Gibson City High School - Drummer Yearbook (Gibson City, IL)

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QREETINGS To those into whose liands this book perchance may fall and who may read these pages with kindly interest, with en- thusiasm for the school, or with critical intent, we, the Drumn mer Staff, extend a hearty greeting. To you the Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Board of Edu- cation, we would say, Put yourself in a receptive mood be- fore advancing further. lf the trials, tribulations and vexa- tions of the board stood out in the book as they did in its making we would surely say, Go no further. However, we have survived and so may you. Tread lightly, interpret freely, and forgive our crudeness. There may be some who will be disappointed in the Drummer and whose standards the book does not reach. To such we would say, We have done our best. ' There may be some to whom the quips seem not so funny as they do to us. To them we would say, A joke's a joke for a' that. Upon the many whom we know will receive this book with hearty appreciation, we have relied for encouragement in the work. That this Drummer may in years to come, recall scenes of our school days, afford amusement for some lonely hour, cause a laugh of mirth or a fond memory, to cheer sadness, or lighten heavy responsibility, is the wish of the TRUMMER STAFF OF '24

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We, the members of the Class of 1924, having completed our sojourn in Trummer, 'wish to dedicate this record of our lives and experiences to those who are the backbone of the school. In appreciation of the efforts put forth by the patrons of Drummer High to make our school life what it has been, we present this cv4nnual as an expression of our gratitude.

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THE DRUMMER 1924 S UPERINTENDENTS QREETING Patrons of Drummer Township High School: It has been a long process in the history of mankind from the time man struggled for a bare existence, in the truly physical sense, until he arrived at the period where it was possible for him to devote some time and effort to things other than those intended merely to preserve his life. The compara- tively rapid changes that have taken place in our standard of living in the last century have been due largely to a realization of the fact that the mind, it used properly, can remove many of the ordinary handicaps retarding the progress of the race. But the mind, to function at its best, needs training, hence, our public school system, a device to supply a recognized need that the home is unable to give. How well this need is met in America depends, to a considerable degree, upon each local community. In our own community, whatever of worth whileness that is being done in D. T. H. S. is due in a large measure to the willingness of the patrons to lend their influence and to give their moral support to the promotion of ideals that make life worth living. We are coming to realize more and more that the great objective in education is training for a composite citizenship. A citizenship that helps the individual to discriminate between seeming duties and real duties, as they relate themselves to other individuals, to the home, to the church, and to the state, a citizenship that will enable and urge the individual to perform these real duties in everyday life. A school can best perform its task when it has the hearty co-operation of the patrons of the community. The big job of preparing our young people to-day to assume efficiently and wholeheartedly the responsibilites of to-mor- row is impossible without this co-operation. The conscientious patron will be ever ready to do his bit towards the advancement of our standards to an ever higher plane of merit and achievement. With this support the influence uf Drummer upon each succeeding group that seeks the training it gives, will become increasingly effective towards the attainment of a greater degree of human perfection. Let us do our duty. W. M. LOK Superintendent. 5