Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS At whatever cost to myself l will seek to do justice and to have justice done. that each of my fellow-wm'kers and all of my fellivw-cwuntryinen may have a fair chance to make their best eontrihuticm to the cmiiiinm good. 4. ln my work with others l will be cheerful. Cheerlessness depresses all the workers and injures all the work. J. In my use of money earned hy the united labor of myself and others l will he neither a miser nur a spendthrift. l will save and spend as mme Of the friendly workers of America. IX The Law of Kindness The Good American is Kind ln .'xlllL'l'lC2l 111any different sorts uf people must live tw- gether. lfnkindness anywhere hurts the cmmnmi life every- where. Kindness helps the ecminion life everywlierc. I. I will he kind in thought. I will cherish no grudges or spites. I will cherish an uneonquerahle good will toward everyune regardless uf his race. his color, his condition, or his attitude toward myself. J

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2. I will treat my opponent with courtesy. 3. If I play in a group game, I will play, not for my glory, but for the team and for the fun of the game. -1. I will be a good loser or a generous winner. Sport must serve life, not life sport. VI The Law of Duty The Good American Does His Duty The shirker or the willing idler lives upon the labor of others and thus makes the common life poorer and harder. and injures his country and her cause. I will try to find out what is my duty, what I ought to do, and will do it whether it is easy or hard. XYhat I ought to do I can do. VII The Law of Good Workmanship The Good American Tries to do the Right Thing in the Right Way The welfare of our country and the promotion of hcr cause depend upon those who have learned to do in the right way the things that ought to be done. l. I will therefore take an interest in my work. fu 2. l will try not to beat others, but to beat my own record. Q. I will not be satisfied with slip-shod and merely passable work. I will aim to do the right thing in the right way even though my work is not inspected or praised. A wheel or nail poorly made may cause disaster. Time will test my work. 4. XYheu I have done my best, I will not envy those who have done better, or those who have received larger reward. Envy spoils the worker and may spoil the work. VIII The Law of Team-Work The Good American Works in Friendly Co-operation with His Fellow- Workers For the welfare of our country and the progress of her I cause, her citizens must learn to work together. Great tasks are done by the united labor of many friendly work- men. 1. Though self-reliant I will be adaptable, and will work with others with- out friction. 2. In my work I will strive to contribute what is best for each and all. J

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2. I will be kind in speech. XYords may wound or heal. 3. I will be kind in act. Kindness involves good manners, the stern sup- pression of cruelty, and the special help of those who cannot help them- selves. - X The Law of Loyalty The Good American is Loyal Loyalty is constant, faithful and self-sacrificing devotion to an object, person or cause. He who is disloyal in any relation of life is not a good Anierican, he is a traitor. l. I will be loyal to my own family. In loyalty I will be gladly obedient to my parents or to those who take their place. I will do my best to help each member of my family to education, comfort. character and happiness. 2. I will be loyal to my school. In loyalty I will obey and help other pupils to obey the school laws, which are framed to further the good of all. 3. I will be loyal to my community and my state. and to those institutions of law and order. of justice and mercy, which have been won a11d pre- served for us by the sacrifices of the fathers. I will do my best to pre-A vent lawlessness and to promote reverence for law. -I. .I will be loyal to my country. In loyalty I will seek by my life or by my death to save my country from wrong' courses. to serve her in peril, to help her to become great and good. 5. I will be loyal to humanity. If .-Xmerica is to make her noblest contri- 5 bution to the welfare of the world. I must do my best to help my coun- try to maintain friendly relations with every other country. and to give to every one in every land the best possible chance. If I try simply to be loyal to my family, I may be disloyal to my school. If I try simply to be loyal to my school, I may be disloyal to my commu- nity and my state. If I try simply to be loyal to my community and state. I may be disloyal to my country. If I try simply to be loyal to my country. I may be disloyal to humanity. Ilut if I am first of all loyal to humanity. I shall be loyal to my country, my state and community, my school and my family. And he who obeys the law of loyalty will find that he is obeying all the other nine laws of the Good American. r Y,