Central High School - Delphian Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Qual Hi ani IN MEMORIAIVI On December 4 I922 lVlr. Harry Day head lowing a brief illness. ln him Central lost one of her most beloved and valuable teachers. Al- ways cheerful sympathetic and helpful to those about him Mr. Day gained hosts of friends during his six years as science instructor ancl his untimely death came as a terrible blow to all those who lcnew him. , , . of the Science Department, passecl away fol- ,

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Principal Charles A. Fisher ' The Senior Class of 1923 is proud of the fact that it is the first class of Central to have spent all of its four years under Principal Charles A. Fisher. We will always carry in the future which looms before us his ideals of school democracy and of fair play. His untiring efforts in our behalf during our high school course have been a continual inspira- tion to us. 7

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TRUE SCHOOL SPIRIT' By Principal C. A. Fisher High School spirit is the collective reflection of the individual attitude of the students toward their school. ' It manifests itself in a multitude of ways. While at- tendance at games is a very good indication of the status of school spirit, it is not the only one. l have always felt that there is a depth to this subject that has not been reached or comprehended by many. The old grad who stated at a banquet the other night: Think what our school has done for us! We ought to be willing to do more for her, had the right idea. He understands school spirit best who has given of his time and ability to his school. There is a certain intangible feeling of respect and loyalty that places the best in us at the whole-hearted ser- vice of our school involved in this thing of school spirit. He who has the moral courage-it is a greater thing, by the way, than physical courage-to defend his school when it is falsely assailedg he who will refrain from doing things, little in themselves, perhaps, which he knows will bring down his school in the estimation of the outsider: he who sees that school spirit is something bequeathed to us from an honorable past-something to be passed on better than it came to us-he, be he teacher, or pupil, who realizes that school spirit is bigger and vastly more of consequence than he or his affairs, and yet appreciates that he has a part in it, understands school spirit. lt is entirely divorced from any one personality, in that it does not depend on any one person: yet each one must do his part or there is no school spirit. Students of Central are to be congratulated on keeping alive this precious fire during two hectic years of expansion. But in another year we will be in our New Building so long talked of and looked forward to. If we do not then have the best school in the country it will be our fault. 9