Bay View High School - Oracle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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G. A. Fritsche

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I i LIFE AT STCHOOL T IS A KNOWN FACT that the life of a conscientious student is a strenuous one. The demands upon time and energy are numerous and prolonged. The innate meaning of the word student itself indicates that a person engaged in the intensive pursuit of knowledge is prompted by a desire to gain the maximum amount of learning with the greatest possible benefit to himself, not at all ter- minating with the period of formal school attendance, but continuing throughout life while gaining a livelihood. Thus it is that a student never completes his worlc, for he is constantly seelcing higher' levels and more distant goals. Anoted philosopher once said in substance that the purpose of life lies not in the attainment of a single objec- tive but in the perpetual striving for an ever- u n fold i ng series of attainments, regardless of whether it be in the domain of the material or of the spiritual . . . And yet withal, school life presents many phases deviating in no small degree from so serious a trend of thought, many of them enlivening the scene to a point of mirth and laughter. Why should it not be so? Life is earnest without a doubt, but the element of humor tempers many a situation and adds zest, cheer, and relaxation to the otherwise tedious habit of worlc alone. The wit need not be grotesque in form nor satirical in intent to be relished, on the contrary the rather mild, good-natured fun, preferably impersonal, constitutes the most enjoyable expression thereof. An amusing inci- dent, a clever pun, a pointed story, a lively ditty, a telltale slcetch, any or all of them will relieve the monotony of routine, contribute to our joy of the hour, and, as many people hold, add to the years of our lives . . . For variation, then, from the conventional preach- ment of preceding years we aslc the indulgence of the patient reader in the contemplation of this epistle de rerum natura as pertaining to life at school. ,JMQQZQL

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Miss SCHURIELL Mics. MEYER Miss STU1ass1 The Office ROM SEVEN FORTY-FIVE A.M., the time of the pushing out of the perambulator Qmore familiarly known as the never-to-be-taken-from- the-oflice iilesj. and the snatching of keys from hooks No. 26 and No. 38 on the keyboard at eight-eleven until five o'clock RM.. when Jack on the mourners' bench promises never to throw another spit ball, and Mr. Manton has wiped his dewy brow after his tenth check of blue cards, our office is no place for those who seek repose in Miss Schumell's sweet smile as she says, Report three mornings at eight o'clock, or refreshment from Miss Stuessi's familiar request, VVill you send Esther H- to the oflice P VV e are, at times, tempted to tune in on Miss Schlueter's dissertation on late excuses, or Mrs. Meyerls oration on truants, but there are report cards to inspect. blue and yellow cards to initial and check with scholarship record cards Qthose of the sacred filenj, Miss Sennett's suggestions for our home reading to peruse. and so on until there is just one more item which demands our signature-the large yellow sheet which comes once a month. XX-'ho says this is only a cruel, workaday world? BALANCING THE Books PAGE 'l'w12NTY-EIGHT