Lincoln Way High School - Aegis Yearbook (New Lenox, IL)

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REQUIRED READING EXTENDS LITERARY HORIZON Since The advenT oT movable Type in The I400's, read- ing maTerial Tor public consumpTion has sTeadiIy increased. Today vasT prinTing operaTions pour Tons oT good. bad. and mediocre liTeraTure on The markeT every day. The good will survive and be represenTaTive oT our presenT culTure. The bad will have an ephemeral exisTence and fade inTo oblivion. EducaTors are aware +ha+ noT only can The True greaT- ness of a people aT any oeriod oT hisTory be measured by Their liTeraTure, buT also ThaT greaT IiTeraTure helps To make a people greaT. They are aIerT To The TacT ThaT Johnny has all guaIiTies OT liTeraTure bidding Tor his aTTenTion. They accepl' The responsibiliTy oT guiding him To The kinds ThaT will mold him inTo The person civilizaTion musT produce To survive. ConsequenTIy, Johnny has selecTed Tor his con- sumpTion a minimum of sixTeen books during his high school career. As TransporTaTional and mass media TaciliTies shrink our physical world, iT grows ever more incumbenT upon each counTry To preserve and promulgaTe iTs choice biTs oT philosophy Tor inTernaTional acquainTance. This is one signiTicanT way in which barriers can be broken down so ThaT peace will prevail upon The earTh. Pefer Burns refers To a reading IisT Tor col- Iege'bound sTudenTs in The library To guide him in his ouTside reading. 53512 E Vi is Mr. Dalkowski passes on To his s+uden+s some sug- gesTions from MorTimer Adler on how To read The Greai' Books. Karen Wonders gives a book reporT on TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER TI-IE SEA by Jules Verne.