Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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PREFACE PROGRESS-- A SPEEDING AR- ROW OF SILVER SHOT AT THE TARGET OF TOMORROW; A SINGING, TRIUMPHANT SHAFT THAT ADMITS NO BARRIERS; THE FLASHING CHALLENGE OF YOUTH FLUNG IN THE FACE OF SCOFFERS— PROGRESS, THE SPIRIT OF 1933. THIS YEAR. THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD SEND EXHIBITS TO CHICAGO, IN CELEBRA- TION OF A CENTURY OF PROGRESS. LAST SUMMER SAW THE OLYMPIC GAMES AT LOS ANGELES; AMELIA EARHEART HAS SET NEW RECORDS IN AVIATION; EVERY DAY THERE ARE NEW GOALS TO STRIVE FOR. NEW STANDARDS TO BE ATTAINED—AND A NEW CHAPTER TO BE WRITTEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS OF MAN. MODERN EVENTS ARE NOT CHRONICLED IN RED ON A BATTLE- FIELD. WE FIND OUR VICTORIES, INSTEAD, IN THE LABORATORY OF THE SCIENTIST. IN THE CONFERENCE-HALL. WE NO LONGER SEE THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY SAFE-GUARDED IN TERMS OF MUNITIONS AND FLEETS. BUT BY FUTURE CITIZENS IN THE SCHOOLS OF AMERICA. PROGRESS—THE THEME OF OUR MODERN LIFE, PROGRESS- THE THEME OF THE 1933 ARGUS ANNUAL.