Frankfort High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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FOREWORD. ln this, the third issue of the Cauldron, the Senior Class of nineteen-fourteen makes its bow to the Frankfort High School and its friends. ln the preparation of this book, the members of the Senior Class have not striven to reach any unattainable heights bait have sought to give a true expression of our high school lifesits teach- ers, pupils, spirit, and present interests. llie are not intending it to be a textfbook altho it may be instructive in that it will instruct many of our outside friends as to what is and isn't in the Franke fort High School. lt is all that its name suggests--fa miscellany-H what is best and happiest in our high school, little scraps of sune shine. and bits of wit. tossed into the Cauldron , As the witches in 'Macbethl' with solemn chants,,cast their gruesome offerings into their cauldron, so the witches of our various departments have thrown their attractive offerings into ours. There they have been spiced and stirred. and have simmered and fused over a tire of en- thusiasm, and, as a result-HThe Cauldron . This annual is the house of our High School Pastg to its picture galleries we can go DITOKIAL to refresh our memories concerning days of the past, some gray, some bright. To each one of us this volume is our yesterdays - where the days that have past liveg and to which, when the days that are, seem cold and forbidding, we can go confident that the warmth of the bubbling Cauldron will cheer our drooping spirits. The Practical Benefits of a High School Education. There are many practical benefits which one may receive from a high school education. The high school is organized to provide for instructing the child in a knowledge of people, institutions, things and ideas, and for preparing every child to do his work in life. Al- though most high school pupils are past the age at which they are legally compelled to attend school, after eight years spent in ac- quiring the knowledge of our graded schools. they realize the value and necessity of an education. and are willing and anxious to con- tinue their work. High school is a continuation of the elementary school. Here the student may be given the opportunity to com- Nine

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Associate Editors 'Che Staff El El Editor-in-Chief EVA TURNER. Ila Ghormley Esther Kramer Mary Fritch Ursula Gernon Herman Hertz Lillian Morrison Ralph VVhitford Mabel Mink Edith Coulter Ruth Hammond Charline Goodwin Mary Morrison Paul Dreyer Elta Maish Letha Irwin Basil WValters BOARD. Horace Freas-Business Manager. Melvin Kelleher-Assistant Business Manager Russell Pence-Advertising Solicitor. Paris Stockdale-Assistant Advertising Solicitor Prentice Coapstick-Treasurer. John Corbett-Deputy Treasurer. E i ght

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plete and intensify the education which the elementary school started. In the high school the children move naturally from the studies of the elementary grades to more advanced studies, but the purpose of both elementary and high schools is the preparation of children for living. In our first days outside of school, we may regard the time spent in high school as so many years of useless labor. But as the time passes, we shall see that the years spent here have given us not -only knowledge and intellectual stimulas but moral and spiritual growth as well. The true student is he who attempts to prepare himself to enter into the practical world. It is often said that many students do not attend school with this purpose in mind. Some seemingly have no interest in their school work, and no am- hition. NVC cannot understand their purpose in attending school. They not only neglect the regular school work, but also all other school activities. Such a life does not lead to development. Other students spend all their time in preparation for the work required to finish the course. They have no interest in other work, in school society, or in outside societyg high scholarship is their only ambi- tion. Narrow-mindedness and lack of development is the result of such a life. The true high school student is the one who is inter- ested in all activities of school. He will reap a rich return, for he will have something of the breadth that is required to meet his work in the world. The work in each of the departments of the high school aids in the developement of the students. The English course acquaints us with the great men of the world and develops an appreciation ot our best literature. The history and civics departments famil- ia rize the students not only with the framework of our government hut also with the actual problems of civic and political life. One of the chief duties of society is to insure health. This training is included in the study of chemistry and hygiene. From the study of Latin and German we are able to appreciate the classics and add to our knowledge of English. Next to the regular work come other school interests of vast C important in the student's advancement. Such interests include the debate, oratory, music, art, literary work, and athletics. The literary work broadens those who take part in it and those who listen to the discussions, it accustoms the students to appear before an audience and interest them in the topics of the day. The orator- ical work brings the students before the public, and gives them ease and power in public speaking. The debate work does this and more,, in that it develops the ,power to concentrate, to reason, and to have self-control. The music and art develop the artistic taste. The athletics furnish much needed exercise and recreation, which de- velops all the muscles of the body. It also inoculates self-reliance, manliness, fairness, and a love of clean sportsmanship. Also, they create an interest in the school life and increase school patriotism. VV hen we had completed our high school course, we felt that we had gained much from The Frankfort High School, and we felt that we had done much to add to its pleasure and success. Here we have built our characters, and here we have laid the foundation upon which weishall build our lives. 1.111--,iii The Value of a High School Education for Entering a Practical Work. Education in the broad sense consists of the broadening or the uplifting of the individual in all of the three phases of education, which make or destroy a man's chance of success, namely the de- velopment of the mind, the body, and the morals. It is difficult to set out one of these phases as being of more importance than the rest of a man's welfare. One is just as important as the other. If one is undeveloped or neglected, the man must suffer. It is the purpose of a high school education to develop the student, as far as possible, along all of these lines. The development of the mind is of predominance in the school. The student's powers of concentration, self-reliance, and perception are quickened. He learns to see things in their proper perspective, and in their relation to one another. just thesame as athletics strengthen the body, so does the pursuance of suitable studies de- velopthe mind. The school becomes the mental play ground or