Woodrow Wilson High School - Orion Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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SUPERI TE DE DR J FRED ESSIG lt was sand by the poet Longfellow that Musuc ns the unuversal language of rnanktnd Certarnly no loveluer language could be found What a splendld way to reach the hearts of mankund through harmony and accord as well as the abrluty to progress from snrnple rhythmrc sounds to the undylng melodnes of the great masters The throb of Iungle drums was for unnumbered generattons the meduum through whuch people achrevecl communuty of thought Even today the beat of a bongo drum awakens the remnants of the savage wnthrn us Cnvrlrzatuon bears a close relatronshrp to our musucal development As the race became more sensrtrve to the needs of one another so too dtd musuc become more refuned and sensrtrve to human ernottons Each of us can rn some measure gauge our progress toward rnaturnty through our musrcal tastes Musrc presents the htghest aspurattons of all of us Our deepest feelungs of toy desrre or despalr are related to pltch beat and lntensnty The lctnd of music we prefer grves more than a hunt of our rnnermost emotrons at the same trme rt gtves an tndlcatton of our matunty Great musrc strrs us to new hetghts of endeavor and achuevernent We are often tnsprred beyond the normal range ot our thtnknng when we sung l could have spread my wtngs and done a thousand thrngs Ive never done before ' 11 V . . 1 1 - 11 1 - . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 4 , . . - 11 1 A . , 11

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PRINCIPAL If f X MR PAULG VVACHTER In a world torn by controversIal Ideas and Interests the selectIon of sublects of unIversal understandIng and apprecIatIon becomes more sIgnIfIcant In the fIeld of edUC6llOH today ThIs choIce has caused much comment crItIcIsm and controversy WIll the scIentIfIc and materIalIstIc approach to gaInIng world vvIde peace alone promote the peace and understandmg that we hope to gaIn among HGTIOUSQ Or vvIll that peace and understanding more hkely be gaIned through the good Wlll created by an exchange of mutual IOTGVGSTSIP Throughout the ages that whIch won unIversal admIratIon and stIll stands as the arts musIc drama paIntIng or archItecture Such contrIbutIons to cIvIlIzatIon are mutually apprecIated by all mankmd DItferent natIonalItIes races and relIgIons merge In theIr apprecIatIon and approval of the flner accomphshments all ranks become harmonIously unIted a common level of communIcatIon IS establIshed Let us not underestImate the enlIghtenIng values ot the arts as we prepare our youth to assume theIr proper places IH our quest for world vvIde understandIng and peace An understandmg ot common Interests can contrIbute much I0 unItyIng a vvorld absorbed IU contlIct an ageless monument to an enlightened mankind has often been produced by

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HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Juuus C. DEM: GUIDANCE DIRECTOR DEAN OF GIRLS HELEN H ROBERTSON RUTH F LONG