Academy High School - Academe Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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.fdcfiuifieri 'glmporlamf as it is lo organize and direel the industry of the world, it is more important lo organize and direct llze leisure of lhe world. Mau, in all the various stages of his development, linds himsell' possessed of a desire for sell'-expression in one of its many forms. ln a school ol' rapidly developing young students, some outlet, some safety-valve must be Found for this expanding ligo. lt may lic buried in Music, in Literature, in Drama, or it may lie in Elec- tricity, Radio, anythingewhatever the method ol' release, it must be found. Thus the extra-curricular activities have become a fundamental and necessary part ol' Academy life, for in them only certain of us have been able to crystallize a half-suspected latent ability, to realize a slumbering ambition, or to pamper a groping creative urge. The nucleus ol' many an impromptu orchestra comes from the Academy musical clubs, many a capable executive prolits by the experience gained on the Academy publications. Those who serve here, on committees covering every phase ol' our social life, are acquiring that indelinable asset of ready' ease for which we are all striving. There are many such organizations in Academy, diversiiied, scattered, yet each a unified group with definite ideals, which have in a short time become an indispensable part ol' our education. T11 irly