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

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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS I. W. SMITH In calm weather no one has any great objection if a good swimmer, alone in a row-boat, experiments with the stability of his little craft. But in stormy weather, especially if there be a group of children aboard, no sane person should rock the boat. This is mighty stormy weather for those who are trying to live together in the democratic way. Our ways of doing, our institutions, our ideals, even our national life, are under fire and definitely on the defensive. Rights and privileges guaranteed by our Constitution are being used to destroy the Con- stitution and the government it sets up. Those rights and privileges are not absolute. With them go duties and responsibilities, — limitations on the use of these rights and privileges. Misuse of constitutional rights is an activity for which there is no room or place in the high schools of this nation. Carping and captious emphasis on the weaknesses, sore spots, short-comings, and failures of democracy is an activity which plays right info the hands of those who hate democracy and all its works. An activity which should be promoted in these troubled days is the em- phasizing of those things that are good and commendable and even precious in our nation and in our national life,— the strengths, the advantages, the superiorities, and the successes of democracy. Naturally, no human institution ever has been perfect or ever will be perfect. But that fact should not blind us to the great advantages our ideals of government possess. There are few more important activities which any high school can undertake today than to inculcate in young people a m.ili- tont love for the ideals of democracy. ( 14 ] I. W. SMITH.

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Left lo right: I, W. Church, A. E. Wiggin (deceased), Dr. J. C. MacGregor, D. O. Wenlworth, I. W. Smith, A. G. Jahr, G. A. Hansen, H. Stanley, F. Trabsr, and V. F. Gibson. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Administration of our public school system in School District Number One, Cascade County, Montana, is under the control of a Board of Trustees, and they are the instruments which the American people have devised for the realization of their ideals and programs. The members of the Board of Trustees are elected by the people for a term of three years each, and they are responsible to the people for securing the services of the highest type of superintendent, teachers, and other em- ployees, and are also charged with the responsibility to keep inviolate public school funds for the purpose of providing the educational opportunities to which the children are the rightful heirs. The Board of Trustees is composed of the following members: Mr. 1. W. Church, chairman, elected 192 id 1940; Mr. Howard H. Stanley, vice- chairman, elected 1935; Mr. G. A. Hansen, elected 1936; Dr. J. C. MacGregor, elected 1936; Mr. Fred Traber, elected 1926; Mr. A. E. Wiggin, elected 1936; Mr. D. O. Wentworth, elected 1926-1935, and 1938; Mr. V. F. Gibson, clerk and business manager; Mr. 1. W. Smith, superintendent of schools. V. F. GIBSON. Mr. Wiggin died April 18, 1941. A statement by Mr. 1. W. Smith follows: Tlir hiijhci ' ire isticiii ii iiidii. iiiiil lln ihijur iiiir iijjiciinii fur linii. th more ili ' rdxtilt iiK Ikcoiik ' s mil- xciisc of loss irln ii lie is sii iii iiioiicil lo rross lln (Srciit Diriilc. II is tliiis ihiii in- fed iilioiil .1. ■, ' . Wiiiijiii. Our oiiljl coiisoliil ion coiiirs from Imniriitij Hull li ii iinniil if is llo hrlhr for Jiis liiiriiiii lir il dinl llinl ire linn liinl lln pririh ijt of hiioiriinj him.

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HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL A. G. JAHR School Life? A story or a venture; A molding place for youth; A gay experience, full of censure; A place in which to seek the truth; A grinding task; a social whirl; A climb; a slide down hill; A constant striving for a pearl A fad; another frill. SCHOOL LIFE To work and love the work we do; To enjoy a game that ' s square; To grin a bit when feeling blue; With friends our many joys to share; To smile, though games be lost or won; To earn our daily bread. And when at last the year is done To fear no trail to tread. A -rendezvous with direction; A playground full of fun; With many, to clear misconceptions; With others, something worthwhile done; What ' s school life? To revive traditions; G. F. or Roundup Day; The junior prom; the school editions; The college days in May. Salute the class of ' 41; Captains, Prexys and Lee, k class whose lives are well begun; As sturdy as the finest tree. What ' s school life? To love the things you leave; The clock left on the wall; Your leadership we must retrieve. You ever haunt our hall. A. G. JAHR. I 15 1