Galion High School - Spy Yearbook (Galion, OH)

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. Q' so 3-?i?z,y, KV Q' if .sf fl' 6 .av QI.. TEV K' :..f..i:.-g,,.,,,,..., ...,-i.,..,. ..,,.,,,,, . i , The True Education In response to your request, that I prepare an article for the 1926 Annual, I am submitting the following thoughts from various writers upon the subject of education: Education begins with life. Before we are aware the foundations of character are laid, and subsequent teaching avails but little to remove or alter them. The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think-rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men. A true education-what is it? It is awakening a love for truth, giving a just sense of duty, opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life. It is not so much giving words, as thoughts, or mere maxims, as living principles. It is not teaching to be honest, because honesty is the best policy, but because it is right. It is teaching the individual to love the good, for the sake of the good, to be virtuous in action, because so in heart, to love and serve God supremely, not from fear, but from delight in his perfect character. We all have two educations, one from others, and another, and the most valuable, which we give ourselves. It is this last which fixes our grade in society, and eventually our actual condition in this life, and the color of our fate hereafter. All the professors and teachers in the world would not make you a wise or good man without your own co-operation, and if such you are determined to be, the want of them will not prevail. The real object of education is to give children resources that will endure as long as life enduresg habits that time will ameliorate, not destroy, occupations that will render sickness tolerable, solitude pleasant, age venerable, life more dignified and useful, and death less terrible. It is my sincere wish that each member of the Class of 1926, during the years spent in the schools of Galion, has acquired the foundation for an education such as the above writers have outlined. F. C. McGAUGHY, Pres. of Board of Education. Nine

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Board of Education MRS. J. E. CASEY DR. F. C. MCGAUGHY MR. GEORGE NICKELS MR. A. J. MONROE MR. A. J. HELFRICH Eight

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:F if V I , ffy. 5 ' K,f' Vf 'WLW r If V. f , ,VkV, V ,.VL , . A V - V V ,.r, . ,,Q- fxl lVfV V 3 -,V V ' i 'V V4 , ' Vg ,V V . ,V Vs f ri A if rg sy-aw , gif 525 - 'i A Q' .6 .I ge .Agt A - . V V , V V . ' V MR. VVILL SWICK MR. R. D. CONRAD Principal Superintendent The time to be happy is nowg He who profits most, serves best. The place to be happy is here: The Way to be happy is to make others so. The keynote of Mr. Conrad's admin- istration in the Galion Schools is Ser- vice , He is always ready to help the students. He makes their problems his problems, and, so far as it lies in his power, he solves them. Mr. Swick's favorite poem Very aptly expresses his jolly good-fellowship with the students. The old-fashioned idea of a principal being a sort of a tyrant for discipline vanished long ago, and our present one is as much a comrade as he is a principal and a teacher. Mr. Swick's duties are numerous and varied. As head of Galion High he has, of course, supervision of the entire school. He is also Advisor for the Sen- ior Class, the Hi-Y, the Radio Club and The Spy staff. He is an invaluable member of these organizations, espec- ially so to the Staff. As Manager of the Athletic Association, he takes care of the dnances and expenses of the various games. Lastly, Mr. Swick is the instructor of science, and his witticism never fails to make his classroom a jolly place. Ten Ever since he came to Galion High from DeGraff in the year of 1924, through his genial interest in high school students he has Won a place in their hearts. No rally or chapel program is com- plete without a speech from Mr. Con- rad. However short his talks may be, they are vivid and remain in one's mind for a long time afterwards. Mr. Conrad once said: We should consider others along with self, build and retain friendships, speak kind and encouraging words, and reflect to the world the sunshine and happiness of life. No words of ours could express Mr. Conrad's personality better.