Longfellow High School - Log Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Sl!? ' )ij a® :iiisr- ' Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness o mankind, schools and the means of education shall torever be encouraged. — Ordinance of 1787. readin ' 0

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Jj til id from I iursery to Jjipu oma Naturally, as with all goods, different grades of produce are issued, varying in quality and workmanship. Here the factory-school parallel ends, for if a graduate be found lacking in am- bition, energy, ability to study, or any phase of life touched upon by his teachers, it has not been so intended by those in authority. Nor has it been because of a deficient brand of tool- ing in the try for the finished product. Students share equal opportunities, for schools are the very corner-stone of democracy. That they do not take equal advantage of their chances is a primordial law of human behavior, not to be overthrown by our educational insti- tutions or any other faction. The individual, however, who has been through the schooling mill to the cap and gown extent is a radically different personage than the unschooled one. His chances for success in whatever he may take up are a myriad-fold better; greater is q the intelligence of his civic responses in voting, or in any one of the many privileges and duties entrusted to him by his forefathers who pio- neered America in both a physical and democratic sense. As the early settlers pioneered Americanism, so are the schools car- rying on with new theories to round out the rough foundation based up- on the trials and experiments of the early educators who perhaps failed to conceive that it takes more to cre- ate an intelligent voter than a know- ledge of political machinery and or- ganization. With a combination of the sensible ventures of early American history and recent ideas by the nation ' s great, the new educational philosophy has tak- en root in practicability and yearly bears an ever-increasing fruit of testimony to its sagacity. If the graduate serves to be dwelt upon ex- cessively, it is not unjustly so, for he embodies the result of the years of preparation for worthy citizenship on the part of student and teacher alike. The schools may point with pardonable pride to his mental demeanor, for the three maturing levels, pre-schooling, elementary schooling, and secondary schooling, have con- verged to stand proudly back of their ward. He must kneel to no man, for his grooming has been as carefully gaged, wisely enacted, and timely concluded as that of any person. The world stands before him, awaiting. To the graduate, this book is dedicated. and Cap — Twelve years o study and he proudly wears the robe and mortar board.

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SCHOOLS ARE FOR TOMORROW- -Students in Kear- ney city schools study in beautiiul surroundings. The educated person uses the tools of learning effectively, applies his knowledge of health to his personal and social liv- ing, participates in wholesome recreation, appreciates beauty, and gives responsible direction to his own life. The educated person respects the rights of others and works cooperatively with the group. He has selected a voca- tion, knows the satisfaction of good workmanship and is eco- nomically efficient both as a producer and a consumer. The educated person assumes the full weight of his civic responsibilities. He always acts upon an unswerving loyalty to democratic ideals. Such are the purposes of the schools in our American democracy. — Adapted — National Policies Commission. writin ' - - ' rithmetic