Grundy Center High School - Spartan Yearbook (Grundy Center, IA)

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GRUNDY CENTER HIGH SCHOOL

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. I - ,Q ,. FOIEWARD L Many are the Annuals and Year Books launched up- on the sea of literature by Universities and Colleges, but- n ? ':i ' the High School Annual is a new departure. This is our n A, 3' ' ' first attempt and we realize more fully than any one else ' the failures and short-comings of this book. So in sub- mitting The Postscript we ask you to judge us lightly, A keeping in mind the short-comings of youth and inex- perience. The Editors. C? QB PRINTED EY THE GRUNDY REPUBLICAN, D GRUNDY CENTER, IOWA D I l r Umxie DQ f-fm

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. OUR BESETTING SIN QP:-of. Love, to the students of G. C. H. Sal A boy, says Plato, is the most vicious of all wild animals How that old codget' could fib when he thought no one would Gnd him out! We shudder to think what he might have said of the girls were it not for the fact that the Ancients did not regard girls as child- ren nor members of the family, but classed them with the chickens and other domestic ani- mals. Perhaps it was better after all for the girls if such men as Plato were to record their characteristics for' future generations to read. Plato was either an old grouch or else children have changed vastly for the better since tho:-ze old times. The pupils of the Grundy Center High School are not wildanimals nor even domestic ones, but are delightfully human young men and women: with whom it is a pleasure to work and a delight to meet in a social way. They are studious and honest, loyal to their teachers and friends, and courteous to all. ' However, there is one serious fault common to all young people and particularly notic- able in the pupils of our high school which can be remedied by a little effort and attention, that of carelessness, just good natured, thoughless carelessness The forgotten work as signed, the heavy foot-step in the hall, the friendly scuffle in the cloak room, the irrespon- sible behavior when not under the eye of some teacher: this is what I mean by carelessness. The much used and much abused excuse, I forgot, caps the climax This fault you must overcome before you can ever take your place among men and women 'is men and womt n Wh it the world demands today is reliability. Mere ability without reliability is useless, The sense of re- sponsibility is acquired only by diligent practice, not by pre-cept. This quality you must have if yoti are ever to be successful in life, and I upils of the Grundy Center llxgh Schools, my highest ambition is to see you become men and women: confident in your own power, 'ind proving to the world that you merit the confidence of others. Let others question your ability but never your sense of responsibility. Do this and my word for it you will succeed where thousands have failed. C. L. LOVE. For these kind sentiments and admonitions, we gratefully dedicate this little volume to Prof. C. L. Love, who through the three years of our high school work has be en our guide and inspiration. THE JUNIOR CLASS.