 300 sears old Dr Robert Andrews 'Vlrllrkan Chairman of the Executrse Council of the C alrfornra Instrtute of Technologx wrote as follows rn Forum and Lenturv, Vlarch 1938 There rs no hope for permanent ballot government and ratronal peaceful change, unless the xoters rn such a democracx as ours are suffrcrentls educated to understand a few fundamentals that haxe become established rn the age long clrmb of mankmd up from sax agerx to the present state of our knowledge and after becoming so educated, are remrnded to vote accordrngls If we can reach that degree of enlightenment our democracy and our crxrlrzatron can be sax ed Democracx a qualrtx of gox ernment and a wax of Irfe has not made progress commensurable wrth tts rntrrnsrc xalue to socrety because of the pres alence of too mam dernagogues and rabble rousers as well as rll terates Ignorance and greed prejudrce and exrl haxe kept mankind from hating as much demccracx as rt needs We hate all tallfed a great deal about makrng good rn lrfe but rn thrs connection we haxe t ought too much about positron ancI the acqursrtron of material thrngs lhe Xmerrcan people as a w hole belrexe rn our sxstem of stimulus to prix ate rnrtratrxe and rndrsrdual dex elopment It has macIe Lls all be ter off than the peoples anwwhere else rn the world at 'rm trme or place rn hrstort But the great fundamental prmcrples as outlined rn the Preamble to our Constrtutron cannot be made to work without great sacrrfrces untrrrng efforts ancI unselfrsh dexotron to goxernrnent Indifference on the part of our people toward goxetnment mas p we to be a greater enemx to our w at of life than rgnorance Ihere can be no real and lasting progress rn Xmerrca or elsewhere rf the common welfare rs not made the marn objectrxe of exert member of socretx It IN not expected that all rnclrxrdual wrll be awarded 'rlrke with good health ancI material blessrngs, but each person should be per mrtted to reterxe a slr'rre o 1 e b essrng rn keeping with hrs ta ents and the extent o ns wr rngness to wor o rrrarr houlc expect to prosper at the expense of another man He w o 406s o comrnrts a rfater crrrrre a arnst our wax o lrfe than an 11l16I1 enemx w o engage rn t e foulest krncl o sabrt rge Crlfn and Iltl It I QNX Y N Y U U ll X X wc frnnrng clrd not do 1 wrt t e o mc t 'lt rnerrca couc we mac e 'rn asx um or the oppressec 'inc a place w here all people cou c anc wouc lrxe together rn he true prrrt of brotherhooc N V N N N rarnent ' fs s s s rn a ter 1 c s s t car he frcecorn anc NCQ ur rch wc axe e J s c or more t an a unc rec tears rnust bc attrrbutecl to the foresight a e cour gc of our t e athers xerx ea fer arc s or part to safeguard our national heritage and to keep rt unnnparrcd for ourselx es ancl our posterrtx R urn R sxrrrrr 94 IG LI A J AIA 1 A ' f vs . ' ,, , v .c ---. ' l . ' sv s l . . , U, Y' D' -l 5. K. . ' ' . Y . , K. ' . . L A A 5. ' ' . -.D Y . - i ' ' I v ,v 5- v v Y y Y . Y. . . 1 B' 'v l., ' w 1-vv ' I v 1 D- ' y B. Y B-F 1 x- ii s is Bs. ' 'J' ' l ' ks. ' ' A. U 1 , A. v I . v - v v A is v ' .. fl'f's lg' s' ' ' l . fl' 'll' ' lc. FJ s I . ' . . ' ' . 'h I ' - ' ' Q g - ' ' g ' . ' A' f ' ' M' 'h s ' h , f 5 1 1 f . There is no place under the sun where men have talked so much of ideals as they have in :km , or ' can hcn , lv' .aj that the people w'h c'arne t this country '1 e 'er-' l 'g' .' ' fic h h h I 1 ht .X ' lll l . ,Y'l f ' ' I .It ' . s' lI.l'll f 't 's ' I. If .AXrner'ic'a is to be .trong, there rnust be a moral and spiritual, a. vell as a phyical, re- arrr . 'I'he Crea or of all thing ha, blest u. tremenclouly with healthful cl' rate, A t'l- soil, ancI natural re,ource. below and above the surface of he 1' th. 'I' 4- I I . ' ity wh' 'f h ' n'oy-I f ' b' ' h I I ' - ' nd th ' a f' fc r f' ,, Ii' Arneriean should be g r I willing to clo hi. her

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DEF ENDING THE MIND Ag t S IP J C1 N53 ains ocia re'u ice

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BU XRD UF I-1lJl'CA'lil0N ffl In Rnfllli Ralph R. Smith, 1 1 Bartholomew, Mrs. en X Ridington, Rev. L. S. o man Nirs. Katharine D. o es dwin l'. Uotwals, XVil- iam Zimmerman, llarry llunsberger. SUIJCFVISCS UI' IHHCI' DCTCIISC PI'OgI'2lfI'l OUR EDUCATIO AL SYSTEM THE members of the board of school directors of Lansdale believe that a sound program of education is very essential to the perpetuation of the American way of life. Americans like the expression my rights. ln order to be able to properly exercise the rights and privileges which the Constitution guarantees to every citizen of the I'nited States, each one of us as a citizen must know a great deal about what our way of life means and the part each one of us mllst play in it. In order that there may be rights and privileges for each of us in America, no one of us should be permitted to escape certain fundamental duties and obligations. lt means, therefore, that all the citizens of the l'nited States must know the meaning of democracy and the contribution each and every one of us must make to guarantee its existence. Our forefathers sensed the importance of this essential quality and understanding of our principles of government: therefore, they strongly endorsed a universal program of public education. The board of school directors in Lansdale believes that the best schools are none too good for our young people. The local directors know that if the program to be offered in our schools is to be worthwhile, the people of the community must be willing to make sacrifices in order to pay the cost of such a program. The directors have, therefore, tried to raise enough money each year through taxation to provide the kind of school program which they believe the people of our community wantg keeping in mind, of course, the financial ability of the people to support such a program. VVe hope that the girls and boys do fully appreciate the efforts that are being expended in their behalf and that all will make the most of the opportunities being offered them to acquire a well-rounded education, which is generally believed to be so essential to the maintenance of our liberties. YV1t.t.1.x1v1 J. ZIMMERMAN iii' Eleven