South High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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ORIOLE To the graduates of 1940-41: Self-realization is a most satisfying state of mind, especially when it has been de- veloped in the wholesome environment of human relationships such as you have C' L. STERLING known 1n the past four years in your asso- Vice Principal and Director of ciations with your teachers and fellow- South Vocational High School students. Each of you is to be congratulated on having realized an ambition. You have success fully completed that which you started out to do. And yet again this is only a beginning. True-you face an unknown future, one that is likely to be most trying but each of you is armed with a confidence already based on achievement, a courage born of self-discipline, and at least a latent desire to do more in, and for, your great and good country than previous generations have done. It is a grand challenge and one that will demand your best. My sincerest wishes for continued successes go with each of you, C. L. STERLING Edith Lookman Helen I. Rose Catherine E. Scanlon Claire Bassett 1941 .Wi

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MR. MCLAUGHLIN, OUR PRINCIPAL May 9, 1941 Members of the Graduating Class: You have asked me for a parting word and you have given me the suggestion that it have to do with Education for Democracy. May I change the wording to that of, Education in a Democracy, and then ask, what should be included in that Education? Will you answer this question for yourself? Democracy is no new thing. The earliest settlers in this new world, in their homes and later in the schools that they established had a great purpose, to find a haven free from persecution and tyranny, the democratic way of life. Today we are asking that a new emphasis be placed upon what we would call vital things in Education. We need more education which means training of the heart as well as the mind. We need to repeat again and understand more of the meaning of, So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind, when just the art of being kind is all this sad world needs. The challenge to youth today is to discover for themselves a code of eth- I , ics and behavior so that of future generations it may never again be said that leadership's inhumanity to man has made countless thousands mourn. My hope is that each of you finds his place among those whose lives are guided by the great principles of the Golden Rule. These are and must be the guardians of Democracy if she is to abide for all time. l. M. MCLAUGHLIN, Principal.

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ORIOLE Ashbrook, Waverley A. Baker, Margaret S. Berryman, Thomas Black. Harry M. B1'05kY- GCl'U'UdC U Burgharrlt, R. C. Castaldo, Felix J, Crowe, Donald B, Davidson, M. Edythe DeMatty, Beatrice Dippold, Harry Drengwitz, Judson B. Empfield, Berlin Ewing, Mildred Fox, M. Beatrice Frost, Elizabeth George, Mary M, Green,William G. Hagelin. Signe Husted, Ruth A. 1941