Memorial High School - Humanist Yearbook (West New York, NJ)

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l -t LQ l WW ' 3 IH rllilltllhlfl llgllia have but to look within our own school to see results of service. We are proud of our school, its curriculum, its organizations, its activities and its faculty. Without our teachers, who are the spirit of service itself, would our school be such a success? Would it have its present reputation? Three cheers for our faculty l ! ! No one is too busy to be of service to his school. Anyone suffering from bizziness get down from its heights. The busiest man is he who can always find time to do more. Courtesy is like an air cushion-nothing to it but it eases the jolts. Along with service take a dose of courtesy. It's a great lubricant and aids in the diges- tion of life's experiences. To those suffering from sensitiveness we advise to dose up until you're sat- urated With a good tonic of humor and to undergo an operation for egotism. What more egotistic remark is there than, UI Wonlt do it, they're always laughing at me? VVe have heard it so oft-en. The poor conceited souls who utter such remarks really think they are funny enough to be laughed at. Such talent should be appreciated and well paid. VVe are nothing but half-portioned atoms anyway in comparison with the size of the universe. All the above pills we have recommended are guaranteed' to improve the con- dition of your liven Life joy. VVith sincerest Wishes for a speedy and permanent recovery and congratula- tions to those immune to this disease and who have set our High School's standard high and distinguished it from the rest, we leave this in your hands. We are the soscialignorancitis specialists, . Lottisi-: F. EUGSTER ,27 LILLIAN F. EUGSTER '24 Z, 15X 5 91 Page Thirl y

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55:2 'tilt' Ill-.:saz4LrHUN! HS1r4 I The Pestilence That W alketh in Darkness or Sociczlignorancitis OME of us are suffering and know it not and Where ignorance is folly 'tis bliss to be wise. Suffering from what? you ask. It's as new and aslold as pediculosis twhich also has something to do with the headl. May we acquaint you with the germ ego which is the cause of this very communicable, contagious, transmissible, pestilential, infectious, and seemingly incurable disease which has often undermined our school affairs which on the surface seem to be such successes, so that our basketball games are sometimes as well attended as a street game of marbles, and our dance floors often become a well attended parking ground for clothes trees fundancing machines which need more than a crank to start theml, and strangers within our gates are as unwelcome as Thanksgiving is -to a barnyard. The symptoms of this disease are easily recognized. Some of the outstand- ing ones arc: lack of stzool spirit, unpaid dues, frequent complaints ttimc, timc, time!! work!!!!, lack of co-operation, egotism resulting in extreme unfriendli- ness, snobbishness and sensitiveness. Why go to a dance if you are not going to make those about you happier for your being there? Why go anywhere? Our school, on the whole, is fairly free from any serious symptoms, but we see occa- sional outbreaks, which may easily be contracted' by others. Let this serve as a warning. Heed it and prolong the illustrious life of our school. An ounce of Prevention is worth a pound of Cure. Now you know the symptoms and results of the outbreaks of this impending epidemic, on the school. Behold the results in yourselves, poor afflicted ones! Consult your mirrors or look into your hearts. Are you happy? Not much. After our brief diagnosis of the case we find that some are suffering from Socialignorancitis. That is what causes family feuds, friends to be estranged, hard feeling, intolerance and unhappiness. That is what makes some of our dances and parties failures, instead of successes and pleasures. Social Ignorance! Now that we have diagnosed the case for you let us also write out a practical prescription for you poor afflicted ones and send a ray of hope and encourage- ment into your lives. ., We have many pills to offer-well, the more the merrier, happier, and nearer to health Take whichever pill you need. You may take all-they won't hurt. you and we promise that they won't all be sugar-coated either, but oh, the after- taste-joy! The first pill we have to offer is the secret of happiness-service. Accept the joy of giving and extending blessings to others. Take it. It is yours. We Page Twenty-nine

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.WG H3 t IU-s.m.2z4H11tLJM HSfr4 I The Hzlglzer Education T IS not the least of the glories of our period that a liberal education has ' become popular, and the university the ambition of all the people. For nearly one thousand years the university was for only the select few. The plain people had no lot or part or interest or opportunity in its advantages. The medieval foundation which is the ancestor of the modern college was for the benefit of only a fraction of the population. Originally it was only for the church. The university in Europe has about it- the medieval flavor. It is not a school of the people. It is still an institution for the classes, and not for the masses. There are nearly four hundred colleges in the United States today, and their number evidences the aspirations of the farm and the workshop for a higher education for their boys and girls. This rapid evolution of the university toward popular ideas and popular bases in our country has made acute the question whether our education should be specifically for the pursuit which the student has selected as his vocation, or whether upon ancient and tried lines it should develop him first by discipline, by training and by teaching to the full growth and command of all his faculties, and then let him select his pursuit. The high school in its four years of discipline, training, teaching and devel- opment makes the boy the man. His Latin and his French, his science, his history, and his mathematics have little or nothing to do with law or medicine, and still less to do with manufacturing, or mining, or storekeeping. But they have given to the youth when he has graduated a slight command of that superb intelligence with which God has endowed him, by which for the purpose of a living or a fortune he grasps his profession or his business and speedily overtakes the boy who, abandoning high school opportunities, gave his narrow life to the narrowing pursuit of the one thing by which he expected to earn a living. Within the home, a high school or college graduate, however humble it may be and how- ever limited his income to support it, has enjoyment among his books and in the grasp and discussions of the questions of the hour, which are denied to the man who has not drunk at or refused to go to the fountain of knowledge and the well- spring of inspiration which flows only in the college and high school. -JOSEPH STANZIALE. Page Thirty-one