Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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 ammonb tgf) appenmp PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR CLASSES OF HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL HAMMOND, N. Y. JUNE, 1930 ■: EDITORIAL STAFF : ' iv V ; ‘ ’ ■ • V ' ’ Editor-in-Chief................................. Ruth Nieol Assistant Editor................................ Erva McLear Business Manager.......................... .Irene Smith Assistant Business Manager.................. Cyril McDougall Class Reporter ............................. Theresa Maloy Athletics............................................Marshall Tyler Jokes......................................... Roscoe Pilger School Notes............................................Doris Foote

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I Editorial Staff Front Row—Irene Smith, Ruth Nicol, Doris Foote. Back Row —Marshall Tyler, Erva McLear, Roscoe Pilger, Theresa Maloy, Cyril McDougall

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS The editorial staff has done its best to make this paper a success. We wish at this time to thank the people who so kindly consented to advertise in it, as it is their financial as- sistance that has made pos- sible the publication of the “Happenings. ” THE VALUE OF A SCHOOL PAPER son choosing the vocation. Experience is the harvest of life and every harvest is the result of a sowing. The ex- perience which young people most crave is that of success in some service for which they are naturally fitted. They wish it at once because youth wish- es to touch a magic button and command success without ap- prenticeship. What the newspaper is to the general community, the school paper is to the school community. Both publications possess uncommon interest to their readers by the printing of news items, stories and tales of humour and woe. One in- fluences mature minds; the other influences the youthful minds. The school paper has one distinct advantage: it is the product of its readers. CHOOSING A VOCATION The choosing of one's career is of great importance. It has been proved in many cases that the vocation often chooses the person, instead of the per- DOES EDUCATION PAY ? What a question ? Does it pay to prepare the ground before sowing the seed ? Does it pay to polish the precious stone before market- ing it ? Does it pay to sharpen the tools before working with them ? Does it pay to have a mind rather than to be a mere ani- mal and to think with a train- ed mind ? Does it pay to make the most of the faculties with which God has endowed one, or let them remain dormant ?