Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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T H E M I R R O R but even yet there is considerable room for improvement along ,tl1is,,, lme. twin, Medina High School has risen to a most enviable position as ree gards scholarship, but that which is now needed, ismalrevival of en- thusiasm among the students. A 3 Boost and the world boosts with you. Knock'land.. you knock, alone. Opportunities to knock are few, but opportunities tp boost are many. V Talk about your school. How are people to know about it, if your only comments upon it are grumbles at heavy lessons or strictgteachers? The most efficient way to boost is to talk it up, whereveriyou go, This kind of boost.ing should not be boasting and mere lml11ff,,fo,igii The fellow wl1o lives on a bluff deserves a good shove, as SQIIIQQMHVQL, has commented. ' ' I ,V I 1 Obviously, the principal method of boosting is to devote.yo,ur,time, to any high school affair and to attend. We need a united studentbgdy, which will support teams and every school enterprise, one which Wagga, not iely upon its own eliques to put things across. A . Large assemblies can arouse enthusiasm quickly, if managed in the light manner. Parties which include everybody in the school would help. Indeed, a combination of activities would be the most likely manner of producing boosters. M A Let us all strive for this condition with our example and talk! we reach a day when Medina High School will stand as a shining cgi, I. ample of school spirit, athletic activities, sociability, and Sciioiaysiijpgg , , - - , gl .i. and when every fellow or girl from the school will be a booster for- M. H. S. everywhere he goes! I ' i Boost for the school 's advancement Boost for the things sublime, w fl For the chap that's on the topmost round, -The Editor. - A College Education r The Bible gives no example of youthful enthusiasm equal to the story of David's sli11g and the round, hard stone that he shied at the head of the giant Goliath. It had never entered Goliath 's head before, but now l1is mind was suddenly opened to the glorious possibilities, of youth. A The deep impression that David made needs to be duplicated, at least in the thought of M. H. S. students, lest they let the enthusiasm! Twenty-uve Is the booster, every time! .

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T H E M I R R O R Greetings The task of The Mirror staff of 1924 is finished. VVe have l1ad cherished ambitions, only to see their hazy glory fade away as fog before the morning sun. But the very heights to which our ambition soared have produced results, which, we trust, are not unworthy, and our labors are now turned over to those who saw fit to place this responsibility with us. Our acknowledgments are due to many-to our advertisers, who have contributed so largely to our financial success, to the student body in general, which so willingly contributed its editorials, stories, and write-ups of items of interest, to the Superintendent of Schools for his efficient advice and encouragement, to the helpful care of the faculty, and to the splendid co-operation of The Mirror staff. We feel particularly indebted to the Associate Editor-in-Chief, Helen Gillmeister, who has relieved us from the drudgery of the col- lection of manuscripts and the reading of copy and proof 3 to the faith- ful typists-Margaret McCarthy, Avis Groff, Elsie Groff and Hubert Krompart-who have spent many hours after school and on Saturdays in the typewriting of material, and to Miss Ferguson, our English Critic, who has helped us plan and arrange tl1e contents of this book. The compilation of The Mirror of 1924 we have endeavored to make something of a joy to our overtaxed minds, and we hope that the new features will be favorably received. 4 ' Our dedication, as you have seen, is to the parents of the school children. When we consider the new high school and the increased facilities for gaining an education, our hearts are certainly full of gratitude for their sacrifice to make these greater advantages possible. We present this book to our classmates, to the faculty, to the alumni, and to the community at large. May you find here a record of such triumphs and defeats as will increase your love for your Alma Mater, and deepen your reverence for the spirit of M. H. S. sf e- -The Editor. Are You Doing Your Part? Someone has said, Intelligent co-operation is the life of big business. We might truthfully repeat this thought and substitute any enterprise for business For what has so much to do with success or failure in a project as the amount of effort exerted in the right way by all engaged in it? Boosting is the word which sums up the meaning of eager co- operation and endeavor. Since the erection of a new high school building the amount of boosting has been considerably augmented, Twenty-four

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THE MIRROR of youth die away without making the best possible preparation for their life work. There are two motives that usually influence a High School grad- uate to go to college. One is to make a living, which is honorable and helps mightily to reduce the number of parasites and street corner Ioafers of life, the other is to make a life, which is still higher as an ideal. The one emphasizes a material ideal-money for existence, for power, or for pleasure, the other emphasizes character-a life career or development of the individual for tl1e betterment of the family, the community and the state. For the first group, statistics show that a college education multi- plies the value of a life career over a common school and a high school education by 9 1-3, over a common school education by 215, over no school education by 817. Of the notables in f'Who's Who, out of 10,000 men considered successful, 7,700 have had a college education. There are 352 times more men in the House of Representatives and 530 times more U. S. Senators with University training than without. These figures are very suggestive in these days of intense competition when the weakest are being pushed to the wall in finance and industry, and the inefficient are shouldered out. The best preparation is none too good. Why give the other fellow 9 1-3 times your chance? For the life career group, chemical experts l1ave shown that a 150 pound man contains just enough fat for seven bars of soap, enough iron for two ten-penny nails, enough salt to season one hard-boiled egg, sugar for one cup of coffee, lime enough to whitewash one medium- sized chicken coop, and enough sulphur to rid one Pomeranian dog of fleas. The whole collection of junk is worth 98 cents. It is just be- cause we have too many 98c men today that high school students should go to college. Here, a student may find himself and his sphere in life. The earnest student will come out a thinker. VVhere the un- trained see but little he will see much. Nature, art, literature, science, as well as friends, will mean more to him as his life is broadened. Dr. Clausen says you are not worth what you own or control but only the difference you make in the sum total of happiness that you leave be- hind you. Your training in college with such an ideal in mind will enrich the work-a-day world. -R. R. Mattoon. What ls The School For? A Every year just before school opens the old argument begins: How much 'shall we spend on our school? The pupil with a theory, the practical teacher, the parent, the school board, all take up their cudgels. And because there are millions of children, and the motto, Twenty-six '