Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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THE BENEFITS OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION DUCATION has been defined as a gradual adjustment to the spiritual possession of the race, a vestibule of the highest and richest type of fgfg' i What are these intellectual possessions which are the rightful -'W 'U heritage of every young man? Dr. Nicholas Butler says that they are fivefold. The youth is entitled to his scientific inheritance, to his literary inheritance, to his esthetic inheritance, to his institutional inheritance, and to his religious inheritance. He is entitled to know nature, the accomplishments of modern science, and the facts brought to light by modern research, to know the thoughts of the world's great souls' and to recognize their worth, to be taught to understand and appreciate the magnificent, the picturesque, and the sublime, to know the history and evolution of the theories of government and human organization, and lastly, to know the influence of religion in the devel- opment of all civilizations, especially our present civilization. living. wr Q ffl .. 2' These comprise the intellectual or spiritual heritage-will he turn it into a salable commodity and abuse its true value, or will he labor to attain a proper use and conception of it, and in its acquisition get life more abundantly? A college course represents the most efficacious and, in expenditure of time, money, and energy, the most economical method of entering into youth's rightful inheritance. In the world of today, it is absolutely indispensable to social position and to efficient work in mechanical or professional occupations. The most perfect democracy in the world today is the college. In this institution, to a degree which prevails nowhere else, brains, character, and effort are the only qualities which count. The son of the United States Con- gressman and the youth from the farm, sit side by side, and the country-bred lad is even more likely than the statesman's to obtain prizes and distinction. There are formed the associations and friendships which endure throughout our lives. A college education makes the student's mind more vigorous, his faculties for learning and understanding larger, his opinion of his fellow-men and the greater political and social acts of society more acute and discriminating. It will build him up and make him a more powerful man mentally, enabling him to serve and better the community of which he is an integral part. It incul- cates into the student's mind a new set of ideals, broader, saner and sounder. What prospect, then, do the benefits of a liberal education at college hold forth for us who are only preparatory school students, and as such, are experi- encing the most significant period of our lives-the period of Youth-when we build castles in the air and soar up to them on the wings of our imagination? The outlook is most satisfactory. Youth, in this age, has all lands and all history for its demesne, every discovery, every invention, every dsiclosure since the world began, as its birthright. In a word, Youth can, by the acquisi- tion of a liberal college education, partake of the realities of human achieve- ment and human experience, and by the application of this learning, live a larger, richer, and more beautiful life, one that is more beneficial both to him- self and to humanity. W . '1 0. illg Kei 2? .V I, QD f: .I - N 7a . . 'Q 'iw' . G i nl. w. .. e - 5 f x s N A fi lfi ,, Page Sixty-Three i 1 iii my

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9 . FRENCH STQRY f I La Voix D an Dela Du Tombefzzz. ARNOLD GALLUB javais achete un automobile neuf- un beaute: rose coleur, une figure ex- quis, et tres distinque Apres liachat, j'allai au garage pour prendre possession de mon automobile. Naturellement. j'etais :res inquiet cle le concluire chez moi. Et pourquoi pas? Comme j'etais content en pensant a la surprise et a la joie qu'il y aurait chez moi at la vue de ce don agreable, parce que c'etait joli, en verite. Monsieur, dit le me-canicien, Hje veux vous dire quelque chose d'import- ance Personne ne s'est encore servi cle cet automobile. Les freins ne sont tres dignes de foi. A cause cle cela, je vous avertis cle ne pas aller rite. je fis remarquer mon habilite de chauffeur. Tiens, me dit-il, si ce que vous me dites est vrai, cela m'egal, mais pensez at ce que je vous dit. Il vaut mieux etre prudent. Je partis en begayant un mot d'as- surence. Le chemin que je devais suivre etait tres montagneux. Le moteur bour- clonnait joyeux: en verite, rien ne fait plus de plaisir a l'automobiliste que le bourdonnement du moteur en revan- che, tout allait bien je ne pouvais pas m'empecher de sourire en pensant aux avertissements de l'ouvrier. Apres tout, il se moquait de moi, le bon- homme. Il ne savait pas, probable- ment, que j'etais motoriste depuis onze ans. jetais pres de ma maison, cotoyant une grande colline escarpee, gagnant Vitesse at chaque moment, quancl sou- dain il est venu a moi-oui, soudain, comme un coup cle tonnerre Cest un desir aliene, cleprave, sans controle, intimide par ce long chemin cimente. je voulus la vitesse . . . Vitesse-cette mechante possession des diables d'en- fer. Cependant, pour apaiser mon clesir, je pressai sur l'accelerateur et 16 filai at toute vitesse. Quelle joiel Quelle nouveaute! Mais-qu'est-ce que c'etait que cela, qu'est-ce que je voyais! Oh, mon Dieu -cletait un autre-un autre automo- bile tout droit! fessayais de m'ar- reter-impossible-les freins etaient inutiles-tous mes efforts etaient en vain! Un craquement temeraire . . . inevitable . . . terrible . . . un choc foudroyant. Les avertissements du mecanicien niavait pas en en vain! . . . un pens momentare cle clouleur, ensuite l'oubli. Combien de temps j'etais insensible, je ne sais pas, mais guancl mes sens une revinrent, je me le vai pour brosser mes vetements. je ne sentais pas de douleur, ce n'etait pas d'ordinaire que je serais heureux. Je me remis sur piecl et je vis un groupe cle spectateurs en train immobiles. La silence reg- nait. Tout a coup, j'apercus un homme que je connaissais chez ce groupe silencieux. Hon, c'etait impossible, j'avais tort . . . et encore . . . oui, de par tous les diables, c'etait Henri Briant, sans cloute-mais . . . Stupefait, effraye, je le vis m'approcher. Ennn, avec un effort violent, je poussai Henri, Henri! . . . la querre . . . La Marne et les coups cle feu . . . sacre bleu, Henri, vous etes mort . . . dans la guerre . . . vous etes mort! Et avec ce sourire naive que l'avait distingue toujours, il repondit, l'Oui, mon ami, et vous aussi .... . N W 1 , Q ,Q if, L 4 - ' Q , ii 0 egg Y ,Rx-A i, ' ll i , : ll 'l i 0 'U 41 ,f .iihliik . Q . Page Sixty-Five