Walnut Creek High School - Anvil Yearbook (Walnut Creek, OH)

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IESSAGE FROI THE SUPERINTENDENT A CHALLENGE TO YOUTH It will scarcely be gainsald that he who will contribute in the slight est degree to the improvement of the morals of man will be a real bene factor to his country Every wrong can be corrected or cured by refusing to cooperate with it. The materialistic advancement of our society has provided every oppor tunity to satisfy the desires of men physically but has failed tp pro vide the moral and spiritual advancement necessary to cope with the com plex problems of our modern society As a result the youth of America today are faced with a social situation that breeds 1nsecurity,ind1ffer ence, frustration, and uncertainty Military training for boys promises to interrupt and take from him two to eight years of his productive life Greed, graft, and dishonesty are evident in high places Confidence in our government officials is impose ible because of lack of personal integrity Bribe giving and bribe tak ing are accepted as a form of personal conduct The youth of today is thrown into this decadent society without a solid foundation on which to build a decent life Youth cries out for redemp tion Our present school system, our churches, and our homes have fail ed to produce the answer to the complex problem Moral stability must be reestablished in the hearts and minds of each ini dividual This must be made possible even if it is necessary to recon struct all of our present institutions The challenge to youth today is to establish, to demand, to support a combined educational system that will embrace the hom , the school, and the church. The combined effort of these three great institutions, each assuming its responsibility, 'ill insure a generation with moral stabil- itye Because the administration of the Walnut Creek Schools realize that indb vidual moral stability is necessary and fundamental for social moral stability, special stress and attention has directed to the teaching and practice of those moral virtues that 1111 produce social values. The degree of success of this new program in education will be measured by the degree in which each individual is willing to sacrifice himself. -Q 'Y x, I I s I, , 4 , . ' 1. 1' - X,-,f ' - x l Q' A X 5 s 1 K - Q e - - D - e - a e , - . - e ' -. . - e . - e -