Rye High School - Stage Coach Yearbook (Rye, NY)

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Ullge 5551232-Qlnarlg RYE HIGH SCHQOL RYE, NEW YORK Principal's Qflice january 25, 1927 To the Editors of THE STAGE-CoAcH: Thank you for your courteous invitation to take a Hhitchl' on THE STAGE- COACH. Certainly l would not want to be left behind on this historic initial trip. You know that the appearance of this issue represents to me the realization of a long-delayed ambition. Ever since the days when Eddie Hughes and others used to write a few pages of 'fcopy in long hand and Cap', Billipp and Frank Walker edited the pictorial sheet, a student publication for Rye High School has been one of the things ardently hoped for. ln former days our School Paper was a very humble affair, scribbled in long hand, irregular as to date of issue, and limited to one copy which was posted on the bulletin board where those who ran might read. It was an unorganized, spontaneous expression on the part of the students. Despite its crudeness, however, it did possess these two salient points: it was interesting, it did bring out real talent in prose, poetry and cartoons. My hearty congratulations are yours. not on the splendor of the first issue-for we have not yet seen that-but upon the enthusiasm, perseverance and splendid work you have done thus far. Under the able guidance of Mr. lVIcAloon and Mr. Stratton, l am sure your lfditorial Staff will discover literary and business genii who will assure THE STAGE-COACH of many pleasant and helpful journeys. As it travels up and down the Old Post Roads of pupil interests, may it combine the pioneer virtues of patience, hardihood and integrity with the genius, speed and comfort which characterize modern locomotion. lylay this student enterprise prove for you, and those who succeed you, a labor of love and a source of inspiration. lllay 'THE STAGE-COACH always find room for Rye High School standards, ideals and traditions. lylay it prove to be the vehicle which will bring together pupils, faculty. former students and all the friends and neighbors of the school and may it bear us joyously along the highways of life. lf this brief note is not exactly what you expected, just let me explain that l do not wish to impede you with too much heavy baggage on this first trip. Best wishes and good luck. cdEORGE Ii. XVEBSTER, Print-ifml. REPEATERS Here is a word that carries a heavy burden in our current speech. ln our office dictionary there are a dozen distinct meanings set down, from a watch that, on pressing a spring, 'lrepeatsl' on a little bell the hour and minute last past to a man who votes more than once at an election, an athlete who repeats or duplicates an unusual performance, and a gun or revolver that fires a number of shots without reloading. VVe are using the word here in still another sense. one that has not yet found its way into the dictionary, but is in common enough use-a boy or girl who has to take over again the studies of a school year, because of a failure to pass the exam- inations for promotion.

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Ulflge Stage-Glnarlg Did you ever hear a high school student say to his father or mother, I think I shall Hunk in English 'and algebra and French. They're all too hardlu And have you heard the indulgent parent reply, VVell, never mind. You can take them over again next year, and they'll be easier then. You're young yet, son. Another year in school won't matterlu VVe have heard such a conversation more than once. So the boy stops trying to get through his courses successfully. He loafs, Hunks his examinations and appears again the next fall to take his first year in high school over again. Probably he falls into habits of indifference and carelessness and loses year after year-together with most of the good of his education. Repeaters greatly increase the cost of the public school system. Taxpayers grumble about the high cost of their schools and then contribute to that expense by encouraging their own children in a laziness that wastes the time and the effort that hard-Working teachers are giving to the schools. If parents could be made to pay for the cost of teaching their children the same subjects twice over, We should probably see a sudden improvement in the quality of school work. Besides the money cost to the community there is the harm done to the character of a boy Who, in his formative years, is allowed to fall into the habit of listlessness and indifference. A life can easily be ruined by the degeneration of moral fibre so induced. It is not hard for parents to find out what sort of Work their boys and girls are doing in school, and a little firmness on the subject is usually enough to keep the youngsters up to the by no means inaccessible standards of our public schools. Donlt let your child drift into the habit of failing. That is the road which leads to a life of incompetence and unhappiness.-THE YOUTH,S COMPANION, January 13, 1927. We regret exceedingly the inactivity of the Rye High School Alumni Associa- tion. Every school needs an interested graduate body. The present officers are doing their part and deserve the support of each person who is eligible for membership. To Miss Hammond and Miss Filkins, after their long period of service in the Rye Schools, We extend our felicitations and best Wishes. THE STAGE-COACH goes into more than four hundred homes in this community. lt is a Worth-While advertising medium.