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“dEHb jSofeomtsT Published by SENIOR CLASS 1922
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A MESSAGE TO THE STUDFNT BODY One who is loved and honored by all stood befoie the student body on a morning prior to the great tournament. After a few inspiring words of advice and encouragement, he summed up the whole matter with this brief, pithy remark : “Play the game, but play fair!” What one sentence could better express a message from the faculty to the students of Nokomis Township High? Athletics play a splendid part in high school life. They develop the physical nature, they cultivate self-control and self-effacement for the good of the greatest number, they promote study, and create high school spirit. What, then, shall it profit us if they also encourage lying, cheating and brutality? What if we win county honors, but lose the honesty and uprightness from the character of our boys? But however much athletics promote and supplement the real work of the high school, they can never take the place of the mental gymnastics which must be practiced, not by a limited number, but by every member of the school. The chief business of the student is “To Study.” Preparation of daily assignments is his ever present duty. True, it is not the particular bit of information he gets each day that is of such vast importance; but by the accumulation of days of study and thought he develops into a person who knows how to live in a world of people, and who makes his life count for service. This is your game, and you must play it with all your might and with all fairness if you are to win. You may be unfair by outright cheating, but this sort of unfairness is limited to such a small number and its disadvantages are so apparent that it is not worthy of discussion. A much commoner form of unfairness and one not always easily recognized is failure to play the game itself to the best of your ability, letting the golden days slip by without taking one forward step in independent thinking. When you have this attitude you develop no initiative nor ability to think in an emergency. The following story may be somewhat exaggerated, but
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