Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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1TliDDACON THE NEW FAIRMONT HAT part must the school of tomorrovv play In developIng an understandung of the technIcs of progress 7 lt must reveal the evolutIonary character of fAxmerIcan l.Ile It must polnt the exlstence ol challengIng problems, stlmulate Interest IH attaclang them and traIn IH IndIvIdual and group study technIcs The schools must traIn In mastery of methods of Independent thInl4Ing There must be a Stlmuldflng of Interest ID pubhc questIons and a sense of responsIbIlIty forthe general welfare It seems then that there must be a change In the present school currIcula We must loolc more to the future, less to the past What are the CFITQFIG poIntIng tovvard thIs new currIcula7 Personaluty IS one of the thIngs that must be recogmzed as a supreme value Many of our present devIces must be consldered as Instruments to be used ID developlng per sonalIty More thought more effort must be glven to the proper development of the socIal vvellare of the group Too much ol our past educatIon has been dlrected to the Idea ol IndIvIdual proht mal4Ing ln the luture vve vvlll be more con cerned Wltll the advancement of group vvelfare Qur currIcula must gIve more thought to the traInIng ol cItIzens lor performlng IntellI gently governmental dutles ID a democracy There vvIll always be a struggle ot conFlIctIng Interests IU any Form of government If our democracy IS to be malntalned, our schools must develop cItIzens who belleve that solvlng such conlllcts must be done by lavv and order We must belleve that obedlence to lavv by D L BARNCS the mlnorlty IS necessary untll such tlme as a result oleducatIon a change IS developed and thelr B fn To HS DOIDT of VIZVV accepted by the majorlty S pe tende t of the Schools of Our nevv currIcula must poInt the vvay to equal rIghts to all equal rlghts to an educatIon equal rlghts to vvorlc, equal rlghts to a home lltheseaIms are to be secured, vve must loolc to the natlon for a greater degree of control than has been exerted ID the past ChIldren ol Amenca are far from havIng equal rIghts to an educatIon at the present tlme The place ID vvhIch a chIld happens to be born and reared decldes, to a great extent, the type ol educatIon he vvlll receIve The currIcula of the future must concern Itself more WIfl'1 the sell Interests ol our chIldren ThIs nevv currIcula must famIlIarIze chIldren vvlth the economIc and socIal processes that are goIng on all around them Qne of ITS goals must be the stImulatIng ol Interest In the mastery ol Independent thlnlong The publlc school of tomorrow IS goIng to be one of the baslc factors IH determInIng the degree ol perfectson to be realIzed In our socIal order To my vvay of thInl4Ing Caesar can be neglected In Favor of a sound understandung ol condItIons dlrectly concernIng our chIldren of today and a search for the solutlon of theIr problems of tomorrovv D L afvants tg 2 -I , ,Y , I g f A u rin n I Van ur W hip 1 I , - 1 I gg

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T65611fl7'lg THE DRAG-CN FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL Published by the Sensor Class In cooperation with the Publlcatlons Club Van Buren Township Dayton Onlo 'I 9 3 5 X I A I 'QQ ' , 515 , A.. in-K 1 1

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THE DIQAIEIDN UC MISS MINNIE BALZHISER We the Class of Nrneteen Hundred and Thlrty frve In a Splflf of Love, Honor, and Respect dedlcate thrs bool: IN E the fall of 'I9'I4 I e been Interested Immensely In the actIvItIes of Falrmont For the Welfare of thls school I have contrlbuted my best and I feel that thIs InstItutIon has become a part of my very 43 e N ura y leave It reluctant y, yet feel that thIs IS the proper step for me to talce Ma thIs Before leavmg I WISII to thank the patrons and school OIIICIGIS of thIs dISlVICl for theIr contInued lcmdness tovvard me No other could have appreclated thls teachlng posItIon more than I and no one else can reallze just what It has meant to me throughout these years For the just consIderatIon and apprecIatIon recelved from my superlntendents, prIncIpals and fellow teachers I feel very grateful It has been a wonderful prlvllege to teach wIth people whose outstandmg characterIstIcs are co ODQFGIIOD and faIrness from the students I have receIved respect and loyalty at all tImes lhls attltude has Increased to a great degree the lteen dehght and satIsfactIon ID my worlc at FaIrmont I have loved my students and my vvorlc vvIth them, and I shall mIss them both ID the days that lIe before me That success and happIness may be the fate of falrmont and of all to whom the school IS dear IS my fInal word and vvIsh MINNIE A BALZI-IISEI2 I 3 I JI x I - C , hav ' V ' I . I :K , , 'gk f. 5 lif. at ll I I I 5ffh':'.s at bi! I? if I A max fb 4 at tlme,