Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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8 ‘ ‘ T H E T A T L E K.’ ' O r K A I) V E It T I S E It S . The following is a list of the advertisers whose financial aid has contributed greatly toward making it jx)ssil l for us to continue the publication of this Annual. Roth patrons and pupils of this school art requested to act. so fa as is possible, in accordance with the well known maxim: “One good turn deserves another.” Alton Hanking and Trust Co. Alton Business College. Alton National Bank. Alton Savings Bank. Alton Steam Laundry. Alton Traction Co. John Armstrong Co. Ilenrv S. Baker. I'rank Bauer. Barth’s Pharmacy. Beardske Hardware Co. J. H. Booth. M. II. Boals Planing Mill Co. H. J. Bowman Co. I lermon Cole Co. Davis Bros. A. J. Degenhardt. Drury Wead Co. Fowler Fuel Co. Haagen’s Dry Goods Millinery. Chas. Holden. Joesting’s. Lehne’s Dry Goods Store. S. J. Lipsky. E. Marsh Co. Mermod. Jaccard King. George Miller. W. H. Neemiann. Paul Bros. Paul’s Pharmacy. Charles B. Rohland. II. M. Schweppe Co. Scott’s Dyeing Cleaning Co. Seely’s Book Store. C. F. Sparks Machine Co. Sparks Milling Co. Sweetser Lumber Co. Trube Furniture Co. C. A. Vanpreter. Western Cartridge Co. Dr. Geo. E. Wilkinson. S. H. Wvss. “We do not want him any longer, lie is long enough already.”—Harold Curdie.

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Foreword X F of the characteristics of the Alton High School of which we are espe- daily proud is the friendly relation- ship that exists between pupils and teachers, and it is the aim of the “ 1 atler ' to promote in every way this kindly feeling. Four teachers left us last year, bearing with them the respect and affection of every student of the High School. Amid different surroundings and under the pressure of many duties they have not forgotten us; and we take great pleasure in presenting to the readers of this third issue of the “Tatler” greetings from each of these absent, - hut not forgotten friends.

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9 A T II O U (i II T H A M B L K . HE secret of all success is getting a good ready. There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at its flood leads on to fortune, but of what use is the tide if the craft is unseaworthy? History presents many illustrations of the fact that circumstances do sometimes make men. but circumstances make no men out of unprepared or unfit material. A sad spectacle is that of a young man or woman who stands with folded arms and dejected mien at the foot of some great mountain of opportunity, to whose summit he’is being invited, while he can only reply, I would like to make the ascent, but I am unprepared. The melancholy of the scene deepens when the response must be. 1 have not enough self-reliance. But the picture is sadder still, as gloomy as it is common.—when the youth is forced to the admission, I am morally unworthy.’’ Are you prepared for life’s opportunities? Have you developed self-reliance enough to tackle them? Are you worthy of the confidence of your fellow-men? It is the purpose of this paper to emphasize some of the lessons which the High School should seek to impress indelibly upon each and every one of its students—lessons not contained in text books, but of more importance in the development of the highest type of citizenship than the formal lessons of any text. A foreign educational commission recently passed upon the American schools this criticism: Instead of educating the child for real life, the American school is tending to educate him away from the broad idea of life. This criticism should cause us to pause and seriously consider. It is unfortunately true that the American idea of Ihe practical has resulted in an attempt in the schools to produce mind rather than men. The schools have given no much of their strength to mental development, having seemingly forgotten the fact that to possess a will active .nd active on the side of right, justice and truth is better than to he a great classical scholar or an expert scientist r an exact mathematician. Just as the old political economy dealt with an imaginary economic man. who did not veil slightly resemble the man in real life, so our schools too often deal with a mere learning and remembering