Lansdale High School - Highlights Yearbook (Lansdale, PA)

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.SZAOJ Z?.,m! Ralph R. Smith, Edwin P. Gotwals, Treas.g Mrs, Katharine D. jones, Sec.g Rev. I. S Hoff man, Pres.g Wlilliam J. Zimmerman, Harry Hunsberger, Willis Bartholomew, Vice-Pres Vernon Lauchmen. THE XVIT TO XVIN In our athletic contests, as in war, the sole aim is to win. Not to subdue, to surpassg but to aspire is a worthier desire. Witli the best trained men, the finest implements for social betterment we outclassed all ages for annihilation. There is such a thing as a winning defeat. No wonder that Dr. Buttrick asks: Vifhat would a college faculty answer if they were told: You need a gospel to redeem your ignorance? In the realm of matter things flow downward in obedience to a law of finality, called gravitation. In naturels continuous ascent life flows upward drawn by a law of equal finality, called spiritualization. God asked Moses: Wl1at is that in thine hand?,' A shepherds crook turned into a magic rod as man fulfilled the handiwork of God. The choice for Moses to become a leader, a law-giver, a smiter of the sea and rock, releasing the works of Godg or to remain a shepherd for forty years in the wilderness and sin. In life's real quest true unfolding through ennobling all attain. All that matters is the wit to win. For Gods great plan is the betterment of man. L. S. HOFFMAN, Pmmfwzf Nine

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.xdclminidfrccfion s RALPH R. SMITH Szzperifztemiefzt GOING SOMEWHERE The members of the graduating class of 1947 of the Lansdale High School are to be congratulated on their determination to go somewhere and finally to get there-to become graduates of a regularly approved secondary school of Pennsylvania. So far these young people have had a definite aim or purpose in mind and they have attained their objective. Their parents and teachers are very proud of them and rejoice with them in their great accom- plishment. ! A Where will these fine young people go from here? A few years ago, some of the graduates of American High Schools were saying, P. A., here we come, and in years of more recent date many of them were inducted into a more hazardous endeavor-to fight and even to die for their country. Young people have not had the opportunity in the last fifteen or twenty years to live in a sane and healthy environment. Those of us who have had some small part in helping these young people to reach the time and place of becoming graduates 'of the Lansdale High School are very much concerned about the road which they are to travel in the years ahead. The word progress has been defined by some people as man- kind going by on high, without knowing where or why it is going. Home has come to mean, for too many of us, as a place to go to change clothes to go somewhere else. Society may not be as bad as that. We should still have faith in the youth of America, continue to trust them, and feel convinced that they will live purposeful lives and that they will continue to go somewhere. They will need a great deal of help from somebody if they are ever to orient them- selves properly in the bitter and violent world which has been handed on to r them. 4 , RALPH R. SMITH Eight

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HERMAN L. BISHOP Prinripfzl Graduation is a significant occasion in the life of any individual. It is one of the big events of a lifetime. But did it ever occur to you that it is the cul- mination of many little things? It represents the climax of twelve years of going to school, including daily class attendance, the preparation of thousands of lessons and the taking of hundreds of tests. During this time you made many friends and experienced many happy moments as well as some heart- aches and disappointments. We trust you also learned to be kind and courteous, to be even-tempered, considerate, dependable and industrious. Now you are standing on the threshold of a new day looking ahead to new experiences and successes. The realization of your fondest hopes will again depend largely on how you meet the day-to-day little tasks and prob- lems of life. The way you think and act, where you set your affections and place your trust-these will determine your success or failure. Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearlyg To act from honest motives purelyg To love his fellow-men sincerelyg To trust in heaven and God securely. HERMAN L. BISHOP DOROTHY RHOADS Secretary Ten