George E Westinghouse High School - Sketch Book Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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I run EDITORIAL People who are interested in formulas for success notice the word Vision recurrently in the different prescriptions for attainment which they see and hear. They see the word in the advertisements for courses in Self-Improvement, in the articles in the inspirational magazines, and in the statements of successful men of affairs. They hear the word from the pulpit, on the lecture platform, and in the addresses of the perrennial Commencement speaker. In concrete terms Vision means having a definite objective towards which one is working. Vision means living one's life according to a plan instead of making it only a succession of days whose activities have no meaning beyond themselves. People who have been successful in a large way tell us that in plan- ning their lives they have followed the architect's method of visualizing the whole structure first and then working the details so as to make their vision an actuality. In relation to life our ambition is the completed structure and each one of our activities must be a definite contribution towards its realization, if our goal is to be attained. Every High School furnishes numerous examples of students who are caused embarrassment and suffering because of their lack of Vision. This is noticed most at graduation time when many Seniors discover that they have to make changes in their plans which affect their whole lives. They failed to look ahead when they entered- High School and so some find out that they have not satisfied the entrance requirements for the college of their choice, others discover that they can't pursue the particular course they want because they elected the wrong course in High School. Still others cannot finish with their class because they have not chosen their subjects in such a way as to fulfill the requirements for graduation, and then there is a group, who, although they graduate, find themselves not so well pre- pared for the work they are doing or the course they are pursuing as they might be if they had chosen their High School subjects with a view to what they wanted to do later. WVhat is the remedy for this very unfortunate condition? ft lies, first of all, in the mind of the student himself. He should come to High School with a dehnite objective in mind and his course in school should be merely a step towards a goal which he keeps constantly before him. But what about the boy or girl who enters High School with no particular Objective? School authorities, realizing the value of an objective for a pupil and the need he has for guidance in selecting it, and the help he often requires in attaining it, have provided assistance for him in the person of the Vocational Counsellor. The Vocational Counsellor aims to help the student find the work he is best Htted for and aids him in choosing the studies which will give him the most help towards that work. The Counsellor also has information concerning the entrance requirements for colleges and with his assistance, students can plan their courses so that there need be no waste. It is desirable that every student enter High School with Vision sufficient to fet him see clearly where he is going and to see just how his work in High School fits into the plan of his objective. If he has not a definite goal when he enters, let us hope for the success and happiness of his whole later life that he secures one early in his High School career. 7

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STCRIE IQ ,IMI r RETRIBUTION Andy Carlson and Spike Marlan, of the good ship Ma1'j01'i0 Ihzw, were once the best of partners, but now-now the bitterest of enemies. Their enmity started this way. XVhile on an expedition to the Samoa Islands. Andy found a large black pearl worth a small fortune Spike wanted that pearl, and for days had evolved and rejected plan after plan for gaining possession of it. His desire for it grew. It was a sweltering hot day. Not a cloud appeared in the blue dome above and the sea was ominously calm. Suddenly, before any one was aware of it, a storm in all its full fury struck the ship and a monstrous wave swept over the deck. As the wave struck him, Marlan vainly lunged for a support and the next moment he was thrown into the raging sea. lt seemed but a moment later that he found himself lying on a white stretch of sandy beach on a small island. He realized that he was hungry and, rising painfully to his feet, stumbled up the beach. Spike had proceeded probably a liundred yards when he dropped to the ground with a low exclamation. Coming down the beach toward him was his enemy, Carlson, possessor of the priceless pearl. As Marlan watched, Andy sat down in the sand to gloat over his gem. Spike crept slowly toward the unsuspecting Swedega murderous gleam in his eyes and a dreadful resolve in his heart. Nearer and nearer he came until he knelt behind the absorbed Carlson. Slowly, oh, so slowly, Marlan reached his feet, then a short struggle, and Spike had the jewel. He glanced at the dead thing at his feet and began to walk slowly down the beach. Suddenly the terrible realization came to him that he was marooned on this island-alone with a dead man and a priceless pearl which was without value to him now. Then Spike began to laugh-laugh-as only a madman can, Then he ran. ran-anywhere to get away from that fearful thing lying back there in the sand. No! No! Andy should not get the. pearl! It was his ano no one could take it! Yes! He would go back and kill him again! He would-Spike stumbled over something and fell. He screamed horribly, tried to rise, but was powerless to move. Marlan was lying over the corpse, babbling incoherently. A horrible sigh and then-he paid the price. Years later an exploring party landed on the island. There, lying on the sand in a fashion grotesque, were two skeletons, one sprawled over the other, and a ine black pearl lay in the hand of the Slsvlcfoiz 1f11dc1'11mn'11. RAvMoND zxMBILL 8