Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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L THE SPIRIT OF THE STUDENT ,Xs we wonder, our thoughts are turned into the channel as to the spirit of the student who is wending his way through the Secondary School. The university interests widen along many lines, politically and indi- vidualistically. The normal school is centered upon one thing, The llow to Teach, whereas the high school prepares for the after consideration of the pupil as to the future of his particular needs. Education cannot be had for the asking: gold cannot buy the necessary preparation for the welfare of the student on which he may base his future. The spirit of determination bol- sters up the soul, puts energy behind action, pep into the physicalg so action is carried forward u11til the being is saturated and the truth that the student is working out is made clear to the mind. However much the high school student may have done, he is dissatis- fied and does not approach the ideal. It is not merely that he knows: he must have paid the price and realize through hard labor and sacrifice the relation that exists between truths. His mental eye must be constantly watching for the normal and abnormal things about him. The student will stalk up Iilllfl down to meet the watchman, and say to him, XYatchman, what of the night ? The answer may come, but if it does not he questions many times and renews his effort until he is satisfied. He must have labored for the truth and, won by long, hard years of toil, for something that he may call his own. The student of the high school cannot tell. in many instances, which way he is portendingg the glittering insignia has not opened up the future. but with the glowing fact that the future will be presented: the love for education works beneath spontaneity, and action continues with a happy ,determination to fix the foundation. The advice then is: Dig, dig the foun- dation deep, young man. Plant firmly the outer wall. The high school student will understand that the tire that burns within will advance him toward the future with the utmost energy and make a path that opens the way to higher things. Again, what would the spirit mean if, on meeting some object, the mind would suddenly become befogged and stand awestricken and turn aside or backward and the truth became weakened. The old idea of reward would be gone. The11 we could not understand the fallacy of success, or failure. The student would no longer be a student and he could meet poverty as in- differently as wealth: the shame of poverty or the love of riches would be cast offg hence the world would not reach the higher level of understanding because the would-be student has dropped out by the way and no one has reached any special goal,

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A ONHIGHSCHOOL l A pleasing memorial in 'marble to those noble citizens of Lacon who through, their financial assistance or their service on the Board of Difrectors made the present school building possible.