Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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New Horizons When we, as a class, chose this as our motto, I didn't realize just how big a field it covered until I chose it for my topic. These two words are a challenge to all of us and especially to every young person graduating from high school today. Some may be going on for higher education, some will go into business, while others will be making homes of their owng but whatever we do there are always new horizons waiting to be ex- plored and it is our job, as citizens, to accept this challenge. The field of science is one of the biggest horizons that we can enter. New discoveries are constantly being made. Medical science has traveled far, but there is still a great deal to be learned along that line. Today, diseases that were formerly considered incurable, can be cured. But this doesn't mean re- search can be stopped because we still must find a cure for polio, cancer, and other serious diseases. The discovery of the atomic bomb opened up many peacetime possibilities for the scientist. This is a field on which the surface has barely been scratched. We should think of science not as a means of try- ing to kill men through perfected weapons and bombs, but as a means of saving nien's lives through medicine and making life more comfortable through labor-saving devices. The scientific field is always open to any energetic, forward-looking young person. The field of business is open to many. We need honest and efficient business executives to carry for- ward the affairs of the world. The teaching profession offers a number of varied experiences for anyone interested in the youth of our country. There is now an urgent call for more teach- ers so that our schools may remain open and that our children may be educated properly to carry out the affairs of the world when they become adults. There is one more horizon that I would like to mention. This is along the religious line. I'm afraid that the people of America and of the world are sadly lacking in spiritual guidance. I sincerely be- lieve that the problems of the world can only be solved by bringing the people to God for help. Many workers are needed to do this. This is indeed a great challenge to anyone of us. The social order of the world is in a chaotic condi- tion today and it's going to be our job to help to straighten it out. Nations can't agree. Why? Each country is looking out for her own selfish interests rather than for the good of the world as a whole. But how can we expect a nation to have this unselfish at- titude if the people who make up the nation are self- centered ? Here in America we must learn to work harmoni- ously together and to adopt this unselfish attitude which we want other nations to have toward us. One way to establish this feeling of unity in our country is to abolish all race prejudice and hatred for other nationalities. This can be brought about only through educating each individual. I know it seems like an almost impossible task to tackle but I believe that it must be done in order to create national peace. This, in a sense, might be considered one of the horizons that each and everyone of us must enter. I could go on indefinitely naming new horizons that lie challengingly before us. but that is not ne- cessary. You-our parents, teachers, board of edu- cation, and friends-have made it possible for us to meet the challenge of these new horizons by giving us the opportunity for an education. Without an ed- ucation we would fiounder helplessly before them. We are grateful to you for the effort you have made, for the interest you have taken in our welfare and activity, and for the many opportunities, too numer- ous to mention, that we have had to find the new horizons that challenge us as individuals. Yes! We have had our gay as well as serious mo- ments, just as we know we will have in life. We only hope that now we can mold our lives so that you can be justly proud of us. We shall soon accept the re- sponsibility for carrying on the work you have so nobly furthered from where the generation before you left it. Educational opportunities since 1918 have grown by leaps and bounds, and it leaves us some- what aghast at the progress and developments we may find it necessary to make in the next thirty years. Perhaps this is the greatest and most chal- lenging horizon that lies before us. Alreary we have the need for further expansion. Our colleges and public schools are now so over- crowded that each pupil isn't given the proper atten- tion that he should receive. Modern education must develop individually each student's talents 1n order that a young person who graduates from high school is properly equipped to lead a successful life. This cannot be accomplished in an over-crowded school- room. We realize now that this is indeed commencement -a commencement of larger and greater things for each one of us. But. thanks to you, we have had the training to face it. It is our privilege and duty to go out to develop these New Horizons to the utmost of our power so that the world will be a better place in which to live. Our aim in life is expressed in the following quotation: Success It's doing your job the best you can, And being just to your fellow man, It's figuring how, and learning why, And looking forward and thinking high, And dreaming little and doing muchg Itfs keeping always in closest touch VVith what is finest in word and deedg It's being clean and playing fair, It's laughing lightly at Dame Despair. It's sharing sorrow and work and mirth, And making better this good old earth, It's serving and striving through strain and stress, It's doing your noblest-that's success. Idora Jones.

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'Twill Come To Pass Two small birdies on a limb, One's a her, one's a him. Their sobs are small, their laughter great For they are talking of the fate Of those scattered far and near Of those brave fellows who know no fear Of those girls, beautiful beyond words. Laugh some more you two small birds, For they are, like your laughter, great They are the class of 48 . On Bonnie Ayer's finger are sparkles galore, Her future is taken-need I say more? John Buchanan's heart will sing, For he will become the Popcorn King. Miriam Haller. success Will feel, For she is any photographer's long sought ideal. Duane Carey to Washington will be sent, And he will run for president. But who will win, on that fateful day, The ladies choice, Idora J. Loy Sheets. this prophet doth know well, But what will befall him, I'm afraid to tell. Donna Koenig, from all her fun, Will be public enemy number one. Tom Eutsler will be another farm boy, Whose farm will be Smith's pride and joy. Dorothy Patrick. quite a girl, top her if you can. For she will be married, in later years. to the World's richest man Lady Luck will Earl Gehron forsake, And many a film, in his life. he'll break. Annabelle Boroff's future does not seem black, For Ervin will trade the Chev. in on a new Cadillac. 1980 will find Paul Vulgamott from labor freed, With nothing to do but sit and read. ln years to come, like all the rest, Arline Patterson still will think that Snookums is best. Norman Stout will work with might and main, And someday own the Kroger Store Chain. For the years to come, I'm afraid you'll find, That the prophet, like Betty Davidson, can't make up his mind. Wilbur McDorman will never rest, Until his motorcycle factory is far the best. For Mary Mitchell the prophet foresees, A life of pounding the ivory keys. Into his business, Don Miller will put his heart, And no dissatisfied customers shall depart. For Carolyn Ramsey. 'twill come to pass, That she's the tallest girl, from our Senior Class. Ervin will play pro basketball, But a dark haired lass is the best future of all. Marilyn Hiles will go so far. When she is a Hollywood movie star. 28