Hillsboro High School - Trojan Yearbook (Hillsboro, KS)

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Class of 1924 HILLSBORO HIGH SCHOOL First Year English I Algebra General Science Bookkeeping German I Home Economics I Medieval and Modern History Second Year English II Geometry Agriculture Home Economics II German II Ancient History Rudiments of Music Course of Study Third Year English III Civics Physics Physiology Economics Sociology Modern History Fourth Year English IV American History Psychology Methods and Management Reviews—Reading and Grammar Reviews—Geography and Arithmetic Commercial Law re DOGCAUGUOUGCOOSOGURCUCECOCCADUGUCEGOUOOODDOOOULUDUOCUDUDUSUDUGUODOOODODEOUDODOCODUADODDODDODUEDODODODDDLDODDODDEODDNDDDDODUDODOD ODI DD FE

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HILLSBORO HIGH SCHOOL COLORS Maroon and White. Decorations—Red and White. “Don’t be afraid to show your colors!” is the advice often given to young people when they are starting out in life. The Hillsboro High School is proud to point to its colors of maroon and white in its banner, and red and white in its decorations as the embodiment of its principles and the symbol of what its future characteristics must be. In adopting as our school colors the blend of red and white that is so conspicuous in the stripes of our national flag, we have a twofold purpose: First, to take as our life’s emblem the colors made sacred to us as the representation of our inborn patri- otism and loyalty; and second, to embody into the principles and creed of our lives the virtues symbolized by the colors we so selected. From the very beginning of color significance the red, typifying blood, has signified bravery—courage—a principle universally admired and reverenced, yet altogether too rarely found in the world of men today. We clear the way for the man or woman of daring and courageous mien, and we delight in telling over and over again deeds of valor in his hero-worshipping age. But there is more than one kind of courage necess- sary for the perfection of human character. Physical courage alone is a much-to-be- commended virtue; but moral courage—the inner bravery that enables one to face the trials and tribulations of life, and endure persecution and insult for the sake of one’s principles, is even more to be desired. It takes courage sometimes to say “No!” to the voice of temptation. It takes courage to meet afflictions and disappointments with the smile of resignation. It takes even more courage, sometimes, to bear the little insig- nificant worries and wrongs of daily life, than it does to face the fire and fury of actual battle. The man and woman of today need to cultivate the moral courage within them- selves—need to determine upon developing within their inner natures the courage of their own convictions—need to dare to say “Yes!” or “No!”—and stick to it as their conscience prompts and their own souls dictate. This our Alumni, who from year to year have stepped out of the shelter of school life into the unknown perils of the actual workaday world beyond, realize, and are doing honor to the significant red of bravery. But though bravery is, as we say, one of the foremost virtues in the composition of the well-rourided character, it is certainly not all-essential. There is a virtue superior even to that—a virtue without which even the bravest could meet but sure and certain defeat—the virtue of purity, of which our white is symbolical. And purity, in its broad- est, most subtle perfection, does not by any means signify cleanliness of action alone, but cleanliness of word, and even more than that, cleanliness of thought. There is a text that says, “To the pure all things are pure.” And so much of our action depends upon the thought behind every word. This is why we have always been proud to point to the white as our secondary school color, hoping that the purity it typifies may become closely inculcated in our personal principles, and that by blending it with the red of brav- ery, our courage may be kept ever clean and white—that we may remain always pure of thought and word and deed, brave of purpose and spirit—yes, brave and pure of motive in all that we may think or say or do throughout all the course of our lives. So as the Alumni of the Hillsboro High School proceed on their voyage of life, hold- ing the colors of red and white proudly aloft, we, the Seniors of 1925 are glad to join their throng, determined to stand by our colors to the end, building for ourselves lives of braver, purer promise and richer value, and characters of sterling strength and tested purity, through a wise and happy blending of the red with the white. | H H ea Ag fa (CPREUAReUeecuenenessnenuuensanesusueiescroccrssstersvenstuesueeeseulteUesb0EsG00HH TOOT TT TOTTI Er) (Qn ES) go a - RR Thirteen