Roosevelt High School - Bwana Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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EWEHH Sixteen BWANA ART MATERIAL For the art work found in this book we are indebted to the pupils of Miss McColl's seventh term class. fTl'1e designs for automobiles, aeroplanes, and locomotives were copied from drawings by Norman Bel Geddes., im?Fi'ilififililiME!Qi1i1li6l' 1935

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93 EWZHH UNCONQUERED WORLDS VERY exclamation point was once a question mark: every astounding fig: jfs? , . . . . fx discovery, a baffling mystery. Those marvelous discoveries which are the results of courage, of faith, and of fierce energy have done much for humanity. But it is the baffling mysteries, those eternal, madden- ing question marks, that are the salvation of the human race. Our generation should be thankful that there still remains so much to be solved, for, if the world ever erases the last challenging question mark, it will probably die of boredom. It is natural for us to desire that which is out of reach. It is true that we are forever seeking the mysterious things that elude us. But, after all, which is more marvelous-the possession of the object which beckoned us, or the thrill of the chase? Too often we learn that the moon which glowed as an enchanted fairyland of radiant of light is only a cold, dark body covered with extinct volcanoes. If a scientist were able to reach Mars, he might be painfully disappointed by the planet itself, but would he ever forget the thrill of his mad whirl through the stratosphere? Why have explorers chosen such lives of danger? What will be their reward? Certainly not the gratitude of a nonchalant world which in a few years will look upon their achievement as a matter of course! Explorers exist simply because of those same accursed-yet, oh, how blessed-question marks, those beckoning, challenging mysteries that have driven men insane, that have claimed human lives, and that are still so wonderful because they have kept the world from becoming stale. No one has ever been given a chance to live until he has been challenged, no one has ever truly lived until he has accepted. Let us not become so satisfied with the achievements of others that we overlook the defiance in the unconquered worlds about us. It is easy to loll in satisfaction, but it is not thrilling. How stupid to say that there is nothing left to be discovered when a million moons are glaring their challenges! It is to these beckoning, mocking moons, these symbols of untamed perils, these lands of fascinating mystery, that the youth of today owes its chance for an adventurous and active life, spurred on by the insistence of determination. And it is to these eternal, maddening question marks that the 1935 BWANA is dedicated. A A AUDREY THYSON Iga K - Seuenteerz