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

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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

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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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VICE-PRINCIPAL DEAN OF WOMEN Ariiin G. Jahr. 1!.A. Mayme Mlrchie. B.A. ••I like to think of each lioy and girl whom it is uecessarv to contact, for this 111- rhat reason, as Iieint; intelligent, hajipy. ambitious, cooperative, honest and frank. How well each individual knows himself and sincerely believes these to be true will certainly go a long way in dictating the tone and com- pleteness of students ' particijiation. Young peojjle need the discipline of ac- cepting full responsibility for the performance of an assigned task, and when each student assumes the full resjiousibility for a task to be completed, then further advancement will ha e lieen made in self-direction and self-discipline. ' ' •• hile iiur si-IkkiI is not an examjile of a century of progress, it does repre- sent almost half a century of progress. The list of graduates has increa.sed nearly one hundred fold since ISO:!. During tJiis time the school board .has added more sjiecialized teachers lor these subjects, and more and better cla.ss- rooiii ei|uiijment. The present school day provides for sujtervised extra-curricu- lar aciivities directed toward purposeful objectives. Till ' Koundup, in its endeavor to jireserve the records of this forward moM-nii-nr. lias in twenty-seven years grown from a small, sixteen-page, paper- (■o ei-i ' il jjiiniphlet to a large, artistically bound volume just as our building has grown bolli in size and architectural Iteautv. PAOE El ' iMTEEII