Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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Bubbles Tl1e Freshman class, as it enters high school, can be compared to floating bubbles. While floating through the air, or their school life, its members are seen bobbing up and down in society and school work. Some bubbles, or pupils, are gaudy, a11d some are more sensitive and explode at a pin prick. Some become weak and lose their courage, while others are carried off and are lost. The remaining few sail on their way through school and finish a career, before they are covered with the earth and are forgotten. , --Alice Martin. Modern Chivalry - Wl1at do you tl1i11k Sir Walter Raleigh said when he laid his coat at Queen Elizabeth's feet? Step on it, Kid, step on itf' . This anecdote, although it contains few words, represents the type of chivalry that we find in most countries today, and examples of which are most frequent in our everyday school life. Along with tl1e overthrowing of a great many kings and queens went the ancient chivalrous customs that we now not only never see, but also do not even remember. The. world has changed immensely in the last few years and is now entirely a business office. No longer are there courts where nobility stroll about, waiting for the arrival of some royal per- SOIIHQQ. Instead, we now have business conferences, and thecom- mittees wait for the chairman or president. ln short., this busy world has outgrown the showy pomp and ceremony that was called chivalry and etiquette, and especially is this change true in our school life where girls are given tl1e same advantages as boys, and both are associated in a frank coniradeship that is much more fitting than the stilted inter- course of yesterday. Of course, we .still retain our modes of courtesy and respect for wonianly dignity, but these, although descended from the old-time customs, have been modified greatly. No longer do'we see a Beau Brummel bend over a Iady's hand in polite greeting. Instead, we see the hearty handshake, a11d the tired business man coming home from the office greet his wife with a nod or less often a kiss. He no longer stoops to kis-s her fingers, he kisses her instead. This is in no way meant to be disrespectful, but is rather the attitude that modern chiv- alry takes. Equal rights have dispensed with the necessity for formal chivalry-the girl of today is an out-of-door pal, not a hothouse flower, the woman, a novelist or politician or secretary, not a drooping, swoon- ing female or Q? Page Twenty-six

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'- NHS .- disappoint us. At such times, we find it hard to smiley we think that the world has gone against us. Do hurts pay? No, they do not in any way. Then, why do we hurt other people? VVhy not make friends with others? We all 11eed somebody to do something for us. We need to have somebody to think about, somebody to fill our thoughts and to inspire our deeds. We, who think of others, we, who have time for our friends, shall be by far the happier. Let us all be doing something for others. Life, in any measure of abundance, is to live and to give. --Marjorie Ward. Books By this time we have all learned, that there are very wonderful and interesting things to be found in books. We can read what others are doing and thinking miles away, and what others did and thought years ago. The reading of books is, indeed, a great pleasure to both the young and the old, and we, the students of this age, ought to feel es- pecially grateful for the advantages that we now have. However, people have not always had books to read. There was once a time when people 11ever knew of such a thing as a book. The smaller children would often gather around some old man in the village, and would listen to his words of wisdom. These children often heard about history and stories of tl1e gods, but they were not given such a great opportunity as are the children of today. The people of ancient times didn't even know how to write. The only way that they had of representing things was by signs. Never- theless, a book could not be written by these signs, because they were very awkward, and many people could not read them. After many centuries, however, printing was invented. Then the people were able to print books, magazines and papers, which could easily be read. Many hundreds of books are now printed every year. Think of how much good and how much pleasure we get from books. We can read books about the lives of the people who lived centuries before us. There are also books that contain pathetic stories, dis- cussions and many other forms of literature. How thankful we ought to be for books, and how glad that we can read them. Books are worth far more to us than treasures of gold and silver. Let us students, the heirs of the ages, from now on place greater value on our books and give them their due consideration. -Margaret Gallagher. Pa gc 'Pwenty-fivc A

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Am Personally, Iam glad this change has taken place, for we young men and young women would rather be brought up in a sensible world than in one that thinks more of style and fashions than of the business of life. Courtesy and chivalry that holds the same high ideals of truth and honesty, but dispenses with the pomp and ceremony, are just as necessary today as ever, perhaps more so, and they will continue to be a necessity as long as civilization reigns. -Donald Cooper. The Schools of Today If an inhabitant of this earth of one hundred years ago were to re- turn and visit our schools, I do not think his impression would be es- pecially favorable. Gone is the earnest youth of his time and in his place he sees a youthful sheik with balloon pants, a daring bow tie, a classy shirt, Scotch grained shoes, and last but most certainly not least, a half jar of grease on his hair. Perhaps seine of these boys are in earnest, no doubt they are, but the old gent judges by outside appearances. lWe must not neglect the---shall If say- flappers UD of our schools. Truly the cause for all the care in dress in the boy- friends lies in them. The old timer would certainly be shocked at the modern dance. fPerhaps he would envyusg who knowstl. - But, after all, this outward regalia covers up something else besides a desire for 'ta hot time , does-n't it? The youth of today is looking forward to something else besides the heavy parties he shall have as a college man. But all this must be 'dry to anyone being forced to listen to it, so I will close with these words-I know everyone pities the old gent with his old-fashioned ideas, but does anyone ever think that he may pity usa? --Hartwell Cooper. The Light of Success Let us drift away for a little while, from' this busy world, on the wings of our imagination and see the little light gleaming just before our eyes. Here is the light of our success. We kindle the blaze that causes this light, we feed it and tend it carefully lest it go out. Some of us are industrious and pile fuel on the little blaze, so that it becomes very large and is noticed by others whose blazes are still small a11d weak. Some of us, on the other hand, are careless, and consequently our little lights go out, black, black out, and we live in darkness where we cannot be seen and recognized by others. There we remain, un- i Page Twenty-seven