Wyomissing Area High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wyomissing, PA)

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C Zzculty BERNARD ALLISON ' H. Y. BRUBAKER THELMA V. BRUNNER Gym, Hygigng Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry Mathematics ROBERT EMERY CHARLES GEBENSLEBEN Music, Harmony, Chorus History, Civics HELEN M. GETZ CHARLES E. GOODLING REBECCA Y. HEFFNER English Typing, Shorthand, Geography Library 17

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With all of thy getting, get understand- ing : this is my wish for all of you. Right- fully, the psalmist suggested that learning or education should have depth - that extra dimension which might be termed under- standing. Someone has said that a true education is that which discloses to the wise and hides from the foolish their lack of understanding. If this is true, then surely a really educated person should have more than a certain amount of schooling, a diploma, a report card with A's, or a college degree. He must have an appreciation of the finer things of life, such as friendship, humor, and beauty. To enjoy living outside of his own selfish pleasures, he must have a sense of values which permit him to see the importance of high ideals. Understanding is the only true security against anxiety and confusion. Cultivate your minds and hearts so that by familiarity with the great intellects of past and present you may be inspired and assured by under- standing. To do what one wants is plebiang the noble man aspires to order and to law. If education does not have as its end-product the creation of nobility among men, then it fails. This nobility, as the quotation above states, is achieved by the order and law that is demanded by our inner selves. If discipline comes only from strong internal forces, then we are, indeed, uneducated. In any society of free people self-discipline is essential. This is the core of freedom. When governments must intervene to secure order and law, then We have the negation of self-government. Early in the annals of our history such men as Penn and jefferson saw the necessity for education if the dream that made America was to reach fruition. And so they ad- vocated programs of education that would enable men to be truly free. Therefore, we hope that the Wyomissing schools have con- tributed to the making of good men and women, who through self-discipline, will assist in creating a really free society. It was Penn who said: - Governments, like clocks, go by the motion men give them. Good men make good governments.

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Qaculty HELEN M. HOUCK ELEANORE L. KAINS English, Reading, Speech Art i, KLAR t MADLYN KNIFE ARLENE M. LINDERMAN HARRY I. MANDERBACH Spanish, Psychology, Sociology Gym, Hygiene Science RUSSELL T. MILFORD YVONNE MILLET English French 18