Cloverdale Union High School - Spectator Yearbook (Cloverdale, CA)

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THE SPECTATOR Faculty W. J. Peters, M. A., Principal .... University of California Social Science, Manual Training Hanna Pierson, M. A.University of Ottawa English, French E. H. Thun, A. B. University of Oregon Mathematics, Science, Physical Education Ethel M. Bowman, A. B.University of California Commercial, Physical Education Eleanor a Tyrrell, A. B.University of California Spanish, History, Physical Education Leona L. Bradford .Mills College Music BOARD OF TRUSTEES R. B. Hall, President Mrs. O. C. Williams, Cler Mr. Paul Pellegrini R. S. Burrough Mrs. R. M. Horn M

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WE, THE STAFF OF THE SPECTATOR, DEDICATE THIS ISSUE TO OUR MOST BELOVED PRINCIPAL, MR. W. J. PETERS, FOR HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS AND FAITHFUL HELP WITH OUR WORK DURING OUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.

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THE SPECTATOR Our Problem hat is honor? Who are “honor students,” in the true sense of the word? Possession of the characteristics necessary to win the insignia of academic achievement displayed by these schoh ars indicates high probability for success in the various fields of commerce, industry and invention. T he true “honor student” is not a mere book worm. He is not doomed to mediocrity or to failure in the practical affairs of life because he studies while his associates busy themselves “getting by” that they have more time for fun. Parents, what kind of student do you want your child to be? Do you want him to be in the group of “honor students”or in the group of “ getting by” students? Do you realize that he will be in the same group tomorrow and through life that he is in today unless something definite is done to cause the change. If you are satisfied with the child’s present accomplishments, habits and attitudes, then something must be done to counteract influences that tend to pull him down. On the other hand, if you hope for your child to be mentally and morally conscious of the idea toward which he should strive, something definite must be done to arouse that consciousness and stimulate those desired ideas. Psychologists tell us that consciousness operates primarily in directing movements and controlling human behavior. But the danger is that the unfolding power from within the child and the ever pressing environment from without, will wreck the human machine while conscience lies dormant or sleeps at the wheel. We, as parents and teachers, need to be ever conscious of the fact that child life is real life. The children must be led to see that it is not just a state or condition in which they exist for a period of twelve or eighteen years, and then by some process of metamorphosis awake to find themselves good, responsible, intelligent men and women. They are living today, not just getting ready to live later; hence they are responsible for their char¬ acter, their moral growth, their self-control and their social efficiency. They need to get the idea that the parents and the teachers are not “joy killers” but are simply helpers pointing out the better paths in the journey of Jjf I repeat, child life is real life, child life is busy life, child life will be what the home, the church and the school make it by their rewards and punish- ments. hi