Cooperstown Central School - Reflections Yearbook (Cooperstown, NY)

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THE PATHFINDER EDITORIAL AT thus, our thrrd xssue of the PATHFIXDER, xxe find ourselves facmg an ever mcreaslng need that of more adequate quarters for our groxung school When the school bulldmg xx as erected ln 1908 xt xxas consxdered amply large for years to come Noxx, after fourteen years the school has outgroxxn xts quarters At the begmmng of the school year there were 614 puplls enrolled That number has been conslderably augmented smce then The Hrgh School occupxes not only the study hall but txxo class rooms ln addxtlon The classes are too large There are not a suflicxent number of teachers And xy hy P There IS no room for more classes or more teachers We have no gymnaslum In a school of this slze a gymnaslum IS an essential YVe can not hold school basket ball games IH school for thls reason VVe can not have any large amount of gym equxpment wlthout a place ln xxhlch to use lt Manv of the students ln school xx rsh to fit themselves for xxorlc and yet can not allord a college educatlon or hlgher mstructlon than hugh school work, so we should haxe a commercxal course Practxcally all schools have lI1StlflltCd thls course, and have found rt very satxsfactory because If tends to keep the students m school for a longer txme But rn order to have a commerclal course xxe must have suflicxent space We belleve that the need IS realxzed edxtors, earnestly hope that xxlthm the next few years the dream of a new bulldlng wlll come true LOUISE M WH1TE,'22 Happmess IS the natural outgroxx th of a clear conscxence, a healthy body and a lovmg heart, broad interests also play a great part 1n groxx th of happl ness It ms an eluslxe thxng and the means of finding It vary wxth the mdlvldual Sought for 1ts oxvn sake, lt IS seldom satnsfymg If only we are dolng somethmg daxly for the happmess of others, turnmg our talents and abllxtles to account to better some condxtlons and lxghten some heart, we have found one of the keys to happmess Forgetfulness of Self One of the elements of happmess xs courage m encountermg and sur mountmg xy hat seems msurmountable drlhcultles Whether they be great or small, xy hen conquered they are a source of happmess As a precedent they prove an mcentlve m further battles Plav and relaxation also contrlbute to health and happmess Amuse ments should be complementary to our dallv occupatlons The person xvho slts at a desk all dax xxxll not find that evemngs spent m readmg and movie patronage are as beneficnal to hlm as are more vxgorous recreat1ons On the contrary, one xx ho CXCTCISCS his body constantly durlng the day xull find these very thmgs refreshmg Thus fatlgue of the mmd should be balanced by a wholesome fatxgue of the body, and sleep, brmgs us to the nexv day alwe xuth health and Joy f r ' 7 by all those xvho are in any way connected with the school and xve, the . . 7 . . V . , . V.

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OF 1923 A85 cl A

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THE PATI-IFIlNDER The poyy er of apprecxatlon of beauty IS yery essentral to happmess Per haps one of the most lastmg forms of beauty IS found III good books They are a neyer endxng source of pleasure They tend to amuse, educate and grye us background They strmulate the unagmatlon and make us broadm1nded To read books understandrngly and feelmgly and to be able to dlfferentrate between those that are yy orth careful readlng and those that are not, to Judge those books vylth a broad yleyy polnt IS to have galned a poyyer ot 3ppl'CClZf1Ol'l of beauty yy hxch yy 111 brlng lasting pleasure But of all the beau trful thrngs God has put Ill our llves Loye and Frlendshlp are the most yyonderful Dr Crane says, Happmess IS great love and much servxce PHYLLIS E LAINNIIING, 22 Xvlfll the comlng of June, the eroyy n1ng day of our school career dravys near Commencement has always been a great day a day of frxlls and fancies, and yet a day yy hlch marks the turmng pomt 1n every graduate s lrfe Predommant 1n every senlor s mmd IS the thought of the future and yvhat rt holds ID store for h1m The success of yy hat each shall take for hrs lrfe yy ork ns largely dependent upon the 1nd1v1dual hxmself The fault, dear Brutus IS not our s ars But 1n ourselves that yye are underllngs If yye are unable to go to college for a h1gher educatlon, yve must declde yyhat l1ne of yy ork yye are best fitted to take up and each one must prepare hrmself to be an expert ln yvhatever l1I1C of yy ork he choses The yy ar has taught us that the supply of broadly tra1ned young men and yy omen IS perhaps the greatest smgle element xn the strength of a natxon VVe are at a perxod rn the hrstory of the yy orld yy hen the declsnons of men and yyomen r gardmg thexr lxfe yyork IS of greater xmportance than perhaps, eyer before, and If enough young Amerlcan men and yvomen of abxllty and character make the declslon to take the long road of tralmng as a prepara tlon to meet the problems that are sure to arxse yv1th1n their generatlon, rt IS safe to say that one of the most lmportant elements rn our strength as a nation yy 1ll be provided Perfectron, the keynote of success, must be our motto no camouflage' The members of the class of 22 aspire to be genume men and women yyorthy of thelr crtxzenshlp in thls wonderful country E H DAVIDSON, '22 16 T ' I l Y , ' Y l D - Y ' , Y . Y . . . . Y . Y. . . - , , rc - ' - n v Y , . . . . Y . Y ' 9 . . . . . , . f , , . . . . , . . cr - t l - v - an Y v Y Y Y . . . . Y v . . V 9 . . . V . . V y, V . . , . . Y