Fostoria High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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GJ! Red andh pp fuk - Black - je MR. Cllfxacus R. Moakis Mr. Morris is another new teacher who has been added to our faculty this year and is at the head of a new department in the school, the Printing Depart- ment. It surely is a fine opportunity for high school students to learn the printing trade free of charge and under the supervision of such an expert printer as Mr. Morris. He had been in the employ of the Gray Print- ing Co. for the last eighteen years and has had much additional experience of a very practical nature. We trust that he will have a still larger class next year. Miss Ami.-x V. XVANAUSDALI. Miss VanAusdall is another teacher who has been with us only through this school year. She taught at Miami IUWII, Ohio, before coming to Fostoria. She teaches all the Spanish classes and she also has three classes ill Freshman English. She is another of our teachers for wholll we must thank Miami, from which school she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Edu- cation. She is a teacher who is well liked by the Stu- dent body because of her winning personality and llel' thorough understanding of her subjects. VVe trust that she will continue to teach the students of our Alma Mater for many years to come. Mr. VVarner comes to u from two yells of lCllll illg in the west. He graduated from the Southern State Normal School, Springfield, South Dakota, and also from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts: and from the latter school he will receive his Masters degree ill English Literature this june. Ile has also done post-graduate work ill Sociol- ogy. Mr. Warner is instructor in these two subjects and is F1lClllIy Advisor of the Hi-Y, the Black Friars and Faculty Critic of the Annual. This sumnler he ex- pects to teach English Literature in a western college. 1 9 2 8 e m 'EQ Page Eighteen

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did Red and Q52-su W va- so .4-'-'LD - fl - Black - lf' - 1 l Miss RUTH SCHAEFFER Miss Schaelfer is a new teacher who joined our fac- ulty this year. She has won the good will of the stu- ! dents. She is a graduate of Ohio VVesleyan University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Since, she has studied at the University of VVisconsin, and, before coming here, taught at Rockford, Illinois. Miss Schaef- fer's major work has been in Oratory and English. Here she teaches the Sophomore English most com- petently. VVe wish her the best that fate has to offer, and hope that she will return to us next year. l 1 Lia. HOWARD LAUB . Mr. Laub is another one of our numerous new l teachers this year. He received his Bachelor of Arts ' Degree from Miami University in 1922 and his Bach- elor of Science degree in 1925 from the same university. l He is well qualified for teaching in our school, having had several years of experience at Oxford, Marion and Fremont. Besides teaching his regular classes in General Science, he has very ably assisted Mr. Hogan in the developing of the football and basketball teams. l i l l Mas. GRACE S. THOMPSON y Mrs. Thompson is our excellent High School Art 4 instructor and supervises the art work in all the schools l of the city. She is a graduate of the Chicago Art In- ' stitute and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Before l coming here, she was the Supervisor of Art in Mad- ison, VVisconsin, for three years and in Elyria, Ohio, for one year. We are especially proud of the art work in our Arfnual this year, all of which has been pre- pared under Mrs. Thompsonls direction. Her classes have been most interesting and she is popular alike with her students and the faculty. Mrs. Thompson plans to study at Columbia University this summer. l all ' i 'H gif'-I 1 9 2 S 'sig Page S CVCIIICCH

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Red and - Black - , MESSAGE TO THE SENIGR CLASS GXJ MEMBERS of the Class of 1928-Dear Friends: I feel deeply the responsibility of translating this into wise and appropriate words. May I in this closing message to you speak especially of the importance of foundations well laid. In the quadrangle of Leland Stanford University, near San Francisco, there stood a mag- nificent memorial arch, built so solidly and splendidly that it seemed as if it would stand forever. But when the earthquake came, the great arch collapsed in ruin. Its foundations were disclosed, and then the truth was seen. Instead of being of solid stone, as they should have been, the builder had put in chips and rubble. 'The Leland Stanford Arch is a type of many lives which seem successful for a time, and then suddenly collapse. The foundation is found to have been built with wrong materials and the whole structure falls in a ruin. A foundation must be abso- lutely solid. Let it settle or sink ever so little, and the whole superstructure is in danger. So it is with character. The foundations of character are out of sight. They consist of those fundamental convictions which often come to us in childhood and which are strengthened and confirmed by a long experience, by habits of thought, by the ideals which have been suggested by our ways of looking at things, which have gone into daily life, and daily conduct, and so have become fixed and settled as the basis of our character. They lie below the surface of opinion, as convictions which determine the View we take of many things. The foundations of character are not only out of sight, but also, when well laid are confirmed by habits of action, they do not need to be altered or repaired. The beliefs by which we live and act remain firm amid storms of opinion and the trials of a difficult life. This is the value of foundations. In these days when so many of the great things are slipping you should realize that there are no new tests of human char- acter in this new time and day. You will be tested as the men of every age have been tested in loyalty, in honor, in honesty and in self-control. There are qualitiesin life which can be measured only by time or eternity. Certain attitudes, certain deeds are imperishableg they add themselves to the imperishable things we inheritg they are gathered up into the flame of the torch the run- ners hand on. No boy or girl can afford to join the throng of the weak-willed and short-sighted who sacrifice the long future for the sake of an easy time in the work-shop of youth. Life today is keyed to the heroic. And not to seek an exalted plane of living in a world, full to the skies of heroism, is to be out of tune. All youth is so dauntless. And its daring and its dreams have found adequate expression in the life and achievement of the Lone Eagle who on that memorable afternoon of May 21, 1927, emblazed his own name and that of his country across the sky in his flight over the At- lantic. Lindbergh, the finest exponent of the best manhood of this country. Clear eyed, bronzed face, tall, modest and unspoiled. You may not attain to such conspicuous achievement but your life may be a conspicuous achievement as is his. Reach to the highest, cling to it. Take no chances with any thing that is inferior. In one of the great business establishments of this country is to be seen this motto- Where only the best is good enoughfl What a life motto this would be, if every member of this class would adopt and use it. It would weave into your character and into the texture of every- thing you do, all the qualities that make for fine and strong men and women. Amid the confusion of our times there are many voices calling to you. Your own best self will guide you unerringly to the right choices and decisions. No one who seeks the easier path or 1928 Page Nineteen