Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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4 COURIER 'I SILENT proof of the progress of Boise High School is given A by the new central section of the school proper, which was constructed during the year 1921-1922, at an approximate cost of fF275,000, and will be ready for occupa- tion next September. It is a three-story white pressed-brick building, suggestive of the ancient Grecian architecture, with imposing columns of Ionic design at the facade. Above the entrance, in the cen- ter of the stone pediment, the head of l'lato, the famous Greek philosopher and founder of the Academic school, is chiseled in high relief. The face of Plato was made from a model which the sculp- tor took from the original bust of Plato. in bronfe, which now stands in the Museo Nazionale, Naples. Around the face of Plato is carved a circular laurel wreath. with talilet at the top, and out- side are cut in circular form four words in Greek, which, translated, are the four virtues which Plato taught: VVisdom, Courage, Self-Control, and Justice. The dominating feature of the new sec- tion is the large auditorium with a seating capacity of 1500, a stage. dressing rooms and orchestra pit large enough to handle all high school productions. Large windows on either wall, which eliminates the necessity of electric lighting for day- time use, is a feature of the aduitorium itself. The proscenium arch will be of extreme beauty, holding cast and mod- eled figures in relief, the central figure of which will be the Muse of Comedy. The departments to be accommodated by the new section will be the enlarged school library, the Principal's and Assist- ant Principal's offices, supply rooms, the book room, the English and History departments, and the Art and Music departments. The radio station and equipment will be quartered underneath the stage in the auditorium, where a room has been especially designed for it. The construction of this latest addition to the Independent school district build- ings is the result of the combined efforts, vo-operation and vision of the citizens of Boise, school authorities, students and faculty. It now completes one of the finest high school buildings in the Northwest. The environment furnished by such a magnificent structure as this, should indeed be an inspiration to both students and faculty alike, and should also prove an unusual object of community pride to the townspeople.

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Nm ard COURIER lution who uttered the grim count beside the guil lotine were insignificant mutterers compared to the methodically insistent years TXVENTY-TVVO. The last examinations are QW? NVEDNTY-TWO. The knitting womeniof the Revo: Qi B . . i. ' J'- iiifeywlifii your books and over. XVe graduate tomorrow, let us say. Com- mencement week comes to a close. You pack up turn them in. recollecting that some of them held up pretty well. You walk down through the halls among the masses of students. The brother-seniors seem to reflect that same air of superiority. You notice things that before had been a matter-ol- course. You meet a number of friends .... . . . Gee, my cap and gown fits like a sack .... VVell, I guess we do it tomorrow. . . . Hardly seems like four years, does it? . . . And so on. It occurs to you that you have suddenly become sentimental, but you carefully conceal it. Everybody is in a hurry to go. Some will go on the farm for a hard summer's work. Others in the moun- tains. Some will work in town, and then there will be those who will live the life of leisure and luxury, fat the expense of the folks j, and later journey up to the lakes, to mingle with the four hundred. TVVENTY-TWO. To you it is the single class. Those that have gone before and those that shall follow will be marked only by their relation to it. How foolish, you tell yourself, but the reproof merely serves to strengthen the belief by giving a doubt consideration. TWENTY-TVVO. A jumble of thoughts usurps your mind, one succeeding another with amazing rapidity, but with small semblance of reason .... Your knee pants arrival in school, the first feeling of manhood . . . a scrub on the football squad . . . the first visit to the Principal's sanctum . . . wearisome days in class rooms . . . school spirit . . . the significance of the laws of diminishing returns . . . the desire of girls for a different male . . . realization of your own similarity. . . . TWENTY-TWO. You are exceptional in your own silent estimation alone. Your predecessors left you this inheritance that has become a part of you, but with your leaving the inheritance goes on. Each class, to its members, appears the chief and signifi- cant accomplishment of the school. TOMORROW-Twenty-three, then twenty-four, twenty-five. six, seven, eight . . . and so on till recollection tires and memory runs to the contrary.

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t'OU1lIlCll THE SCHOOL YEAR Foreword 'l'o the Class of '22: Your final year has been one of the most eventful in the history ot lioise lligh School. XYe began it in crowded quarters, amid the con- fusion of building construction, with the largest enrollment ever registered in the institution and due to financial stringency throughout the country, operation has neces- sarily been on an economy basis. ln spite of limitations and difficul- ties, we can already look back upon the year l'12l-V122 as a year of real progress. Hur achievements are the result uf intense effort and co-operation. XYitness. the football victories in athletics, the Hohemian Girl in music. the R. U. 'lf C. in service. the successful class room work in the long llonor Rolls. The pro- gram itself has been an inspiration. llut more striking than the pro- gram has been the spirit of its execution. Hur faculty accepted the hard conditions of the year with cheerfulness and determina- - tion. XYith classes already well CHARLES F. DIENST filled, teachers added approximate- AS Hs 1100148 Afff'1 1'hfGr YHIYS in . . in.-1 H'g:'h s-h 1 ly two hundred pupils to their IN I L lm rolls the second semester. Students have assumed responsibility for their school on every hand. ln emergencies they have even tiaken their teachers' places. 'l'hrough the adoption of the llome Room lliepresenta- tive system the Council has extended student government to the entire school. ln response, Boise High School has gone a long way toward the realization of its ideals of citizenship. l'arents, too, have organized this year to support the high school. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge the help of many civic organizations in our city. 'l'he very difficulties of the year have brought us all-teachers. students, parents and citizens-into closer association in our common task. Working together has taught us mutual respect and confidence. Xte have given our best to school work. .Xt the same time we have learned lessons of life this year which will enable us to carry on for noble citizenship in the republic. Members of the class of '22, Boise lligh School, will long remember your loyal leaderslnp. XVe believe you have already given evidence ol your success in the future. And whatever the call, we shall expect In find you true to the high ideals of Boise lligh School. Sincerely yours, Q'H.'XRl.l2S lf. lJlliNS'l'. March 15, 1922. Principal.