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PERISCOPE PERTH AMBOY HIGH SCHOOL PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY Nineteen Hundred Thirty Eight
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FOREWORD Youth, the most glorious gift of God ever given to mankind! Ponce de Leon searched for it in vain; women cherish it as their most prized treasure; the angelic faces of small children beam with its loveliness; old men will forever reach for it with unrewarded efforts, and we, the Class of 1938, are the rich possessors of it. Classes which in the past have been graduated have possessed this quality too. Does our youth signify the same things theirs did? In the spirit of fun, love of life, it does. We have shared those things so typical of youth: we sang our school songs with all our hearts, cheered madly for the Crimson and White, danced rhythmically to the latest swing band, teased romantic couples, and laughed almost too easily at any slight provocation of humor. Gayety and freedom have filled every day of our four years, four years overflowing with the companion of youth, enjoyment. Even our grandmothers were familiar with these activities; balls, picnics, and hay rides were not unheard of in their days. Youth will never change. It is in another sense that the youth of today differ from the youth of the past. It is our great desire for learning and for finding the reality in the world about us that distinguishes us from the preceding generations. We are no longer satisfied to sit back and take things for granted; we question and criticize. World-wide problems have become our problems. No longer is it the case of being seen and not heard. We are extremely confident in ourselves, and America is confident in us. She is depending on us to keep her forever democratic, free from the various isms' of the European world. For is it not upon the youth that the foreign countries are depending to continue successfully their type of government? We have made education the most important factor in our existence; without it we are lost. Upon graduating we intend to study further, elevating ourselves above all classes of the past. Parents are more desirous to support the demands of today's youth for learning. Universities are crowded with young people who struggle and sacrifice to acquire a broader education. Indeed, education is an important factor of modern youth. We have been taught to see every side of all problems. For this we are thankful to our modern instructors who have assisted us in a manner which was not available to students of the past. They are anxious to teach us the truth, whatever it may be. This is the source of our surprising broadmindedness. The girls as well as the boys of our class are prepared to enter the adult world. This is our Modern Youth. It is then fitting that the theme for the last activity we share together, the last thought, should be associated with a subject we are so well acquainted with—Youth. FAYE STRONE
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