West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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What Is True School Spirit? EVERYONE, I suppose, asks himself this question at sometime during his school life. It is a hard one, and yet it is one that every student must answer, whether he realizes it or not; because on his answer depends both what he does for the school and what the school does for him. I have not come to a decision yet but I have found out some things of which I feel very sure. It has often been said that the aim of the schools is to make good citizens. The state can afford to spend such great sums on its youth because it needs good citizens. It needs men with strong bodies, capable of bearing arms in time of war; men and women loo. of sound judgment and foresight; men and women of clean, wholesome morals; above all it needs men accustomed to work together, each sacrificing something of his own for the common good. Now a good school trains all of these qualities. If we are to follow the wishes of the state (as we ought to do, since it pays for our education) we ought each one of us to try to attain these four qualities, and not only one or two but all of them. A weak boy who finds studying easy should set himself first of all to build up his body; a strong boy who has trouble with his lessons should turn his attention not to athletics, but to his school work. So we ought, all of us. to devote the most time to those departments of the school—athletics, dramatics, debating, the different studies, or whatever they may be—that will do us the most good. The best thing one can do for the school, it seems to me, is the best thing one can do for oneself. Nothing that harms oneself can be good for the school. That may sound like Mr. Cook’s offer to boil water till it freezes, but if you will think it over, you will see that the best thing you can possibly do for your school is to make a man or woman of yourself. Earnestness, devotion, can make up for a deficiency in the rest, either in the nation or in the school. Fred Tryon. Tvctlct

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Week Bruchholz Van Duzee South worth Lewi Hayward Tumy The West High Athletic Association IN THE West High School, athletics form an important part in the interest and life of all the students. With the organization of this school, the necessity of organizing the athletics became evident. As all departments of the school are founded upon system and careful planning, it seemed advisable to organize the athletics. Mr. Ozias appointed a committee of three, consisting of Mr. Hayward, chairman, with Noyes Bright and Robert DeVoe of the students, to devise some form of central athletic management. This committee very effectively drew up the constitution of the West High Athletic Association, with the object of being representative of the student body, as to authority and power to act. 1 his constitution was adopted by the school and thereafter all matters relative to football, baseball, track, tennis or hockey come before this association. All students of the school who desire, may become members upon payment of the annual dues of fifty-cents. Meetings of the association are held at least twice a year, once in May and once in October, but meetings may be held at any time, upon call of the president or upon request of ten members. 1 he Athletic Association is made up of all students who have athletic Fourteen