Greenfield High School - Evergreen / Exponent Yearbook (Greenfield, MA)

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- , . . ,.., -V . ' . W : 'w'i:q' 1,3 . 4,0 ! ,Q nf. , ,hy . Q5 A. 'E , 3 wa. . f.. . . 4' ,u 42, 4 .:, ng .' aim ' ':,fg,i' it .51 12.41 st 4 L y '6 V. ful, it ,apfg n lit., 9' . ' in ' Q' , 5 'F - l . ,era -- . i 'il t -' ' FTW 'fl Qfc ' Q A a My C 07.56 Wwcod A subject of much current discussion among educators is that education is a continuous process, involving the training of all American youth. Therefore, it becomes the duty of the public school system to build from the youth of America, the raw material, a finished product, the graduated student who is ready to face the problems of the world. We, the class of 1946, have chosen this conception as the theme of the Yearbook and will show how the various aspects of the program of Greenfield High School are similar to the phases of a building process. The first step in constructing a building is the work of the architects. Similarly, in the building process of education the designers are the teachers. They, like the architects, plan the finished product and determine the steps which will mold the raw material, the students, into the completed product. The raw material is, of course, essential to the building. In a school system the pupils constit-ute the raw material to be used in the construction. As the different students are naturally quite varied in interests and abilities, the system must have various programs to suit the diverse needs. Next, the manual labor involved in constructing a building may be compared to the athletic program in the school system. J ust as the laborers contribute bodily effort toward the building process, so the athletic activities aid in the physical growth and development of the pupil. Still another aspect of the well-constructed building is the embellishments. The phase of education corresponding to these adornments is the school activities. The various clubs help to further the growth of the student by offering him a means of meeting and talking to others who have interests similar to his. After these various aspects of the continuous building process have been con- sidered, the raw material is shaped into the finished product. In the same way the pupil is, through his years of continuous education, converted into a graduated student. The reader should, however, remember that education, like a building, is never completed. Just as a house is changed and improved, so the pupil continues to acquire knowledge throughout his life. Thus, we choose as a theme for the Yearbook the idea that students are prepared for future life by means of education, a never-ending building process. ' JANET RUTI-I SWAIN