Chandlersville High School - Yearbook (Chandlersville, OH)

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Jima Maier Here there were friendly, helping hearts Our lives to guide When ever we had need--they were Always at our side. Our lives are broadened, bettered By the days spent here. The countless hours of knowledge gained We'11 hold most dear And now departing we look back, We bid farewell What we shall do in years to come Only time can tell. 3

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The 1948-'49 issue of the Chahiscan is dedicated to a hope for a better Chandlers- ville High School. Publication of a school annual for the first time in recent years has been quite a struggle. With all of its shortcomings and its criticisms it still is a begin- ning. , There are three major obstacles which determine our hope for a better high school. The first of these is a lack of school spirit and school pride among the students. To be sure, you have school spirit toward the team and a loyalty to your school at baseball and basketball games. This kind of school spirit is a loud and noisy type and at best is of a temporary nature. Do you think you are really loyal to your school? Did you ever stop a classmate from destroying your school property? Did you ever defend your school a- gainst lies and malicious gossip which circulates about it? Did you ever put aside your own selfish ideas and co-operate for the great good for your classmates? Did you ever take a stand against the vandalism, against thievery, against gossip to protect your school? These are the real evidences of your school spirit. The second obstacle to a better school lies in certain areas of your community. There are people who can find nothing good to say about your school. If there is nothing to twist and to distort they will make up some wild story and pass it around as gossip. This sort of thing is destroying your school. There are too many people who enjoy telling falsehoods about your classmates, your teacher and yourself. It is no idle prediction to say that unless they revive a good school spirit among the students and among the citizens of the community, Chandlersville High will be just a memory. We cannot expect good teachers to stay in our school and new equipment to be sup- plied us if we haven't enough gumption to protect these things from those who would des- troy it. The day is coming when each of us will have to take a stand for or against it. If there are more against us, there will be no C. H. S. on the hill. It will require money, time and effort to win this battle for survival. Here is recorded an incident by one of your classmates who found that C. H. S. is a much better place than some folks want you to believe. The parents of the students at Rich Hill School said, join school districts with Chandlersville? I should say notf After a few years, the students will all be going to Chandlersville to school. It's bad enough to have to send them to high school there. Those were the comments when the subject of joining school districts was brought up. Where did they hear things that turned them a- gainst Chandlersville? From the high school students who were gripes and grouchesf Whenever you asked a student about it all you would hear were com- plaints. Before I came here, I was prepared to hate it. My aunts who had gone here had never liked it very well. I wanted so much to go to New Concord. Now, after being here a year, I wouldn't go to New Concord if given a chance. Maybe C. H. S. doesn't have all the modern facilities but there are several schools who have less. I like the principal, all the teachers, all my classmates, and I love the school. You may be sure to see me back next year. So you see each time you run down C. H. S. to someone you do yourself and your community impairable damage, Each of us can make it a better school by saying- some- thing good about it. Will you try to make our hope come true? Show your school spirit now, today and tomorrow. Z

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