Cranston High School - Cranstonian Yearbook (Cranston, RI)

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FORWARD ! THE CRANSTONIAN Board has aimed this year to publish a book which will give a somewhat complete and entertaining account of the events of the school year and which will at the same time reflect the spirit of our school. This year has been in many ways a progressive one. The Hockey Team has won for the school our fourth hockey pennant, the school has become a member of the Rhode Island Honor Society, our library has increased to over 1200 volumes, a Student Council has been organized by which the students will have a voice in school matters, and the graduates of Cranston High School have organized an active Alumni Association. Yet all through the year we have felt more and more the need of more space and better equipment. Especially we need a larger auditorium, a better lunch room, and a gymnasium. The auditorium is so small that the Freshmen are not able to come to assembly. Last year but few of the closest friends of the Seniors could see them graduate because of the small ca-pacity of the hall. That the lunch room is very inadequate you will discover on reading further -in this book. Because of the crowded condition of our school, Physical Training and Sewing classes have to be carried on at the same time in the auditorium. This leaves the hall practically useless for rehearsals or oral practice in school time. We need an addition to relieve these crowded conditions, and in it we need a gymnasium where all the students can get proper exercise and healthful enjoyment. At present we must do simple exercises in the narrow aisles of the class rooms. All good High Schools of our size are equipped with gymnasiums, and we feel that those who are interested in us should realize that the development of sound bodies and healthy minds is just as important as any other factor school education. But material things alone do not make a school. W'hat is more important is the spirit which permeates it. This spirit is to the school what patriotism is to the nation. Without patriotism our country would be a mere stretch of land, and without school spirit our school would be but a building. Just as our patriotism makes our country something real and dear to us, our schol spirit makes our school real to us and an object of our love.

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Acknowledgments It is evident that the majority of onr students take an interest in their school and believe that they are loyal to it. But it is one thing to talk about school spirit and another to be really willing to work for the good ofthe whole school, even if it means a little personal inconvenience. For example, ive greeted the idea of a Stzldent Uouncil -with enthusiasm and promised it our support, The real test of school spirit will come -when ive are asked to do something to support the council when it begins its activities. In many other -ways ice can express our gratitude to the sources of our intellectual and physical growth. For instance, ice can show a spirit of willingness to do our part in serving -where ice are needed, whether it is in working on comm ittees, in taking a major or minor part in an entertainment, in defending our school from the attacks of others, or in us-ing our initiative to do what ive can towards obtaining a gymnasium. In sending out the CRANSTONIAN, the Board hopes that the material of this book will be an inspiration to the students, alumni, and others who may read it, and that it will create in them, the desire to do everything they can to make Cranston High School the best possible. I go 4.4.4..g..g..g..g..g..g..g..g..g..g. The Cranston-ian Board wishes to take this opportunity to express its appreciation to all those who in any way helped to make this book a success. In particular, we wish to extend our thanks to the artists, whose drawings add much to the appearance of the book, to lVent- worth Massie for his printingg to the class representatives, who were re- sponsible for the material represent- ing their classes, to the Seniors for their work on the personals, espec- ially James Benson, Robert Bolan. Bertha Rydberg, and Dorothy Hamp- song to the contributors of jokes, especially Robert Bolan, Dorothy VanKirk, and Chester VVordeng to Edna Burdett for her help in typingg and to the solicitors of advertise- ments, whose work we have men- tioned in another part of the book. But it is to our Faculty advisers that we owe our greatest debt of gratitude. Miss Kaneis valuable business advice has kept the Crans- ton-ian from any financial difficulties and has made the venture success- ful, and Miss Carpenter's generous use of time and effort has made the book possible.