Oakdale High School - Oracle Yearbook (Oakdale, CA)

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Dedication To our principal, JM r. I. O. Gossctlf, who has served us faithfully for the past seven years, we dedicate this, the Scotch edition, of the Oracle. 1 V 1 rf r 1. ,A ' If V ,M-3 g K N a ll 1 1 1 xx!

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Foreword SENIORS OF 1933, you are unusual. Seriousness of purpose seems to radiate from every face. Why should this be? The answer is that you have been awakened by the changing environment of your high school days. As children you saw inventions, mass production, joint ownership, and stock companies flourish. You saw this condition de- velop in the minds of the American people a confidence without caution, unheard of in the annals of any people. The market crash of 1929 has changed public attitude from the speculative to the conservative, the market crash of 1929 has changed coniidence without caution to fear. The President of the United States, the master minds of the world, and all the agencies of government have made innumerable attempts to cor- rect this condition with little success. A high school senior should have learned the type of work or of ser- vice that he can perform better than the average individual. He should also be making plans to place himself in that work. During these past four years your wits have been sharpened and your judgment has been strengthened. Some of you will profit by further schooling. You have learned that the masses think as a unit, and consequently, confidence, prices of commodities, and prosperity move in cycles as do the tides. Today the pworld ispcalling for independent thinkers. Independent thinkers are those who are not swayed by the crowd. During times of depression, the spending of effort or money may be an economical move since more returns can be secured. During times of pronounced pros- perity, the frugal individual should be more conservative. One should fortify himself with enough of this world's goods so that he may enjoy the Hrst desires of man, food, clothing, and shelter. To accumulate wealth beyond this point would be selfish, for one may not only make more difficult the gaining of a comfortable living by a neighbor, and he may also be missing the finer enjoyments of life. The World was made for you and for me to enjoy. Be neither penurious nor extravagantg be willing to listen to all evidence, but make your own decisions. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid, but think, using the educational and scientific background which is yours. Think individually. Seniors, adieu. .CQ