Lansingburgh High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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'3' 4' THE ODYSSEY 4' - Saliutatio URATOBES, praesis facultatis, magistri, parentes, condiscipuli et amici, hodie, nostro die ultimo in hac carisslma schola, vos salutamus. Gaudemus quod nobiscum conveneritls, quando dolentes magnopere corde nostra almae matri vale dicimus. Multa vobis debemus, cari parentes, vestris sacrificiis propter cura- tionem, nobis datam. Et vobis, dignissimi curatores et magistri, summam gratiam habemus propter studium quod nobis monstravistis per nostros quattuor annos in hac schola. Crastina die soli in orbem proficiscemur, nobis ultra vestris magnamimis verbis et factis juvetis ut hactenus per nostras vitas juvavistis. Est maximo cum honore et sincerrima cum gratia quod vos ad nostram consociationem extremam una salutamus. -DOROTHY A. WHITWELL Education in time Machine Age is what the individual feels in his innermost soul that dis- tinguishes one individual from other individuals. In the de- velopment of his attitudes, one should be led into a sympathetic understanding of the great significance of the power of the Creator as this power reveals itself in the life processes of nature. These Words of Dr. Rollo G. Reynolds, principal of Horace Mann School, in a recent address at the convention of the Association for Child- hood Education, seem to fit to a word the modern idea of education. Modern education is affected by two significant trends which imply a very close relationship between schools and the leisure time agencies. One of these trends is that the present day needs of our society have thrust upon the public schools the obligation to prepare youth for wise and beneficial use of leisure, the other, that educators are constantly connecting the educational program more and more closely with real life. In a word, education is employing the method of the game. The day routine of the school room is no longer set up to repress but to stimulate. Supervision aims to create right attitudes toward learn- ing by creating wholesome interest through child cooperation. Instruc- tors are skillfully prepared to discover the causes of lack of interest and to right it. It is their desire to evoke from the child the beautiful natural qualities with which each individual's soul is endowed by the Creator. The modern classroom, like a mirror, reflects the activities, interests and problems of everyday existence. The things fundamentally interesting to a child are its main activities, and the student is thrown into contact with the challenges and methods which are certain to win interest and active wholehearted response in the hearts and minds of youth. The Machine Age has produced an amount of leisure unknown to the past generationg and therefore, the world should be educated to know how to employ this leisure time. The National Education Associa- tion has done much in promoting education for leisure of both children and adults through the seven-fold cardinal objectives: health, home, learn- ing, citizenship, vocations, avocations, and character. 16

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'I' '-5' THE ODYSSEY '5' '5' presiimiifents ot' time Class ot CHESTER LAMBERT .....,......................... Freshman Year JOHN ROHN ........... .... S ophomore Year RICHARD HOPKINS ...... Junior Year JOSEPH FLAGLER ..... ..... S enior Year Organization JOSEPH FLAGLER .................... President CAROLYN CRAMER . .. .. . Vice-President IRENE NIAL .......... ...... S ecretary EDWARD CUERDON ..... .... T reasurer ' N W 'Qiimss Loiiors Blue and White Motto Per asperra ad astra 15

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'3' '-' THE ODYSSEY ' 73' '- Health education is not considered one of the primary responsibil- ities of the recreation leader, who, however, recognizes the importance of this work in the schools. All sorts of sports, games, hiking, swimming, gardening, camping, and innumerable other activities are enjoyed in the schools and recognized as a necessity of healthful, joyous play. Further- more, all recreation programs are planned in the light of health consider- ation, adaptation -of activities with regard to age, sex and physical qual- ities, proper balance of strenuous and quiet activities, and adequate safe guards. All around physical activities are sought, especially activities which may be employed not merely during school days, but throughout the greater part of life, and those activities which will constantly assist in keeplng one physically and mentally fit. All recognize that the home is the fundamental unit of our social and civic structure. Growing attention is being given to the development of services and activities which will aid parents to build up an increasing interest in the family environment. Recreation leaders are fully aware of the fact that a lively and developing family play life is of fundamental importance. It is said that the family that plays together stays together, and many cities have conducted special campaigns arranged to inspire and inform families concerning home recreations. One of the special services of the National Educational Association is through its national physical education service, which has done much to secure state laws requiring compulsory physical education in schools. A recreation leader's philosophy of learning is the unfolding of per- sonality. Under the leadership of qualified persons recreation programs and public play are highly educational. These programs are based upon child interests and develop growth in manual, physical, dramatic, lingu- istic, and social powers. The child is introduced to nature by actual con- tact, not merely as an instructive study, but as something beautiful and as fascinating as a game. Educating for leisure has two aspects: first, the learning of skills, and second, the satisfaction of the actual employ- ment of these skills by whatever facilities and opportunities the commun- ity offers. Thus, while learning a skill, the child learns also to cooperate and coordinate. Are not these, knowledge and cooperation, the great bal- ance wheel of our social and civic life. Public recreation is largely group work. The work of the athletic teams, orchestras, dramatic groups, choruses, reading and discussion clubs all involve team work. They are citizenship training to a high de- gree. Individuals are taught the meaning of working together-working for the benefit and welfare of all-with this object placed above per- sonal gain. A wide variety of play activities promoting the development of skill and the growth of personality has a very important bearing upon the in- dividual in the choice of a vocation and upon preparation for successful work and accomplishments in later life. Public recreation may, too, render this service to one-inspire him with the spirit of the game-which spirit he may draw into his life work-and thus lighten its burden. One of the primary concerns of recreation as a leisure movement is guidance in avocations. What the child does in his play may carry over into lasting hobbies for pleasure outlets in later life. Recreation programs involve a broad field of activities, from spinning tops to community sym- phony orchestras. Certainly each individual is sure to find something to his liking in such rich opportunities. 17