Edison Institute High School - Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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HER-ALD Page Eleven McGuffey Precepts and Maxims Trippin g Homeward O'er the Snow HNow for snow-ball, Harry cries, And to hit his sister tries; But the ball, so white and round, Misses her, and hits the ground. Sister Florence, full of fun, With her little hands makes one, And at brother Harry throws; Swift it flies, and hits his nose. Have I hurt you, brother dear? Asks his sister, running near; iiHurt me? no, indeedi says he, This is only sport for me? yFIRST READER. The Kitchen Clock 1. Listen to the kitchen clock! To itself it ever talks, From its place it never walks; iiTick-tocketick-tockz Tell me what it says. 2. iTm a very patient clock, ever moved by hope or fear, Though Ilve stood for many a year; Tick-tocketick-tockz That is what it says. 3. I'm a very truthful clock: People say about the place, Truth is written on my face; Tick-tock-tick-tockt That is What it says. -SECOND READER. THE CLOCK AND THE SUN-DIAL A FABLE 1. One gloomy day, the Clock on a steeple looking down on the Sun-dial 1n a garden near by, said, uHow stupid it is In you to stand there like a stock. 2. You never tell the hour, till a bright sun looks forth from the sky, and gives you leave. I go merrily round, day and night; in summer and winter the same, without asking his leave. 3. iiI tell the people the time to rise, to come to dinner, and to go to church. 4. uHark! I am going to strike now: one, two, three, four. There it is for you. How silly you look. You can say nothing. 5. The sun, at that moment broke forth from behind a cloud, and showed, by the Sun-dial, that the Clock was half an hour behind the right time. 6. The boasting Clock now held his tongue, and the Dial only smiled at his folly. MORAL 7. Humble modesty is more often right, than a proud and boasting spirit. -THIRD READER. ADVANTAGES OF INDUSTRY Does God notice little children in school? He certainly does. And if you are not diligent in the improvement of your time, it is one of the surest evi- dences that your heart is not right with God. You are placed in this world to improve your time. In youth, you must be preparing for future usefulness. And if you do not improve the ad- vantages you enjoy, you sin against your Maker. With books, or work, or healthful play, Let your first years be past; That you may give, for every day, Some good account, at last. -FOURTH READER. Some Bits of Wit and Wisdom Around the Village Green SCOTCH SETTLEMENT SCHOOL E. Lucile WebstereTeacher tClasses 4 to 9i Eileen Barthm-The things I love are written here: My school, my iiowers and my books so dear. Florence BarbiereIlm expecting the same question to come up every night, just when I get settled to read: HHow about practising your music lesson? Arthur CalvettieI am very thankful because I live in the village. Dorothy ChubbuckeNow comes arithmetic, and am I glad! For I think arithmetic is the best subject to be had. Patricia Chubbuck-Health is the first wealth. Jimmie Dates-Never spend your money before you have earned it. Wilbur DonaldsoneMy mind is ever dwelling on my terrible spelling. Donald DonovaneWhatever you do, do your best. Traverse Du ValleThings, not money, make wealth. Marjorie ElmereSometimes I like this and sometimes I like that, but I don't seem to mind it because I have to do it just the same. Billy FaustmaneLife-long happiness is the result of work. Billy Ford-Things of importance are not accomplished without work. J ames Gardnere A smile, a smile, in work or play: To Win or lose with a smile, Ild walk a mile most any day. Isabelle GassetteFollow your ambi- tion, but always let your heart guide you. Donald GilberteI believe what I see and not what you see. Ann Hood-Santa Claus is the spirit of Christmas and exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist. Erna JenseneBeware of little ex- penses; a small leak will sink a great ship. Thomas MarshalleA child should always say whatls true and speak when he is spoken to. Billy McLeodaBe courageous; have faith; go forth. Jack McCloud-Eat to live, do not live to eat. Jean McMullineA child should always speak when he is spoken to. Billy MielkeeNever buy what you dont want, because it is cheap. Jean Mills-Wealth is not always money. Catherine Mae Millel';DO a good deed every day. David OrmondeI think you learn many things at school. Sally Owens-I like spelling matches best, but to me history is a pest. J ohn PerryeAlways be prepared for whatever may happen. Kenneth PetrakeNever trouble another for what you can do yourself. Freddie ProcknOWe-Your' greatest enemy is yourself. R l Russell ReadereBe prepared, be truthful, and be pure. Evelyn Richal'dson-eNever spend your money before you have earned it. Albert RobertseWhat is worth doing atiall, is worth doing Well. Harry SchumanneTo care for all your needs, you must accomplish some good deeds. Barbara SheldrickeA good word, a cheer, a smile or two, is better than most things one could ever do. Vance Simonds-Seeing is believing. Bobby SnOWe Some things bore me like the deuce, I wish I had a good excuse, To get by them, boy, would I be glad! For I am like any other lad. Erwin SpencereNever put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Irene Steade Dancing, dancing twice a week, Although I never do get weak; I like it, so you see, And that is why I dance with glee. Elaine Wyman-Experience is the best teacher. TOWN HALL SCHOOL Ruby M. Mason-Teacher tClasses 4 to 9J Susan Alderdyce- Smile awhile And while you smile Another smiles, and soon Therels miles and miles of smiles, And lifel's worth while if you but smi e. Mary Lee AlderdyceeFour things, I think, make life worth while: To love, to hope, to help, to smile. Betty Atkinson-He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it Roy BarbieraThink before you speak. WilmaBarth-- In school I work, At home I play; I hope Illl be more studious every day. Margaret Berry-A merry heart doeth good like medicine. Carol Bryant-It is always morning somewhere. Katharine Bryant-Not .what we give but what we share; the gift Without the giver is bare. Junior BurnSvStars shine by day as well as by night, but shine more brightly at night. N elson Cosbey-If you lose some time today you cant make it up tomorrow. Charles Dates-Be not swift to take offense; anger is a foe to sense. J ohn C. DahlingereIf it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.

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Page Ten HERALD HISTORY OF SCHOOLS tConcluded from page 91 before, called the pupils to school on the reopening day, and at the ceremonies on the same occasion Charles Edward Pritchard, 7 years old, manipulated the halyards which raised the hag. MN GREEN LANE ACADEMY The small brick school which was erected by Elwood Comfort at the end of a lane bordered with evergreens, was given the appropriate name of Green Lane Academy, although the father of Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson, would likely have had some- thing to say about this had he lived at the time. It will be recollected by students of the great lexicographer and master of English prose that Boswellls father, the laird of Auchenleck, exclaimed contemptuously: HHe lDr. J ohnsonl keepit a school and caled it an academy. However, Green Lane Academy has a history all its own. In its earlier days it provided accommodation for meetings of the Quakers, or more properly The Society of Friends. It became for a time a dwelling, and births, weddings, deaths and funerals have marked its progress through the years. It continued as a dwelling house until the spring of 1932, when it was sold by Albert Comfort to Mr. Ford. mm MILLS SCHOOL The Mills School was erected in 1860 close to the site of an earlier school built about 1836, and thought to have been the first frame school in Lenawee County. Gabriel Mills was one of the earliest settlers in the county, an able, farsighted pioneer who bought a site along Macon Creek for a saw mill about 1832, erected a dam from bank to bank, and cut logs into building material. The Mills home stood on a hill from which the mill and its pond could be seen, and it still stands today complete in almost every detail. Here the school teacher was boarded without charge. It is occupied today by Cassius Mills, a son, who is eighty-live years old and has seen with deep interest the restora- tion of the dam within walls of native stone, and the reconstruction of the mill by Mr. Ford. Gabriel Mills furnished the lumber and the hardware for the first school, the hardware being hand-forged. Among the interesting events that have taken place near the old school was a visit by the Mormons about 1836'on their way west from New York State. Their elders held services in the old Mills School. MN COMFORT SCHOOL During the days when country roads knew only the slow plodding of an ox team or the more sprightly pace of horses, when a ten-mile journey and re- turn was a two-day trip, Samuel Satterth- waite and Aaron Comfort came from the East and took up five hundred acres on the Raisin River near the present town of Tecumseh in Lenewee County. Elwood Comfort, son of Aaron, took up 180 acres of land for farming in 1854, and built a brick house on the top of a commanding hill. There on November 6, 1859, Albert A. Comfort, its present occupant, was born. By 1868 there were nine families in the vicinity. The necessity for increased school facilities was obvious. According, in 1869, a small brick school was erected by Elwood Comfort at the end of a lane bordered with evergreens, from which it took the name of HGreen Lane Acad- emy? The building was located on a bank; the upper iioor was divided into two rooms, one a bedroom for the hired man of the Comfort farm, whose living quarters were in the basement, and the other a schoolroom. The teacher boarded at the Comfort home and when not teach- ing assisted with the housework. In 1871 a discussion arose over the division of the original school district made up of the children attending an old brick schoolhouse on the present site of the Centennial School building. The dispute was settled the next year by the building of a new school on the Comfort farm out of the brick furnished by El- wood Comfort. It was later known as the Comfort School. Albert Comfort was made director till 1900 and served until 1932. Our Contributors The response of the pupils of the Edi- son Institute, Greenfield Village and dis- trict schools to our appeal for news has been most gratifying. Following is a list of the names of contributors, although the names of the editorial staff and the dis- trict school reporters will be found separately in the flag at the top of the editorial column, on page 2: Scotch Settlementelsabelle Gassett, Jean Mills, Jack McCloud, Billy Ford, John Perry, Helene Walker, Bobby Shackletonleeacher, Miss Webster. Town HalleBetty Hutchinson, Sue san Alderdyce.iTeacher, Miss Mason. Willow Run-Gene Barnes, Jack Suggitt, Lillian Poet, Helen Hoag, Grant Dicks, Phyllis La Fortte, Jack Hewitt, Ruth Reinhackel.eTeacher, Miss Mackinnon. Old Stone PenningtonaDavid A. Higgins, Ruth Randall.eTeacher, Jer- ome Travis. BrownvilleiMerrill Gray, Doris Har- rington, Neil J ones, Eva Johnson, Roma Driscoll, Kathryn Dermyer.-Teacher, Glenn Driscoll. CentennialeGertrude D r u i l 1 a r d, Agnes MontgomeryeTeacher, Elmer J . Chapman. Green Lane AcademyeMargaret Papp, Ceciele Netcher.eTeacher, Miss Dobie. Comfort-Ellen Holdridge, Lois An- derson.--Teacher, Miss Boltz. Mills Schoole-Lilah Creger, Jennie Cibrowski.eTeacher, Miss Higgins. NW CO-OPERATION Co-operation is one of the greatest things on earth; it means helping one another. Co-operation is the way to accomplishment; the lack of it leads to failure. Whether at work or at play, co-operation is an excellent thing, and it appears at its best when the strong assist the weak and guide them over the rough places of life. I have been much gratified to see how upper grade boys and girls help the smaller ones with their school work, their dancing lessons and especially while en- gaged in out-door recreation, and similar sports and pastimes. The uniform courtesy of the seniors to their younger companions has been very edifying not only to me but to other observers. While our teachers in general en- deavor to impart adequate instruction to their pupils, their efforts would be useless-but for the co-operation of the pupils. in studying their lessons and in recelvmg and retaining such instruction. Pupils undoubtedly lighten their teach- er's task by giving such assistance, and I have to acknowledge that I have learned many things from them in this way. Another thing of which I am pleased and. proud. I have always found our pupils straightforward and truthful, and no dlfliculty has arisen at any time but what Icould be talked over and satis- factorily straightened out. This is co- operation. er. Lovett. MN HOME LIFE tBy Edgar A. Guesti The roof is stout against the rain, The walls shut out the cold, And through each little window pane The great world we behold. Outside the wintry snow comes down And bitter is the storm, But safely I come back from town To cosy rooms and warm. But there are other storms to fear And other frosts to dread. A bitterer cold may enter here If angry words be said. And though the walls be staunch and strong And though the doors be stout, Were hatred eler to come along They could not shut it out. The walls can keep away the snow, The roof shut out the rain, But love must keep the rooms aglow Or bolted doors are vain. For home is not of brick and stone, But happy hearts and minds And soon that place is overthrown Where hate a lodging finds. The strength of home is in the heart And not within its walls. When those who keep it draw apart The stoutest structure falls. So let the wind blow cold outside Against the window panes, We'll happily at home abide So long as love remains. ePrinted through the courtesy of the author. MN Resolutions From Willow Run The summers come and winters go, First the Howers, then the snow, Each season brings its gifts so good, We wouldn't change them if we could. First the task and then the joy Bringing gifts to girl and boy, So the days go liying by, Let's make them worth while you and I. -Grant Dicks I make new resolutions, but every single year They get a little cracked and badly bent I fear. But even if theylre broken, I have to make them as , Thatis better than to make none, is my experience in the past. ?Helen Hoag

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Page twelve HERALD Wit and Wisdom tContinuedl Thurman DonovaneGive to the world the best you have, and the best Will come back to you. Mary C. HaighePoliteness costs nothing, but gains much. Earl HelwigeBeware of expense; a small leak will sink a great ship. Margaret Jean Hindman-In times of anger be silent; When calm speak. Betty HutchinsoneGood health and good sense are two of lifels greatest blessings. Gloria HutchinsoneA little too late is much too late. Billy KresineHe who feels the noblest, acts the best. Marjorie McCarrolleAll that you do, do with your might; things but half done are never done right. Laura NewkirkeWork comes before play. Marilyn OwenSeAll that you do, do well. Bob Piperelt ainlt a gift a feller gets, nor how its wrapped or tied; itis knowing folks think well of you that makes you glad inside. Dorothy Richardson- It isnlt the thing you do, dear, Its the thing you,ve left undone, That gives you a bit of heartache, At the setting of the sun. Mary Eleanor RitenowHA miss is as good as a mile. David RothHThe generous heart should scorn a pleasure that gives others pain. Marjorie ScotteNever put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Shirley Schmidt-A penny saved is a penny earned. Bobby ShackletoneIf one life shines the life next to it will catch the light. Bruce Simpson--If at first you don,t succeed, try, try again. Charlotte Simpson- If a task is once begun, Never leave it till its done; Be the labor great 01' small Do it well or not at all. Billy SmitheDare to do right; fear to do wrong. .Joyce Soderquist-The secret of being lovely is being unselfish. Margaret Lee VoorheSSeAll that glitters is not gold. Helene Walker-One example is worth a thousand arguments. - John Weeks-I think the pipe organ IS the finest instrument used, and always will be. Suzanne WessingereThe world is full of a number of things; I'm sure we all should be as happy as kings, CLINTON INN SCHOOL Bernadine CadareteTeacher tClasses 1 to 3i Carol Bennett-When your hands are clean you do not get your books d1rty. Harry BurnSeIt isnlt good to serve yourself first. Nancy CosbeyeeSinging is fun, and danging, too; I like them both, don't you. Henry HaigheIf you are not careful youill get hurt Frances HoedleMay I ask them if I can take their coat? Isabelle HoffmaneAlways wait until every one is through drinking milk, before you leave the table. Davis EnglisheWhenever I hurry I make mistakes. Margaret Ann EnglisheWhen I think well I do well. Katherine LepineeI like to go to school and learn to read and Write. Theresa Lepine-When you plan things they always work out better. Clifford Litogot-You should not be quarrelsome. nu ......... OPPORTUNITIES F WE are attentive to the needs of others, if we are eager to seize every oppor- tunity to serve, no matter how trivial it may be, then : we shall find that each mo- t ment of the day can be used : for the helping of others, : and therefore Filled with true and abiding happiness. The degree of our happiness is : determined by our ability 1 to forget ourselves and turn our attention outwards to the needs and happiness of others.eaL.S.C. v nnrnvnnnnn unnuunuuunu ALAAAIA unnnnnnnn. v yrv vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Edward LitogoteBe thoughtful of new classmates. Mary McLeodeWe have the snow, sled and hill; Whatis the good if you are ill? Margery MielkeeClean hands and clean face and always brushed hair are better than all the fine clothes you can wear. Marjorie MillseIWe tried to do my very best and do just What I should; that wins my mothers smile. Barbara NewelleBooks much pleasure. Allen OrmondeEvery time I put oif my work, I am apt to forget it. Everett Petrakv-At school we do things different every day. That makes work like play. Dorothy Procknow-Happy hearts and happy .faces, happy play in grassy places. Virginia ProcknOWeIn books, or work, or healthful play let my first years be passed. J ohanna ReadereIt never helps one to miss school. Bobby Richardson-We drink milk every day, Which helps us work and play. Maxine Richards-I like to make cakes after school. Lois Soderquistel like to ride in the bus. Bill RuddimaneIlll teach you how to be a good sport. Milton C. Taylor-Some days I want to build things. Emily WaddelleI have some one to play with now, my nice baby sister. Ardis ZahnOWeI like to write letters to sick people to make them happy. give me What Museums Are For tC on tributedl Museums are among the oldest educational institutiors in the world. The word ttmuseum means in Greek itTemple of the Muses? The Muses were goddesses of the liberal arts and were nine in number. According to Greek mythology they were daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne tMemoryl. Their names were Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsiche ore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Urania and Calliope. Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry. ' The museum is still recognized as a great factor in education, and schools and colleges in all countries are fully aware of this, striving to gather together articles of every description calculated to form object lessons in the various courses of instruction. Municipal mu- seums also owe their origin and growth to the spread of the desire for education. But, as one authority has pointed out, in their contents they are oftenltthe vic- tims of haphazard accumulations, being composed partly of local antiquities of all ages found in the neighborhood, and partly especially in Englandl of objects fortuitously collected by travelers and transferred to the local museum when they ceased to interest their owners. Ed ucational Value There is some truth in this state- ment, and the inference to be drawn from it is that some of the objects fortuitously collected by travelers and others and transferred to the local museum have no particular value educa- tionally or otherwise, being dumped in museums merely to get rid of them, and occupy valuable space that might be more profitably utilized. But no object is too mean or insignificant to have educational value. Even an old shoe may have its uses in the telling of a story or in the driving home of an object lesson. Did not J ohn Ruskin, one of the greatest of English writers and thinkers, write a volume entitled uThe Ethics of the Dust? Be this as it may, there is no doubt that museums have acquired a recognized place in the national life. Teaching Human Progress The Edison Institute Museum at Dearborn, of which Greenfield Village is an inseparable part, is without parallel in any part of the world. One of its primary objects is to teach the history of American progress and American civilization and thus lead to further discoveries in the unlimited field of re search. It has, like some of our national and university museums-together with some that have been founded by scientific societieSebeen formed of set purpose and under scientiiic direction. This continent, and far beyond it, has been ransacked to secure objects for the museum that are worth while, and in this manner a vast collection has been secured that is comprehensive in its scope and significance, and of far-flung interest owing to the story it tells of human effort and human progress. Trees so small that a whole grove of them may be held in the hand are found at an altitude of 8,000 feet in Northwestern Canada.