Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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CUIQ TRUSTEE SPE!-NHS Thls year of all years when th1s old World 1S so s1ck that 1t IS on the verge ot an up heaval the quesnon ar1ses What can the school do? Probably the greatest respons1b1l1ty ot our schools toda3 1s that of character educanon What 1S character? It 15 a descr1pt1ve Word 1nd1cat1ng how one Wlll act and the Sp1Ill or temper wxth Wh1ch an 1nd1v1dual does a deed lt has rts 1ntegrat1ng centers l1ke k1ndl1ness thoughttulness thr1tt1ness or loyalty Character educat1on whrch must Le emphas1zed 1n educat1on IS an ob1ect1ve 1mpl1c1t 1n all phases of the educat1onal program In school and out of school mtluences both po 1 t1ve and negat1ve are brought to bear on the hte of the ch1ld 'We recogmze that the home church and commun1ty all make the1r contr1but1ons to character bu1ld1ng st1ll 1t IS neces sary for the school to cont1nue to take a cons1derable share of espons1b1l1ty for mold1ng the 1deals of boys and Qlflf I took a DISCS of plasuc clay I took a PIECE of l1v1ng clay And as my fmgers pressed 1t st1ll And nculaed vtrtlr' my pow r and art It moved and ylelded to my W1ll A young cmd s sof and y1eld rg heart I came agam when days were past I came aga '1 wwen years were gone The b1t of clay was hard at last ld W s a man l looked upon The form I gave 1t 1t st1ll bore I-Ie stzll tlrat early lrnpress wore But I could change that form no more And I coutld cnange h1m 'te Jermore Unknown Character educatlon cannot be orgamzed as a class 1n the sense that geography hls tory or geometry are It cannot be departnaentaltzed and placed on the sarne bas1s as other subnects 1t IS too 1mportant Also the methods should be more 1nd1rect and 1tq ernpha SIS more umversal and constant The Whole school needs to be made character educat1or1 consc1ous Character 1s never complete a reputanon can be made or lost 1n a day but rt takes a l1fet1me to bu1ld character Character c1t1zensh1p reverence respect tor the 1nd1v1dual ana love for one S fellow men are the most Worth wh1le ObJ9Cl1V9S N1ne . . 11 11 I I ' . . , I 1 . g 1 . . 11 . . . . 1 . . . . . 4, . . 11 I I ' I I . . l - U Q 1 I S.- I ' ' I 1 ' I ' . . F . 1 . . 1, . o ... And idly fashioned it one day, And gently formed it day by day, , ' ' ' , 1. 1' . 1 e - - , 1 -1 ' 1 - : ' A . i. 1 - F ' 5 .G C . 1 7 I 1 I I 1 X 11 1 I ' 1 Y I ' v I - 1 I A I A I T . 4 L 4 I - 4 ' A . -2 A I 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1

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flttwallfvbllf ow Coumy SUPEQINTENDENI SPEAH5 Durmq thls War Trme Per1od we all feel that 1t IS our duty to Work harder to produce more for ourselves and our country The result of ncreased effort IS qulte obvlous both on the farms and the productron l1nes ln the choolroorn lncrease rn effort also results 1n an rncrease ln usefulness of the H1 drvrdual to SOC19lY Whrle 1t 1S d1ff1cult to measure the value of lncreased effort 1n the school 1t 1S there nevertheless Boys and qrrls who QIVG therr best efforts to therr studles are really domq the1r brt to help the war effort The offlclals ln charge of the War Effort have urged that students f1I'11Sl'1 the1r Hlqh School work so that they w1ll be better able to care for themselves and thelr fel low Arnencans rn an mtelllqent manner Elqht C - - - . , . . i . . . 5 - - ' I I -

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MR PAUL HARDING Prmclpal Commerce AB Butler Unl versrty Manchester College MS lnchana Un1vers1ty MISS AUDREY BEERBOWER Commerce Home Econom1cs BS Ball State Teachers College MR STANLEY GARMAN C ach Physrcal Vclacatlon Blology Math ematrcs Central Normal College lndlana Unrver srty MISS FRANCES REAM Englrsh Math emat1cs AB lndrana Umversrty Graduate Work Ind1ana UDIVGISIIY MISS GLOIS SCHRADER E'1gl1sh Socral Staclles Uhyslcal Educatlon AB Flndlay College Manchester College MR PAUL KELLER Muslc Book keepmg Physlcs Preeflrgnt C urse BS Manchester College MRS EDITH CONRAD Lrbrarran Anthony Wayne BUSIHSSS Col ege . l , . , l - , f 1 . I U . , ' ' ' I I 1 , I c l . 0 R A , W I u . '-I - - I - t , -