Marple Newtown High School - Memories Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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94 9 lljem orieA Sck oo( (fSourcl An influential but seldom-heard-of body of men is the Marple-Newtown School Board. This year much progress was made at month- ly meetings. In co-operation with the Student Council, the School Board gave the former the authority to punish non-observance of bus conduct rules. The School Board financed new Lejt to right: E. Ewing, J. Frederick, C. Russell, W. Loomis, F. Capotosto, W. Trowbridge, J. Scherr, J. cheerleading uniforms. A committee now is studying the problem of a fence around the school and is planning to finance this project in the very near future. The class of 49” take this opportunity to thank the School Board for its wonderful job in guiding us and working for our welfare. Gable, H. Forsythe, J. Worrall. (Mr. Thomas H. Darrah was not present.) 10

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ADMINISTRATION is GUIDANCE

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f- rinciiia 16 A review of United States history will show that certain years are thrown into the high light by some events associated with them. The year 1849 belongs in this category, for it was at that time that the California gold rush took place. The discovery of gold in the race of Sutter’s mill caused thousands of people to rush madly to California by land and water. Many failed to reach their desired goal and either fell by the wayside or returned home. Yet others, by a display of dogged courage and grim determ- ination, surmounted unbelievable odds and at last reached the gold fields. We would like history to tell us that their persistence was rewarded with success but actually, for one successful seeker after goal, hundreds met with disappointment. Why? Simply because they were trying to beat the age-old rule that you get out of any enterprise only the results commensurate with the effort put into that enterprise. Too many seekers after wealth believed that they would gain it quickly and avoid long years of weary work. That is not the way of life. The future showed where the real riches of California were located. They lay in her farms, orchards and forests whence man extracted them by hard but fruitful toil extending over a long period of time. The truth of this principle is very clear in its application to our life in school. If the athlete would only realize that victory depended as much upon a long build- up of hard practice and physical conditioning as upon brilliant performance during the game, our school would report a greater number of winning games. Positions on the honor-roll are gained by steady, hard application during study periods both at home and in school rather than in dependence upon showy performance during the recitation period. We can all learn, then, from the lesson taught by the Forty-Niners that wealth or any worthy objective cannot be won by some quick method but only by long, earnest effort. W u T L %u,to w n 11