Arcata High School - Advance Yearbook (Arcata, CA)

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Wxth the enlargement of the school bulldmg and mcrease of the Faculty a marked advancement has been evxdent an school lxfe The large enrollment of students has gn en much more snap and vxm to thlngs Also by the mtro duction of the Commerc1al Course the A U H S has been able to offer a very good lnducement to graduates of the grammar school who deslred to contmue thelr work merely along xocatlonal llnes Thxs 1ncrease ln the number of students has caused an overcrowdmg of the grounds surroundxng the bulldmfr Iherefore an lmportant addxtlon whlch would stlll further our dex elopment ns the purchase of the land lmme d1ately 3.CljO1I'lll'lg' the school and grounds proper It mlght be well to obtaln thls land wh1le the opportumty 19 ax axlable mstead of waiting untll the prlce of propertv IS much hlgher than at present 'Nlost pubhc schools occupy at least a block 'md many recent bll1lfl1I'lg'S '1re erected on from ten to twentv acres One can read11y see that a half block IS much too small for a large school To m'1ny people the schoolyard IS of 'rs great xmportance as the bulldmg xtself It 19 an 'lflfTl1ttCCl fact that ln order to haxe a strong mental capaclty a strong bodllx ugor IS necessary that the body should nex er be neglected whlle the mmd IS bemg dex eloped Var1ous forms of athletrcs m a school take the place of gymnasium work lf mstructxon 1n that speclal course 19 not glven ln fact ln many of the un1vers1t1es such work is glven credxt smce xt IS COI'lQlClCI'CCl an equlvalent for gvmnastlcs For that reason outdoor sports should be encouraged but how encourage them when such a llmlted space IQ at the Cl1SpOS3l of the students? Furthermore they mcrease school sp1r1t draw the students closer together gwe them a common mterest and arouse enthuslasm as no requlred amount of study1ng could p0SSlbly do But laymg aslde the ql1CStlOl'l of athletxcs the fact remains that we need more room and need lt badly Qtudents do not luke to be hedged m and had we more space It would not be necessary to lltll17C the smdewalks 'md streets for exercxse It has been the custom of the A U H '5 smce It was founded m 1897 to edlt a Commencement number of the Adx ance Each Vear the staff selected has profited bv the experlence of the one pre cedmg and smce there are manv obstacles to be encountered m puttmg out a good paper the cr1t1c1sms recexx ed from other schools as well as from mdx vxduals at home are always apprecnted A paper to a certam extent reflects somewhat the tone and character of the school and lS therefore a splendld opportunity for the students to put forth thelr best materlal 'Ind work wlth a common mterest toward malntam mg a hmgh standard Th1S year the class of 12 has endeaxored to publlsh a paper whlch we hope wxll do Justxce to the school and gwe satlsfactxon to our patrons and those mterested ln the A U H S XVe wxsh to thank the entxre student body for aldmg us to get out thrs ed1t1on as lt would haxe been an xmpossrble task wlthout the help of the under classmen To the ads ertnsers whose hberalltw has enabled us to edlt th1s book we extend our thanks smcerelv hopmg they wrll be pleased wxth our efforts 7 . 4 , I , ' r ' , .... 1 . . . ,. . . . - rs' v v . , , - b . . . V . . Q v . . . , , 1 . 4 c , c c . . 1 , . ' '. . ' Y . . , 1 1 . - 7 ' 9 v - V y r - 1 . . N 1 . . . . .. , , ' 9 . ., . e , V . . Y - C ' u, , u I L .X 4 ' 9 , - 1 , - . ' L . , V y - 1. K ' . , . . v Y 7 ! , . . f , - - v , - 9 5 , ' .po

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