Warren G Harding High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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I Teiicisceictes or w ct eiietrisciaiccit I The Building Named In Honor of Wvarren G. Harding From the island of Corsica came Napoleon. the warrior, on the eve of the French Revolution, with the genius and the disposition to trace in blood in Africa. Asia and Europe the record of his personal ambition and ruthless selfishness, doomed to die on a lonely isle, Hunwept., unhonored and unsungf, From the village of Corsica. Ohio. came Warren Gamaliel Harding, friend and neighbor, at the close of the World War, with the genius and the disposition to trace in understanding in America, Europe and Asia the record of the world's great longing for peace and reconciliation, whose funeral train crossed a continent as a great grief dragging its weary way through the heart of America and of the world. Born at the close of the Civil War period, his youth was stamped indelibly with the observation that men first fight and then attempt to come to an understanding. He was convinced that a reversal of that wasteful method would minimize the world's vast total of needless conflict. Thus the method of his life Was, simply stated, to learn the other fellow's viewpoint in order to discover a possible basis of mutual agreement in the essential and vital concerns of life. At a time when just that gift was most needed. he came to the presidency to make his unique contribution to our nation and to the world. The clanging discords of our post-war turmoil were soothed into silence or brought into harmony. He taught the world the effectiveness of his method in the conference on the limitation of armaments. Something of his method has characterized the growth and development of the project which here bears his name. Countless conferences have been held. Every possible viewpoint has been ascertained. Out of it all has come a building beautiful in its simplicity. substantially equipped without extravagance, adequately and completely planned for its intended work. May its administration always be characterized by that spirit of tolerance and that passion for understanding without sacrifice of principle which domina- ted the life and work of him whose name it bears. To have had experience is nothing, But out of all experiences, To have rescued a good heart4 Everything. .Acknowledgement of the First Gift to the New School, The American Flag We are grateful to the American Legion for the flag they gave to float from the staff in front of the building. lt is altogether fitting that the first gift after moving into the new building, is that flag under whose folds schools and the means of education have ever been cherished and protected. lt is especially welcome since it comes from those whose staunch hearts defended it overseas. lt is bright with cheer, brilliant with courage, firm with faith, because they made it so out of their hearts. ln addition to equipment and apparatus, furniture and fixtures, the first purchase by the hoard of education for this new school is a copy of the Bible for each class-room. It will be used for no sectarian, denominational or divisive purpose. But it is our deep conviction that no other volume in the world contains such an inspiring record of the development of spiritual idealism and that no education can claim to be complete aside from a knowledge of its main theme and its great characters. N inc

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I TIHUEECIH CCDIF' WV CG. HilllCGflElSClElG5JC0lL, li Dedicatory Commencement Address Warren G. Harding High School Supfrinlfendenf H. B. Turner In behalf of the pupils who are to enjoy this building, in behalf of the teachers who are to use its class-rooms, in behalf of the board of education whose members are to hold this building in trust, I hereby express to the community sincere appreciation for this school-home. Ihave chosen not to call it a monument with its connotation of death, for this is a place dedicated to life. Nor do I refer to it as a temple of learning with its implica- tion of erudition, for the paramount objective here is not the acquisition of encyclopedic knowledge but the formation and development of character. For this school-home we are profoundly grateful. Here, in an atmosphere of sympathetic understanding such as characterizes a true home, boys and girls will live and grow through the opportunities for self-expression provided by the school. 'glf there are shades of God's great love, I do believe His deepest love goes out To the gay, eager, willful, burning heart of youthf' Tribute to the Memory of George F. Konold A great many people deserve credit for having made a worthy contribution to the successful completion of this building-architects, contractors, foremen, workmen, material and equipment firms, building inspector, director of schools, board of education. All of these, with one exception, have lived to enjoy a completed work in which each had an essential part. To all of them we convey the appreciation of the pupils, teachers and citizens of Warren for all that has been done to get the building ready at an earlier date than was thought possible. Those who see a host of pupils moving through the schools in constantly increasing numbers taxing all our school facilities to the utmost realize that the expansion provided for by this building came none too soon. We are grateful to all who helped to this end. All will, I am confident, join generously with me in a special tribute to the memory of the one in whose honor this auditorium is named, George F. Konold. Chosen in November, 1923, at the same time this building was authorized by the people, he felt the responsibility thus placed upon him and the other members of the board. Not waiting for his legal term of office to begin, he assumed his full share of responsibility with an abandon of enthusiasm. He was deeply interested in every phase of the development of this building but especially in the auditorium. After his death in March, 1924, it was decided by his associate board members to name this room Konold Auditorium in his honor. The bronze tablet was purchased by money given in loving memory by the school children of Warren. His was a questing soul, eager, alert. His was a constructive life, quick to find ways of service. His was a valiant life. He did not yield but fought in kindness yet in strength for the ideal his soul had learned to hold sacred. HYet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. Eight

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l TJHIE ECIHIOJES CCD? W G. llNCf IEIUQIGIFH SCTEIQJQQL l The Development of the American High School Across the seas our people came to make new homes in a new land. to establish a government dedicated to a new principle. They early established schoolsedame schools where children were taught to read, Latin Grammer schools where youth was prepared in foreign languages and in mathematics, colleges where the selected groups were trained for leadership. Over the mountains our people came to make new homes in the worldis great garden. to make our practice match our ideal in government, and to push across the great moun- tains to a land beautiful in color, clime and spirit. Everywhere they established the one- room school, the academy, and the college. Away from the country-side our people came to the urban centers. called by com- merce and industry, to make new homes in crowded places. They kept their faith in schools. The graded school with its enriched curriculum under trained teachers helped the younger children to learn to live under the new. complex conditions. The high school open to all youth supplanted the academy restricted to a favored few. ln truly marvelous numbers. youth has accepted this new opportunity and forced the erection of new and larger buildings. Open to all the children of all the people. the present day high school is obligated to recognize the claims of every distinctive type of pupil and to take into account the complex and changed conditions of our modern life. High school objectives. therefore, have come to be as follows: Health, Accurate Knowledge of Com- mon Fundamentalsg locational Preparationg Profitable Use of Leisure: Training for Consistent Home Membership: Practice in Good Citizenship: and a Basis for Ethical Character. Vision of Life to be Acquired in the New School As goodness is more than a form of religion, so a school is more than the building in which it is housed. .lust as it takes a heap of livin' in a house to make a home. so it takes a great deal of life to make a school. Pupils here are not just preparing to live, they are living. ln order to truly live. the soul must have a vision in three dimensions. back toward the past, out in the present. on the far horizons of the future. lngrate indeed is he who never bows his head in reverent gratitude for all the great gifts that have come out of the past. Foolish is he who tries to live today without first coming to a mastery of the day's confusion by finding therefor some simple. satisfying principle of conduct. Altogether futile and wasted is his life who makes no worthy contribution to the future through a wise investment of influence or through unseltish service rendered without hope of material reward or gain. l hope that in this school boys and girls may learn to appreciate in some measure the rich gifts the past has given in language, literature. art, music, drama. science, mathematics. history. I hope they may appreciate the rich heritage held here in store for him who earns it. l hope that the boys and girls who live in this school-home may master an under- standing of the present. not to be wafted here and there upon its froth and foam. I hope that through the practice of good citizenship and helpful service here these boys and girls may take a worthy beginning in that wisest of all forms of thrift, saving the best part of every day for a worthy contribution to the future. Ten