Nampa High School - Sage Yearbook (Nampa, ID)

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'jo kgs gtacfuating Cyan of 7936: You have completed an important episode in your life. You should remember that life is really a series of episodes -some important and some otherwise. Your teachers and parents have taught you many goals or objectives for living. Some have told you that to date the chief purpose of school and home life is to get ready to live more fully as adults. Some have said that you have gone to high school in order to be able to obtain big- ger and better jobs. Some have said you have attended high school in order to make more money. Many of you, of course, have attended high school largely because there was nothing else to do. As a parting thought, why not accept as the goal for the 1936 senior class, the slogan, The Pursuit of Happinessfj Not happiness in its lightest and most frivolous sense, but happiness as the outcome of complete living. This pursuit will require all of the knowledge learned in school up to this time, and a great deal more. In order to get the most 'ifun out of lifei' it will require the rarest judgment and skill-more rare than any of the learned professions, and it will offer the greatest rewards to be found in the world. Goodbye, and good luck! JOHN E. WALSH, SZlpC'Vi1'lff?7ldL'l7f Miss Gertude Miller, Treasurer and Clerk of School District No. 37, whose patience and vigilant econ- omy mainiain the Nampa High School as an efficient and modern institution, is to be greatly coffi- mended for her untiring service to our community. :ge 'we Ive

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Scgoof EOCUZ The students of Nampa High School are grateful to the board of directors of Inde- pendent School District No. 37 which has so generously and capably extended its service in a successful effort to make 1936 one of the most outstanding years in the history of the school. Each year, under the supervision of this public spirited group of citizens, new achieve- ments are recorded in the educational annals of the city. The new auditorium and gym- nasium will be of untold beneht to students for many years to come. Choosing capable teachers and supervising financial expenditures are only a few of the multifarious tasks. They have endeavored to maintain Nampa High School as an accredited institution even though theyive been confronted with :Hnancial difficulties for many years. Mr. H. E. Meyer, chairman of the boardf, is completing his seventh year in this capacity. Mr. Meyer is manager of the Nampa office of the Boise Valley Grain Association. Mr. W. H. Keim, vice chairman, is connected with the H. H. Keim Company and is serving his seventh year as a member of the board. Mr. W. S. Anderson, a second year member, is manager of the local office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. Mr. B. G. Davies is spending his second year on the board. He is owner of the Davies Hardware Company. Mr. H. A. Whitney is serving his sixth year as director. He has been employed at the Consumers' Grocery. Mr. E. W. Rising, who was elected last fall, is prominent in civic affairs as manager of the Retail Merchants' Association and as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He is in the Insurance and Real Estate business. Page Elever-

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Y A 1 O Education -lstztfi fo .f 'zogfzsm The spirit of the Vikings is one that fires the imagination in all of us to visualize a fearless and energetic force of char- acter in discovering new things. lt has become the symbol of V progress and achievement. Theirs was the step from the old to the new or the known to the unknown. Yet, in all, the ad- vance was deliberate. Applied to education we find the real trail blazers in thought making progress for huiiianity. This leading out process implies more than a recounting of the ac- complishment of another. In real education we find a certain independence of action which balances itself with a thoughtful consideration and regard for already established facts. In other words we must have a proper acquaintance with background or surroundings to give proper direction to the new step, The scientist or inventor produces new things by carefully building on the foundation of established facts. There is no blind mixing of unknown materials to create any worthwhile thing. Arid yet, the only limit to new progress is the strength of the force behind a controlled imagi- nation. Wheii we contenl ourseves with a stagnant mental condition, there is no progress. Our feeling that we have achieved all in the knowledge of any subject means death to education. We may look upon our high school work as a step in our educational progress. The paths leading out are many and varied. Every path can challenge the spirit of the individual to give the best effort. The hone maker may do a good or a poor job. In fact any eiiiployment, business. or profession may ever present new beauties of development. The Vikings did not discover new land by turning back in discouragement. When we think of their comparatively poor equipment for meeting relentless elements, we should take courage to battle the waves of our own disappointment. Some of our greatest men have been meagerly clothed and fed, but their spirits have been irresistible. During the depression many students have experienced similar conditions, but they can be thankful that clothes do not make the individual or quench the divine spark of enthusiasm. Long live the spirit of the Vikings! C. C. COWIN, Principal ce ' Miss Laura Frahm, attendance clerk, is always willing and ready to help. Miss Edna Casler, secretary to the administration and registrar, by her cheerful manner and win- ning smile has revealed her willing- ness to assist the students in their many extra-curricular activities and problems. Page Thi:- 'ik' 41. i - - l I