East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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It is the privilege and proper condition of a human being, arrived at the maturity of his facul- ties, to use and interpret experience in his own way . . . The traditions and customs of other people are, to a certain extent, evidence of what their experience has taught them; presumptive evidence, and as such, have a claim to his defer- ence: but in the first place, their experience may be too narrow; or they may not have interpreted it rightly. Secondly, their interpretation of exper- ience may be correct, but unsuitable to him. Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters; and his circumstances or his character may be uncustomary. Thirdly, -18-

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Cadets Learn By Practice Teaching Mr. Adorns Mr. Alexonder Miss Allen Mrs. Borrow Miss Brooke Miss Coo ley Sociol Studies English Art English Spanish English ft Miss Cropo Mrs. Dohlq uist English Social Studies Mr. Fagervik Miss Fleming Social Studies Sociol Studies Miss Lehman Miss Kahl Science Social Science Miss Stutzman Music This political tree built by Miss Melanie Fleming, cadet teacher for Mr. Holm, ond eight students in Americon History class, depicts the history of the two-party system in the United States. Cadets Not Pictured Mr. Duve Business Subjects Mr. Fey Business Subjects Miss Gustafson Physical Education Mr. Holcomb Drama and Driver ' s Education Miss Hoist Spanish Mr. Osborne Business Subjects Mr. Sayers Industrial Arts Miss Harding „ Miss Hart- Business Subjects Social Studies Miss Johnson English Miss Jones Social Studies Miss Phoenix Business Subjects Miss Schmitt French Mr. Swallow Science Mr. Warner Social Studies

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(jr actuate A ' 6 7 though the customs be both good as customs, and suitable to him, yet to conform to custom, merely as custom, does not educate or develop in him any of the qualities which are the instinctive en- dowment of a human being. The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preferences are exercised only in making a choice ... He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him has no need of any other faculty than the apelike one of imitation. John Stuart Mill On Liberty —19—