Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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HE fundamental principles upon which the study of Mathematics is based have become so much a part of our thinking that we often fail to recognize them as such. We have reached that stage of civilization in which it would be impossible to live a normal life without employing numbers in one form or another. In every prase of our lives we employ Mathe- matics in innumerable ways. The study of Mathematics is valuable not only for the content of the subject itself but also for the mental training that it affords. Clear, organized thinking, efficient methods of procedure, patience, preservance, and a logical way of meeting the problems of everyday life are a few of the results of the study of Mathematics. “My only talent is to look steadily at a problem until I see it through.” —Sir Isaac Newton.

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 ROQER. C SMITH Athletics HE purpose of athletics is to develop self-restraint, motor-coordination and an unselfish point of view of sacrifice for the team. Sportsman, ship is taught better in athletics than in any other course of our school cirriculum. Sportsmanship means a real application of the Golden Rule. It is the winning and losing like a gentleman with no alibis and the giving of the other due credit. Football should develop in the young man initiative, resourcefulness and the ability to think for himself. It is largely a contest of wits, and teams who have played the game properly gain considerable benefit mentally as well as physically. A REAL MAN “The test of a real man is the fight he makes. The grit that he daily shows. The wav he stands on his feet and takes Fate’s numerous bumps and blows. “A coward can smile when there’s naught to fear. When nothing his progress bars. But it takes a man to stand up and cheer While some other fellow stars. “Keep coming back, and though the world May romp across your spine, Let every game’s end find you Fighting in the scrimmage line: For when the One Great Umpire Comes to score against your name. He’ll write—not that you won or lost— But how you p’ayed thp game. —Chords

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miss RUTH E. ITlclNTljRE Physical Education HYSICIAL Education is one of the most important developments in the field of health. It means more than the muscular development and the winning of games. The spirit of fair play and the forming of health habits, which will make for healthier and happier women, is encouraged. In addition, physical, social, and moral leadership is developed. The athletic and play program offers opportunities for developing capacities for good citizenship, as well as promoting health. Team games aid in establishing habits, not only by knowing but also by doing. The playground is a place where encouragement may be given to fair play, team w ork, courtesy and loyalty. Thus, we might say, the playground is the laboratory of moral training for the school as a whole.