Cattaraugus High School - Caravan Yearbook (Cattaraugus, NY)

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THE ANNUAL the Hrgh School tnd xx ho enter some busrness or callrng at once Let us consrder the practrcal benefits of 1 llrgh School educ'1 tron to thrs latter class We shall first consrder the young farmer In school l1e leanns about nrachmes, then operatron and the frdx 'rntages to b derry ed from them He also studres the eler ents of the ear tn and therr drfferent forms He learns xy hy the land rs hrlly or level 'md the nature of drfferent sorls, resultrng therefrom Thus he le'1rns to knoxx xxlr at xxrll thrrve best m drfterent places If he knoxxs these facts he wrll le more rnterested rn farmmg on account of hrs knowledge and rf he rs rnterested hf xvrll be more efhcrent 'md have better success The trrrner xx ho does not have the xxrse rnterest rn 11'ltlll6tll'lt educatron grxes rs at a great drsadvantage for IO hnn N'1tl1l e yyrll not 'md cfm not be made to reveal her secrets VVhat he knoxxs of rnachmes 'md of the scrence of frgrrculture he has had to learn mostly from expe renee and experrence rs alxxays costly for the m'rJo11tv Farm lrfe IS alxx ays more or less rsolcrted and lonelmess rs one of the burdens eyen rn thrckly settled sectrons to say nothrng of the eondrtrons m sparsely settled drstrrcts Therefore we must eonsrder the lonelmess of the xyrfe Sl e rs truly the lrelpmate 'Ind learns early urtb ner husband the countlcss needs of the farm If thc husband IS educrted he xxrll brrng lr tle comforts such 'ls bool s, magavlnes and papers rnto thc hornc to xx h1le 'wx ry the lonely hours Fhese xx rll not onlx grxc plcarsure there xyomen nr tlns country who do not cnyoy rc rdrn f md xx h rt better occupatron rs there for the spare moments th m the pcr us'1l ofthe xx rrtmgs of the best authors' I et us consrder the store keeper next In school he has had courses rn arrthmetrc, rn book keeprng, 'md ll1 rudmrent'rry bus mess practrce Thus he has learned the x frlue of tccuracy md svstem and has become ffunrlmr xvrth the elements of busrnt ss lVhen he rs rn school the future store keeper yxrll h'1xe to use courtesy 'md gentlemanly conduct He xx rll learn hoxx to talk pleasantly 'md so mu, rpproqch hrs Lllstfllll r xxlr-n he rs rn IS store A n 'Ire on Joys groxxn tr hc xxr lr learned to ttlk to lnterest lns customers on some subrcct com mon to both We m xy compare 1 s orc kcc cr o rn rr st as I rece ot stone IS put rn o rn xc n mc tnocxcc trout unt l the 'rnfflcs lre 'founded off s 1 xxrth t e nt ne 1 ch mt rn school the amglcs xxlll be knocked off md he xx rll lc lx c school the more polrslred nr tn J ' 5 ' 'x ' ,' z ' .' X . - si I c -4- ' -.i H, , L 'Ax ' A - c . ' V . L. ' A, . S ' . . . S. vhs lu I vu, ' X - - I - 51 . . in - xx 1 Rf ' Y ,'Y, ' . I. ' K . c ,L ' ' . A. - . , 1 ' '. c 'c , n n v YS 1 . s. L Q . 1 A. Q c .1 c 1 Q H7 'Y s' ' sk. v' U xl 1 'lt 4 V L c c .4 4 ' 7. ' ' .i 4 x.'.' ' .X 3 1 . 4 xr v. '. .Y -' .' x r ,' If r. 4 1. .' 1 4 .4 l V' ' ' V . K YI ' Q 1. I ' vl Y I Yi Al ' ' and profit to the husband but also to the wife-for where are Y - 'I' x I ' 'XI D r I ' ' ' ' S . ' , J 1 1 '- ' 3 K , V. A ' 'l ' V, lf ao., s si v L , L Y i Q v, L V K v L. H I 4' i': ' .X as 'c ' h' , . S, Mile l ' ly l J ' ' zll , 1 ll ave . ' z ' . 1 St l 1lx'l :L z 'ble. Ju: ' xr p' - 1 ' t rr 1 -hi e 1 l l' -l' -l zl i . N 13: r lr, f r ' rn? - x I : I I- s K xi. V' Y s - sq I 1' ,Z v