Cranston High School - Cranstonian Yearbook (Cranston, RI)

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-V--L..-.4 .w Q I ' t S ff ,,',.v Nl.. gizw , 1.5 'P A , ig 2' if 91 li lm 1 . 1 , f' AS VVE LEAVE The publication of a CRANSTONIAN is the last good deed a graduation class as a whole can do for Cranston High School. It is because of this belief that the class of 1925 has attempted by gath- ering material from every other class to make this year's book show more than ever the activities and spirit of the student body at the present time. It will be observed that the past year has been a year of rapid development. In fact, during the four years we have been in Cran- ston, many improvements have been made. The library has grown from approximately 500 to 2,000 volumes. Physical training has been changed from the dull ten-minute drills twice a day to snappy two-minute exercises before every class with a well balanced forty- minute period of drills and games once a week. Both boys and girls now have a permanent athletic coach, hired solely for that purpose. Hockey pennants were hung in the hall in 1922 and 1923. During our first two years Cranston had a prosperous debating team, which won a cup from East Providence in 1922. The school joined the Rhode Island Honor Society two years ago and since then has added many worthy members. .Last, and perhaps most important of all. the Student Council, formed in our Sophomore year, has progressed rapidly, controlling corridor traffic and developing both class and home-room organizations. The outlook for the future, therefore, with the expectation of a new building soon, is very bright. However, there is much that we should like to remain to see done. Absolute satisfaction with existing conditions should be con- stantly guarded against. .The improvements which we have but begun need to be expanded, while others need to be started. The Thyrsus Club plays are excellent, but some system should be devised whereby more students might take part in dramatics. .Along with this, public speaking should be encouraged by debates in the class- room and in the hall, which would lead to the revival of debating societies. As there are many who can not dance, an occasional class social should be held which would give every one a. chance to make new friends and perhaps to learn to dance. A student committee should be appointed to plan student programs for Monday morning assemblies. Pupils should be chosen to help in the library, taking charge of the bulletin board, advertising new books, suggesting books that should be read on various occasions, and doing other services there. The library would then have the atmosphere of a school pos- session appreciated and controlled by the students. In fact, there are ldlvkt .www V ,sigma-. 2.e.iaslr:si.w:

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:Sl ld: till l I Y 2-1. ,- mill Ltli lei ps ,v- l 'I is 4.2- .ei 553 will 5-! .ilk 'f isa .fda T E lil 9 I I P' l fig? ll 5 TQ tp gg., Z many other matters the students could and should effectively handle The way to practically all of these acttuttzes lies tn the power of the Student Council But to obtain them only broad mznded stu dents with the destre to make their school better should be elected to the Counczl Two dangers ln particular should be auorded in the electron of representatives that of electing a student merely because of a high scholastic standing and that of electtng a student because of popularzty Either of these types ts apt to have too much znterest rn other subjects The best representative ts the one wzllzng to glue up tzme to study the situations that come before a Student Council A Council of actwe thinkers acttng on tts own znztzatzve could soon brmg about changes such as those suggested The Student Council should buzld on the respect of the pupils and in so dozng prosper Realzzzng the broadened minds we have obtained through con tact wzth our fellow students under the guidance of our teachers we believe that those who followzng us undergo the same changes will want to carry on the work we have started With the sincere belief that both students and alumnae are working toq better condztzons rn their school the 1925 CRANSTONIAN Board wzll feel justly re paid for its strenuous labors zf thts edztzon of the CRANSTONIAN spurs them on to greater efforts TO A FIREFLY Fireily, thou tiny bearer of the light, The light of blue and green, Why dost thou flit unseen O'er the dewy lawn at twilight? 'Mid the sweet-briar roses thy lamp so bright Shines with a silver sheen. Torch of the fairy queen Is thy clear lantern at night. O Firefly, art thou a star Dropt from the deep, blue sky, Lost on this green earth of ours? Is that why thou gleam'st in hollyhocks far? Search not for thy home on high, But stay in this land of flowers. DOROTHY LEE CHAMPLIN. 5 -, .,-f x '-ni-x:lK' 'gal , X 5 ay Q 1 FK' . -'yi' 'e 1 , 1' , 1 - 5 A, lg 'xi , xxx! , l 1 ll ill l ' '. QJ5 C124 f-QD?