Mamaroneck High School - Mahiscan Yearbook (Mamaroneck, NY)

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12 THE SPY faculties of his. Better than his slow mind blossom late in life and .retain its fragrant bloom than that a premature success leads to blighting blast. Have you a dull boy? Don't discourage him. He may possess in- genuity, tenacity, endurance, possible traits of character more to be prized than all the learning of the ages. He is all right but he is not in need 'of sympathy. A. M. N. GO TO COLLEGE. Every walk of life demands college bred 1nen and women as never before. Liberal education means not only intel- ligent and concerted action, but high stand- ards of living. Man is a machine and every part of the machine must be properly adjusted and oiled with the lubrication philosophy, science, history and literature. The world demands the four-square man. A ,cultured man is worth more from a pecuniary standpoint. An educated man is a citizen and a student of his country and the world. An uncultured man is conhned to a very small circle. DID THEY FINISH THE DANCE. A certain girl at the .lunior dance, fear- ing 'that the hand of her partner would soil her dainty gown said shyly: 'AlVould you mind using your handker- chief ?', ' The young man hastily drew out his handkerchief and blew his nose. - The defendant, who was held in an Ohio court 'on the charge of keeping a dog with- out a license, repeatedly tried to interrupt the evidence, but was hushed each time by the court. Finally the clerk turned to him and said: Do you wish the court to understand that you refuse to renew your dog license ?' Yes, but- VXfe want no 'buts' You must renew your license or be fined. You kn-ow it ex- pired on january lf' Yes, said the defendant, and so did the dog. A colored revival was in full blast, and one old fellow was -exhorting the people to contribute generously. 4'Look what de Lawd's done fo' you-all, brethren! he shouted. Give Him a por- tion of all you has. Give Him a tenth. A tenth belongs to de Lawd! Ameni yelled a perspiring member of the congregation, overcome by emotion. i'Glory to de Lawd! Give Him mo. Give Him a twentieth ! Help!,Time! lVe are dizzy from this effervescent strain evolved by P. Robert Poole tYice Pres., G-Q. Elec. Co., Hil- waukeel : The pencil has made quite a number of pointed remarks about the sponge being soaked all day, and the waste basket being full. The scissors are cutting up, and the paper weight is trying to hold them down. while the mucilage is sticking around to see the stamps get a good licking. The ink's well but appears to be blue. while bill is stuck in the file, and the calendar ex- pects to get a month off. The blotter has been taking it all in. DUMEELLS ONLY, READ THIS. jsrltieul 'motor QAM 'mon-suoiaidsns .mo pen aim Parent- lYhat do you mean by telling that my boy is a fool ?'f Teacher-'llwardon me Sir, T didn't know it was to be kept secretf' Let me kiss those tears away, sweet- heart, he begged tenderly. A She fell into his arms and he was very busy for a few minutes. Ent the tears flowed on. Can nothing stop them, he asked breathlessly. No, she murmured. lt's hay fever -but go on with the treatment.

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THE SPY 11 THE DULL BOY VVe pause in our congratulations to the young people who are leaving school at this season of the year, to speak a word of sympathy for the 'fdull boy or the dull girl. Some sensitive pupils who have been distanced in their studies by more pre- cocious, keen witted, quick minded fellows, may need a kind word but most of them do not. The average dull lad is a sensible sort of chap who is in no especial hurry to distinguish himself, but he manages to do so some time in his life, and that modestly but to good purpose. He is usually the fel- low who is relied upon in great crises when his once brighter classmate is found want- ing. The curriculum of schools, colleges and universities these days is so crowded with a complex and infinite variety of sub- jects, that only the most precocious ever acquire that high standing demanded of students. Statistics are wanting as to what becomes of the bright valedictorians and salutatorians and the honor men -of classesg but there is a prevalent opinion that the dull boy is about as well able to take care of himself and achieve distinction as are his most nimble witted fellows who receive the plaudits of an audience at graduation time. The writer has in mind a number of the schoolmates of her youthful days. One was a bright and shining light in the class room. He was the favorite of all teachers. He was the show pupil of the class and of the school as well. Mathematics and the languages were his especial delight. He was held up as a model to every dull boy in the institution of learning he attended. Visitors to the class room went way pre- dicting a great future for one with so won- derful an intellect and such studious habits. He was graduated with honors but strange to say the dull boys of his class were not particularly electrified by his accumulation of honors and prizes. They left school and plodded or seemed to plod along in the wake of this star of knowledge. That was several years ago. The bright one? Oh! yesg the glory of his star dimmed but a short while after his graduation. His career? He has one that you do not care your boys-your dull boys if you please- should scan. He traveled too swift a pace. But the writer could tell you something of the dull, patient fellows who plodded in the wake of the precocious one during school days and for a brief time thereafter. They are plodders y-et, most of them. One who led the foot of his class is crowding fast upon the heels of the aged leader of a great political organization, contributing his now 'eminent services not alone to party success but to the glory of his country. Others are at the front in great movements for the uplifting of humanity. Still others are eminent specialists, patiently as when younger, solving slowly, yet surely, the great and important problems of the day and century. Science. surgery, sociology, law, legislation, bear witness to the magni- fiicently beautiful ripening of the minds of these dull boys. Question them and modestly they will depreciatfe the value of their services to the world. They have reached that period of life when they will not dispute you if you dub them dull of wit and slow -of comprehension. Th-ey have won success by being dull and thereby com- pelled to apply themselves with diligence to every problem that has confronted them. No, the dull boy in this age of ours, this age of special training and need for special- ists in innumerable avenues leading to honor and emolument, n-eeds no sympathy. He can work out his destiny as other boys just as dull as he, have done before him. High resolve and honest endeavor clear away many obstacles, solve many problems, lead to great achievements. A word of en- couragement now and then from older and wiser men is a tonic which braces many a lad possibly just the least bit despairing of class room honors, but out in the world, bless you, the dull lad conquers if he is given tim-e to develop those God given

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THE SPY 13 THE FACULTY . H. Miles Gordy, A.B., A.M., Principal Anita V. McLaughlin, AB. Vlfesleyan University College ot New Rochelle Colum-bia University. Ellen R. Sergeant, ATS. Anna M. Nolan, A.B., BS., Elmira College. New England Conservatory, Oratory, Fay 0. All-en New York University. Plattsburg State Commercial School. Miriam E. Smith, B.A.. Ethel Carpenter Fay New York State College for Teachers. Plattshurg Normal School. Marion Gardner, A.B. F. Colwell Conklin, B.S. New York State College for Teachers. New York University. Arnold R. Manchester, ALB, Maude E. Devereaux Middlebury College. Skidmore College. Dorothy Douglass, A.B. Milton A. hlahoda Smith College Savage School for Physical Education. A. julia Bachem, M.A. Helen M. Harriot Syracuse University Savage School for Physical Education. SlLf7C7'il'lfC'1Ld67ZlL of 50110015 ' Arthur Z. Boothby, Pd.B., B.S., All. New York Stat-e College for Teachers. Teachers College. Columbia University.