Ferndale Union High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Ferndale, CA)

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body organization with its subordinate committees, class-organizations, teams, etc., including the stafi' of the Tomahawk. The largest measure possi- ble of student self-government is accorded these organizations for the sake of the moral value of such experience, and the advisory rather than the super- visory relation of the faculty leader is regarded as being paramount. Our achievement of the third aim-to graduate as many as possible- which is a corollary of the first two, can be expressed in figures. If the pres- ent seniors all reach the goal, ninety-three will have graduated in the past four years as against only seventy-eight in the previous eight years, and in proportion to our average daily attendance of about one hundred, this is two and one-half times as many as have graduated from the average high school in the State at large, according to figures of the State Superintendent's Oiiice. This, in itself, is not essentially laudable if accomplished at a sacrifice of standards, and on this point we fortunately have further evidence. By their fruits shall ye know them. Of the seventy-three who graduated in the classes of '14, '15, and '16, forty-one fa number 25 per cent in excess of even the total number graduating from the average high school of this sizej were inspired with the purpose to go on to normal school or college, as follows: To Arcata 14, to Corvallis 8, to San Jose 6, to Berkeley 5, to Stanford 2, to Davis 2, to San Francisco Normal 1, to Affiliated Colleges 1, to College of Physicians and Surgeons 1, to St. Mary's 1-and all except two of these have made good and reflected high credit upon our school, as official reports in our possession from the several institutions show. President Van Matre says of the fourteen at Arcata Normal, I consider the graduates of Ferndale High School compare favorably with those of other high schools. Some of them have been exceedingly strong. Registrar Tennant of Corvallis, after reporting that the weighted average of the eight from Ferndale runs several per cent above the weighted average for all men students in the institution, says, On this basis you will see that these students have all made excellent records. President Dailey of San jose Normal writes, I am in receipt of your recent letter inquiring in regard to the comparative standing of your gradu- ates and those from other high schools. Then, after saying that he had looked up the records of our six very carefully and found them to be Capital C, he continues, In explanation of my statement I will say that a 'Capital C' has up to the present year represented our highest mark, and it therefore appears that your students have done credit to your high school and have compared very favorably with the graduates of other high schools. And according to the latest oliicial report of the Examiner of Schools of the University of California, Ferndale ranks first in general scholarship aver- age among the high schools of Humboldt County, her efficiency index figure for last year being 39 points above Eureka's, 10 above Fortuna's and 2 above Arcata's. While such have been the aims and achievements of the past four years, and while we are justly proud of our recent alumni, we would fain prolong this article not only to express, but to plead a wish on behalf of the earnest body of undergraduates now in the school, and others to come after, although it will not be the writer's personal privilege to have a part in the fruition of such a wish. It is our sincere wish that the needs and deserts of this worthy body of young people may become so well understood and appreciated in the community that the near future may witness the erection of a bungalow for domestic science and manual training, the enrichment of the curriculum with manual arts and music, and the extension of the community service of the school by regular provision for the encouragement of the Boys' Agricultural Club and the Girls' Home Economics Club. 2 A. G. GRANT. 8

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