Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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known and unthought of. VVe sleep there in the darkness While the ashes of our fire become cold, cold beyond all hope of finding a live spark with which to rekindle it. Finally we become chilled and cold, we have no desire to move and We huddle there in the darkness Waiting for another's light to reach us in our misery. But those of us who have cared for our fires, are lighted and warmed by tllelll into greater activity. VVc pile up the fuel on tl1e1n, and soon the light of the blazes reaches our companions in the darkness, Who look toward us for warmth and cheer and creep toward us to share our fire. Would We not all rather be the bright lights and aid those around us? How fitting it is to be looked up to and honored! Then let all of us heap up fuel 011 our fire by Working hard here in school, Where we build the foundation that will determine the degree of success in our lives. -Lincoln Rogers. The Mirror l M stands for Medina, which everyone loves, I means the Individual with his work and his fun, R for the Record of each boy and girl, R for the Routine or daily round, 0 stands for Oracle-We find in each teacher, R for the Regents' which no one enjoys. -Alice Colman. Page Twenty-eight

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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

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