Montpelier High School - Mirror Yearbook (Montpelier, OH)

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MR. Sl-IAEFFER, Supt. Q , Administration ' Heidelberg College Ghio State Degree - A. B. A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE Someone once said, A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Today has brought to all the world a realization of the truth of that statement. Everywhere there is suffering and pain, degradation and want, war and destruction, and all because, A little' knowledge is a dangerous thing. We cannot hope to emerge from this maelstrom that encircles us unless there are those who by self-sacrifice, a sense of duty, and a motivation to see peace and happiness return, are willing to accept leadership for those millions who are always ready to follow. The past is a criterion of the future because it decides the present. The present decisions are the results of the philosophy of education which has formed the products of today, those commodities and services that are helping democracy survive. lt will be this freedom of thought and action which will rule the future for good or bad. No one can deny the fact that it was the educational systems in many countries, fostering particular ideologies, that brought about the present. That these systems were false and negative is finally being proven by the victories that are appearing on the horizon. These victories are the results of an idealism that democratic education accepted and practiced. This freedom of the past was taken almost for granted and the selfish isms grew and grew in strength until they had almost destroyed it. That free and positive forces are emerging from the present conflict is not enough. lf education is to point the way, if peace is to endure, the ideals of education as fostered in the recent past in our public schools must be encour- aged to an even greater degree because the wounds of the present are sharp and deep. lt will take much time, patience, and perseverence to guide this weary world. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. This quotation does not need any emphasis, yet, it does point toward the task ahead in the necessity for a continuation of educating our youth of today and of re-educating many millions everywhere. - Mr. Shaeffer. Page 12

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Miss Brimer, as secretary. Miss Braithwaiie, as librarian Mr. Howald at his desk. Librarian assistants, We learn io iype. Study hall. Page 11

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W A HOWALD Administration Heidelberg AB.--Chemistry Denver A.M.-School Administration Student Council Adviser Football Coach THE GUARDIAN OF DEMOCRACY The future citizens of our United States and of our World are in the schools today, and thus the schools of today are in a position Where they can mold the citizens of tomorrow, the America of tomorrow. The ease with which our youth has heen able to learn the specialized training of the armed forces has proved, Without a doubt, the soundness of our educational system in the past. lt has shown the importance of a broad educational foundation upon which to build. Our education in the future will provide even a broader program, with more opportunities for making choices to meet the individual needs of our students. It Will provide an opportunity for every student to receive the best education his interests and intelligence will permit. As our forefathers always felt that education is essential to a democracy, so will leaders of tomorrow realize that good citizenship will require every person to have the ability to make Wise choices and decisions. ln a democracy the individual is sovereign. The citizen of tomorrow must recognize and appreciate the privileges of freedom and democracy. He must realize citizen- ship in a democratic society requires certain responsibilities, such as, voting intelligently, and co-operating in local, state, and national affairs. The leaders of the future are in the schools of the World today. Although the problems in the post-War period will be great, they will be more wisely solved because of the education being provided for our youth at the present time. As education has ruled the past, it also will rule the future. - Mr. Howald. Page 13