Lincoln High School - Flambeau Yearbook (Manitowoc, WI)

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Literary Appreciation Dreams, books, are each a world, and hooks we know, Are a substantial world, both pure an:l good, Round these. with tendrils strong as flesh and l'ltmtl. Our pastime and our happiness will grow --XYordsworth, News stands are groaning under the weight of maga- :ines filled with writings that are gaudy.unreal, superficial. Book publishers' presses are running day and night to print the world's greatest offering of new books, Such a mass of printed material must include much that is neither beautiful, wholesome, inspiring, nor enduring. As a cool breeze on a hot summer day so is the work of a literary genius. Soothing, refreshing. exhilarating,-f -it revives and stimulates oneis better self. lt isn't always easy to discern the chaff. So often it resembles the wheat. Cer- tain literary works. however, are easily recognized by those who have had some training in the field of literarure, The high school student has a real responsibility to assume as he becomes one of the world's multitude of readers. lt is rather easy to drift from the higher levels of demand for the best in literature to the lower levels where the appeal is to the cruder instincts. lt requires less mental effort to absorb the lighter material, and having .mee absorbed it there is neither food for the mind nor inspiration for better living. lt is highly fitting to dedicate this annual yearbook to a group of literary authors who have won for themselves, their state, and their country distinction and high credit Wiseonsin's literary authors have enriched the store of writings that endure: that inspire men and women to have rare courage and exalted purpose, that ennoble and perfect the science of living. All high school boys and girls ought to be commissioned by themselves, as a result of their many years spent in the English courses, to promote the good and condemn the bad. This can be done most effectively by the patronage they extend, Their choice of reading materials will not only determine the kind of thoughts they think, the kind of lives they live, but through these effects will shape the society of which they are a part. Their choice of reading material will de- termine the kind of books that will crowd the shelves of the libraries, public and private, will determine the kind of magazines offered to the public, and will determine the level of literary appreciation of the day in which they live. May the choices you make as high school students reflect credit not alone upon your school, hut upon your own intelligence, May the theme which predominates in this yearbook predom- inate in your lives, May the high standards set by our state's greatest authors stimulate the talent in embryo within you that it will create the beautiful, the valid, the living, the enduring types of literature and lift the general level of literary appreciation. f I s l. Page v l-1

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