Banning High School - San Gorgonian Yearbook (Banning, CA)

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had reasoned it out. Keats clearly expressed it when he said: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” IX, (Sia 26) “Nothing succeeds like success.” Nothing is enjoyed more than success. For these reasons, I believe we of the Student Body of B. U. H. S. have many reasons for feeling that we have been suc- cessful. The dramatic department has successfully staged one play, and has another started. The Glee Clubs have the operetta checked to their credit, aside from the fact that they have appeared in public several times. We took a chance and brought in some outside entertainers, who made favorable impressions upon their audiences. Scholarship has not been ignored, as some high records have been left. Our treasury shows that our finances have been taken care of in a very competent manner. We have never before been quite as successful in athletics. For the first time in history, we had a championship basketball team. This benefited the school financially, as well as otherwise. Track and baseball are still undecided, but with the grand old spirit of loyalty we can never lose. All these things have been accomplished only by co-operation of every student in the school. And I believe that every student feels as I do on the subject of school spirit—B. U. H. 8S. First, Last and Always. YW 23) A hundred years ago a man could rise to a high position by hard work, without the advantage of a high education; but today this has all changed. An uneducated man is greatly handicapped in competing with an educated one. It is next to impossible to enter any of the professions, or even to make a respectable success in business without a bachelor’s degree. Nearly all professional schools demand from two to four years of college training before entrance is granted to the applicant; most high schools demand of their teachers a college degree; business men prefer college grad- uates and the officers’ reserve corps especially emphasizes the value of a college education. All of this shows, in a very small way, the value of a college education. Some high school students believe that when they graduate from high school they will have sufficient education. Never was a greater mistake made than this. The high school is only a step- ping-stone leading to higher things. A college education is valued not only for what is learned in books, but for the training it gives the mind. College trains for leadership, and the world needs leaders. Count over the world [Page Sixteen] a ts Rn al A

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Editorials THE CASTLE OF THE HEART’S DESIRE 13), 1e% 753 “By what path would you travel if you wished to find the Castle of Your Heart’s Desire?” asked one of three wise and learned men. “IT would take the path of Truth,’ answered one, “The path of Goodness is the path that leads to the Castle,” declared the other. “You are both wrong,” said the author of the question. ‘The path of Beauty is the right one.” “You may think you are right, but I think mine is the only way, and I intend to take it,’ affirmed one. “And I shall take mine,’ declared each of the other two. They started. One followed the path of Truth, another Good- ness and the third Beauty. The paths curved. They went over hills, down into valleys and across sandy deserts. Much to their surprise, the three travelers met on the summit of each hill; leaped over the same precipices; found each other in the same pleasant, peaceful valleys and were thrown together when crossing the sandy desert. Each declared the other two were on his path. None could explain why their paths crossed. But each, thinking that he was on the right path, plodded on towards the Castle of his Heart’s Desire. At last it loomed up in the distance. At last the travelers found themselves inside its doors. Jach saw but one door, although no two entered the same. In the center of the Castle they found a room labeled ‘Under- standing.’ Hach entered not knowing of the presence of the other two until he had entered. Their surprise, upon seeing one another in this room, was great. “How did you enter?” asked one. “There was only one door and that was labeled ‘Beauty.’ ”’ “IT entered through the door of ‘Truth,’ said one of his com- panions. “And I through the door of ‘Goodness,’”’ said the other. “Look! We are united in this one room, ‘Understanding,’ ” said one of the weary travelers, “and it is the room of ‘Understanding,’ for it has made me understand.” “There were three paths, but still there was one.” “Weren't we all going to the same place? Didn’t we meet the same hardships and the same happiness? Didn’t we reach the same heights and the same levels? Weren’t we lost out there on the sandy waste together? Friends, Truth, Goodness and Beauty are synonymous, for what is true is good and what is good is beautiful.” How well this traveler put it, but he was not the first one who [Page Fifteen]

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leaders of today and I am sure that you will find that a very high percentage of them have a college education... Colleges all over the country are recognizing this fact, and are admitting students more on their records and an estimate of the character of the applicant, supplied by the school principal, than by their scholarship record. During our many pursuits we have noticed about us from time to time, men and women who were failures; failures not because they have not put forth their best efforts, but they have striven to- ward that one great goal—Success—and yet failed. These are the pitiful cases we see about us everywhere. These conditions exist and will continue to exist for some time to come. When such a state of affairs becomes nonexistent we will have approached the Utopia of our dreams. Let us consider why there are failures. Francis Bacon said: “They are happy whose natures sort with their vocations.” How true this is. It is only natural we should strive harder and accomplish more in a work for which we are really fitted. So, if you would be a success in this world of affairs, take stock of yourself and see in what way you are naturally talented. Then follow the course for which you are suited. After you do this the way will be difficult and full of obstacles, but with determination you will reach that goal. “SHE-BANG” Last year there was issued in our school a semi-weekly bulletin called the ‘“She-Bang.” This year we have continued it regularly, doing our best to make it as interesting, and with as much news as possible, and trying to profit by the experiences of the founders of the ‘“She- Bang.” This bulletin has been of unlimited assistance in keeping the records of all our events and activities, saving much work for all the members of the staff in their work on the annual. We earnestly hope it will be continued by future Student Bodies. The “She-Bang” has been in charge of the assistant department® of the staff for most of the year. [Page Seventeen]