Lima Central High School - Annual Mirror Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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April l, 1947 To CENTRAL Hica SCHOOL Sigtvtons: For a period of ten years it has been my good fortune and pleasant privilege to serve as your Superintendent of Schools. It has been a real joy to watch you live and grow. From year to year you have steadily developed with- in yourselves the will to become worthwhile citizens in our American democracy. As you came up through our schools your number has decreased sharply from the Seventh Grade with an en- rollment of 337 to approximately 237 as Seniors. This means two-thirds of the Seventh Graders have remained in school until graduation .lune 12, 1947. It is indeed pleasant to relate that our high school has much to offer in both the curricular and extra-curricular fields of education and that most of you have elected to accept the many advantages and opportunities that are yours to fully and adequately equip yourselves to live in our world of tomorrow. Some of you have excelled in athletics. some in music, others in dramatics or debate, and still others in scholar- ship, etc. All of you have learned the importance of making the most out of your own life, You have learned not to resent your limitations but, rather, to accept and explore your possibilities to help mankind to live and grow. You have learned that self-pity gets you nowhereg rebellion against yourself gets you nowhere, only a frank ac- ceptance of what you can do, and a willingness to do it, is the most important decision you have made thus far. As l have said to other graduating classes:-keep your wonder at great and noble things-the sunlight and the stars-the dusks and the dawns-the rainbow and the rainewthe greatness of our heroes- -the growth of treesethe return of the harvestg keep your thirst for new knowledge--your hatred for a lie--and your love for the beautiful. For when all is said concerning goals to strive for, it is HNot what you have, but what you give, Not where you are, but how you live, Not what you do, but how you do it That makes this world worth going through itf' Sincere congratulations and best wishes. J. ll'lCl.l'IAN Ruin. ' Stzperinterzdenr of Schools, JMRXMD April 5, l9fl-7 To THE Srznions: ' lt was Alexander the Great who as a youth wept bitterly over his fathers conquests, for he felt that when he became a man there would he no more worlds to conquer. But when he ascended the throne at the age of 20. he found thatuhis father, Philip of Macedon, had left many, yes a great many, things undone. Nearly every school- boy knows the story of Alexander'-how he did go on and in a military way conquer the then-known world, lim- ited though it was, geographically speaking. Many a young man and woman has experienced something of the same feeling as the youthful Alexanfher. 'fwhat can l do when I leave school? There are no more lands to discover, no more frontiers to push back, pro- fessions overcrowded, labor-saving machinery taking the place of workers--progress has just about come to an end. All of us have heard just that kind of wailing and not always on the part of youths but by many an oldster. Seniors, if any of you are singing that sort of a mournful dirge, snap out of it and snap out of it quickly, Progress is never-ending and will continue to be as long as the spirit of the pioneer exists in the hearts of men. Yes, we know, man has conquered the land, the sea, and the air. He has tunnelled the mountains, bridged the rivers. and erected skyscrapers. He has smashed the atom, recorded a reflected radar wave off the moon, sent pilotless supersonic rockets miles from their base. All this he has done and more. Yet in the face of this l want to tell you that there never was a time in the history of the world when the hand of opportunity was being extended to young men and women as it is today. No more worlds to conquer? No more conquests to be made? Why man has only made a start in a dozen differ- ent fields, all waiting for young men and women just like you to go on, advance their education, and prepare to take an active part in the world's work. Not only is the opportunity great, the urgency for your grasping this opportunity is greater. Let's look into just one field where your leadership is needed and needed badly, viz.-making our democracy work. Remember, folks, democracy is not a natural phenomenon like a mountain, a lake, or a prairie-it is a man-made phenomenon -made by mene-in fact democracy is men. And it is going to take men to save it. Our American way of life is threatened. It is threatened both from without and from within. One could enum- erate many disintegrating factors to our democracy, such as the collapse of the family, the rising tide of communism and others-suffice it to say it is in danger. And our young people coming out of school today must preserve it. We have done a lot, but we haven't yet learned how to live together, not only in this country, but in the great family of nations. Space prevents detailing the conquests in science, medicine, religion, world peace, psychology, economics, and others that are screaming for young men and women to make. Seniors, the challenge is to you. How will you meet it? Very truly yours, H. W. Lmcu, Principal four

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REED, J. MCLEAN, B.A., M.A. Ohio Stale University, Ohio Northern University-Superintendent of Public Schools. 'iPresence of mind and courage in distress Are more than armies to procure successf, Dedication We of the Annual Staif, on behalf of the faculty and student body, dedi- cate this 194.7 year book to Mr. J. McLean Reed, Superintendent of the Lima Public Schools. We of Lima Central, as well as every person in the public school system, have benefited from his tremendous efforts. His work in Lima will long be remembered. Our loss is another communityas gain. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr.-Reed for all that he has done and to wish him continued success in all that he may do. three

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x Board of Education Row 1---Dr. A. N. Wiseleyg J. McLean Reed. Superintendent: E. L. Baker, Clerk Row 2-Dr. H. R. Stallbohmz R. E. Lyle. Row 3-Harry Gross, Director of Maintenanceg A. M. Gantz, President. five