Jesup Scott High School - Scottonian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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SLJLCTILLJLJILILIJ L:J f Eh? Sztnhrnt Qlnunril Nineteen Twenty-Two has ushered in the second form of student government in the history of Scott High School. Eight years ago-or maybe nine-when Scott was first built and classes held for the first time, the students thought the time an ideal one for beginning and instituting some form of student government. Plans were drawn up and various things were accomplished under the idea. There was but one objection to it and that was that it was suggested and mainly carried through by the faculty. Although the students were very much in favor of it and took the greater part in the carrying out of the letter of the constitution or charter from which the organization derived its power nevertheless there was a noticeable lack of interest on the part of the student body as a whole. This was no doubt the chief reason for the failure of the student council of the first two years of Scott's existence. This year things were different. Leaders of the school had contemplated a student council for some time and through the Thistle, Scott's monthly pub- lication, the idea was brought before the eyes of the faculty and the students. From then on things progressed rapidly. A meeting of the representatives of different organizations of the school was called by Mr. Demorest and at that meeting a committee of five persons was chosen to investigate student government in other schools in the country. This committee was composed of Richard Mealand, chairman, Betty Harsch, Spencer Reeder, Lucius Hunt and Leslie Henry. From the answers received' to their letters this committee constructed a charter upon which to work and presented it to the representative committee for revision, modification, and approval. It was then submitted to Mr. Demorest for further approval. Finally the whole student body was asked for its opinion and the charter then went into effect. It was planned that an election of officers of the Student Council should be held this year for, although it was evident that the Council would have little to do during the remaining months, it was thought that organization would do much to instill the Council idea in the minds of the students and faculty. However, at this writing the charter is just being submitted to the students for approval, and hence no action has yet been taken on election. Next year it is planned that election shall be neld during the third Week of school and it seems obvious that Scott and Scott spirit will be many times better than at present. The purpose of the Council as interpreted in the charter is to promote and enliven student interest and school spirit in Scott High School, to afford an opportunity for a greater measure of student control in student affairs, to main- tain a sentiment of propriety, and to promote the general welfare of the schoolf, A The Student Council holds in its hands the future of the Jessup W. Scott High School! RICHARD MEALAND 18

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iiil-EILILSJLLJIEJLIJLJLEJLQLI DEPLARTM E'NT OF HISTORY MISS LOUISE COLTON Ohio State University MISS MARGARET ATKINSON University of Michigan ' MISS JEANETTE COLLINS Radcliffe College MR. VIRGIL CRAMER Heidelberg University MISS OLIVE KIRKBY Smith College MISS ELMINA LUCKE Oberlin College DEPARTMENT OF MANUAL TRAINING I MISS LAURA ADAMS Pratt Institute MISS MATILDA CAMPBELL MISS FLORENCE COOPER MR. GEORGE DUNN Columbia University MISS HAZEL KEPLINGER Columbia University MR. LOUIS MATHIAS Ohio State University MISS CWAROLINE MORGAN New York School of Applied Design MR. WILLIAM PARKER Washington University IVIR. FRED SEIBERT 15

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SljhlLUJLoJIilLlllJLf1-.ILIJ Esta C6111 Who is it that is the hope of the future? The Senior. Who is it that is the center of the love and care of the home? The Senior. Who is it that toils so arduously in the library both study hours? The Senior. We hail you, we salute you, we wish you well! Fortunately for us, Columbus' vocabulary of action lacked one word, the equivalent of the English word to quit . Several other well known persons have exhibited this lack, among those present being the Barons of Runnymede, the Mayflower Pilgrims, Capt. John Smith, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We trust the Class of 1922 to enroll themselves in spirit with this goodly band. It is a tradition of Scott High that though we may lose a contest we may not quit the fight. If you win, win fighting, if you lose, finish, fighting! The world's notables whom we have mentioned either had their work pretty definitely cut out for them or picked out a cause well worth fighting for and dying for. We have the anxious hope that you shall in a measure glimpse a similar vision and exhibit a like determination. Whatever you do, believe in it. If it isn't worth a good struggle it isn't worth doing. Blowing bubbles leaves only a soapy taste in the mouth. The men we have mentioned' are not remembered because of any accumu- lation of wealth but for very superior service to their fellow men and to posterity. The unknown lands in chemistry and physics today are as challenging as the vision of Columbus, constitutions are as much in the making today as in the time of the Barons. Pioneering in many areas of human endeavor needs to be as courageously done today as in the time of John Smith and the Pilgrims. The state needs to be as carefully built now as in the time of Washington. There are more slaves now than those freed in Lincolnys time, only the forms of bondage differ. The world is always a new world. It will never fail to reward him who will fight the good fight, who will run the race to the end, who will keep the faith. CI:IAS. K. CHAPMAN. 19