Great Falls High School - Roundup Yearbook (Great Falls, MT)

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HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MeELE (J. (iALLA(mER, B.A. ■ ' Tlie word ]ir(iiir( ' .ss iiii]ilies action, growth and iiiiiiroveiuent. There is nothin.ii that might lead ns to tliink of progress as something static. Yet how often we shut our eves and make ourselves believe we are making progress while we are really exjjeriencing no growth and no advancement. We often sneak ai-onnd or glide o ' er the difficulties of experience; we refu.se to learn the give and lake of the family; we do not learn how to work; we refuse to develoj) self-disciitline — in other words, we are lazy and shirk. What chance for us to assist in Progress? ■ ' Tlic (HI I look, hiiwcMM-, is nol one of lui])elessuess. There are those who are de elo])ing .self-control, who work u]» to capacity and who are quick to learn from llif ex|)erie]ices and loKiwledge of otliei-s. They sense life as something to 111- li c-r| k(-ciily. I!y ilicir cry altitude they must make progress as individu- als ami liiMdiiii- a part of a cullei-l i i ' society N iiich is dynamic — progressive. ■■.May many of llie Class ni ' 1!): ' 4 learn to live, liien live and let live, under the idiMis of lo c. ii-iith, iionm- and de;-enc. -. Vou ' ill help make Progress. ?»0£ SIZTEEri

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BOARD OF EDUCATION ALBERT E. WIGGIN Chairman VICTOR F. GIBSON Secretary FRED TRABER DR. C. J. BRESEE DR. A. S. CHICHESTER DAN C. WENTWORTH 1. W. CHURCH FRITZ ROLL PAGE FIFTEEN

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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS InviXG ' I;I(nl S. irni. .M.A., lOn. M. • ' My dear vomig Fi-icnils: The niddfi-ii ti-ans-atluntic liner holds her conrse steadily and swiftly thr()iii;li teiujiestuous seas. Two vital possessions make possible her certainty of aim and her well-halanred ]iassajie throinj,li jieril: rri{r()Sl ' , made ef- fective by the helmsman throuiih the rndder; and STAIJILITV, made dynamic through the .swift rotation of the gyroscojie ' s heavy wheel. Unlike the liner, our civili .ation is headed for disaster, — tossed about by tremendous waves of conriirling forces; economic, ];olitical, and social. Problems confront us such as we have never before enconnlered. V ' e are un- certain how to soh ' e them. Onr iiuri)oses ha e been individualistic and selfish, to the neglect of the common weal. Our spirittia! compass has been deflected bv the magnetic pull of gross materialism. Meanwhile, our schooling has been but the lead ballast of tradition, — satisfactoi ' y enough in calm weather, but powerless to keeii our ship upright in the storms we are now experiencing. Our energies must be gi en direction by socially constructive jmrposes. Onr energies must be given stability by dynamic education for a changing civilization. Instead of schooling in WHAT to think, there must be schooling in HOW to think and HOW TO SOIA ' E I ' KOISLKMS. Then, although we know not what future jiroblems will arise, nor what the answers will be. we shall at least know the techniciue of attacking new problems in socially cou- structixe wavs. ' ' PAGE SEVENTEEN