McKinley High School - Nugget Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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THE CARNATION plete and as worth whlle as posslble 'Xn eternlty passed before the preclous glft of llfe was h lnded down to us lnd an eternlty wlll pass after we are gone from thls world l am golng to treat the actlxltles and lnterests of llfe under elght broad dlvlslons The earnlng of a llvellhood Performlng the dutles of cltlfenshlp Home maklng The soclal llfe The lntellectual slde Recreatlons The aesthetlc Slde The ethlcal slde aturally these overlap and lnterweave and some dCtlVltlCS mlght be classed under one or another of these heads l We all have to earn our llvlnv Thls IS not only a duty but a prlvllege lt IS an old saylng that work IS a blesslng To be sure some of our fellow men have to work under condltlons such that It requlres some stretchlng of the lmaglnatlon to see that It IS a blesslng Thls however need not be and year by year we flnd more attentlon glven to the comfort of people ln factory and mlne and held Work and responslblllty are the vreltest character bullders ln the world It makes llttle dlfference what klnd of work we do but how well we do lt We express ourselves ln our work Shoemaker lawyer carpenter merchant physlclan or what not we all show what we are by the quallty of our work We should take a prlde ln dolng our very best and no man needs to be ashamed of hlS xocatlon lf he does that lt IS very foollsh of a parent to feel apologetlc toward hls chlldren because hls work makes lt lmposslble for hlm to 1 dulge ln hne clothes and beautlfully manlcured flnger nalls No man need be ashamed of an honest vocatlon But we should choose a vocatlcn more dellberately than ths IS usually done Most men just happen to get lnto a certaln klnd of work We should choose work for whlch we seem to be best fltted by nature Pvery man could succeed at somethlng and for every man there IS a best llne of work lnasmuch as we are golng to spend a thlrd or more of our tlme at maklng a llV1ng we should try to select work from whlch we may derlve satlsfactlon as well as lncome A measure of thls IS sure to come from work that IS well and honestly done 2 Let us conslder now the performance of our dutles as cltlzens ln order to enjoy the frults of our labor we must have good government Good government IS not a matter of lndlfference to us It means protectlon tor llfe and property freedom from oppresslon educltlon for our chlldren pure water good roads beautlful parks and a thousand other blesslnvs To secure good government lt 19 the duty of every cltlzen to take an lnterest ln publlc questlons to go to the prlmarles and polls and do hls part ln the selectlon of competent and honest OHICIEITS and lf called upon to hlmself serve the publlc to the best of hls ablllty As a good cltlzen he must obey the laws of clty state and natlon 3 We come now to the questlon of maklng a home No one would conslder that hls llfe was complete lt he had not the responslblllty and the PYIVITCZC of THISIIIQ a famlly These dutles brlng out the very best that IS ln us and though there lre many cares and worrles and some sorrows parents who llve happllv wlth thelr chlldren need envy nobody IH the world for they have the best that lt L ln QIVC 4 The complete life must have lts soclll SldC One of the greatest pleasures ln llfe IS the lssoclatlon wlth congenlal frlends The art of con versatlon IS worth cultlvltlm, When one notlces how often lt I9 llmlted 7 V l . z .,z IN , - - . D. g ' c' l , g 2 . '. . H- - l . , , , , 2 . I sr 1 4 . , A 2 ' ' 1 . . , . ' 'z A . . . ' T2 . E.. ' .. ' - . E '. . .

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THE CARNATION 9 McKINLEYS Pl-P AND SPIRIT f'very four years at lVlcKlnley m IV be llkened to l Oeneratlon because once ID that perlod of time 'VlcKlnley s student body undergoes a complete change That thls constant chlnflnc, his an effect on the pep and splrlt of the school clnnot be doubted It 19 due tlme that thls fact was be lnv lmpressed upon the school It cannot be sald of the school that the Splflt that old lVlcKlnley hvhtlng, splrlt that makes even the weakest Crlmson and Whlte team 1 deadly opponent IS decllnlng That splrlt IS kept allve thanks to the records of those who have gone before and the coaches who lmbue It ln every man on each team But It cannot be sand that the pep of thls school IS not becoming of the more llstless klnd There was a time when the xery fact that lVlcKlnley was partlclpatlng ln any klnd of a contest brought out a solld backlnff to support the team Whether thls deterloratlon of pep IS due to the fact that those ID the lower classes leave all the actlxlty ID the hands of the higher classes and Wdlt untll thelr last terms to take a hand ln matters or whether the school does not now embrace the lctlvltles of the newer element can best be IIISWCTCCI by those concerned It IS readlly admltted that lf each one would choose one actlvlty and strlve for the hlffllest revxards ln that branch both the school and the lndlxldual would proflt far more than lf the same lndlvldual would Walt LlPt1l hrs QPIIIOI' year and then ry to dabble ln everythlng Last your lot now remaln loyal to vour cholce and your reward wlll justlfy your efforts FADS Parls 19 not the only place for stvles to orlvlnate R1 ht here at our own school many strange fads have m lde thelr flrst appearance ln soclety amonv the school laddles lnd lassles lt must seem strange to vlsltors who gale upon these young p ople Wllh their VIYIOUS trlnkets The wearlnv of strange orlental beads and llttle dogs and cats on strlngs IS qulte tne vogue now At the beglnnlnf of the term many of the puplls startled us by lppearlng wlth llttle cuplds nlcely tled wlth narrow rlbbon These were found ID abclndlnce on the glrls and boys 'Xt thf rlght ear of a curly mlss deeply ne tled among the curls rested 1 cupld lVlany questlons were asked concernlng them but the only reply was l verybody lb wearmff them After thls dled down came the wearlnl of tllly rlbbons ln the Ulrls hllr lt the rlght err Maybe on am count of the H Q l the bows were tlny but the Qlflg dld look llke bu, dolls whlch we see so often at Chrlstmas Of course the boys dld not wlnt to be outdone by the glrls so lm medmtely llttle woolen dolls were fastened IH thelr button holes Now 19 the season of bobbed hllr No one ls IH style unless her halr IS cut It IS very becomlnc, to the sm lller glrls but the taller ones resemble suffragettes These bob halred people lrrange thelr llttle curls nlcely tled wlth rlbbon far puffs rats narrow sklrts and other outllndlsh styles lre qulte popullr But lVlcK1nley ls never back ln lnythlng why backward ln thls3 9 KC ' Y, . ' ' , Ev K ' . 2 2, v ' f 1 .' ' . . .. U .. . . H ' . ' . ' ' 2 .1 7 if ' f 2 . . ' 5, . . 4 L- r, .7 4 I ' ' Z ' -- . -' - .. -1 l l - - .. H . . . n . ' , . A ' 1. ' ' . ' as ' - . . . .. H . s . , . 1. , ' - K I , . 2 .W l ' , r. ' - r 5 . . r , , , . . . . 7 Q . . c , ' , ' . C, - . c . c 7 5 . ,D .1 ' . . 7 . ' '. 4 . ' . g ' .K C F 3 2 . . .., . K , . , A . ' A . . . . Y . . . rv f Q ' f ' ' . ' 2 ,- , I ' .. I x AY . .., ... g , c, c . . N , . 4 v V 4 K l.. . , 7, . ' ' 1 . , 5 5 . 2 E L i . ' ' 1 . . .. . , . , . . . , X . L . K .. . , . 2 . . W. ' C , . - . , . Z . . . .. . , Y ' 2 .. .. . , . ' .. . ' 3 f , c, , . . 4 . . r . 2 , l . ' ' if I, ,

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THE CARNATION to baseball by men and clothes by women and how seldom current events of world Wlde lnterest lmportant publlc matters questlons of phllosophy and rellglon recent lnventlons and dlscoverles new books and plays are dlscussed one beglns to wonder whether the old fashloned conversatlon of cultured people I3 a lost art Good muslc also adds a great deal to the pleasure of soclal lntercourse 5 Then there ls the lntellectual llfe One should earlv acqulre the hablt of readlng good llterature ln a large clty wlth a splendld publlc llbrary no one need be wlthout the companlonshlp of Good books We cannot all aSSOCl3tC as much as we mlght wlsh wlth people of culture and reflnement and lt IS seldom we are prlvlleged to be ln contact Wlth persons who have such ablllty as to place them ln the same class Wlth those of all ages who have put thelr thoughts lntO books for us to read ln any good llbrary you wlll flnd the products of the master mlnds of the present and the past and when we read thelr thoughts we are truly maklng these ex ceptlonal lDdlVldUalS our companlons 6 It IS lmportant too that we have recreatlons of the proper sort All work and no play makes ack a dull boy Llterally recreatlons are aCtlVltlCS that re create us make us over Our nervous systems need a change from the monotony of everyday exlstence lt IS very lm portant that we have enough recreatlons to keep us cheerful and happy lt IS perfectly proper to have as one of our ambltlons ln llfe to get happl ness out of It There IS such a thlng as taklng ourselves so serlously that we forget to be happy lt IS true that happlness IS largely a matter of temperament but persons of the most cheerful dlsposltlon may become depressed lf they spend too much tlme at work Physlcal condltlon has qulte as much to do Wlth happlness as has temperament and we should alm to keep ourselves ln prlme physlcal condltlon always To accompllsh thls end the best recreatlons are those that take us out of doors and glve us CXCYCISC ln the sunshlne and fresh alr If you cannot play tennls or golf you can take walks Or perhaps you are fond of flshlng and huntlng Then there are boatlng and swlmmlng and ln the wlnter skatlng and coastlng Travellng for pleasure may also be mentloned as a recreatlon that adds a great deal to one s llfe To behold the bC3Utl6S and natural scenery to VICW the marvels of art and archltecture ln forelgn lands and to observe the llves and customs of strange people IS lndeed one of the real pleasures of llfe and one should glVC thls as large a place as posslble ln hls actlvltles 7 Next we must not neglect the aesthetlc Slde of llfe We must develop and malntaln a love for and appreclatlon of the beautlful ln nature muslc art and archltecture We should cultlvate good taste ln the decora tlon of our homes ln our clothes ln everythlng We should mlss a very great deal lf we dlcl not make It our object to hear good muslc and to see beautlful palntlngs ln thls regard we are partlcularly fortunate ln St LOUIS Wlth our Symphony Orchestra and the excellent opera companles that VlSlt us each wlnter there IS no reason why we should not have our share of the good thlngs that llfe affords ln these llnes If Grand Opera IS too CXPCDSIVC the phonograph wlll brlng the artlsts lnto our homes The Popular Concerts of the Symphony cost only a trlfle The Flne Arts Museum ln Forest Park should see us many tlmes every year yet It IS probable that three fourths of the people ln qt LOUIS have never been ln Slde of the bulldlng Excellent COPICS of famous palntlngs may be pur chased at prlces but llttle hlgher than people pay for cheap tawdry plctures We should mlss a great deal lf we pald llttle or no attentlon to the beautles and wonders of nature The woods and all they CODKBID the trees the blrds the Flowers what joy they QIVC to those who appreclate them' And lf we are permltted to see some of the grander wonders of ' - , , v - s - . , L - . ' ' 1 :Q ' , - . , , . .. U . . .I ' v . . . -. .- v - . S , . v v . . . . - v . , . - y - ' v y - v , . 1 - K ' - u y ' A