Pleasantville High School - Green Quill Yearbook (Pleasantville, NY)

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04 ogeffer rom jhe rinciloa - AND THIS Too SHALL PASS AWAY- I have heard of an Eastern monarch who commanded his wise men to invent him a sentence which would he true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: 'And this too shall pass away.' That is a comforting thought in time of affliction. And yet - le us laelieve that it is not true! Let us live to prove that we can cultivate the natural world that is ahout us, and the intellectual and moral world that is within us, so that we may secure an individual, social, and political prosperity whose course shall he forward and, while the earth endures, shall not pass away It is nearly a hundred years now since President-elect Lincoln bade farewell to his friends and neighbors in Springfield, Illinois, with these or similar words. To me they are prophetic and moving, I give them to you in the spirit of farewell and good wishes Since you have entered Pleasantville High School, much has been done to cultivate the natural world about us. Space vehicles, jet travel, are within your teen age recol lections. Since Lincoln's words were spoken, material progress that would have startled a prophet has come to pass. Yet terrible wars have come and gone and threaten again Lincoln s admonition to cultivate the intellectual and moral world that is within us has been ac cepted by thousands of the people of the world, yet rejected by other thousands Where shall the Class of l96O find its destiny? Witli the passing of june, l96O,l each of you will move into a different phase of your earthly existence. As your memories of P.I-LS, crystallize, many will pass away. This and earlier Green Quills will become precious as reminders of events, classmates and teachers, it will grow more precious as the years pass. Let it remind you well of our encouragement for you to cultivate the intellectual and moral world that is within you so that the progress of Americais individual, social, and political prosperity may be continuous This is what Green Quills are for. As they remind you of people who wish you well who taught you the rudiments, even some advanced ideas, that are verities of Amerlcan Life in the 20th century-may you join President, Lincoln in rejecting that sentence pro duced by the wise men of the Eastern monarch: And this too shall pass away RONALD C. MCCRErXRY I Scene IV Act III - ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS - by Robert E. Sherwood 1939

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