West Philadelphia High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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jfuretnnrh Gin the Grahuating Qlllass nfilune, 1923 T HAS been said that the greatest contribution of the present century to Democracy has been the American high school. The character of secondary education has changed very radically within the last ten or twenty years. The conception of a high school education as the right and privilege of the few, has been replaced by the more democratic and American theory that a secondary school education must be a right guaranteed to all. This great expansion of the high school has come about because the State has recognized the secondary school to be the great training place for its leaders. The fundamental purpose of the modern high school is the development of leadership. The great wealth which the State has expended in establishing these schools will only be justi- fied if the graduates of the high schools take leading parts in the life of their respective communities. It is the duty, then, of each member of this graduating class to take advantage of every opportunity to make his influence as a leader felt in every phase of his life, political, economic, religious and socialg and in so doing develop himself to the highest degree and at the same time serve the State that has given him such a won- derful opportunity as a high school education. fha. P

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VICTOR P. DONOHUE

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