Georges Township High School - Georgian Yearbook (Uniontown, PA)

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Civics The social work of the school is often limited to training for citizen- ship and citizenship is then interpreted in a narrow sense as meaning the capacity to vote intelligently. A disposition to obey laws and a tendency to enter into the life of a community for its betterment. The student is to be not only a voted and a subject of the laws but he is also to be a member of a family which is the foundation of all govern- ment. He is to be a worker, engaged in some occupation which will be of use to society and will maintain in his own independence and respect. He is to contribute to civilization wherever he may be. Training for this must develop the power of observationQ analysis with respect to what makes a social situation. The chief business of the school is to train for this type of citizenship and is a controlling factor in the development of education today. To do this, civics must be socialized, adapted to fit the needs of the student. Every pupil has an interest of some kind in his physical condition, the wel- fare of his community, and family, these are the reasons that government exists. Civic education is not merely acquiring information about one's com- munity and its governmentj It is a process of growth on the part of the pupil of cultivation the qualities of good citizenship. To cultivate these qualities there must be interest, motive, co-operation, judgment and initia- tive on the part of the student. A child that is learning to walk must walk in order to learn. A student acquiring the qualities of a citizen must live or experience their civics in the school community and as far as pose sible in the community outside of school. ' -A. A. HAINES. 72

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Athletics The Athletic Sun of Georges rises and sets in Basketball. The reason that this minor sport occupies the limelight here is because the pursuance of the Major Sport of Football and Baseball is made difficult by certain local conditions which time and the concerted efforts by the School will be needed to overcome. Incidentally football made some little progress this year but lack of equipment and lukewarm support by the students soon caused it to be abandoned. Baseball was attempted last year on a small scale. One game was played with North Union which resulted in a score of 7-3 in favor of the visiting team. The outlook for the coming season in this sport is not very promising, and it would not be surprising to find that Georges will find herself without a representative on the diamond. Basketball this year has been of added interest on account of the formation of an inter-scholastic League consisting of practically all the High Schools in Fayette county. The league oflicials classified the schools into groups and drew up a schedule of the games to be played among the members of each group with the understanding that the members of each section or group would be matched in an elimination series to determine the league champion. Georges is a member of the group consisting of Point Marion, Smithfield, and Fairchance. The following men represented the school in basketball : Montgom- ery, captain and centerg Sibert, forwardg Tippen, forwardg Swaney, for- wardg Redmond, guard 5 Conn, guardg Matthews. utility player. Too much credit cannot be given to the boys for the creditable showing that they have made, especially when they have been handicapped by a small floor and by an insufficient number of practice sessions. The opening game was played with Point Marion on the latter's floor. The Georges players seemed to be confused and lost on the smooth and unusually large floor. The result wasfan easy victory for Point Marion, the game ending 40-20 in their favor. Nevertheless the boys were not dis- heartened and returned to school with a firm determination to remove the stigma of that defeat. It was with this attitude that they went into the remainder of their league games and completed their schedule without another defeat. This string of victories included a return game with Point Marion, which Georges easily won by the score of 33-26. Thus the season 74