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

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THE. CARNATION nature-the snow covered mountams the stupendous chasms the glorxous waterfalls how we are thrllled w1th emotxon and awe' XVe should even lf we neglect none of these vanous phases of lrfe stlll make a fallure of our lives lf we were to neglect the splrltual slde lf there were nothmg ln us that m ide us dlssatlshed wlth ourselves that made us yerrn for somethms., better and hlgher and nobler we should mdeed fall lamentably short of realllmg the complete llfe We must set our llves ln tune with the lnflnlte ln the same category are loxe for our fellow men sympathy for those who are afflicted and charlty toward all Now l dont pretend to have told you anythlng new l have wanted merely to brlng all of these matters to your attentlon for lt rs good for all of us to take stock every once ln a whxle and Hnd out whether we are getting out of life what we should Lordlally ARIVIAND R MILLLR EDUCATION The prlmltlve man kllled his food wlth a stone and slept rn a treetop Flndlng condltxons unsatlsfactory he trxed to lmprove them Thus xt was that man advanced from savagery to barbarrsm barbarlsm to seml clxlllzatlon and then to clvllxzatxon It was through education that thls vast amount of progress was made posslble Wlthout eclucatlon a man mwht learn to cook hrs food but hls nexghbor would ne .fer learn of lt and probably upon the dlscoverer s death the art would be lost Thus lt IS that we owe our clvlllzatlon to educatlon XVltl'l0llt eclucatlon our government would not exlst today But It does exlst and lt provrdes educatlon to lts mllllons of cltxzens so that they Ihlffllt enjoy llfe and help others to enjoy xt It IS to educatlon that we owe 111 of the hner lnstlncts of llfe lVlus1c and poetry those lncentlves to xalorous deeds and nobler llves would soon be lost nay they would nex er have come lnto existence were rt not for educatlon Nor are prac tlcal things left outsxde the realm of educatlon On the contrary the practlcal side IS the one most affected One trip through any large ln dustry 13 entxrely sufflclent to show that education and the effects of It are not mlssmg Comparxson between the laborer and the general manager prox es the 'ruth of the saying Knowledge IS Power And knowledge IS the result of educatlon Throughout the world the educated man has the advantage Russla owes her condltxon today to the lack of eclucatlon of her masses while It ls to education that Amerlca lS indebted for her present prosperxty Therefore let lt be our arm to learn all that we can not only for ourselves but for humanity the world over and our lives w1ll be worth llVll'l0' L W DeYong A MESS AGE TO GARCIA How many tasks do we complete wlthout the and of those wlth whom we daxly rub shoulder to shoulder3 How many times do we cross the last t and dot the last I without havlng asked mnumerable ques t1ons3 Xlo not questions of curxoslty nor of utter ignorance but ques tions which clothe us rn '1 garb of pure mcapabllxty Darly we are passmg up the golden opportumtles whlch are offered to us because of our station rn soclety and dally we make half hearted at tempts to carry that Message to Garcla Rely on your own abllxtlesl You can do lt' If your path IS obstructed by Fate or Fortune don t glve up Remember the battle cry of the Brltlsh Tommy Carry on and do lt and you wlll reach your Garcia and be rewarded l ours Brandenburg 1 . - , . . ., A , - A - . Y y T . . K . 4 . . , w f 7 . ' r . k 1 ' . f V , . . I . v , , . . . ' v A A . 4 1 . rs r ' ' 1. , - V V K f . . , 55 K Y Y . . . A v y I . , . y V 1 ' ' . ' V , - - , 1 nn - uv T 1 . , D . 1 . , . . . v t 1 fs- . . . . ,, ,, ..... , . . . A , V - - r 1. . . V - 4 ' ,, . H Y ' - ,. .. .. H . - 1 . i 1 v

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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

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I4 THE CARNATION LITERARY SOCIETIES The llterary socletles contrlbute a great deal to the education of hlgh school puplls The llttle flrst termer who approaches wlth trepldatlon the front of hls lLngllsh classroom and recltes blushlngly and haltlngly hls blt of platform work presents qulte a dlfferent appearance after a year or so of tralnlng IH a llterary soclety WIthOUt showlng the sllghtest trace of nervousness he can address a larf e audlence IH debate or declamatory contest as easlly as he could talk to one of hls companlons ls not the 'lblllty to hold the lnterest of a large number of people fully as great an achlevement as the ablllty to translate Latln or solve problems ln algebra3 Together Wlth the beneflts derlved from these socletles there IS a great deal of pleasure also The programmes at the regular meetlngs are always lnterestlng and the varlous debates between socletles of the same school and those of dlfferent schools create a great deal of excltement l a great day for the rest of the school as well as for the members of the socletles themselves when a debate IS to take place ln the audltorlum I-low keen IS the rlvalry between the debatlng SOCICtlCSl How lmpatlently the audlence 3WaltS a declslon from the Judges whlch shall favor the partlcular SOCIETY of ItS cholce' The debaters themselves forget the audlence IH thelr deslre to con vlnce thelr opponents and certalnly there IS no tlme for nervous self CODSCIOUSDCSS durlng rebuttal Wlt and concentratlon are absolute ne cessltles here' The sublects of the debates vary greatly but questlons of moment IH the natlonal affalrs are the favored ones The soclal beneflts derlved from these clubs are worth a great deal also Dances and spreads are glven qulte often 'XI H RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY One of the fund lmental prlnclples of tne world not only ID clxlllzed but also ID savage parts whlch an lndlvldual must learn and learn early IS the proper respect for authorlty The younger generatlon has had a tendency to exhlblt our denlocratlc prlnclple that All men are created equal but at the wrong tlme Leaders however must be recognlzed ln all walks of llfe Wlthout thelr guld lnce success lsn t posslble A team must have IIS cslptaln l buslness ltS manager 1 government lts executlxe a schoolroom lts telcher Authorltles should md must be respected' We must remember that they are ln posltlons of honor galned only through a tedlous walk along the hlgh and narrow paths of lndustry Lack of respect constltutes Bolshevlsm and surely that lsn t our ldea of llfe Respect authorlty dlsplay sportsmanshlp ln short be a gentle man' Each SULQCSSIVC lssue of The Calnatlon beconles more dlfflcult due both to the lncreased cost of productlon and the hlgh standards es tabllshed by the precedlng staffs In presentlng thls book we have done our best to portray school llfe ln in lnterestlng manner and we hope that thls lssue wlll meet wlth your approval When we conslder the stralned condltlons of the day It may be easlly comprehended how dlfflcult a task the edltlng of The Qarnatlon appeared last term But that dlfflculty was transformed IHTO a qulet antlclpatlon of success by the ready and thorough co operatlon of the students and faculty As edltor I take thls last opportunlty to thank the staff l also extend . - , . , . I 53 . , . , . x .... y - , D ' l. . 1 . , , K -, . , , , - , . K 'C ,z . . ' ,rg . ', ' . 1' . .. Q . . , . K v., . ff . , , . , - Q , A 4 K , , , , .