Richmond High School - Pierian Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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M.H.s. THE PIERIAN 1923 og , go Svpnnnnfn vmmgv HE diploma you get in June is going to mean many things to you years hence. Nllhen you come upon it as you are rummaging thru some treasure box. it will call up for you all the fun and work and worry of your high school days, it will bring back forgotten facesg it will remind you of forgotten frolics and scrapes--yes, and of really splendid things you will be proud to remember having done. That is what this diploma will come to mean to you. llut in the first few days and weeks of its possession, and particularly next September, when all eome troopiug back without you, it will seem to you more like a barrier shutting you out from a dear, familiar world. That is what T really wish to talk to you about. XYhen you read these words, it will be but a day or two until your diploma is in your hands. When that day comes, l should like you to re- member that, altho we may seem very far away to you, to us you are still very near. You still belong to us. You are just not with us. For many a long day, we shall speak to each other of you. XYe shall be eager for news of you, and, not hearing, we shall ask, XN'hat do you hear from So- and-So? XVhere is he? Wfhat is he doing this year? We shall rejoice wheu the news is splendid. XVe shall grieve with you when things go badly. And when there is no news, our hearts will sink for we shall know you have forgotten your dreams. XYill you then, in the days, the weeks, yes, even in the years to come, remember that we have not forgotten, that we are waiting for news, splen- did. glorious news of you? ALXRY Moreiaow. Once more the high school graduates Appear in bright array. 'Twill take them twenty years to know How much they know today. i wig 90 A broad-minded sponsor has 111's1'o11. Page twelve

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M.H.s. THE PIERIAN 1923 Q S7 DO 61 iirinripalkt ilmvmmgv III? best gift an American school can make to its pupils is an 1111- . dCJ'SftIlItI1llIg of dC7lIl0U'tll'-X',' that you i ff consciously and conscientiously prac- w tice democracy, is the best advice I 3 'it can give to you as you graduate. I I' Democracy is a 'scheme for suc- cessful. contented living and is based , L on two assumptions: l. That society is a man-made organization to allow and to help the individual to flezfclof his natural self I as far as he can along any lines that society has, in past experience, found good. , . X 2. That the individual, therefore. I owes to society his opportunity for, and the advantages of, a happy life. should appreciate this fact, and , should Xt'I'T't' wholeheartedly the so- cial groups to which he belongs. - I . 5 E There are many implications of I these two statements, only a few of 1 which I shall mention: Q l. Society stores up information. good habits, tried customsfwise ex- l . 1 - . , perience of the ages-which it places at the disposal of individuals through churches, schools, other social organizations, and through laws and customs. 2. Iietter individuals improve society and an improved society produces better individuals. 3. 'llhe easiest. best, most satisfying way for an individual to grow is to malce one's social group tfamily. school, city, nation, and worldt grow better and to grow better with it. 4A The larger the mnnber of social groups to which one belongs, the greater the opportunity to develop one's different capacities and interests and the greater the opportunity to give to the world the benefit of one's education. Social service-to preserve the stored-up experience of humanity. to increase and better this store by your individual contributions. to help yourselves by for- getting yourselves in the service of your fellow-is your duty. yottr opportunity, your happiness: your duty, because you owe to society what you are, your of- frozftznzify, because only thus can you become a full-grown individual, your Imp- f7fllCSS4, because, actually, it is more blessed to give than to receive. li. C. CLINE. D KK Y! Good 6111111.00 Page eleven

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