Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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f— r-HE-GRAFVeiS— t Unratimuil tiiuratum A boy in the questioning adolescent age looks up to us parents and with an honest, anxious, tormented looks asks. Daddy, what good does it do me to study this Cicero?” There is a tragedy in such a question that should bring tears to our eyes, and happy is the father or teacher who can sanely and practically and satisfactorily answer such a question, without recourse to vague imagination and visionary fancies. We should stand with uncovered heads before the sincerity, the ambition, and the noble ideals of a boy who wants to make good in the world, wants to earn an honorable living, wants to be trained to succeed in the world of men. Tell him to read the plays of Euripides, to master calculus, to learn about the siege of Troy, and know the life story of ants, if you want to. but unless you want to feel like a criminal, don ' t wean him away from the one great purpose for which he was created, that is. to earn a living. Our country is a democracy and we are justly proud of it. Equality of opportunity and educational advantages for everyone is our motto, and it is sound. The preservation of democratic government is dependent on general cultural education as high up as it can be taken for all. or for as many as can avail themselves of opportunities held open for all. But with all this, let us remember that John and Dick have to make a living and need to be trained for it. In fact, we should distinguish between the two sides of the individual ' s development by calling one education and the other training. Education generally involves, especially indirectly, some training, more or less, for earning a living. And training involves always education in connection with it. Vocational education is not something mysterious and difficult to comprehend: for to do a thing accurately and efficiently, and understand the purpose and technique, and to learn to properly explain and repeat the performance, is education plus training, which means vocational education. HAROLD B. D1EMER t 23 ] 4— 1-9-2-9— t

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f— THE-6RAKOI-S— f MABLE GIBSON The home is the fundamental institution of society: it is the nursery of the citizen and nothing which such outside agencies as the church, school, or state can do will make up for any deficiency in the home.” Home making is a matter of dealing with individuals, as well as with material things: and the life and destiny of the family depend on the way the home is managed. Just as other executives are trained along lines of particular interest to them, so should the homemaker and mother be trained for her work in order that the wasteful trial and error method need not enter into this most important profession in too large a proportion. Education goes a long way towards solving any problem, and education along lines of family life will tend to make our homes happier, more wholesome places in which to live. GRACE JORDAN t 22 ] f »— f

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f— THE-GJRArV©IS=t W. BROWN I. TREESH Education in a democracy, both within and without the school, should develop in each individual the knowledge, interests, ideals, habits and powers whereby he will find his place and use that place to shape both himself and, society toward ever nobler ends. DOROTHY MENOWN J. McMURRAY MABLE SPENCER 1 24 j — — f— 1-9-S-9— -f —