Anaheim Union High School - Colonist Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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EDITORIALS THE MODERN GIRL The modern girl is a shallow, brainless tlapper with a drug store com- plexion and a peanut-sized interest. This definition of the modern girl is quoted from a recent Daily Califor- nian. If we would think a little more before we say things we would some- times find more to question than is on the surface. A question has many sides and the side that one person sees another does not. The girl of today contains more than one viewpoint. The outside drug store appearance is not the true one. It is underneath that we find the true girl-with a truer heart. ln the Great VVar we found this peanut-sized girl with the same kind of interest giving, sacrificing, saving, doing all in her power that would help her country to do her part. Not only do we find it true in our times, but in our own school. iVe find many of these so-called Hbrainless fiappersl' doing their part in the school's activities. But they cannot be Hbrainless fiappers to hold down these posi- tions. They must have a knowledge of all the works of the school's organ- izations in order to run them. In business life we find many women who are successful and can be counted on to the utmost. Hardly can they have a peanut-sized interest to take on the business side of life, which is one of the hardest. There are many institutions where we find the woman doing her bit. The greatest is in the home. ifVhat would the nation do without the home? VVhen the man comes home from work he finds his meal ready, his bed made, his home cleaned, his children Washed and cleaned, and many other things done that go to make the home. To say that the modern girl is a brainless fiapper with a peanut-sized interest will hardly suffice. There are many bad ones, but there are also many good ones. If the boy will take a good girl and shun the bad, he will see the good side of the question. If we look for good we can find it, but if we look for bad we will find that also. As the old adage goes, There is much good in the worst of us and much bad in the best of us. Let's look for the best side of things. SCHOOL AS PREPARATION FOR LIFE WORK Years ago the people of the country did not send their children to school, as they thought they could learn all that was necessary at home. They expected their children to go on with their work of keeping up the farm and then pass it on to the next generation. Now all of the children of the country are able to go to school and learn about other vocations. Our modern schools have the equipment for teach- ing nearly every occupation that one wishes to enter. Students may start out in their first year of high school preparing for a life work. In these days it is very hard for a person to get a worth-while position unless they have graduated from high school. In the future it will be neces- sary for a college education to start in a position that will bring good money. As you know, many people are always joking about the college boys, who after graduating are usually hod-carriers or something of that order. 'That is not true, for these are the boys who did not work and study earnestly and did not finish college, at least they did not make the most of a golden opportunity. l14l

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The commercial course in the high school almost equals that of a business college, for many of our students have graduated from school and obtained positions in banks or business houses. Our shops are of the best. In the machine shops boys learn about the structure of, and how to repair machines. In the wood shop they learn about carpentry and also make many different useful articles of art from wood. Going from school, they can start to work as mechanics or carpenters and thereby climb up in their vocation, Our domestic science department prepares the girls to be useful in the home. Household management is also taught in the school: now we can look forward to good housekeepers. Many students get the preparation for accomplishing their dramatic ability in the school and are trained by the best of teachers. Also there are those who learn about stage management and how do do the required work behind the scenes. Our athletic course is one of the most useful. It builds the physical and also mental character of the students. It teaches them clean, moral habits as in the separate hygiene work, and many from the school become teachers of physical education. The academic course is perhaps our largest. It prepares the students for all professional work such as law, medicine, teaching and ministry. This course makes their work in college come easier than if they had had no preparation in high school. So, do you not think a person very foolish who does not take advantage of a high school education? There could hardly be found a better place for one to prepare for life work. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PINK SLIP I came into the world as a rosy, bouncing baby of thirty minutes. Every day I grew to double my size, until at the age of five days I was a whopper. By that time I was old enough to serve my owner as a passport to Miss NValker who, taking pity on my wrinkled and aged physiognomy, reincar- nated me as a strapping young Pink Slip of 600 minutes. From that time on I led a checkered career, being and found, reduced and increased several times. My family and I were the undisputed dictators of the school, having no rivals. But, alas! the reign of RED DEATH is over, and a BLUE GLOOM hangs over school, for now the DEMON DE- MERIT sits enshrined on the teacher's desk and we are gone forever. l15l