Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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0l ll I THE HOUR GLASS i lI l0 training, possibly to become a teacher, the state offers an academic diploma at the end of an approved four year course in Which some subject has been given preference to others. Ac- cordingly, an academic diploma in history is offered to those who have had three years of history. Such diplomas are offered in science, history, foreign language, mathematics, homeinaking and classical subjects. Manual training is rather a new addition to modern day curricula. This offers a most practical course in electricity, Woodworking and such subjects to those who wish to follow that line of trade in later life. But what is the aim of all this? Have you honestly ever thought about it? You have heard it addressed to you in assemblies, in the classroom, and at home. Yet many of you have never given any serious attention to this important ques- tion. It can not be carefully thought out and evaluated any too soon if you wish to be successful. Choosing your life work wise- ly is second in importance only to the actual gaining of the educa- tion for the Work. This is the age of the specialist. lt is necessary to know how to do one thing Well, and to have a general knowledge about other subjects. Picking the pertinent courses in school is invaluable in fitting yourself to do some work. You cannot drift into a career. There must be seine decisive thought and conscious effort. Upon asking various people why they chose certain voca- tions, one hears these replys: my best friend did, it seemed exciting, and most often Hit offered the most. money. Yet are these the real reasons for spending one's life at a definite work? I do not think so. There is so much more than that. We spend a. great amount of time and thought on our Work. I be- lieve it must be something which holds the most vital interest for us. A service to mankind which eaptivates our minds and imaginations. So, when it comes your turn to decide what is to be your vocation, put aside all other considerations but these 'twhat wo1'k appeals to me most? and am l fitted for this Work? If you can decide from these questions that a certain career is what you desire, and that your mental, physical, and moral abilities can cope with it, by all means choose that one. -Robert Bahler and Margaret Uarlomusto Page Twenty

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Ol lI ! THE HOUR GLASS l lI l0 school education. This is easily explained. N o firm wishes to employ a young man who is unable to apply himself. It is not in the knowledge which we gain from a high school course, but in the fact that we have learned to think that is the important factor to the firm. Place yourself in the position of the firm. How would you choose? Between a person who has a grammar school education and perhaps a few years of hard work, and another, who is just out of high school and has learned to think and reason for himself and is loaded with original ideas which cannot but help the firm in some manner. The high school graduate has a decided advantage. Then, do not consider lightly the value of a high school education. Since it is now evident that a high school education is most necessary, let us turn our thoughts to the exact course which should be taken. Courses in high school should allow for varying plans on the part of the inmates. If each school offered the same course there would be no cause to specialize in high school. Various diplomas and awards are made for different courses and are comparatively easy to obtain. Those persons who are undecided as to what profession they wish to pursue should choose a college entrance course in high school. A diploma in this line furnishes a well-rounded course of study and qualifies the student for entrance to many colleges. At least, it prepares him so he can take entrance examinations. This diploma requires the passing of an approved four-year high school course and examinations in English four years, Latin or French three years, Geometry and Intermediate Algebra and History or Physics or Chemistry. This course is probably the most difficult and the most valuable offered in any school. It combines with a practical foundation, the best fundamentals of education available in public schools. If, perhaps, you have chosen business administration or book- keeping or some such profession, the course you desire is the commercial course. This consists of an approved four year course which includes Business English, Commercial Law, Type- writing and either Bookkeeping or Shorthand and also History, Science, Mathematics. As for applicability, this course is the most useful in the life of a business man for what one will not find typewriting or such knowledge useful? For those who wish to specialize in some subject for later Page Nineteen

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0I li l THE HOUR GLASS l ll l0 Sportsmanship Do you really know the meaning of sportsmanship? It is defined the ability to win or lose with the same feeling in your heart. As you know, somebody must lose, and if he takes it smil- ing he wins in another sense. A person who loses and is afraid to take the beating is not a sport. A person who takes the defeat bravely will succeed in later life if he keeps on trying. Sportsmanship has other phases. The person or team that wins should not go around and brag about themselves or think themselves better than others. Whenever you play a game, it matters not what kind, or what the odds against you, you must always play fair and hard. Play with the determination to win and never let the other person know when you are licked. Many a game has been won in the last minute of play. If you are un- able to make the regular team, wish the other fellows luck and cheer them on to victory. School spirit is linked with sportsmanship. A team without the student body's support, even though they have much ability, can not do as well as they could with its support. Therefore, every person who does not participate in athletics should cheer and boost his team t.o fame and glory. That is classed as sports- manship too. Sportsmanship should start early in life and be developed as you go along. In college, sportsmanship is different from that in high school. In college you must be more independent and do as you think best. College athletics are different because there are more persons as candidates for the teams. Therefore you need more courage. After the person is out of college and enters into the business world he should still use sportsmanship. The modern business world is full of competition and a person with personality, good judgment combined with sportsmanship will succeed. One of the greatest rewards of sportsmanship is the friends it brings you. lVe all need friends. lVe come into this world alone, we pass out of it alone, but there is no one of us who lives his life alone. It is wise to know many people, but it is also wise to be intimate with but a few. We build friendship in with our lives. 'We must select the people with high ideals and brilliant minds, who can inspire us until death forms a separation. We can make this superior type of friends if we have real sports- manship. There are many cases where sportsmanship can be used. When Bill Tilden played tennis in France he established friend- Page Twenty-one