Francis W Parker School - Record Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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This Book Is Dedicated to DR. HERMAN T. LUKENS who has done so much to mold the characters of those who have studied under him. The young pupil who enters fifth grade is somewhat afraid of Dr. Lukens because of the seriousness and solemnity of his learned countenance. This fear soon passes, to be succeeded by an ever-increasing admiration of the man. Dr. Lukens is given the task of having the pupils during their first year of varied study. Until the fifth grade the pupils study one thing at a time, but beginning with that class one takes up several subjects simultaneously. This is only possible through Dr. Lukens' vast fund of knowledge. All in all, a Parkerite learns many lessons in fifth grade. Dr. Lukens offers the more theoretical things such as the valuable lesson of prompt completion of projects, the great value of which the grader is not so likely to realize until later years, the history of our continent, and our first regular literary compositions, as well as the great fund of practical knowledge about our own city. A shrewd pupil can get as much out of Dr. Lukens' fifth grade year as out of any future year at Parker, than which no greater tribute could be given.

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1 COLONEL FRANCIS W. PARKER Founder Francis W. Parker School A school is a communityg community life is indispensable to mental and moral growth. If the act of an individual in any way hinders the best work of the community, he is in the wrong. The highest duty of the individual is to contribute all in his power to the best good of all. This principle is the sure guide to all rules and regulations of the school. How much noise shall there be in the school? Just enough to assist each and all to do their best work. How quiet shall it be? just quiet enough to assist each and all to do their best work. How much whispering? What shall be the rules for coming in and going out? For punctuality? Every rule of a school, in order that it may be an educative influence and be felt to be right by each pupil, consists in carrying out this motto- Everything to help and nothing to hinderf' The first essential to true manhood is to feel the true dignity of life, and that dignity comes from a sense of responsibility for the conduct of others.

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FOREWCRD Through dense forests, down swift rivers and over mountains came the first white men. To these intrepid ex- plorers we owe our present great nation and all that goes with it. Nothing was too hard or difficult for them. On and on they pressed and fought until they had opened up this entire great source of wealth, freedom, and opportunity- America. Here at Parker each first grader is starting out on a voyage of exploration. Many are the mountains and swamps that he must cross ere he attains his goal. When he finishes his exploration at Parker, the student is merely setting out on the greater voy- age of discovery-Life. This hook, written and compiled by the students, is a record of individual and group achievement. It is a record of days that should be long remembered. if an Q i wfgicxm C, L N .ll if ' W S , Qi! sf 2-4'ff!sF,1ff1 iii' . if if 'f iv f x If ,i,1l,,.T. QE- :sa F5 I ' 522 ' 131, !11ll1:E5!551' f , E . E Y - 'bm,'?