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

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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

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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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THE MIRROR Page 19 .Hterary Ncsleepyf' Cf.Q2illz'am5 Qlorolfvy Stout .24 He weighed two hundred and thirty pounds and his shoulders scraped an ordinary doorway when he passed through. He regarded a six-footer as more or less of a runt. A tremendous youth was John Clarence Williams, and at first glimpse of him crossing the Westmore campus the football captain forgot an important engagement and sprinted in pursuit of the prize. The interview was brief and unsatisfactory. Captain Fred Varney, a morose person of very few words, grasped the arm of the boyish colossus and exclaimed: Freshman squad reported yesterday. - Where were you? Th1'ee o'clock this afternoon. Be there sure. What Prep school? Did you play? John Clarence Williams gazed down good-naturedly at the gaunt, almost insignificant figure of the greatest of end rushers, and answered, in a lazy booming voice: The masters made me play at school. I didn't like it, and I guess I can get along without any football in col- lege, thank you. Football doesn't propose to get along without you, growled Varney. You look less clumsy than most of these great big over-grown infants. Aren't you ashamed of yourself ? Not a bit of it, grinned the freshman. There is some distinction in it when a man of my size refuses to be all bunged up on a football field. This extraordinary sentiment so annoyed Varney, flfwliose temper was by no means pacific, that he retorted: Your class will rlisown you. I thought you were a man, you useless carload of blubberf' You are keeping me from a recitation, said John Clarence Williams, still with the same vast amiability. As he spoke he put out a hand. It no more than touched Varney on the chest and he sat down so abruptly