Galion High School - Spy Yearbook (Galion, OH)

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manufacture of many new kinds of articlesg many new types of machinery have been intro- duced. Manners, customs, religious observ- ances, political ideas and views of life, as well as, the ways of living have been almost equally transformed. Business knowledge, industrial skill, executive capacity and personal efliciency are demanded. The declaration of war has made the situation more complex and the de- mand greater. Great inroads have been made on the old educational ideas. The kind of knowledge needed has fundamentally changed. The ability to read and write and cipher no longer dstinguish the educated from the un- educated man. One must have better, broader and a different kind of knowledge than did his parents if he is to succeed under modern con- ditions. The boy, today, that is as well edu- cated as his father, is not as well educated as his father because he must fight his battles in a greater and more complex civilization. Success is hgher up the ladder now than it was a generation ago, while the crowd about the bottom of the ladder increases every year. The days of apprenticeship have passed. Our public schools should no longer be mere teaching institutions. Disciplinary training in the rudiments of learning does not suffice. We are called upon and we must undertake in a more extensive way than ever before, some of the educational functions no longer provided either by the home, or in the shop. We must concentrate our energy to a definite purpose, to train the eye and the hand for direct and useful action, and to prepare more deiinitely our pupils for personal usefulness in life. Drawing, manual-training, household arts, laboratory instruction, industrial and vocation- al training should be given extensively. School hygiene and the physical welfare of the child must be given attention, or in other words, the care of the bodies as well as the heads of the children is absolutely necessary. We are in a new era of educational progress. Parents, teachers and all connected with the schools must be wide awake and ready to meet the conditions as they present themselves. We are thankful more than we can express for the school spirit that exists in Galion. The elec- tors by their ballot have made it possible for two new buildingsg a high school and a grade building, to be erected and because of this fact, we feel that the demands which have been set forth in the preceding can be met to a great degree. This is gratifying to the Superintendent, Principals, Teachers, Board of Education and all concerned. Thanking the public again and again for their support and hoping that these few lines may be of interest and value, I am Sincerely yours, J. J. PHILLIPS. 4- '1 X! .. 'igi+r.:wi , ' sw.. ... -.'i-,--.arg-:yi Lax . cf .,.fsn.11'ffg455::5t13. Wai.. MW -1- x:,:7'. -1 -' ' SE Qfdn--f-'2'.1-M' ::-- .. 5 - 4 L' fa ' 2, 'sits' .:.E . ,. ' -w4::i-Seiya: ,A 1 W, . , JMU -,vw ,- ,V . .-.g . , -A I 315, - 4- -Wfsw - was K se,:aue..,. .,f11s.i-ia, 'mi-' Viiiclaffs ' 2Lui5'g:W5N?' 41:4 K f'f et -w- N wr: me AKG' ,fm ,E miglamg -16..

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F. E- HONNOLD, B. A. Principal. Director of High School Music Adarnsville High School Ohio Wesleyan University. -18-