Sullivan High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Sullivan, IL)

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BOARD OF EDUCATIDN Dr W Wllhamson, Pres , L A Atchison, Sec , C F Freeland, J Dolan, M J Ployd, W E Graven, H S Reedy tructmon of our chdl xcter and nchool we meh to expxe our ,qlatltude Max the chool board ln me tutuxe be db efflclent as thls one RETROSPECT Y To the School Board, whose sympathetic understanding has aided both the con-

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LIFE HAS JUST BEGUN To the Students of Sulllxan Townshlp Hlgh chool In a dal when lt IS posslble for people to take adxantage of the world s best It IS dlfflcult to un derstand whx such large numbels of xoung men anj wolnen are tending toward the cheap and shallow Ill llfe lt may be the teachers and admlnlstrators of our AIWICTICHII schools are to blame, because we haxe falled to put before the students ln our classes the llnest ln literature, blographl art muslc, and gefl eral cultule We have taught that an ldea must na e a cash lalue to be of value In such a course we hate falled to reallze tllat a great book once read a great plax once witness ed, 01 a great oratlon once heard becomes a paltof the lndllldual, and furnlshes hlm a fund of ex lellence to be drawn on llke a bank account mam tlmes through llfe An educatlon hould mean a self golernment If lou loung people wlsh to IIHDIOXC wourselxcs there ale a few suggestions I haxe to offer whlch wlll help you In the flrst place choose xour frlends and associates from the best people of the community Hx best people I mean the people, llch or poor who tlnd for the hlghest ldeals and finest prlnclples Cll tlx ltlllg' fllendsh ps and lnterests among such peo le will not be a dlfflcult thing to do because then lallks Ill am COI11I11Ul'llilX are badly ln need of recrults Secondly, make a lesolutlon to read some great books each year A great book mal be deflned as a book which wlll llft you to a hlgher plane as lou read lt Our great books ale full of the wl dom of ages, and after havlng read them they wlll become a palt of xou for llfe Ixext, read some flI'l6 poetrx each sear and C0l'lIn'llt some of ltS gems to memorw Our great po haue been able to express what all of us at tlm9S fe l but ale unable to saw sents ltS01f MUSIC llfts us to our greatest heights, and all of us should become more famlllar Wlth the ll IHICIDIQCGQ 01 the ages -X l fltth sugge UOI1 let me admonlsh you to wltne lgood plax occaslonallx elther on the stafie Ol on he screen Slxth Become acqualnted Wlth some OI the leat plttules palnted bx the hI'1StClS To help you people to do thls we haxe had ilne reproductlons of DaVlncl s Last Supper hlS Mona Lisa 4 llnsborou h s Blue Box placed on the walls of oar assembll hall As a last admonlshment let me urge lou to h ar 0UtSt3.l1dll'lg men and wolnen speak elther OXCI the radlo or on the platform Thex wlll hate some hlllg to offer worth the whlle and wlll afford a rlch experience for xou If sou follow these suggestlons, I am sure tllt the older lou grow the happler lour llfe wlll b come betause of the added knowledge It IS well expressed when BIOWHIIIQ' s'1ld GIOW old along wlth me' The best lb let to be The llst of llfe for whlch the Inst was ll'lli6 Oul tlmes are Ill thls hand Who salth 1. whole I planned Xouth shows but half tru t God see all nor be afrald' Nil Glen lxllhx T H E 1 9 3 9 ll DD IIOIOIO l . . . . . lv, , , A ' 5 . . v ' ' 1 1 ' .,. . ' A 1 . ' - 1' Y . I v I s l ' 3 . S - v I ' I. ls V' ' . . ', vw' . . . . ,- ' . v v ' ,' . ' Y 1 .V . L --ps l 5 ' v. .v .. , v E . . . . . I - .VZ . .. . . H P V. . . . , .- V ' ' I Y 7 . ' ' ' ' .' .' , ' ' ' SYS Y V ' li ' ' For the fourth suggestion I would advise that you hear S0l'l16 great music as the opportunity pre- iz: ' ' s . .sz :fr s' , ' ': ' ss: j ..' .',' 4 . L s . 4 ' -7 1 a I V' K n v I s - I . I -v C : s ' s 'i v , ' ' 'Y K6 71 ' ll ' H I. - ,, Us 9 cl .rv , , , . . g . , , . . - ' ' e ' Y . ' ' ' ' v .' y 4- ' y v ' 1' 4 ' n 1 . . . s K ' A l : . , ' , ' .' 8- , ,, , T 'J , . K.: . . Y ' L.. ' 1 Al ' , ,' s I- .v , , ' 1 ' ' ,l ' 'I , 1 - ' v -' 1 7 1 -1 . s s ' 7, , a . .

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