Shenango High School - Tomahawk Shen Hi Yearbook (New Castle, PA)

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fx-Q '1 1 ' -'Nil'-'Ilill-ll'-ll-ll1ll1 -- -u-1: myIlilliIl-nnlilI-ll1u:ql1ll1ll1ll1ll1ll1 1n:nU U-Illini 1 i v- 1n1um1uu-:lu1 1 1 1 1 EDUe.:.T1o1J ,LND was lqeonwaj o , Nationalism must We must learn that we wrong,U and live with revise our saying to, rightg when wrong, to be looked at in a different manner, can't say, nMy country, right or our many neighbors, but that we must nMy country when right, to be kept be put right.U Citizenship today must be broader than nationalism, We must form the habit of thinking in larger units. We P must not think of our nation alone but must be tolerant of all nations and try to see their side of the question as well as ours. It is necessary that we learn to get other's points of view and learn to judge them by their standards, not ours, cultivate a feeling of a world community, Education in social studies should Nations are becoming more and more dependent upon one another. This- brings about a need for an international spirit, Contained in this spirit are many factors--national effeciency, loyalty, and, above all, tolerance of each other's faults, Education teaches the people to look at things dif- ferently and to speak for themselves in a more able manner. It helps them to understand law which is an almost concrete thing, We understand its nature and significance, but law is only a symbol of public opinion which is very powerful and sometimes harmful, Public opinion is safe only when all society is in harmony and can express itself as one body, Public opinion to be safe must be improved by the general education of all members of society, The growth of commerce has tended to unify certain groups on the basis of common interests, This and the tendency of all nations to teach that war is a relic of , barbarism and peace a symbol of civilization is leading nations to look at things in a safer and saner manner, ' This way of looking at things will carry us far in our j plans for international peace, Education is a tool that can be made, and has made, to serve many masters. It can deepen lives of cleevage or turn one group against another, Education was never more widely spread or times, yet it did not effectively conducted than in recent prevent the World War. It made this war more terrible than any before it. There is no positive proof to show that more education will safely guard de- mocracy or save us from other wars, To bring about this result we must have a different quality of education, which means education conducted in a different spirit and with different standards of value, Until every nation realizes this and learns to train its citizens for the kind expect world peace. of world that lies ahead, we cannot FQITH SMITH --Memes 1935 M-q---................,.u-wmhmmqgw

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Mwhm- ---------- ---- --.CSZgn-CjVzd-. ....-,- ------ -mqwm Mlfllflff all V he 'C H137 s he en In accordance with the custom adopted by last year's graduating class, the Seniors decided to present a pageant or play as their commencement program, This year's program is in the form of a court trial. The plot of the play is: The Faculty decide that the Seniors should not grad- uate now but should return to school for cnevsemester next year to review several essential subjects and acquire the basic elements of school spirit, The Seniors protest this decision, and it is decided to put the entire matter before a judge and jury for an impartial trial, This is done and, as a result of the excellent testi- mony of the Senior's witnesses, the Court decrees that the Seniors are to receive their diplomas at once. .The cast is as follows: ' SCENE I Living room of modern home, Leal Baldwin Elizabeth Gierling Beatrice Johnston Eleanor Curry Rudolph Reiter Jane Davison Everett Laitinen David Brown . SCENE Il Court Room, JudgG................. ...Louis Mooney' Defense Attorney Plaintiff,,,,o,, Bailiff,,,,,,,,, Clerk of Courts, Court Stenograph Witnesses: Girls' Athletics Boys' Athletics, Dramatics,,,..., Newspaper Staff, Liusiolsuuoasovsc Flute Solo.... Girls' Trio... Scholarship ..... Essay-. uueuveu Student Council. Extra Lctivities ,,, , .,,John.Petro ,,, ,,,Howard Gierling ,,,, ,,llec Sroczynski ,,,,,, ,,,Charles Pitsch ers... ...Lillie Tindall Luna Cline ,,, , ,Luna Polenick ,. , .,Hugene McConahy ,,, ,,,Virfinie Hey ,..,..,.,,Faith Qmith Evelyn'Feil ...Helen Koski ...Evelyn Foil Sara Tanner Helen Koski ovonoouoou ...v......O15B ROUGH ...Helen Doyle ..........Hargarct Lawrence .,... ...Benetta Ferry JURY Jack Shaffer, Harry Hordig, indrew Zak, Herbert Bintrim, Rose Marino, Elma Parkkonen, Ida Cotton, Jessie Hale, Harold Styers, Ralph Perdue, Mildred Montgomery, and Mayne Pack. pu1ul:u1u 11111 ll-rn-1:1-1:11 1 1 - --n-n 1 9 3 5 1:1 1-11:11 ll-ll-:liar :ill-1ln1n1nl1ul