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THEN AND NOW .... I did not live in the gay nineties, but those were rather interesting years. Everything was cut and dried. You were either good or bad. Alger and Henty books were read by boys, while the girls wept copious tears over the unfair treatment of Elsie Dinsmore. Young boys and girls were taught to be seen and not heard, and fainting was a popular pastime with the ladies. Girls were taught not to walk in the sun- shine. In other words, the course for everyone was chartered. And now, in the fascinating forties, fascinating because each one is allowed to live as an individual, our heroes not only make mistakes, but even the villain is not always inoble. Our novels even touch on social problems! Girls don't faint much any more and they are heard as well as seen. Boys and girls enjoy each other's company and they talk over things that their grandparents never dreamed of talking about. But fundamentally, they are sound, far sounder than we of the gay nineties, because they have been taught how to think, rather than what to think. L. W. REESE, Superintendent. Page Eight
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MR. MURRAY AT SPEAKER SYSTEM SCHCOLMASTERS AND MARMS ....
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FOR THE FUTURE .... The 1939-1940 school year is now a happy memory, and we have passed through many busy days. We are facing a new school for next year with the greatest enrollment we have ever had. Our new class- rooms, a new auditorium, a fine gymnasium and an auto mechanics building now give us all we could hope for in school facilities. Wash- ington High School will henceforth be known as a six-year high school. Pupils in grades seven to twelve will be under one type of school pro- gram. l We shall need the co-operation of all for each individual to achieve the highest degree of scholarship and to take an active part in whole- some school activities. It is the desire of the faculty that every pupil take part in some worth-while school activity in addition to regular school subjects. It should be kept in mind, however, that too many activities drain the energy and lower individual proficiency. We call to the attention of our student body that the parents and friends want school days -to mean something worth-while in life. A. B. MURRAY, Principal. Page Nine
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