Tabb High School - Bengal Yearbook (Tabb, VA)

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The Eye Said the Eye one day, I see beyond these valleys a mountain veiled with blue mist. Is it not beautiful?” The Ear listened, and after listening intently awhile, said, But where is any mountain? I do not hear it.” Then the Hand spoke and said, I am try g in vain to feel it pr touch it, and 1 can find no mountain.” And the Nose said, There is no mountain, I cannot smell it.” Then the Eye turned the other way, and they all began to talk together about the Eye’s strange delusion. And they : said, Something must be the matter with the Eye.” Kahlil Gibran INTRODUCTION 9

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School intends to broaden the scope of individual students. The effectiveness of their methods may be sorely questioned just by examin- ing ourselves. How many students really begin to understand the com- plexities of modern living — the world? Can one’s mind grasp the intri - cacies implied in those words? At our age can we even glimpse the truth of a single facet of life? Understanding that single word — communica- tion — becomes increasingly important in this day and age. The defini- tion of communication encompasses all that we see, hear, think, feel and touch. The gulf separating the U.S. and Russia is no more than the lack of communication between father and son on a larger scale. Much of communication is non-verbal. It is this fact which enabled humans to cross continents and use nothing but their minds to compre- hend the beauty and meaning of another country’s culture. Often lan- guage is said to be a hindrance in the development of true communica- tion. Language should really be used as a minor aid to the transmission of ideas. When the people of this world begin to believe that the only universal language is thought then, and only then, will the first step be taken towards the establishment of a free and open world. When the people of the world, be they Arab or Jew, Catholic or Protestant, Com- munist or Capitalist, broaden their scope and are able to acknowledge the existence of another viewpoint, communication lines will develop. The student of today must force himself to expand his horizons and question his personal beliefs. The evidence of our country’s failure to understand the outside world lies all around us. Our generation must escape the mold cast by our parents and begin to understand our fellow man. Communication in the world is much more than the ability to use your senses accurately, it is the knowledge gained through understand- ing — put into practice. To understand our fellow man, collectively and individually, is a greater task to solve than any technical problem the world now faces. Chuck Masser