Streator Township High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Streator, IL)

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A MR. H. K. WHITTIER ' Principal ' 'k PRINClPAL'S MESSAGE Not only is the entire world a stage. Each individual life is a stage upon which the indi- vidual himself plays several roles. The very nature of human life demands it. A great per- sonality is made possible by the teamwork of his many selves. By the time you are in high school, you have already played several parts upon the stage of your life. The scenery revolved rapid- ly from the nursery into all of the places in which you iind yourself today. You have taken simultaneously the roles of daughter or son, of brother or sister, and of playmate. You have been the student seeking knowledge and under- standing, or learning skills. Probably you have played the role of the teacher, too, for who has not taught Little Brother to play baseball? But even now you are preparing for future roles, as the actor reads his plays and studies everything that will help him to bring meaning into the reading of his parts. Already you are preparing to play the parts that succeeding seasons may bring to your stage. You may have to be ready to play collegian, breadwinner, parent, soldier, or one of many professions. Most of these roles have existed for a long time before any of us were born. Most of them will continue to exist after we have played them and others have taken our places. We can play them so colorlessly that they make no contribution to the colorful, interweaving pat- tern of human activity. Or by our study of the roles we can bring to them a new signifi- cance that will live after us, as a great actor can bring meaningfulness to the role he plays beyond even the playwright's intent. BOARD OF EDUCATION LEFT T0 RIGHT: Mr. E. J. Pittman President M1'. R. A. Powers Mr. John A. Robb Mr. William J. Rohan Dr. A. L. Roberts 10

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MR. DALE Dean of Boys 'k MISS NACHTRIEB Dean of Girls SECRETARIES STANDING : ' Verna Ramme Patricia Hagerty SITTING 1 H l H ' 6 811 ii.I'1'l SGH