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

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LIBRARIES --atlzgla .Qbrcz1'z'eJ Few of us really realize the vast importance of these institutions, the greatest sources of knowledge to which we can go. In every walk of life, we will find the works in these libraries of great importance to our welfare. If we form the habit now of making regular visits to these buildings of learning, we will be thankful for it in our future years, for not only will we increase our vocabularies, but the standards in our communities will be raised. YVe all want to be everything expected of us by others and in order to attain this end, we must have an extensive knowledge of the essentials per- taining to life. This knowledge can be obtained through study at the library. A veneer of knowledge may appear bright for a while, but when the real wood of understanding shows through, will it be line or course? This is for us to decide. Make the understanding of knowledge within you of the best and when your real self is shown to others, it will be just as pleasing as the veneer had been. Tomorrow is our day-we are the future generation, shall we make it or break it? -MARVEL BARNETT. Tlzyfzkf It was the belief of Plato that the human race could not exist without slavery, and this might have been true had it not been for the discovery and development of that body of natural laws, known as physics, which control the various forces of nature. It is an indisputable fact that the many conveniences which we now enjoy, and even consider necessary are almost all attributable to a knowledge of the laws and forces of nature, which man through his understanding of them has compelled to work for him. By the direction of these forces it has been pos- sible to accomplish tasks, which, from a standpoint of manual labor alone, would have been economically and often physically impossible. All machinery and engineering structures and therefore all our present industrial life is a direct application of the laws of physics. The steam railway is only possible through a knowledge of the laws governing heat, levers, inclined planes, friction, centri-fugal force, and Newton's laws of motion. The various truss bridges, from the small highway bridge to the Quebec can- tilever bridge, illustrate the laws of resolution of forces and of moments and the properties of materials such as their elasticity and strength. As our industrial, so also our political, social, and economic life indirectly depends upon the laws of physics, without such inventions as the steamship, railway, street-car, automobile, telephone, telegraph, and radio commerce Continued on Page 128

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-.-s5f28lS+ THE CARNA TION McKinley pupils will remember that a notice was posted last June, an- nouncing that girls who are graduates of a High School may enter a class for specific training in play-ground work. This is a contribution which a girl can make toward public and social welfare, by directing the play of the children of the crowded districts. Remembering this, we ask Dr. Mangold, Are there any other concrete examples for service? With a twirl of his pencil he an- swered-he may have twirled it before, but we were so busy taking down notes that we did not notice. In the field of social service many kinds of talent and many different forms of service may be utilized. Men are needed as leaders in philanthropic work, as ministers, and as heads of social and civic organizations. They should strive for a greater and greater efiiciency in our public service, and need to be made capable of doing such work effectively. They should stand for efficiency and not allow politics to break the system down. Is there any way in which the social service worker could use the assis- tance of volunteer work? we ask, for it is our turn to keep the ball a-rolling. A graduate over twenty-one years of age can help by assisting in those forms of social work which deal with families which are abnormal. Younger persons might help in class work of various kinds in churches, missions, settle- ments, and other neighborhood community centers. There are many organ- izations which are trying to connect the volunteer worker with opportunities for service. Among them are,-The Neighborhood Association, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., Jewish Community Center, Board of Religious Organiza- tions, and the Catholic Women's League. We close our interview with these words of Dr. Mangold, Everyone ought to assume some volunteer service to get himself into the right frame of mind. The obligation of volunteer service rests upon every citizen who is old Clmugh-U -V1oLA WIESENBORN good giflglliffi Good English is the road to success. But-this road is a very difficult one to travel and daily hundreds are being side-tracked. The road itself is narrow and it is clogged with many difficulties. Side-tracks, which at first appear beautiful, are seen in abundance on either side. However, after traveling over these roads, one Ends that they become clogged and there is no goal, where- as the good English road has the wonderful goal, success. On either side too, there are the sturdy trees of slang which have taken a firm hold in good English and their branches and twigs are tangled before you. In order to push forward, you must clear away these obstructions of slang. Then underfoot we find the pebbles and stones of faulty enunciation and pronunciation. These, too, must be done away with, and then our path will become smooth, not only for us but for those who follow in our footsteps. Begin now to clear your path and by the time you are ready to gain suc- cess, the difficulties and sidetracks will be so few that success will be yours. -MARVEL BARNETT.

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'-aifgojga THE CAR Nd TI O N QJYTE you fl Dumb-bell? Dumb-belly 'lfvill Yladufe U5 Not dumb-bells in the sense of exercise, but dumb-bells in the sense of knowledge, will reduce us as a nation. In ten years from now, what shall we be ifwe do not study and encourage others to dolikewise? Some say ignorance is bliss but to be ignorant of modern topics is a handicap to anyone and therefore not very blissful. Education is the most valuable asset a person can have and when one once obtains it nothing can take it away from him. Edu- cation is a gem which can be ours forjust the petty sum of study. Let's make this gem the largest in our crown of worldly possessions. Then ournation will grow to be rich in knowledge and no matter how many wars are fought, we shall still retain our riches. lMARVEL BARNETT- 6?z'ucaz'z'0n for eff!! . Have you ever stopped to think what the present High School educa- tional system of the United States has evolved? ' Our parents have told us how different the method and grades were in their days. For the most part the High School had not yet come into common favor. College meant the next step above thegrade school in those days, but gradually the leading educators saw the need for an intermediate step be- tween the grade school and college and it was at this time that the idea of a High School Chigher grade schoolj came to the front. But educators did not stop with this, for with the high school they saw the necessity of an upward and downward extension of this newly formed High School. Consequently in IQII there were established the first junior high schools. The growth of this division of training was rapid to say the least, for within six years the few had grown to 8oo, and from this it advanced to zooo which is the present number. Thus we arrive at our present situation. But will the present system stand? Again it is the opinion with educators that there is need for a still further division and this will possibly come in the next few years in the form of a junior college. In such a case the present junior high school will advance and include the Hrst two years of the present high school. The junior college would be comprised of the Hnal years in high school in addition to the first two of college. The necessity for this is readily seen when it is considered that the first two years of college now are identical for almost all courses. Such a change as contemplated would not be as radical as it seems. The present high school buildings could well be suited to the needs of a junior college While the grade schools would find little difficulty in extending them- selves to include the lirst years of high school. Thus, by this meager survey, we see in one glimpse how progressive the American educator really is, how diligently they as a body have applied themselves toward the development of an educational system that would lit the need of every individual. -W, H,