Tower Hill School - Evergreen Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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he Tower CDial Ruler endeavored to ingrain from His form into our clay forms. Of course, We have in varying extents brought its beauty and music into our individual lives, and lived and died. more fully for this reason. However, plainly it is not too late to enrich our entire scheme of existence with the harmonies of this song. Never before, in the whole ridiculous course of our blunderings, has the futility of our petty hates and nationalisms been thrown into our faces as in the past four years of world-wide upheaval. For once all mankind has been thrown into chaos together by a universal, imperfect, economic and political machine-and not by the slashings of a few warriors in one tiny corner of the globe. We can blame nothing but our past stupidity for the condition into which We were precipitated in the latter part of 1929. After considerable floundering about, and whimsical, sentimental philosophizing, and prayers for new life for our sadly smashed machine, we unconsciously began to fall back on the fundamental ideal of the universe for aid in our degradation. The occurrences of the past four years have made us acutely conscious of the unity and comradeship of all mankind. We are, in some infinitesimal measure, beginning to point our efforts toward action as a world, and not as an insane hodgepodge of tiny na- tions and tiny, petty national actions. On this Christmas of 1933, we face a higher possibility of the fulfillment of the ideals set for us before we were conceived, than ever before. The light of our capabil- ities, our past insanities, and above all, the true feasibility of the heavenly ideal, is surely dawning upon us. If we are the creatures who are masterpieces of creation that we pretend to be, we will not hesitate to bring' about the unlimited universal good to our fellows, so easily obtainable by the embrac- ing of this ever-present ideal which stands before our very eyes and shouts forth its untapped, endless possibilities. Doing so, we shall greatly aid our fortitude in our search for beauty, and in union with our Sender. J. S. G., '34 HEALTH C 4 EALTH IS WEALTH. The origin- ator of that phrase put a world of wisdom into those three short words. First of all, physical health makes us agile and happy. A healthy person is more likely to throw off the covers in the morning and jump out of bed, whereas a sickly per- son crawls reluctantly forth With a shiver and a groan at the slightest contact with air. Such a one comes down to breakfact with a gloomy, tired expression and proceeds to find fault with everything he eats. Thus all those with whom he associates that morning are put into an equally pleasant humor for the day. However, the individual who comes trip- ping gaily down the stairs and eats his break- fast heartily, the healthy person, that is, cheers up his fellow beings and indirectly in- spires them. But one can't be happy and cheerful mentally if physically We are feeling low . The healthy person is not easily daunted. A temporary failure, either in athletics, studies, or in his social group does not kill his initiative. In many cases, it merely spurs him on to do better the next time, to succeed. 619'

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Tower qfill 5611001 4 CHRISTMAS 1 933 LOSE to two milleniums ago on Christ- mas Day there began the making of a doctrine which in turn was to make a new era of history. The basic ideal of this beautiful dogma was the love of our comrade men. A God was sent to dwell with us clay giants and interpret and expand this doctrine to us so that we too might come into a state of perfect union with the universal scheme into which we stumbled countless ages be- fore. He manifested the glory of such an ideal by His own life and death. He left with us His words and the memory of His perfect fortitude and beauty of being. With this glimmering of light from the Master-poet begimiing to seep through the darkness of our intellects, We continued our blundering, unsteady march toward an un- certain goal. Brave men propounded this ideal over the face of the earth, and some- qs times their courage was rewarded by death and sometimes by the conversion of multi- tudes to the faith of a doctrine of love. The original words of the N azerene were warped, blasphemed and used to narrow, worldly ends until we became uncertain of the veracity of any one version in the shriek- ing maze of creeds. Forgetting the underly- ing ideal of love, men continued to claw at each other as their Cro-Magnon forbears had done before His coming. It was, and is, in- deed a mad thing to claw at each other like primitives over a slight difference of inter- pretation of dogma, and indeed disregard our mission of love altogether, while the ideal of love stands above and beyond the reeking fray, perfect and untainted. Needless to say, we-acting as the great nations and masses of mankind-have failed miserably in manifesting the ideal which our

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The person who has poor health is less likely to have this mental determination because he hasn't the physical energy to back it up. The healthy person is active. He usually takes part in all sorts of activities around the school, outdoors or indoors. He or she can play a better game of football or hockey, can serve more efficiently on committees, and can'y a more active part in class discussions and studies than one who often feels worn- out. The healthy person is dependable. If a project is to be carried out, we would much rather entrust it to a person who, we know, will be able to further it. Although one should certainly emphasize that luck is a great factor, the individual who can look upon his life and say, I have Tower J fill School hardly had a sick day, is justified in being proud. It is a fine record which has meant happiness in all that he or she did, therefore adding to someone else's pleasure, too. Right here, in Tower Hill School, we have seventeen boys and girls who were never ab- sent from the school last year. As the people with such a record should be proud, so should we be proud of them. These seventeen were in all the grades, from the fourth to the twelfth, age making no difference. Health is wealth-the kind that we can achieve for ourselves, by ourselves. It is a valuable investment paying a high dividend, having a long guarantee, and requiring com- paratively little from you in return. Is this not worth striving for? E. A. R., '34 COMMUNITY SPIRIT E HEAR a good deal about school spirit, about feeling one's self a part of this unit which is our school, and about partaking in its diverse activities in order to promote the growth and welfare of the whole. But our school and we ourselves are a part of a yet larger unit, the city of Wilmington, and is it not therefore our duty and privilege to consider ourselves members of it? I say privilege, because that is what it is to be able to take a part in some activity here and to carry it out well, no matter if it be great or small. Let me try to give you some examples of what I mean by community spirit. Many people freely give money to charities and other philanthropic organizations, but how many of them go personally to the unfortu- nates who have to live off the bounty of an- other, and try to encourage them or speak a +6-I7 few words of good cheer? Often a friendly smile or shake of the hand will do quite a lot towards helping these people re-assert them- selves. How many of us who do give financial aid know where it goes, or how it is utilized? I think it highly worth while to inform one's self on so important a branch of our city government. Which charities should be sup- ported, which need re-organizing and why? Is reliable time and money wasted in ineffi- cient management? These are important questionsg they cannot be answered in a short space of time, but are deserving of long consideration. Perhaps we are powerless to do anything important, at least now, but we will not always be. It is our schoolg we do in it certain things one deems necessaryg it is our communityg we should try to bring about similar changes. Giving thought to these questions above is one essence of com-