Title

The Oracle, June 1946

Creator

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.)

Date

June 1946

Description

To the Future, Peace with Progress: We, the graduating class of Bangor High School for the year MCMXLVI, have set our sights high, very high, indeed. Since Adam, man has groped blindly for the dove of peace; he has always failed to keep the prize within his grasp. From the discovery of fire onward, humanity has sought to better its lot only to discover each invention, each advancement, meant a more rapid rate for human extinction. These are not pretty facts; rather, ugly truths. Yet, we are not afraid; we have our eyes open, wide open. When man does achieve peace, there can only be progress. So, it must be our goal to gain a durable peace. Freedom from conflict will be ours when tyranny the world over is destroyed, exterminated by the rejuvenated masses who prefer freedom and prosperity to slavery and ruin. That is the answer, a challenge to the youth of the United States, because it is their spirit, their willfulness and vigor, which will accomplish this task as surely as the same spirit hewed a nation out of a wilderness and defeated mighty aggressors. Therefore, we, the graduating class of Bangor High School for the year MCMXLVI, are ready, in fact anxious, to go forth into the world. With the past to draw upon, and with the present to guide us, we are determined to meet the challenge to the future, Peace with Progress.

Contents

Dedication--Seniors--Essays--Activities--Advertising

Subject

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.)--Alumni and alumnae

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.). Class of 1946

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.)--Periodicals

Bangor High School (Bangor, Me.)--Photographs

High school students--Maine--Bangor

High school students' writings

Student publications

World War, 1939-1945

Type

Periodicals

School yearbooks

Spatial Coverage

Bangor (Me.)

Temporal Coverage

Nineteen forties

Twentieth century

Language

English

Source

Bangor Public Library Special Collections

Note

Published two times a year by the students of Bangor High School, Bangor, Maine.

These are times for change. As surely as this idea has recently predominated in the panorama of worldly councils, it has reverberated through the halls of B. H. S. The first school organization to wake up and to realize this condition has been the "Oracle". Sweeping away past prejudices and traditions, the only official publication of this school for the past fifty-four years has welcomed into existence a new school newspaper, the "Orascope". Last fall, by pooling talent, a variety assembly, "Club Oracle" was well received; and, by coordinated effort, the annual subscription campaign ended with the best results ever obtained. Not stopping here, both organizations have continued to aid each other throughout the year. The net effect of this "radicalism" is, first, a better balanced system of school publications with an unparallel opportunity for development, both for the individual and for the staff which he represents, and, secondly, a much better "break" for the students of B. H. S. who buy the publication and read it.

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