Le Roy Central School - O At Kan Yearbook (Le Roy, NY)

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THE RED A D BLACK Published Monthly by Students of Le Roy High School 1926--1927 EDITORIAL STAFF 1927-1928 Editor in Chief Assistant Editor Business Manager Circulation Managers Marguerite Hoy Ruth Brown Richard White Eugene Morris Lucille O'Shea Editor in Chief Assistant Editor Business Manager Circulation Managers Janet MacPherson Alfred Decker George Curtis Helen McKeon Mary Kanaley ' Sport Editor Thomas O'Mealia Associate Editors Associate Editors Katherine Murray Clayton Ingles Janet MacPherson Helen McKeon Faculty Advisors Katherine Murray Lucille Smith 1926-1927 Mary Kanaley Margaret Jones Miss Barber Miss Hollenback Miss Hyde George Curtis Dorothy Brooks 1927-1928 Clayton Ingles Alfred Decker Miss Barber Miss Hyde Life is Glorious With June, youth approaches days of gaity and romance For most it is the end of a school year, with release to a wider world of sunshine and playg for many, the end of school forever. Those who graduate from dear old L. H. S. will, of course, go on to higher schools of learning. The thought of facing a new life away from the old ties affects different people in various Ways. Some it thrillsg some it frightens, others it merely makes curious. VVhat does the world hold in store for us? Whatever it is, let us go for- ward to meet it with light hearts and bright faces. If dimculties come up and they are sure to, let's smile and say, Life is glorious. Without obstacles in life how would we know when we were really fortunate and happy? To get 'the best out of life we all must share its joys and its sorrows. Life's little tribulations make our enjoyments more keen. All students of a high school age are eager for life. When you are just sixteen, nothing daunts you. In this world you'1l soon be entering, keep up that same spirit. Come what may, be a sport, play the game, see it through. Old stuff. Yes, but who dares challenge its truth? For we all know life is glorious and never more so than in June. Dreams One of those passing rain-bow dreams, Half light, half shade, which fancy's beams Paint on the fleeting mists that roll In trance or slumber, round the soul. Moor. As, the gift without the giver is bare, so might we say, the world without the dreamer is bare. Was it not the dreams of a new country where men might worship God as they pleased that caused the Pilgrims to set sail from their own comfortable homes to a wild and lonely wilder- ness? Was it not a dream that gave birth to the great in- ventions of Thomas Edison? Was it not a dream that caused Lindbergh to risk his all to accomplish what others had failed to accomplish? Every truly great, truly worth while thing has been done, only because it was first con- ceived by a dream. World peace is as yet only a vision: it has been a vision for many, many years: it will be but a vision, perhaps, for years to comeg but it is a vision to whose fulfill- ment men are giving the best they have. All dreamers are not fine and noble. The Kaiser dream- ed of ruling the world. In itself, this was inglorlous, and to do this required force. He dreamed of war, a horrible war, which would leave its mark upon history, for all time. His dream was, in part, fulfilled. But dreams are not alone for great men. One does not need to be successful to be a dreamer. Students are the best dreamers, for dreams were intended to be born in the hearts of youth. Flaming youth? Yes! For by its flame is the rest of the world to be tried. The energy, the ambition of youth will put into practice its visions. Make It Snappy ! Make it snappy, pleaseg the world is in a hurry. From weddings to funerals the admonition in all things is brevity. You may offend your customer, your reader, your hearer in one respect and please him in another. if you tire him. with your tediousness, you lose him alto ther. Books are short and concise these days. Authors have learned to condense. Compare the quantity of the latest book with the novels, say, of Dickens. The sermon of today rarely exceeds thirty minutes in duration. Former generations did not suppose the job

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Page Six TH E R E D A N D B L A C K Commencement Number could be wcll done under two hours. Yale's admonition to chapel orators- No souls are saved after the first twenty as it pleases, has had its influence on the spell-binder. Even political speeches, the last place we would look for reform along this line, are not so long as they used to be. President Coolidge has set the pace for briefer addres- ses. The radio audience with its freedom to listen or not, as it pleases, has had its influence on the spell-binder. The newspaper of today leads the style in pithiness. The daily paper had educated the public in the expectation of receiving much in little. A headline often sums up the information of a column of type. A well executed cartoon may impart a philosophy of life at a glance. All in all, it is better so. Life is short and time is the stuff that life is made of. Whatever you have to do or say, get at it and get it over. Gentlemen A gentleman, said Cardinal Newman, is one who never infiicts pain. In modern form, this aphorium ap- pears thus: is one who never consciously hurts the feelings of another. Amended by a discerning wit, the definition reads: A gentleman is one who never unconsciously hurts the feelings of another. Oliver Wendel Holmes defined a gentleman as one who boasts three generations of portraits in the family. His humor probably helped to lag that conception of a gentleman. The rise of the aristocracy of sudden wealth made it foolish. A gentleman of today might be one who has abundant means and who can wear evening clothes without looking like a servant. It was such a gentleman who preferred blondes! Advertising experts make good use of the same non sequitorf' This or that make of automobile, furniture or cigarette defines the gentleman. Ergo, to be a gentleman one needs but possess the outward hall marks. The fact is that no definitions of this term covers all examples of true gentleness. It is curious, yet true, that we express our ultimate judgment of a man in terms we can- not define precisely. A more child-like view of the world of adults may reward our search for the marks of a gentleman. It was a little girl who apprised her mother of a caller at the back door. He doesn't look like a gentleman, she said, but I think he is one inside. Perhaps thi.s is the answer a gentleman is one who makes the quality of his nature felt even in spite of signs and definitions to the contrary. STAFF OF THE RED AND BLACK