Houtzdale High School - Jack O Lantern Yearbook (Houtzdale, PA)

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lui. hg WVQ- JACK 0' LANTERN gp W W g IetsfjgHH'akc Next 'Hearts Gllpinminn Hear C3111 lil. 5. , Houtzdale High and Athletics ' You cannot have a winning team all the time, but whether a team wins or loses, the expenses go on just the' same. Everywhere that it is possible to save-e-acent on our athletics it is saved. A person does not love the game very much or has no interest in his home team, if he only goes to the games that he is sure his home team will win. When the boys are loosing and are outclassed but the gym is always packed with rooters who are always behind them then the team will become winners. You should consider the size of our High School, the enroll- ment and the conditions under which the fellows who wear the BLUE and WHITE have to play. Think of how many boys the other schools that we play have to pick from. We have always given them a chase for their money. Houtzdale high has an enrollment of 80 and 36 boys, and only about half of them are able to compete in athletics, .because some have to work and some are not physically equipped for the differ- ent sports that H. H. S. indulges in. . , Some people think that since we have such a small High School we should not participate in any sports. A good mind is useless without a strong body or vice versa. The board of Directors, and-the faculty are trying to build up strong bodies as well as strong minds. In the School Code there is -a law which makes it compulsory to have physical education in the schools. ' .It is so arranged by our Athletic Association that everybody can participate in some game. There is Basket Ballg Base Ballg Foot Ball and Track for the boys. Volley Ball for the girls. As soon as it is possible, a couple of Tennis Courts will ,be made back of the school., g ' I We finished well near the top this year in the Mountain League and practically all the varsity back next year. - There is no reason why we should not bring back the cup. Let us all get together and push, pull boost, back and MAKE our team be PENNANT WINNERS next year Make next year a year never to be forgotten in the school history. Let us support-OUR HIGH SCHOOL in the thick and thin of the battle. T DAVID E. HILLER '26 Editorgln Chief H. H. S. Ambition ' Nothing can keep you back, if you mean to go forward. Imean by this, that the road to success is widening more and more, and that success comes to those who work. ' - T ,S 1While we are in High School, we should make up our minds as to 'whatlwe are going to do when we leave school. You can be whatever you make up your mind to be. We must concentrate on realizing the thought of our-ambition, in all we undertake. It is no use to have ideas --14,-- 1 1 . Ln., -'lr .

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,,.,.W,T,, N. ir., THE JACK 0' LANTERN g-A g r Q U I Kass- 1 Y 'A flln-Cl9peratinn Qin Quia 09111 Clbf School S Many people who see this book will wonder why it is not what it was advertised to be. The reason is that we could not get enough sub- scriptions to make the book a success. It would have left too large a debt to have published the book as originally planned. There are only a few people in this Community who seem to real- ize that such a thing as Houtzdale High School exists. It is only these few that are interested in the activities of the School and patronize them. To have a better High School there must be co-operation between the Parents, Faculty, Students and Taxpayers. Many people believe that their only obligation to the school is to pay taxes, but that is not all--. They should visit the schools and see if they as taxpayers, are getting their money's worth. When a man invests his money in some private enterprise, he is always looking after that investment to see what divi- dends it will pay and how he can make it pay larger ones. Why can he not do the same when he puts money as taxes into the School? Some people are always critiicizing the Schools, Students, Boards of Education and Faculty. But very often those same people have not darkened the door of a School for years. r riendly criticism s welcomed by our School but the School dislikes criticismrwhen the people have not investigated the facts that they criticise. A man said to me the other day, Why should I be interested in the School or their activities when no relative of miine is in the School? It is his business as a citizen of the Unted States to see how the Schools of his community are modeling the future citizens of this country. A great writer said, that, The power of a nation lies only in the men and women who make up that nation. Make Houtzdale Schools Your Schools. Pupils in school should realize the cost of their education to their parents and their community. They should try to repay this cost by mastering their lessons thoroughly and not trying to get through High School with the least possible efforts. If you show interest in your work, your teachers will show interest in you. When you are given op- portunity to do something for your school, do it with the best of your ability., The quicker you do a hard task the easier it is in the end. We cannot all make hundreds but we can atleast try bybdcgnlgl 0,1518 best. '-131-'

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,, , ,,,Q Q THE JACK o'1iAN'1-ERN V, ,- If we don't carry them out. Some young people entering life's school think that they can never make good, thinking of all the difficulties they have before them, and say that the life before them shall be nothing but a struggling one. If we get this idea into our heads we can never make good, for every little difficulty we come up against with this attitude is a potential ruin to us. Ie may make us feel a little discouraged, but if we had no hardships, we could not get along. We would never have anything to struggle for. - All useful work is honorable, and the only dishonor in it, if it's poorly done. What then are the qualities we need most on our way through the world? There are two classes of people inevery country, those who keep its honor bright, and those who spoil it's name. You may belong to either class. It does not matter who you are, whether rich or poor. The rich people often have a better chance in life, for they can go away to school, but after all do these rich ones that go away to school get as much good out of it as the poor person, who has to save every cent, .knowing that if he falls below, the only thing he can do is quit? The poor boy realizes what that word means, so he works and works hard. He is the kind of a person that makes a good citizen, not the person who goes to school just for the fun of it and says, Dad is footing the bills. The boy or girl who sticks to his work, that is the kind of a person the world is waiting for: that is the kind of grl or boy that every mother wishes her daughter or son to be. Then as we enter Life's School, we must be prepared for the many difficulties that are before us, and must not take things seriously. Why then, if success depends upon ourselves, do so many fail? This may be due to the fact that the boys and girls close their eyes to their opportunities. We should keep our eyes open. if we wish to become something We must remember that victory comes to those who work, toil and strive for the achievement of their aims. Are we going to travel over the road without stu'mblng on the way? And if we do stumble are we going to stay down or are we going to get up and travel on? This depends entirely upon ourselves. n ' M. E. S. 126 ' H. H. S. - Tillie threaten! 'Thing Jn Tillie ligurlh Winter comes and winter goes, W As man through life doth travel, Summer fades and autumn blows, E'er life's mystery, he unravel. ' We have been told many times over that the mystical LOVE was the greatest thing in the world. That saying still holds true. Love is a thing which has no history. No one knows how or whence it came. It hasabeen the ruling force of nations and persons sin'ce the beginning of time. No other one factor has had an equal hand in the ,ruling of the ' ---15-- ' .b......g.....,