Jefferson High School - Monticello Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Mon ileeLLo Thomas Jefferson High School San Antonio, Texas Volume 28

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INTRODUCTION Everyone tries 1o live a well-balanced life. In our classrooms we work hard to master school sub- jects, but we look forward to getting together with friends at club meetings and dances, doing some- thing to change the pace and ease the pressure of study. We also spend some of our time getting out-of-doors and participating in our favorite sports. Each of our lives is divided into three facets— we divide our time bet ween study, society, and sports. We may therefore say that in each situation we display one of our three faces. When we display these faces in our everyday routine, our ac- tions represent the Three Faces of Jefferson: Scholastic, Social, and Sports. Our Scholastic Face reflects knowledge assimulated in class— alt the facts, figures, and skills that we absorb. The Social Face shows the pleasure of being accepted, of belonging, of having the ap- proval of friends. The Sports Face encompasses our collective pride and enthusiasm in our athletic endeavors. Our faces have a multitude of expressions. We learn valuable etiquette from our associations with friends and from expressing our excitement at sports events in a respectable manner. By eating and playing together we learn additional social poise, while pride is also encouraged by a teach- er ' s favorable comment or a successful paper drive. The perfect student participates in all Three Faces. He divides his time proportionally, reaping the benefits of each. Thus the well-balanced student of today provides a well-balanced and widely edu- cated citizen of tomorrow. As we have depicted life at Jefferson by these three faces, we have respectively divided this year ' s MONTICELLO into three main parts— one for each face. Therefore we present this book to you, the Jeffite who has shown these faces, hoping that it will accurately depict and everlastingly preserve the Three Faces of Jeff-1 959. David Riley Editor-in-Chief 1959 MONTICELLO