Montpelier High School - Mirror Yearbook (Montpelier, OH)

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Miss Brimer, as secretary. Miss Braithwaiie, as librarian Mr. Howald at his desk. Librarian assistants, We learn io iype. Study hall. Page 11

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Iohn C. Hundell, President Dr. L. H. Loghry, Vice Pres. Theater Manager Osteopathic Physician GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL PROGRESS The training and educational programs during this War have broadened our conception ot education. We are brought to the realization that if peace is to reign supreme, it can do so only through education. lt is with this in mind that our board of education functions. Though each member has a full-time profession, the tive willingly give leisure moments for board meetings. Through constant co-operation and research, these men endeavor to improve our educational standards and methods. As other fields progress, these guardians will guarantee the Montpelier high school systems an equal pace. We truly appreciate their inexhaustible efforts' Eloise Connolly. Dr. Gilbert C. Ely Dr. E. A. Bechtol Cecil Prosser, Clerk Dentist Retired Physician Railroad Clerk Page 10

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MR. Sl-IAEFFER, Supt. Q , Administration ' Heidelberg College Ghio State Degree - A. B. A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE Someone once said, A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Today has brought to all the world a realization of the truth of that statement. Everywhere there is suffering and pain, degradation and want, war and destruction, and all because, A little' knowledge is a dangerous thing. We cannot hope to emerge from this maelstrom that encircles us unless there are those who by self-sacrifice, a sense of duty, and a motivation to see peace and happiness return, are willing to accept leadership for those millions who are always ready to follow. The past is a criterion of the future because it decides the present. The present decisions are the results of the philosophy of education which has formed the products of today, those commodities and services that are helping democracy survive. lt will be this freedom of thought and action which will rule the future for good or bad. No one can deny the fact that it was the educational systems in many countries, fostering particular ideologies, that brought about the present. That these systems were false and negative is finally being proven by the victories that are appearing on the horizon. These victories are the results of an idealism that democratic education accepted and practiced. This freedom of the past was taken almost for granted and the selfish isms grew and grew in strength until they had almost destroyed it. That free and positive forces are emerging from the present conflict is not enough. lf education is to point the way, if peace is to endure, the ideals of education as fostered in the recent past in our public schools must be encour- aged to an even greater degree because the wounds of the present are sharp and deep. lt will take much time, patience, and perseverence to guide this weary world. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. This quotation does not need any emphasis, yet, it does point toward the task ahead in the necessity for a continuation of educating our youth of today and of re-educating many millions everywhere. - Mr. Shaeffer. Page 12