Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Q ilsibiiatioiaiiaxiss Q Adjustment IVING successfully and happily in these times is largely a matter of adjust' ment. During the boom days every' body spent lavishly for almost anything- luxuries, pleasures, and necessities. Durf ing the recent years of financial depression, however, the incomes of most people, capif talists and laborers alike, have been ref duced considerably. As a result, there has been a general reduction of expenditures. Many things once regarded as necessary to happiness and wellfbeing have proved to be mere extravagant frills. To a greater or lesser degree, the decline in purchasing power has undoubtedly worked hardship on everybody. Adjust' ing oneself to such radically different conf ditions is no easy task. It cannot be done overnight, and requires much planning, thinking, and suffering. Nevertheless, in spite of the difhculties, we believe that the American people will come through the present crisis on top. This country has been through other serif ous financial depressions, and, always, have the American people faced their difliculf ties with courage and determination. Cur country was born in adversity It has grown through adversity. It has al' ways risen to a higher place in the world as a result of these trials. There is every reason to believe that our country will emerge in a new role of even greater lead' ership in the world. Like the individual citizen, so almost every institution in the country, also, has felt the stress and strain of the times. To this, Woodward is no exception. The pupils of Woodward have felt severely the sting of the depression, yet we believe that there is not another school 'with standards higher than those of Woodward. Wealth, after all, is no criterion of worth. Along with other institutions of our country, our school has been obliged to curtail expenses. We have had to make adjustments, but never shall we lower our standards of achievement. To adjust our expenses to our purses, we, the students of Woodward, are not publishing the customary elaborate Annual this year. Some may regret that the Class of '33 must be deprived of its costly year book. We, however, believe that a great benefit may be derived from this situation. Darwin, the great scientist, taught that life is a struggle for the survival of the fittest. The monsters of the luxuriant pref historic ages have given way to creatures smaller in size, yet more perfectly adjusted to a less prolific world. We hope that the Annual Number of THE ORACLE will be a similar adjustment to a new era. The new order of things calls for the selection and survival of a type entirely different from that demanded by the past. The person who is to survive in this day and age must be able to adjust himself to a new order of things. We believe that the pupils of Woodward are receiving a prac' tical lesson, and a distinct part of their edu' cation, in having to make such adjustments in matters so closely related to them. In fact, the test of a person's education is his ability to adjust himself easily and effici' ently to new situations. To the members of the Class of '33 the Staff of the Cracle extends its best wishes for success and happiness.-H. C. D. 5

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