Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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B Q Q Q THEMIRROR Q Q Q 1 person must be well informed, courteous, dependable, truthful, loyal, and above all industrious. He must have a sense of economic value, be a good sport, procure joy in rendering service to others. Man is ad- mired for brains but more so for the trust in him. Dr. Farrand of Cornell University gives the function of an academic university, which is apropos for the secondary school as well, 'tBut the important duty of such an institution and by far its most difficult task is the creation of an atmosphere that will encourage and inculcate, not the learning of factsfthat is relatively simple-but ideals and convic- tions and a realization of the responsibilities of American citizenship. To this end we strive, for: Music is a universal language, not limited to tongue or race. It is simply a form of creative impulse for beauty, and grows out of the life of its time. It cannot be studied successfully by the beginner apart from its social background. People and music, therefore, outline the history of the art of music and reveal the condition out of which arose the distinctive music of each age and country. History gives a vintage point to open a broader view which places events and people in right relations. It aids in judging the past as well as enlarging the future. Government is by its very nature a constantly changing institution, it is essential that students have a picture of their government as it functions today. Current events merely result from past history. Art opens the door of appreciation and all visual life opens before us. It gives vent to the creative impulse and gives a proper prospective on life. Literature is a nation's supreme achievement and by it expresses its greatness. Although the young are wont to say, 'tl am not interested in literature, they are interested in life. But this is life, and this reflected picture gives one a conscience of human understanding through eons of time to a better realization of life itself. Through science one gains a scientific comprehension, a scientific attitude of constructive criticism that makes him more tolerant in human relationships. Combinations and mystic permutations pucker the brow of many a serious-minded follower of the cult of numbers. He ascends to halo heights in pursuit of circles and descends to practical walks of modern business to the end that he may understand man. Again I refer to Emerson who so nobly says, We pass for what we are. Men imagine that they communicate their virtues or vices only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emits a breath every moment. -John A. Martin Page Seventeen

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Q Q Q Q TI-IEMIRROR Q Q Q B HAROLD S. PRAY Commercial Subjects Whitewater State Teachers' College, Wisconsing University of Wllisconsin Summer School, University of Iowa Summer School. HTELEN PRAY Commercial Subjects VVhitewater State Teachers' College, Wisconsin. GRACE L. RUGG, A. B. Libiariang Latin, Mathematics Oneonta State Normal, Syracuse University, A. B.g Cornell Uni- versity Summer School. ATILDRED B. RUTHEREORD, B. S. Junior High English, Home Room 106 f8A Giilsj St. Lawrence University, B. S. FREDERICK E. SMITH, A. B. String Instmimentsg Orchestifa Pennsylvania College of Musicg Allegheny College, A. B., Univer- sity of Cincinnati, Chicago Musical College. M. GENEV'IEVE SMITH English Fredonia State Normalg Albany Teachers' College Summer Schoolg Columbia University Summer School. Character Building Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as to think. -Emerson HE purpose of education is to fill the world with better citizens- men and women who have made it so because they have lived. If the public school is to be a vital factor in carrying out such a program, special emphasis must be bent toward Character Education. The aim of such a program then is citizenship and a final goal is char- acter. Knowledge and education are not synonymous. Knowledge alone does not necessarily produce a leader. It alone can not scale peaks, burrow under rivers or weave the thread of human destiny. Practice and knowledge must go hand in hand. An analysis of citizenship is requisite for character building. A Page Sixteen

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