Washington High School - Neshotah Yearbook (Two Rivers, WI)

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MISS SWEETMAN It 15 rmportant to understand the past and to evaluate the present so we can plan adequately for the tu ture In our read1ng we frnd trme to wrtness mans constant struggle physrcal socral mental and sprrxt ual All lrterary works contam ele ments of p1ty fear sympathy yoy respect tolerance or understandrng However as Robert Lou1s Stevenson has sald Books are good enough 1n therr own way but they are a mrghty bloodless substrtute for hte W1th character contrdence and consc1en t1ousness we w1ll do all we can to meet the challenge LOUIS POSNY Dean of Boys edlld I would like to repeat these great words, adapted from the recent Rockefeller Report on Education t the students ot W H S What most people want young or old 1S not merely securrty or comfort or luxury although they are glad enough to have these Most of all THEY WANT MEANING IN THEIR LIVES It our era and our culture and our leaders do not or cannot offer great meanmngs great ob1ect1ves great conv1ct1ons then people w1ll settle for shallow and tr1v1al sub st1tutes People who lrve armlessly who are satrshed by shoddy experrences have sxmply not been strrred by any alternatrve meanmgs rel1g1ous meanrngs ethrcal values rdeas of socxal and c1v1c responsrbrhty h1gh standards ot self fulhllment Th1s 15 a det1c1ency tor whrch we all bear a responsrbxhty Th1s IS the challenge of our trmes GERTRUDE SWEETMAN Dean of Glrls MR Posrw Page 7 , O Il 'H' 1 1 I Xl 1 I I 1 u - f 1 I 1 1 OI U . . . . . - 11 . A wi? . ' 11- 7 1 I , .X 1 . , . I 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 -'I . ft 1 1 - I . H . 1 , Q . . ,, . 1 1 ' . .X A. Q - . K- I-i. Qi. A 1

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Page 6 MR EARL G KROMER As I look out of my office window this morning after the heavy snow of last night s storm I see five small boys blaz1ng a trail to the grade school entrance There must be some thnll in taking a path other than the usually accepted one We are all making trails while preparing ourselves to reach the goals we have set for our lives Some are following 1n the footsteps of others who have travelled this way before Others prefer to try a new way rather than take the beaten path No matter what tra1l we take we must keep several things 1n mind lest we have arrived There must be guides to our travel that will help to keep us on the right course These you will learn to recognize while rn school This is what we call education The trails that lead from Washington High School are many Set a goal for yourself worthy of your efforts prepare yourself in the best possible manner choose carefully the companions for your 1ourney, so that your experience in life may be something from which your family, your fnends and your corn munity may beneflt and grow stronger and better as a result May you have a pleasant yourney EARL G KROMER Principal . , . . . , . . ' . . . I lose our way. We must have a destination or we will never know if, or when, we ll I' ll . I I I . , .

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