Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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Arlington fiigh School Clarion Volume III. ARLINGTON (Boston), MASS., JANUARY, 1926 Number 2 Y Clarion Staff wLf Editor-in-Chief ...GRIFFITH ROBERTS, ’26 Assistant Editors ...ESKIL PETERSON,’ ’26 WALTER ATKINSON, ’27 FLORENCE YOUNG, ’27 M Business Manager . RICHARD BLASDALE, ’26 Advertising Manager ... JOSEPH ENNIS, ’26 Faculty Advisor ALICE TRE -VT Assistant Manager. . .ALBERT BROOKS. 27 Asst. Advertising Mgr. . .WALTER TAFT ’26 Ottoriala JOURNALISM The utilizing of all opportunities as 1 - sures success. Tliis statement needs no verification. Notice, however, I have said ALL opportunities. Your school offers innumerable opportunities in its curricula, which, sad to say, are not perceived or taken advantage of by the student body. To the casual observer a course in journalism would be lacking at Arling- ton High School; but to the seeker of knowledge such a course would be eas- ily detected. Although the course is not advertised in print in the school catalog it is here, nevertheless. Some say, opportunity knocks but once; but in truth it raps continually. In choosing your career, have you given journalism a trial? The odds are that you haven’t. Do you know that newspaper work is one of the most in- teresting forms of occupation open to men and women of today? Remember, the pen is mightier than the sword. The Clarion affords an opportunity for work in practically every branch of this vocation. The benefit you de- rive from the school paper depends wholly on you. Whether you are a potential “Neal O’Hara” or a Whit- ing” remains to be seen. Why not find out? A word to the wise is suf- ficient. The Editor. MARKS ARE WORTHLESS Foreword : — Capable scholars who lack ambition are requested not to read this article. It does not pertain to them. Marks are invalid; they are unjust; they are misleading; they deceive to such an extent that they should be abolished. But this is impossible. Why? Simply because schools are over- flowing ' with the type of person re- ferred to in the foreword. Disregard this distinguished group and I will prove to you why marks violate the truth. In order to obtain a solid foundation for my proof, it is ' necessary for me to