Bellefontaine High School - Chant Yearbook (Bellefontaine, OH)

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REFI ECTOR Brt of Analysts Il D rf thc nrorropoly ol the Arrnurl cnjoycd by the exa te l drtor rn C Irrcf rnc rmpcrrtrnt lrusrncss Nlrnacgcr and trred too of merely ccnsorrrrg rnsteacl of orrgrnatrng, the Prrncrpal de rn rnded of the above potcnt rtcs two prffcs rn rlrc I7 Reflector wrth questrons asked Wlrcrr l llllllfftl and lxrc fcr sce the contents ol these two p xgcs and realrze that they were trrclced they may rave rnd rant awhrle but they have becn clorng nothrng else lately so the consequences cannot be serrous Ir may bc well now to statc the Prrncrprl s reason for rnsertrng thcs unbrdden pages Let rt le understood once and for all that the personal were he to choose rndrvrduals for frvors nertlrer boy would come rn as a remote possrbrlrty Rather the purpose rs to treat these fellows as types of l-lrgh School students porntrng cut some marl-.ed characterrstrcs whrch are left to the reader to Judge as to worth Perhaps the most notrceablc trart rn thrs parr of pals rs therr worlcrng loyalty to school and rts varred actrvrtres Each has hrs own marked oprnrons of rll these matters and strcks to thrs oprnron frrmly untrl the reason for chance becomes apparent But thcrern lres an advantage Nerther becomes drswreeable over the mrtter rn questron and nerther holds stubbornly to hrs own way at the expense of the school or group of students concerned Marked abrlrty to carry out an rder oncc presented and to further that rdea by rnrtratrve rs 1 second marked characterrstrc of the boys who have shouldered the burdens of the I7 Reflector Many puprls have the type of rnrtratrve whrch carrres them rnto rmpractrcal unsafe plans of actron but when the ternperrng power of good judgment gurdes orrgrnalrty those who are responsrble for the school feel secure ere r s 1 r t w rrc r contro s vote gettrnf' rn g Scrool lxrndly rllow tlrc wrrtcr of thrs artrclc to grvc rwav thrs secret as rt rs revealed rn thesc two fellows who have been notable examples of vo c gctters rn thcrr Hr lr School I f rcrc rs no secret l rank owen frrendshrps not lrmrted to a few but wrdely extended act as the leavcn whrch causes popularrty to rrse llomcr and Charles have been good mrxers from therr entrance rnto our school lhey have not known the meanrng ol exclusrcn and snoblrrslrne s rnd 0 when therr names havc been up for office a mayorrty of the voters have always seen Hr to do the frrcndly act and vcte rn therr frvor lhat rs a lesson whrch must be learned by those of our number who would stand at the head of the varrous student bodres ln closrnv the lrst of charrctc rr tcs rt rs well to mentron the tend ency of our subjects toward clean wholesome fun lxhe wrrter can declare from experrence that the rrght sort of glee abounds rn them and takes as keen delrght rn trrckrne them bv a mrschrevous prank as they scem to take rn retalatrng lhrs tendency toward fun should be m every young person as long as rt r bounded and Uurded rnto the lrmrts whrch do not rnterfere wrth the work whrch rs the pathway to success That the loys w ho have brocght thrs Annual to completion rn addrtron to represertrng the school successfLllv rn rnter school contests and mam tarrrmv good Grades rn the classroom rs sufhc ent proof that fun has not barred work from therr lrncs as students It the readers of the Il Reflector sho rlfl notrce any concet d veloprng rn the Fdrtcr rn K href rd llusnress Manager as a result of trrs dr cussron of therr merrts the Prrncrpal trusts that such concet vvrtl sccn he turned to a humble realrlatron that thev have been treated merelv 'rs the dummv forms on whrch a clothrer drsplavs hrs woods and that should they step out from the qualrtres whrch thev have been sard to possess they would have as lrttle to recommend them as these lrfeless figures . x 'Y 4 .J ' ' ' ' 7 I'-0 I c ' 2 ' A ' Cl ls Qiilcl lr Iac' it St'c c' ' ' AA -A I cn A l't gl' -A-l 4 I' 'z lx' Q ' ' . , QI . 'A t ' ' A 'fr A.. Q ' , - z -c ' to-.' ' -' ' 'A 'Ano tf- ' A Ag ' ie, 'Il '. , ' . . I , J' - I. I -' ' x wi ' 1 Q V V .1 , ' . I . . ' .' , ,.. , ' . . V . M U 4 l K l K , C A I . . ' I .. . V 5 . V f' ' ' f 1 r . ' A , A ' W - ' ' ' I I u f cl 4 ai , xl A s . S .Y S., 2 S ' I . I N AA A' . . , . . -A - r 'r Z I ' 1 I. 5 ' ' . 2 ' ' s ' r ' ' 2 2 5 5 K 'ge V 5 equation played no part. Wrtlr each he has argued and quarreled until, ' . f' . . . . . r Q- K E W, - Y V - , on ., ,'z.vs1.' ' V D - , I , . A , I A. . . l f l I I I 7, W I A A - A ' of t 5 ' ' - ,, D Q' AQ. 'i ' . , c .1 D ' 2 . f ' ' ,A A U . A L A 'K , . - 4 K ' ' h I L ' - ' . c c v . .I . '. - Y 'W V h ,H - B , K , K 1 , H . ht. V. . . D c ' , ' ' c A . . c - - r A D s . Y . ' I Q lla V 'n V I n.

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CHARLES L BALLINGLR HOMIR W KIEFER Edlf0l zn Clmf Buszness Manczgnr la

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