Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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THE MIRROR Here e11detl1 the tale of the Junior High School faculty-they who believe with Elbert Hubbard that it is best to Co-operate and us.s'fi.st-not criticize and find fault. - -Olga R. Laird. A Plea for Our Faculty By rt Student. . For some reason the students of M. H. S. have been finding fault with their faculty for the past few months. Whether there is really cause for this or whether it is merely one of those brief, unreasonable spasms to which students are subject, I do not know. Nearly every night one can hear some student complaining about a teacher because she has kept l1in1 for whispering or a carelessly prepared lesson. Stop a moment, students, and think before you thus berate the teachers. They are doing it only for your own good, not for their amusement, for most teachers do not like to keep pupils after school any better than the pupils like to stay. Much of t11e discord between the faculty and students is due to a lack of understanding, I believe. If the students would only con- sider the teachers as their friends and try to work with, rather than against them, there would be less bitter feeling on both sides. The students of Medina High School ought to be proud of their faculty. No other school in tl1e vicinity has teachers of such high mo1'al and scholastic attainments as those teaching in the Medina schools. People who move away from Medina write back to tell us that we don 't realize how fortunate We are to have such good teachers. And really I don 't think that we do fully appreciate their true worth. Through the earnest efforts of tl1e teachers and the increasing enthusiasm of the students, Medina High School has reached a high degree of scholastic attainment. Our record is now among the high- est in the state, and our school is rated as one of the best. VVithout the splendid teachers wl1on1 it has been our good fortune to secure, it is scarcely probable that Medina would have attained thus early the standing which she now has. A diploma from Medina High School is one of 'which to be proud and one which is worth much more than gold. Take care, I warn you, how you spend your school days and remember that some day in the not far distant future you will have the honor to Win one of these diplomas. See that you do your best throughout your course and be Worthy of your diploma, of what it stands for- your own Work and that of your teachers who have done their best to lead you in the paths of learning. ' Teachers of history, science and math, Guide us so surely along the rough path. Fifteen

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T H E M 1 R R o R The Junior High School Faculty No one can ever accuse the Junior High School faculty of being an exclusive body. Indeed, the members feel themselves important parts of the Senior High School staff, and have seldom indulged in activities of their own. They always insist upon being included with the Senior High School teachers in their faculty meetings and social events. There are three groups into which tl1e Junior High School faculty may be divided: The Shack Dwellers, the Specials, and the New Arrivals. What,s in a name? Pray do not draw an unfavorable conclu- sion concerning the Shack Dwellersf' Indeed, the title tells a whole history of trials endured and battles won. During the erection of our new building this group dwelt in a rudely constructed edifice, which, after the spring rains, was a veritable Cottage by the Lake? Miss Newnham held sway over her domain, and succeeded in ruling with a firm but kindly hand. Miss Lenahan's kingdom was Room 13. There she imparted valuable information concerning consonants and vowels Hlld crossing your i's and t's. It is said that Miss Corbin, the source of authentic information on American History, while working in the Shack composed the song, the first stanza of which runs something like this: My name is Yankee Doodle and my home's the U. S. A., I'm getting pretty husky now and growing every day. Columbus brought me over here in 1-192, And landed me on Plymouth Rock to see what I could do. The task of teaching English was intrusted to Miss Laird. During the period spent in the Shack the special teachers rather avoided the Junior High School, but, since the department has been honored by positions in the new building, they have deigned to con- sider it rather important, after all. Miss Peterson and Miss Landy are teaching the girls the art of homemaking, Miss Felts and Mr. Krum develop the artistic, Mr. Peck, Miss Knights, and Miss Church are especially interested in the physical well being of the pupils, Miss Dafoe is the songster, while Mr. Scofield teaches the boys to wield the hammer and plane. With the removal of the department from the Shack to the new building came the New Arrivals. No longer is Miss Davidson's Sixth A Grade in the elementary school. lt has been included in the Junior High School. Miss Wilson, whose Medina past has been spent at the Oak Orchard School, now is on the Junior High School English staff. It is quite evident that they feel most honored in being included in this august body. . Fourteen

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THE MIRROR Teachers of English, of Latin, and French, Our thirst for language efficiently quench. Let us all recognize our teachers' worth, And treat them befitting the Salt of the earth. Let us give credit where credit is due, And be happy in friendship that's loyal and true. Let us work valiantly each day and hour, Knowing full well that Knowledge is power. If each M. H. student will do his full share, He may feel without question his teacher'll be square, And if we in harmony peacefully labor, With naught but good will to our friend and our neighbor, We ,ll know the true happiness evil e'er smothers And find that it's easy to do unto others. -Eleanor Hill. A Tribute to, Our Students By a Member of the Faculty. Joseph Morris has put into verse a little fable about two small raindrops born in the same shower. One was so proud of what he might become that he hustled away to swallow the ocean. In vain the thirsty grass called to him for a drink, and the stranded ship beckoned to him for help. But he took no notice of such trifling things, for he was on his way to astonish the big, wide sea. Reaching there, He leaped into the sea with a puff and a blare. But nobody even knew he was there. But the other drop as it trickled along found work to do on its way. lt bathed the grass which was almost dead, refreshed the lilies grow- ing near the brook, got under the ship, and helped it on its way again, all the while singing a cheerful song, content with its place in life. An ocean it said, ' ' there could not be Except for the millions of drops like me. As a faculty we are proud of our school, proud of the beautiful building which calls forth our best efforts as a means of expressing our appreciation of it, proud of the fact that Medina High School has been able to reach and maintain a high record in scholarship. But the success which has come to the school, as a whole, has been due to those raindrops which have given unstintingly of themselves-those pupils of the Medina High School who have gone the second mile in their service to their school, in the promotion of a friendly spirit in the school, and in the preparation of their daily work. There is no Royal road to learning, and most of the pupils have Sixteen