Liberty Memorial High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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ON BEING AN lElDU4CA'll'ClR BY 1+'1:ANK l'1AI:'r OLNICY, I,l'I III'ljJ!II Emeritus The modern triumvirate of the professions which minist- er to the needs of the in- diviilual are represented by the physician, the minister and the teacher. The teach- er's field is education in the usually accepted meaning of the term. To be sure, th-2 student must educate him- self. The teacher's function is 'that of guidance. In this capacity his work ovyrlaps, in some degree, the field of the other professions, for he must he a guide, or at least :1 counselor, in the field of moral and physical well-he- ing: He should, therefore, have a personality that ap- peals to young people. He should love his job to such a degree that he gets a thrill out of meeting his classes. If he cannot meet these require- ments, at least in the main, maybe he has mistalc-sn his calling.

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UDJERN EDUCATIU By A. B. EWING, President of School Board HE WORD Modern hardly applies to effective education. as education which is merely characteristic of the present is woefully inadequate. Few appreciate the responsibility which they assume in playing a part in the educational program of a child who will take his place in society ten or fifteen years hence. Most of us agree that a thorough knowledge of fundamental subjects should be essential to even an ordinary existence for many years to come. We endeavor to add to these fundamental subjects others which we think are most likely to be beneficial to our children in their maturity. Last, and most important, we are attempting to create an unquenchable thirst for practical knowledge. An effective program in public schools should enable the dili- gent student to satisfy his material wants in later life, sow in him a seed of appreciation of finer things which are within his means, and install an insatiable desire to increase his practical information, and, thus, attain his maximum of usefulness.

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ON lBlEllNG lElDUCATlElD BY KEITH SWIN1-1H,xm', Student Council I7l'1'NlfIl'llf The goal of any conscientie ous student is to learn in order that he may succeed in life. Without a teachei-'s aid and guidance, this goal is bc- yond the reach of us all. Without the help of our teachers, lessons become a bore and education dull and monotonous. Unless we get some pleasure out of study- ing' and unless we get some joy out of learning, education will do us no good. Both teacher and pupil must neces- sarily work hand in hand in order that the best in each may show itself. As students then, we must do our part, we must make the most of our opportunities and seize the chance of expert guidance and educate ourselves in the hest possible way. MMM