Montpelier High School - Mirror Yearbook (Montpelier, OH)

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Americas' Firs 4.,: ' A 'I Knowledge, the seed of a full, rich, abundant life is instituted in the multi- tude of American schools. The blackening and disintegration of far off institutions of knowledge tends to brighten and bring forth the everlasting necessity of such institutions of advanced Page H. s. BUILDING THE AMERICAN learning here in our own country. While the modern schools of our coun- try offer unlimited progress in intellect and convenience, the old countries are demolishing and blotting out of existence the swelling desire for knowledge.

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wi X Air' sir une of Defense E J 5. MAIN STREET ENTRANCE CHOOL It is by these conditions that the ma- jority of us realize the far extended goal that We are ever striving to overtake. Qur modern school buildings today are symbols of the liberty of free educa- tion to all. -The internals of these same buildings have also brought to light the i highest intellectual standard to be at- tained by a singular country as a Whole. In these memorial halls the physical and mental organs are developed to the fullest capacity in the endeavor for advancement in moral and efficient citizenship. -Wayne Churchman Page 9