Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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5 :KY ,, nrmard 'QI will owe tlzee an anszverfor Ilzatz and vzozvforzmrd with ilzy fc1Ie.', 11114011 Ado About Nothing -SHAKESPEARE cr V -7 THERS abide our question. Thou art free. VVe ask and ask-Thou sniilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill, lVho to the stars unc-rowns his majesty, Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea. lllaking the heaven of heavens his dwelling-place, Spares but the cloudy border of his base To the foiled searcliing of inortalityg And thou. who didst the stars and sunbezinis know, Self-schooled, self-scanned, self-honoured, self-secure, Didst tread on ea.rth'ungussed at.-Better so! All pains the immortal spirit must endure, All weakness which impairs, all griefs which bow, Find their sole speech in that victorious brow. -MATTHEW' ARNOLD

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. t- HE Bard of Avon is the theme Q running through your Amptennian N lsj Q this year. 'Tis well, for the in- 4-HJ fluence of the immortal dramatist is still very real even though he lived almost 400 years ago. On the anniversary of his birthday, April 23 of this year, the new Shakespeare Library was dedicated with elaborate ceremonies at the University of Pennsylvania. On the same day Stratford-on-Avon came to America on short wave and was broadcast over a national hook-up. The occasion was the dedication of the new Shakespeare lVI6l1l0I'l2l-l Theatre which wa.s erected by drama lovers of America and the British Empire. Next to the Bible thc works of Shakespeare stand supreme in the literature of the English speaking people. He is more frequently quoted than any other English author, for his genius encompassed all human experience. I will give only two quotations at this time to point a t.l1ought for you, thc members of the Class of 1932. , ,1 1 L fr 1 In Othello, the gentle Desdemona speaking to her noble father says: :Jw Io you I am hound for life and education, Bly life and education both do learn me How to respect. you. For years your parents and community of Northampton have nurtured your life and education. IVe sincerely hope that you have learned to respect 'them both. As you leave these halls we would have you t.hink of one more quotation of the g1'eat poet: Bleu at some time are masters of their fates, f N .lhe fault, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. This school has completed its task so far as your education is concerned. You are no longer a whining schoolboy . lie the masters of your fates. Recognize that not in your stars hut in yourselves lies the possibility for a truly successful life, which is the hope ol' your Superintendent for each one of you. G . A. EICHLER A ' 5+ A 40 0 3 se 1,21 fi. N gg fi? AEE U' H s 94.4.1 at in '--LS 5 if te ' llpl 5 Q uf ,f ' e- yxgfxy 'suv . nl