D T Watson Home for Crippled Children - Sunny Hill Yearbook (Leetsdale, PA)

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Junior High School Character Building - Ccontinuedl Obedience -- Mary Ann Huston Obedience is a virtue we should all possess. No child is too young to acquire it. There is no time in life when we can disregard it. If we do not obey nature we are made to suffer. If we disobey the laws made by man we are punished. Obedience should be learned in early childhood, otherwise during youth and later life unhappiness will be our let. It is not uncom on for our little girls to disobey because they have not acquired the virtue of obedience. 1. The older Sunny Hill girls are very obedient. The Junior High School girls ad- ' mire them and want to follow in their footsteps. Trustworthiness -- Viola Panceroff It is wise to be trustworthy. Before anyone is entrusted with responsi- bility or with the property of another he generally has proven his trustworthi- ness in many little ways. Governments and employers check this quality in prospective employes. Sunny Hill girls understand its importance. Their cup- boards and stand drawers are without locks. They leave some of their most treasured possessions on their beds when they go elsewhere in the building. Because their companions are trustworthy these articles are not touched. Ive to our trustworthiness the staff has made very few rules to govern our conduct. 'P' N N 1, fc, fx ,fl vi piggy, lnflymx :dk y sus Y he oe , Y X , fki f!452S:b,fL.ilf:fAM XT,'H --NaxxgfihgigilgbxndiINK?XX T f 'XX ,rf X mwwvxdibvif we f .BJ I ,. X.,- S t ,fb Nd L we Ae W f W Jw-:stint if few mba s, v vlan we-ss. sf vhs Mwysifhix FQ at vc t Health -- Dolores Johanning ' It may be that we admire the older girls because of their cheerful dispo- sitions. They find the bright side of every situation and can offer a helpful y word almost any time. A healthy body makes a healthy mind. These girls have l made it a habit to observe the simple rules of good healthy living. They ex- E ' ercise regularly, eat temperately, get sufficient rest, balance their time with 1 work and play and have the reward of being both healthy and happy. l , 1 Ambition and Industry -- Naomi Nassif N Ambition and industry are characteristics of our elder girls. M . Lin- f, coln, Mr. Edison, M . D. T. Watson and thousands of other men have contributed ,Lt V to the progress of our country because of their ambition and industry. v Without ambition no project is ever undertaken. Without industry none is i completed. Lacking these two qualities we could never publish the Sunny Hill World nor produce a play. Each pupil must possess ambition and be industrious or she will not master the work required in her grade vin promotion. 1 It a c and consequently will not

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1--Q..-Qty CM mf Aid H Bti I e ffnl M l ki? ffx x X 'QQ Q 4 , N'-Xi . i K l l4A'Xi'X2 .L v-,,,,,,,,,,. -EXFILL5 Qylsw F A 25 Junior High School Character Building The Junior High School girls of Sunny Hill have been working on a problem for several months. School children always look with envy to the class ahead and long for the day when they can be in that grade. Never do they look beck to the days that are gone. The most coveted goal is High School. Pupils in the seventh and eighth grades at Sunny Hill look with admiration upon the Sen- ior High School girls and live for the time when they will be permitted to join the ranks of the older girls. What is this distinctive quality in Senior High School girls which ele- vates them in ones estimation? Here are suggested answers given by the nine girls in Junior High School. Courtesy and Service -- Ruth Ann Price Being courteous and being of service are qualities of great importance at k d to Sunny Hill. Many times on Sundays and some times on week days we are as e take visitors through the building. Of course we try to be courteous and help them understand the things that they see otherwise they will go away with a bad impression of us. We learn to be courteous and to be of service to our doctors - that we and our nurses because they ere here to help us better our conditions so d Courtesy to our teachers is another may look forward to going home some ay. 511115 we all try to remember. They are helping us with our education and we are greatly indebted to them. We try as best we can to be courteous to the many others who daily serve us in performing the chores which o household of one hundred children makes necessary. Of course the older girls know more about being courteous and being of Service than we do. This is one way in which we went to become more like them as we enter Senior High School. Resourcefulness and Self-reliance -- Dorothy Brim' N I N We do not sec the older girls sitting about Saying, I don t know beta cgi I C0I1 b. They have developed a characteristic called reseurcefulnoss on by this find a way of accomplishing desired results. There are PCOPU? lfhfoh m Cannot make their own way ner take czire of themselwiee. WOud3q13-gr O an , - erson S L -1 d we do not want to be like them. A resourcefghoid without turning Constant- reliant. He has faith in himself and can forSG ' , . d -t t' , nccggggfy OI' WC V111 I'1Ot 15' o his friends for help. These quell ics are t work hand-in-hand mth good characters. Resourcefulness and self-reliance JMS C00PGro.tion or group living will be difficult.

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J Junior High School Character Building - Icontinuedj Patriotism and Loyalty -- Mary Novak- Patriotism is one thing every child and adult should have. We are prou of our country and the principles for which it stands. All citizens vhe na ive born or naturalized should live up to the established standar s. re are many things related to patriotism. We should be leya to our coun ry, re- s ect our f , take care of' the eople who nee elp, and teach the things - hat should e taught. A of' us should be courageous, play fair, and e 4 telligently If we wish to serve our coun ry we need not think unlfindly about other countries order o e patr otic toward our own. The Sen or , asses of' 1911-1 an 942 have material y e ressed their patriotism by presen - n in beautiful silk fl s to the Home. We admire the girls for this gesture. Tolerance and Appreciation -- Eleanor Harris erybody should have the quality of tolerance. If' someone does somo- thing v ich is fa r and ust but which you d not i you should be able to Stand quietly and not act eye . eople w o ave he qua ity cf' tolerance are happier d more popular an sir tolerant noi bers. Little chil en are not as tolerant as older ones. Appreciation is a s cere feeling t at ever one should have. on someone hel s us w en we are in trouble we shou d be happy and tr o e ress our a preciation and later on we should repay them s e kind Way e ol cr one bGCQl110S e more he s able to appreciate e good things in life e ire he gg s the upper classes because in them , is characteristic has been well developed. Cooporat o -- Lois Ellie Young children are often strong wi ed and rudely insist on having their A own way Ol or chi en have earned that this does no ring happiness. fo is easier when the me ers e a group coopera . enior High Sch erfect example fact Sunny Hill in s en irety is a wonder u e - ample of cooporatio Handicap ed children require others to e efzs and arms han s and feet for them. Busy nurses d p siotherapists, at endants kept stepping about he war s al day, men and maids a monotonous wo k, employes o t es Inns sync onize their wor to ee h ony in our organization. Ol or girls are more cooperative than young ones. L7 . A -p 7 I fqtfj X fs--l Mg' , if X F if r V-LX' 1-f 7