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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3 Q Q THE MIRROR Q Q Q 1 The Mirror Staff Of' l93l Eclitor-in-Chief . . VERNA GARRETT Associate Editor-ln-Chief . . MARY KERR Adviser ..... MISS FERGUSON ASSISTANT EDITORS Art .... ALFRIEDA QUINTERN Features . . . . XVINTHROP CURVIN Athletics . . ETIIEII PAFK, lI'IO'wVARD CAUFIELD Bancl and Orchestra . . . KARL SCHULTZ ORGANIZATIONS Arista and Harnzmzirf . FLORENCE CHAMBERLIN Ergonian and Ky Psi . . . RUTH GILL Boys' anal Dramatic Club . FREDERICK ALDERSON ' HISTORIANS Faculty ...... MR. MARTIN Class of 1931 f306j . LILLIAN SPILLER Class of 1932 1.2002 . . CARLTON WATERS Class of 1933 f303j . RUTH BRONSON Class of 1934 f206j . . HELEN BENZ Class of 19.34 K207j . , ROBERT GIBSON Alumni . .... LORRAINE GARRETT BUSINESS BOARD Business Manager . . . CECIL HAMANN Advertising Manager . . BLIRTRAND IWALLISON Clnculatlon M anager . . DONALD LABIGAN Page Ninetee