Snowden High School - Aquila Yearbook (Library, PA)

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ADMINISTRATION .Wie lt is now nearly 2,000 years sinee .lesus of Nazareth preached llis Sermon on the Mount anml amhnonisherl man to cleclieate hiniself to the estahlislinient of righteous- ness, merey, and peace throughout the worlil. Man has rniserahly failed in this nianmlate as attested by eonclitions uni- versal tomlaiv. There have been, however, outstanmling attenipts to point the way. 'llwelve hunmlrenl years after the Sermon on the Mount, King John of England was foreecl to sign the Magna Clharta or Great ill12ll'ft'l', whieh markeil the passing of law lrv rolval rleeree anrl the beginning of par- liamentary legislation. It was a step in the ilireetion of freecloni anal equality, yet the struggle lnust go en. .Xpproxiinatelv 550 years later, the lleelaration of lntlepenrlenee was signed, setting forth its inalienable rights of life, liberty, anml the pursuit of happi- ness. lit also aclvaneeil the idea that governments a1'e institutetl alnong nien, mleriving their just powers froni the eon- sent of the governeclf' This was elosellv followeml by the Uon- stitution of the Vnitetl States, whose pre- anihle reamls as follows: NVQ the people of the l'niteml States of Anleriea, in orcler to fo1'1n a lnore perfeet union, establish justiee. insure tloinestie tranquillity, pro- viile for tl1e eonunon clefense, prolnote the general welfare, and seeure the blessings of ll ' -04-y II L. R. Cutshall Supervising Principal Four liliertv to ourselves anil our posterity, cle orilain anfl estalmlish this Uonstitution. 'llhree quarters of a eentury later Abra- ham l.ineoln, then Presielent of the lfniteal States. gave his fanious lihnaneipation l,l'tlt'l2llll2lIlUll guaranteeing the right to be free, to have the proteetion of their gov- ernment, antl to work for a reasonable wage to all the people of the l'nitecl States, regartlless of raee, eolor, or previous een- tlition ot' servitude. Fifty-tive years later NVoorlrow XVilso11, then Presimlent of tl1e l'nitecl States, set forth his fourteen points as peaee aims at the elose of the first World YVar. These points were ainietl at the outlawing Qfor all timej of the monster IVar. 'I'wentlv-four years later we a1'e engageil in the lnost extensive anil most ilestruetive xvar of all tinie. Our l'resimlent, Franklin ll. Roosevelt, in eollaboration with the l,I'illl0 Minister of linglancl, lVinst0n illlIll't'lllll, has given us what he has chosen to eall the Atlantic Ill12ll'IUl'. It contains the n1uel1-iliseusseil four freeclonis. These cloeurnents in themselves have heen tine anal have pointeml the way in a l'l'lllill'li2llDl'V elear fashion. Wei't- this enough we shoulcl not he en- gageml in a global war toclay. lt is not enough to point the way ancl iliseuss the way. Neither is it enough to Lleiine De- nioeraeiv anfl mliseuss lleinoeraey. We niust live llenioeraey. We niust go hack anal piek up anml live the athnonition given in tl1e Sernron on the Blount. Until fellow- lllilllli nleans sonlething to us other than just another worml our etforts shall he in vain. ltighteousness exalteth a nation. L. R. CUTSILXLL.

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Aquila E wn GMM Jithletckw 0, ww ' Adwimmew Th Published by the Senior Class Snowden Township High School Library, Pennsylvania

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ADMINISTRATION 0,1111 Martin E. Weaver Principal D1-3.111 S1-:N1o11s: It is the winter of 19-13 - FC'11l'll2ll'f'. Reports 'l:l'0lll press and radio drive ll0lll0 to 11s tl1e fact that Ulll' nation 211111 tl1e i11eals 1111011 wl1icl1 it is founded. illlll those i11eals as they exist i11 tl1e he21rts of 1111111 and women tl1e worl11 over and i11 the gov- 0l'l1lll0llfS that they have formed to give expression to tll011l, face a grave crisis. Yet this crisis appears 110W to have 001110 upon IIS as E111 inescapable expression of l'lllll'llCflllg idealogies that were I11I10l'O1ll i11 the world-wide 0C'O110llllC crisis of the past two 11ecades. , Ilunian society is as living an 0111311113111 as tl1e people who are its 1-o1npone11tsg and progress isits life. The highway of pro- gress had come, 11ot to il 1102111 end. b11t to Rl fork with pron1issory signboards point- i11g Right 211111 Left and Flttltllllg, to the literate, Dictatorship or Democracy. To the people of the worl11 - to 11111112111 beings of flesh and blood and possessed of tl1e aspirations toward freedoni and hap- piness that are inherent to Man - the choice was 11ever a problem. Progress was to tl1e1n sy11onymo11s with more democracyg and lll0l'O democracy 111051118 21 f11ller par- ticipation i11 Governinent 31111 culture. We. here at Snowden, l1ave 110011 cog- nizant of o11r problems of to1lay and to- niorrow. IVC have consistently worked tllI'01lQfll our challenges with a view of being Ready For Service ill tl1e world of today and l'0ll1OI'l'OW. When new chal- lenges were brought to the attention of our public, we here at Sl1OWll0I1 have pllt forth our best to n1ol11 a pattern that wo11l11 bet- ter serve to give you, Seniors, the inental, physical, and spiritual equiplnent t11at you will need to preserve our Free11on1 From Fear, Freedom of Religion, Free11o1n of Speech, a111l Free11on1 From Want. It is on yo11r shoulders. Seniors, t11at we do here place tl1e lJlll'LlCl1 of responsibility for preserving an11 perpetuating o11r revered Freedoins through Olll' present crisis and on lZh1'01Igll the dark 11ays of transitioii. Many are the adjustinents that you will Five 111-1-11 to lllillii' so that o11t of this niaze we will again enjoy a worl11 at l'eace. lf you will hold tight to a few of the flIll112'lII101lt2ll truths that we-l1ave 11iscusse11 across tl1e table from time to time during your four years' sojourn with us, the11 we will be rewarded i11 tl1e fllllllgllt that we had 21 part i11 niolding the ki1111 of Aineri- 1021113 t11at we will 11ee11 now, during the crisis, during the perio11 of transition, and during the days WIICII we will again see the silver lining. To h11111b1e thyself whe11 the need arises is 21 virtue. To develop a devout coniidence in o11r leaders and lllSfltlltl0l1S that have earned your 1-o11tide11ce through past pCI'f0I'1l13llC0 a1111 results. To be critical -- b11t ILCVCI' over skep- tical. To respect tl1e C0llVlClZlOllS held by others to t11e point that yllll will weigh the pros and cons and then C0llSlSlIl'Iltlf' live by the adjust111ents that yo11 are expected to 1'll?1kC as a 111e111ber of a 11e111oeratic society. To refrain from giving it if you 2l1'C11,t big 0110115111 to grin a1111 take it. With sincere best wishes to yon, Se- niors, for 11 life aljlllltlklllt with oppor- tunities for Service to eonntr cl111rch home, and school, I remain .Ya 1 7 Yours to serve, MARTIN E. WEAVER, High School Principal.