Morris High School - Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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EDITORIAL J nm Uiii 1:8 lui! El::l Iii. 1 i f ---- p During the last political campaign, We heard many lusty orators deplore the lack of school spirit in Morris. Before we dis- cuss this question, let us see what school spirit really means. Is school spirit the support of athletic and literary activities, the carrying away of trophies of the field of battle? All this is a part of school spirit, and the stimulus of competition and glow of victory seem always to please us, but school spirit is a far broader thing than this. The war has made a change in Morris. Our school has emerged from those harrowing days with a broader conception of education than the narrow recitation period. VVe have found that high school life has greater possibilities than our textbooks will permit, and in finding that, we have acquired the right school spirit. We consider school spirit to be the realization by the students of the greater meaning of high school life. Spirit is essentially an abstract thingg it may find application in cheering on the athletic field or attending debates, but it must exist within ourselves. The best kind of school spirit is not that which makes loud 11oise and show, but the steady, un- dying flame that keeps brightly burning somewhere deep in our hearts. And this is the spirit we have acquired. Look at our twelve golden stars, our twelve boys who have made the supreme sacri- fice, that the world might be made safe for democracy. Theirs was the real spirit, the steady, undying fiame, which moved them on to greater efforts, to greater service, to greater sacrifice, until they could do no more. O ye boys, with hearts of gold indeed, may your spirits hovering over us on heavenly wings inspire us always to do what is right and what is noble. lt is the splendid spirit of these boys that we are acquiring, and when we have that spirit, is it not petty to complain about the poor support of the athletic team or literary club? Let us not try to force this newly-found consciousness into any par- ticular groove, let us rather give it free play, to find an outlet 10

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. Editorial where it wishes. We should be content that we have this fine spirit, the spirit that will make our Morris community a better place to live in, that will make us all better men and women. In this 1919 Annual, we have tried to mirror the life of the new Morris. We are showing the part, a small part, indeed, but a great work for us,-the part which our school has taken in the war. Of the literary work in the book, we feel justly proud, and can do so without being accused of egotism, for it is the work of the students, and our only task was to skim the cream from the milk. We consider some of our contributions to be works of real literary value, and hope you will find added pleasure from their perusal as the years roll on. The book, we realize, is rather more serious than its predecessors, but when we are all groping for a new light, those of us who have seemed to find some landmarks on the way should disclose them to the rest of us. We're nearest Heaven when we 're young, sang the poet. Our high school days should be among the happiest days of our lives. We hope in this book to call up again in memory, in the dim days of the future, the many happy days and the many happy times we had in the new Morris. L. L- ll