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

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MWWWWWWWMWWMMWMMMMMMWMWMMMMMMMMWWMMMMMMMMWMMWWWWWWWWWWMWWWMMMWWWWWWWMMWWWWWWWWMWWWWWWWWWWWWMWMMWWMH IN DEDICATING THIS ISSUE OF THE CARNATION TO EDUCA- TION WE HAVE THOUGHT IT MOST FITTING THAT YOU-THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION -SHOULD BE HONORED BY BEING MADE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS ALL-IMPORTANT CAUSE. NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION HAS IT BEEN SO NECESSARY THAT EVERY BOY AND EVERY GIRL SHOULD RECEIVE SUCH EDUCATION AS HIS NATURAL ENDOWMENTS MAKE POSSIBLE. WHEN GOVERNMENT WAS IN THE HANDS OF A ,SELECT FEW WHO MADE AND ENFORCED THE LAWS, THE MASSES HAVING NO VOICE IN THE MATTER, AND UNQUESTIONING OBEDIENCE WAS THE REAL STRENGTH OF A NATION, A LOW STATE OF EDUCATION ON THE PART OF THE MASSES WAS AN ADVANTAGE. ONLY IN THIS WAY COULD THEY BE KEPT SUBDUED AND REASONABLY SATISFIED WITH THEIR LOT-CONTENTED WITH THEIR INFERIORITY. BUT TODAY THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. THE GREATEST NATIONS OF THE WORLD ARE DEMOCRACIES, IN WHICH GOVERNMENT IS BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND OF THE PEOPLE. THIS REQUIRES THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE HIGH SCHOOL IS NO LONGER SIMPLY A PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR THOSE WHO INTEND TO GO TO COLLEGE AND UNIVER- SITY. NOWADAYS IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT ITS CHIEF FUNCTION IS TRAINING FOR CITIZENSHIP AND PREPARING THE INDIVIDUAL FOR MAKING A LIVING. IT IS CONCEDED THAT ALL'SHOULD LEARN THE GREAT UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE IT POS- SIBLE FOR HUMAN BEINGS TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY AND MUTUAL HELPFULNESS. HENCE THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. IT IS ALSO REALIZED BY MODERN EDUCATORS THAT NOT ALL CHILDREN ARE SO CONSTI- TUTED BY NATURE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO INTEREST THEM IN THE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS, WHICH SUBJECTS MAY HAVE ANSWERED VERY WELL WHEN ONLY THE ELECT WERE PRIVILEGED TO AATTEND. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL' WHEN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IS COM- PLETED BUT WE EARNESTLY HOPE THAT SOME MEANS MAY BE FOUND TO SO BROADEN THE SCOPE OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL DIVISION OF OUR SYSTEM SO THAT PROPER TRAINING MAY BE AFFORDED FOR THE LARGE MAJORITY OF PUPILS WHO NOW DROP OUT OF SCHOOL DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND HIGH SCHOOL YEARS-LARGELY BECAUSE MOST OF THE SUBJECTS OFFERED DO NOT INTEREST THEM NOR APPEAL TO THEM AND ARE BEYOND THEIR POWERS OF COMPREHENSION AND ASSIMILATION. A. R. M. +49HNWNWMMWWNWMMMWWMMWMMWMMMMWMWMMWMMMWWWWWWWNWWMMMMMMWWWMMWWWWWMWWWWMWWWWWMWMMMMWWWWWMWWWWMMWWWWWWWWWWMWWg++

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'43 THE CA R N11 TI O N JOHN J. MADOOX SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION