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Page 17 text:
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THE PURPOSES OF HIGH SCHOOL “In the lives of most people the years between fourteen and eighteen are of utmost significance for it is during these years that most youths acquire habits and attitudes, make decisions, have experiences, acquire friendships, which for better or worse, will determine their happiness and success during the remainder of their lives. Secondary schools are maintained to the end that young people may, during these important years, live their lives richly and wholesomely, learn about themselves, their fellows and the world they live in, become seekers after truth, and helpers in the common cause. While some of the students of the Columbus High School have not taken full advantage of their opportunities yet many graduates of this school have won distinction and a host of others are bravely and success¬ fully carrying on the work of the world. It should be the first duty of everyone connected with this school to protect the chance of every student to attain scholarship, self mastery, worthy ideals, and a proper regard for the rights and welfare of others.” Mr. Donald Dushane. Our schools prepare youth to take up adult living; but life is com¬ plex. Our greatest thoughts and our smallest actions are conditioned by our inheritance from the past and by our contemporary environment. Plato, Magellan, Washington, Jefferson, Mendel, Edison, Ford—shape our daily lives. Athens, Rome, Nazareth, London, Paris, New York—all dominate Columbus, Indiana. This complexity of influence, however, is focussed simply enough upon a single purpose—the enlightenment and well being of mankind. It would seem that scholarship, the learning of these civiliz¬ ing forces, would be the sole fundamental of our schools. And it would, if youth were to be trained for observance rather than for participation. But the actual living of life demands in addition to scholarship, or learning, the other great qualities which have characterized the contributive efforts of men and of cities toward civilization. These qualities the National Honor Society For Secondary Schools has recognized and emphasized. Columbus High School is proud to work under the keystone marked banner of the organization and to give primacy to scholarship, character, leader¬ ship, and service. Mr. Harley E. Talley. Page thirteen
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WHY THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY? Many ask the relation between an Honor So¬ ciety and high school. We endeavor to make this relationship clear. In order to show some recognition to students who possess attributes which are the foundation of a successful life, The National Honor Society was formed. The purpose of the organization is to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to de¬ velop character. These four objectives are not the only ones, but they do form a basic foundation on which schools should stand. By instilling these principles and honoring those who possess them, National Honor Society furnishes an impetus for learning and a goal to be attained. Page fourteen
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