Battle Creek Central High School - Paean Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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THE PAEAN 09 Page 2I ,, f 9, . gain. -- ,. I V 'iw A yt -' l . U . M-mn -' 5 , ,AWQZYZMIIIMI N -- i53'F?5i77n:' 1. ':: f 'M' Q W A ...- l- vs: -Q p I . j -1-. 2 ? -3- '. 7-'fff'-:4.?? :nd-V4 A W- N - Q, T I E 2' A - g - l gg - It A soar or RoUND-UP or THINGS WHICH You oUcHr TO HAVE DONE. AND DlDN,T VVELL, in the first place you should have supported the school better in athlet- ics. The football season was almost a failure, through the meager gate receipts, though they managed to pull through somehowg but baseball never bothered the treasurer of the Athletic Association in the least, as it produced no money to cause him worry. The large sale of season tickets was so encouraging to the Associa- tion, and nothing was so instrumental to the success of the team as the immense crowds of loyal fans and rooters who cheered them on to victory. As the picture on the office door showed, the home game with Lansing was so well attended that we only lost the paltry sum of about twenty-one dollars on the total expenses. Nothing is so encouraging to a manager as a little debtg it makes him all the more industrious, and puts him on his mettle, so to speak. How many accompanied the teams on their outside trips? Gne or two, and reporters at that. This much-A abused class possesses one virtue, that of faithfulness. Did anybody take an interest in track? Not that we can discover. This is the shame of the school today, that it does not support its own activities. Battle Creek is famed for this very thing throughout the state, if fame it may be called. Notoriety is the more appropriate term. Upon the High School alone rests the responsibility of removing this reproach to our fair city. It was the same

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THE PAEAN, '09 Page 22 in music, Miss Bear was constantly lamenting the lack of in- terest shown in things musical by the High School pupils. So many excellent and famous musicians were presented to the ,X public of Battle Creek this year that it seems a pity that a Q N part, at least, of the students could not have attended a portion L. xx X X ' K, of the programs. It would be to the advantage of the High X School to shake off this phlegmatic stolidness, and for once in the history of their quiet existence, do something really wo rth while. , . .....- X5 . IMPORTANT Aovica TO THOSE THINKING SERIOUSLY OF QUITTING scHooL: DoN'T Nothin seems so .eas a solution of a bo is troubles as to leave school and o 8 , D Y Y , 8 to Work. Now omitting those few who are really forced through sickness or death to leave school and seek employmentbof ,some sort, in order to support a dependent family, there is no real excuse for a oy s inability to keep up with the pace of this school existence, and procure for-himself a good, serviceable education. There is no denying that there IS value in an educationg it surely can't do any harm, and it possibly and most probably will be of great valu.e to the recipient. It may be that an education will not help a man in his life's work, although we most earnestly dispute that factg but it surely can be no hindrance. Admittinv that there is no practical value in study,.the. immense gain in culture which ii manlreceives is a gain for all time. Nothing is so democratic as a public schoolg notginlg talgeilthe snfpbbghnessfciut of alpoylor girl sp quickly as brushiqng shouldgs wit t err e ows, ve ays o ie wee . n no p ace is true wort so quic y found out and recognized as in a public school, especially a High School, and in no place can a good character be so easily moulded and developed as here. It is in High School that we first assume responsibility for our acts, and that the strain on our will power is too much for many of us at first is evidenced by the fact that the majority of failures occur in the Freshman year. But life is one vast responsibility, of which the failures mean dire disasterg and repetition of failure, death. It is indeed a serious matter, and a place to teach responsibility is of infinite value to the rising generation. It has been proved time and again, that in the long run the person with an edu- cation has the advantage in the struggle for existence which is being constantly waged about us. In the end the graduate is in control of men, most of Whom have had little or no schooling. The Teutonic race today dominates the globe, it also excels in schools and the means of education. This is not a coincidence, the for- mer fact is dep.endent upon the latter. For those who Hnd school hard, a job will prove harder. In conclusion, we appeal to the boys not to leave school, but to stick it out, for one more year at least. L i