Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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12 THE HUTTLESTONIAN play no part, then that person should not be made to par¬ ticipate. He can get his exercise by pleasant walks through the meadows or by an afternoon at cycling now and then. But does not a person like that regret, after he gets out of school, that he did not take part in athletics with his former classmates? I am inclined to say, from previous experience with this type of person, yes. He always has an unpleasant memory in his mind of pleasant Saturday afternoons, when everybody was headed for the stadium, or evenings in the gym when people hung their heads over the bannister to watch a basketball game or gym meet, and of always being on the outside of a circle of a laughing and bantering group, dis¬ cussing some past contest. Are you on the outside of that circle? If you are, why not get inside and see what is going on there? If you do not like it, you can step out again. My guess is that you will stay in! Emile Dubiel, Harvard University, ’37

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THE HUTTLESTONIAN 11 coaching or instructing physical games and sports, then there are colleges in the country to receive such prospective en¬ trants. Here athletics are stressed in the preparation of youth to go out and develop the younger generation in the proper manner. It cannot be denied that a body, in order to exist as a healthy organism, must have a certain amount of exercise. Then we have other institutions throughout the world whose sole offer is educational. However, the majority of our universities offer both education and physical training to their students. They realize the advantages that one confers upon the other. I am quite certain that I am justified in saying that there is too much stress laid upon the outcome of high school con¬ tests. Of course, every organized team wants to outdo an opponent, but one must consider how needless it is to condemn a team and its instructor because it has proven inferior to another team. The primary advantage derived from the con¬ test is the same on both the losing and the winning side. The loser learns how to take defeat and come back fighting the next time with improvements enabling him to win. The winner must learn how to control his joy at winning and try to maintain that joy. In either case, a benefit is derived. Then why all the discontent on the losing side? It would be needless to enumerate the advantages which high school athletics offer. Judge for yourself by appraising the products which this department is now putting forth. Who are the leaders of your classes? Who are the healthy individ¬ uals in the school? Who has all the friends? Who is enjoying his four years in high school? The answer is quite apparent. If a fellow has participated in high school athletics and intends to pursue the same sports while in college or even out of college, he naturally has that advantage over the fellow who had no previous experience. Every person is entitled to his or her own opinions, however, and if he feels that athletics will be just a waste of time in the pursuance of his vocation, in which athletics will

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■ ■ -- THE HUTTLESTONIAN 13 Futility want to hear all about him, Dr. Rocheau.” ' ' Well sir, he is a remarkable student. In fact ; I don’t believe I have ever known a student his equal. ' And his nerves, Dr. Rocheau, his nerves? ' Dr. Attouni, his nerves even during the most grue¬ some operations are tempered with such coolness that it approaches the inhuman. Please don’t think I exag¬ gerate, Doctor.” Then he’ll be a good heart specialist?” One of the best in the world, sir.” Steady?” Very.” Umn. I’d say he was about perfect.” I, I wouldn’t say that. As a surgeon he is great, but as a man he is, he is—well, Doctor, he’s queer. That’s the only word by which I can describe him. He’s always aloof and withdrawn. Sort of makes a man hate him and pity him. At times he appears lost, and looks dazed, almost as though he existed only physically. I’ve heard he’s had a tough time of things. To my knowledge he has never laughed, or even smiled.” Too bad, Dr. Rocheau, that a man of his ability must be like that. Ironic, isn’t it, that although his life is going to be a huge success, it is at the same time, going to be a dismal failure. Oh come now, don’t look so downcast. After all, what we’re concerned with is his professional, not his per¬ sonal life.” And leaning back in his chair, the questioning Dr. Attouni beamed on his aid. Now all his years spent in a medical school didn’t seem in vain. In a few months he would be able to present a great heart specialist to the world. That specialist would be Pierre Nevin. The Zero Hour crept on inevitably, bearing in its wake death and destruction.