Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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Editorial The happiest life and the life of greatest service is the one in which interests are balanced; that is, the man who has chosen the commercial world for his achieve- ments should not neglect the fields of art. literature, and recreation. The acquisition of money should not he an end in itself, but a medium through which to enjoy the other good things of life. During our school years this balancing has been taken out of our hands by the necessity of fulfilling certain requirements. Now as we leave our advisors, that duty is falling on our shoulders. Let us not exclude the cultural in our pursuit of material gains. Has the time come when a student governing body might be of use in the making and enforcing of rules pertaining to life in the Belmont High School? This body should consist of the leaders in the various branches of activities, so that our faculty may be given an idea as to the trend of undergraduate opinion and conduct. We feel that rules would be obeyed with a more understanding spirit if the student body had some recognized avenue through which to make suggestions. In order to enlighten the unpardonable ignorance of the few who, upon seeing the binding of our ' 24 Chameleon, innocently inquire if it is a “Blue Book or “Who ' s W ho” or “Massachusetts Blue Laws”, we publish, herewith, a statement that the aforesaid book does not aspire to such heights, but is content with being, A bit of blue heaven, a bit of blue sea. With the “blue bells” to ring for “true blue honesty.