Langley High School - Aeronaut Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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F1 Y I1 ll9Hl-ERo1bI,Auhlll I AN APPRECIATION lf you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. THE difference between schools lies not only in their external appearance, their organizations, their scholarship. but, most of all, in their instructors. Good teachers, like good clergymen, give up something in choosing to teach. If they succeed as teachers of literature, they themselves might write: if they have mastered history, the roots of statesmanship are in them: if their chemistry and physics are sound, they could be consulting specialists for big corporations. Real teachers know their subject matter and know how to use it. But they have also a constitutional liking for seeing others grow, and for helping on the process. To guide a human being in the mastery of facts worthwhile, to make and carry out a program of thinking which causes the student to continue think- ing after he leaves school: to relate school to life so that even while he is in school the student will begin to do well the things which will be his life work- that is teaching! It is a magnificent work. Its best rewards are not in any sala- ries, but in the life long gratitude and affection of the girls and the boys who know what it all means to them. Good teaching requires information, clear attractiveness of speech, knack of suggestion, insight, enthusiasm for studies, and ability to think problems through, But, after all, the character-the personality of the instructor4really does the teaching! And so, to the teachers of Langley-examples of the best of their profes- sion. who have faithfully and lovingly dedicated their lives to the good of others-to the good of us-we, the graduating class of June, 1928, express our gratitude for and appreciation of their service and kind interest to us during our high school careers, and hope they will accept our sincere wishes for their success and happiness. JANE HEIL. HEARD AMONG THE TEACHERS 1. Get your slips ready. I Z. As you were. 3. 'Alf you want a thing done right, do it yourself. 4. Did I tell you the one about the last time I was down at Morgantown? 5. I hope you don't feel hurt. 6. Pass out quickly and quietly. 7. Did you get your assignment? 8. 'AThat reminds me of a story I once heard. 9. Now boys and girls. 10. Hand in your themes as you pass out. ll. Hey, fat. 12. Use your head. I3. Where's your hall pass? l4. Now, children. IAUSWQYS On Page 1077 Page Eleven