Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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 Page Sixteen The Mdccmb High School Us Qroipth and Purpose The following statistics show the growth of the seventh and eighth grades (whi h is now the Junior High School—organized in 1915, and the Senior High School oi Macomb, Illinois, during the last sixteen years, according to records in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction at Springfield. The rapid growth since 1915 accounts for the crowded condition at the present time. ENROLLMENT Date 7th Grade 8th Grade High S:hool Senior 1907 Not Reported Not Reported 151 1908 1 19 1909 • 146 1910 • 14 191 1 • a.. « 144 1912 83 45 123 1913 83 45 136 1914 82 54 156 1915 82 61 157 1916 81 86 201 1917 123 77 229 1918 115 103 212 1919 100 74 214 1920 95 95 245 1921 134 104 320 1922 105 95 33? Total enrollment at the beginning of the second semester. 1922-23. 122 100 370 Mere pupils are attending the American High S'hool teday than ever before. 1 lie school directory shows there are 30.000 more pupils att nding high school in IUinc.i this year than last. It is the usual rather than the unusual thing for boys and g r! to finish a high school course. Because of this fact high school adm'nistrations should become more and more efficient that our ci ilizaticn may move forward in the right direction and that national and wer'd prob'ems may be properly solved The high school should be the social unit for the exercise and deve'opment of all we term humanism. No longer do we emphasize mere knowledge. We recogm :e indi vidualities and unfolding personalities. Life is measured by deeds, not by years. Whatever makes the world better, whatever makes life brighter, whatever makes the bey or girl stronger, whatever bring the heart nearer humanity, and heaven nearer the heart, that ought to be taught in e ery high school. A sound heart which threbs fer Gcd a d humanity is a good thing: a sound heart and a dear head are better: but a sound heart, a clear head, and a skilled hand gi e us the nearest approach to a perfect man. We must ha- e an education of clean hands, of steady nerves of pure heart', of ripe intellect, of an upright life, an education of justice which gives every one b»? rights. V ery cordially rows. FRNEST ILER. Super n'enjtrtl of dtp SchyfJi

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Page Fifteen fir 1- - -P s E. ZWEMER A. B., Hope College. Instructor: Big Rapids, Michigan 1919-1920. Macomb High School, 1922. Principals’ Page TEere comes a time in the life of every individual when he has his back to the wal'; when he is “up against it : when what he does means a live life or a dead life; when he is caPed upon to fipht his way cut. To come out whole he must hit hard and pla e his hits where they will ga n the most for himself. To be ab'e to fight and to fight hard is one of the most va'uable assets a human being can have. We are net making reference to the pugnacious attitude of the prize-fighter, but to the unbeatable qua'ity of a right-fighter. Nothing worth having is obtained by any ether method than fighting for it—the even's of history prove this. Whatever success cne may eventually have will be due to his fighting qualities. An individual with that “never gwe up the ship” attitude will obtain success, but he will need to play the game v ith his utmost strength. Many persons have no defini'e objectives—they hit at random, and their blows accomplish nothing. If each person would attack his difficulties with as clear an objective as the football bey when he plows through—squirming, twisting, pushing, pulling —his opponents to place the ball behind and between the goal posts, his life would be more likely to achieve greater success. However if he sidesteps, or allows himself to be pushed away from the goal he is striving to reach, the ball will be carried out of bounds and he may ne'er arrive. If, to avoid the hard knocks of life he seeks the easy path he will never shine out as a leader, but be relegated to the ranks of the “beaten”. The successful man is a fighter, a clean fighter, who does not allow a knock-cut” blow to keep him down, but will come back with his figh'ing togs still on. He is a fighter to a finish, one whom difficulties and discouragements may get down' but never out”. Let the members of society attain more of this clean, courageous, fair fighting soirit and there will be more successes in the world and far less failures. Let each number strive with all his m'ght to develop to the highest state all the latent possibilities that lie within him and human society will progress manyfold. Let each individual take advantage of the opportunit es presented to him and not only will his life be richei in personal satisfaction but society will also be richer to an equivalent degree.

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