Berwick High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Berwick, PA)

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THE MIRROR Page 17 AN APPRECIATION We consider this a fitting opportunity to express to our Board of Education our appreciation of the department of Physical Education which they have added to the High School curriculum. We are sorry to have had our Domestic Science de- partment eliminated, but, judging from the attendance at Physical Education classes, just as much, if not more inter- est has been aroused in this new form of education. Then, too, it provides a class wherein the boys as well as the girls will be profited. b So, to the students, go to gym class. Don't cut it be- cause you think you won't like it, but go and find out. We know from experience that it is interesting as well as bene- ficial. And, to the School Board. We thank you. C341 SENIORS Then, last but by no means least, to the Seniors, for somehow, at this time of year, the Seniors seem to be the all important class, both to themselves and to others, Qper- haps more to themselvesl. Little do you now think of your green and callow days as Freshmen, your year as Sophomores making life mis- erable for everyone in general, or your Junior year, when your one ambition in life was to be Seniors. Now you have attained the coveted position of Sen- iors, and have held it for the school year. During this time, you have found that it was not entirely the frolic that you expectfd, but that it encompassed concentrated work pre- paring you for life after High School days. - Now that you are about to enter upon that life, we wisltyou allgfutuure happiness, prosperity andvsuucces-s.

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Page 16 THE MIRROR Editorial C241 CLASS SPIRIT vs. SCHOOL SPIRIT The admitted aim of every class in a high school, of every group in the class, and of every member of every group, is to evince his class spirit to the onlooking world. The methods of proving this possession to the interested or indifferent public Qas the case may bel are many and var- ied. High School students the world over, have had im- pressed upon them time and again by lecturers, essayists, and many others, the importance of, and method of show- ing. class spirit. However, these speakers and writers have failed to prevent very objectionable practices by which some members of every student body Qand we are sorry to admit that ours is not an exceptionl attempt to convince us of their class spirit. For example, at High School games, a certain group considers that their class is not sufficiently represented in the school team. Perhaps they do not believe that they have as much control as is their just due, over the cheering and supporting of the team. Therefore, they acquire a se- vere case of sulks and refuse to help support the teamg either by not attending the games or by attending and re- fusing to cheer with the other students. This is just one example of so-called class spirit. But this certainly is not the proper way to show it. It is not the kind of spirit that builds up a school, but on the contrary, the kind that undermines that more important factor of school life-School Spirit.

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Page 18 THE MIRROR C50 the GICZSS of 1924 In aclclition to Icnowing how a thorough eclucation aicls in increasing the amount opposite one's name on the pau roll, clo uou Icnow that-- Less than I per cent. ot American men have heen college gracluates. Yet this group ot men has turnishecl. 55 per cent. ot our Presidents 54 ot the Vice-Presidents 56 ot the IVIeml3ers ot Congress 6? ot the Secretaries ot State 50 of the Secretaries ot the Treasuru 69 ot the .Iustices ot the Supreme Court Witli no schooling 51 Americans out ot 5,000,000 reach- ed distinction. With elementaru schooling, 808 out ot 55, 000,000 reached clinstinction. Witli high school ecluf a- tion 1,245 out ot 2,000,000 reachecl clistinction. With college eclucation 5,768 out I,000,00 reachecl clistinction U. S. Bureau ot Education IN WI'IO'S WHO 1917 The biographies ot more than 20,000 people are given The percentage is as tollows: College gracluates 59 per cent. other college trainecl 14 percent. 1 No college training '27 percent. Woiivt uou malce up uour mincl to get the hest educa- tion ihat it is possible to have? We want to see qou make ot uour lives the greatest success possilale. Nothing Iess than such success will do tor uou, ancl it it is possible tor us in ang wag to influence or aicl uou to go through college, we want to cIo it. The Qerfwick gtolary Glub