East Sparta High School - Spartan Yearbook (East Sparta, OH)

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IUR-UEUJQHUUHIUU locker room which is indeed a convenience during athletic games. A few months ago the band and different music organizations occupied the gymn, this was a handicap to the music department as well as to the other classes. New a very fine iLittle Theatregn has been added for the music classes and also for the purpose of seeing motion pictures. This room has four large windows from which hang blue velvet drapes and also the stage is adorned with the same kind of curtains. 1 ' There has also been added a new Senior room. It is a very nice room with excellent lighting facilities. In the upper hall there has been two new windows made in the , 1 wall, before these windows were made the upper hall was very dark, new it is much lighter. A system of time clocks have been placed throughout the school which are opperctcd by a master clock in the office, this automatically rings the class bells. A A ,M F' L SH? 35. N

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-4 'fH3DUl The new addition to the East Sparta High School is one that everyone should be proud of. Upon entering, the first thing that should attract your at- tention is the newly painted halls and auditouium. Four years ago when typing was put into over the sewing room of the Home Economics crowded both departments. with the most modern equipment the commerce the room formerly occupied the school it took department, this New since 'we have a brand new shop room has moved into by the shop, we have received new typ- ing desks and a new Royal typewriter. The Home Economice depart- a ment is no longer crowded, work. They have received P.T.A. has bought a lot of The boys can be proud but 1 very beautiful place in which to three new Tappen gas ranges, and the new cooking utensils. to have their new tile shower and

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'N x -ll-I-A -' GWQQ l!g?' Heir I p SX il .- 'K 'Q I ' v 3 . I I ' ' Ill N jui ' THE VALEDICTORY Tonight as we meet upon this platform to take part in these commencement exercises, we feel two'different emotions. 'Twelve eventful years of schooling are over. We are sorry, for they were happy years. But 'at the same time a spirit of exultation surges 'deeply within us, for we realize that soon we are to take our places in a new and different type of existence beyond the classroom walls. This then, is the event for which we have been preparing. b N n v W Un r D H I 1- Q Before Wwe go, we'wish 'to thankh our' superintendent, Mr? Sehnitzer, the' Board of Education, our teachers, and'parents1Ur the opportunity of going to school and for their care and guidance while we were here. But there is a larger issue we may forget to be thankful for. We may over look it entirely or just take it for granted. 'We are speaking new of the fact that we live in a democracy under which free public schools are possible. And after graduation this same democracy will give us equal right to pursue whatever we think best for our happiness. ' When the news of the birth of a new nation, the Uhited.StEes of America, was sent over the world, it was predicted to have an early downfall. It was believed that the principles upon which America was founded were too radical for a monarchistic world. Today America has not only eutstripped all nation in material and intellectual progress,'but in that 'higher domain where moral forces reign supreme. Her opinion places the stamp of finality upon judgments affecting the destiny of nations. The 'glory and achievement of our country is men, not things: These men could build railroads, bridges, factories and markets, and surpass every nation of the earth in trade and commeree.' This would not merely show the'material wealth of our land, but'they would represent the energy, the ingenuity, the intelligence, and the courage of men inspired by the conviction that they were born free and equal. Ne just conception' of the making ofTAmer16a'from the beginning, no rational understanding of her present and.fubwre, can ignore' the relation of man to the material development of our country ahdn'the influence of modern methods upon the citizen and his government.