Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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its ropes and ladders, its foils and gloves, will I»e thrown in. Let every Freshman appreciate this privilege and sign his name in a hurry. Among these fellows is good material. With the proper organization and the right coaching, a foot ball team may be secured which will be a credit to our schools: one whose strength and power upon the gridiron shall be recognized the world over one which may beat Pierce. Looks Are Everything. If as much energy had been exerted toward making a Play ground of our school yard as has been used in cultivating it into a soft, plush mat of blue grass, we had beaten Pierce. Appearance counts for much, and a lawn is a beautiful thing. Nor does its value decrease when, for its existence, the out-door playful romps of hundreds of growing boys and girls are sacrificed; when guards or policemen, as it were, are stationed on all sides to drive the herds of wandering pupils into their rooms, lest the signs “keep off the grass” be unheeded. Where are the schools that our fathers and mothers used to attend, when the students gathered on the yard at noon and recess to play pump-pump-pull-away ? Have they been choked, strangled, killed by the desire to make beautiful lawns or parks of our public school grounds? Give us a chance to play ! Retrospective. The Norfolk High School, duriug the past year, has not stood still. To remain stationary is retrogression. (6)

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EDITORIAL. Introduction. The 1900 issue of The Milestone, the seventh Senior annual published from the Norfolk High School, is placed before you. Of its merits- if it has any- no boasts are made; for its failings, no apologies. Whether ’tis good, or bad, or neither, or both—is left entirely t»» the merciful criticism of the reader. All that we can claim for it all that we do claim for it is that it is our very best. Athletics. The per cent of boys in the Norfolk High School has always been pitiably small. Probably to this fact more than to any other, can be attributed the lack of interest that has, until the past year, been shown in athletics. Athletic sports pure, wholesome athletic sports— are a good thing. Everyone knows that. They are essential to the proper development of physical manhood. And, besides, they are barrels of fun. Next fall, about forty new boys will be added to the High School. To them will be given the opportunity of joining the Athletic Association, for a nominal fee, and the gymnasium, with its bars and rings, (5)

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We have advanced. Our growth has been a steady, healthy development, the kind that counts. The work of the term has not been extraordinary in amount nor strikingly different from that of other years. It has been well done. The High School opened last year with the best corps of teachers it ever had. In the superintendent’s office D. C. O’Connor entered upon his third term and has been elected to the office for two years more, which is an excellent recommendation of his strength as the head of a great school. The principal’s chair was occupied by Mr. John B. Barnes, Jr., who’s one month’s work in the spring of ’99 had proven to the Board of Education that he was, and is the right man for the place. Miss Myrtice Mvgatt, as assistant principal for the fourth year—for which the High School should be four times congratulated—has filled her position in that enviable manner which is characteristic of Miss Mvgatt, and Miss Mygntt alone. Miss Mary Jestine Bridge has made a splendid record for her first year’s work as assistant principal. Her specialty has been Latin, which she has handled wonderfully well. It is to be regretted by the school that Miss Bridge, owing to other duties, will not be able to accept another term. The attendance has not been a great increase over that of last year. And the majority of those who did come were girls. The High School should have more boys. When the Eighth grade is passed a great many fellows think they are through school; they have learned all there is to be learned; they can make more money working by the day. Work is honorable. But some kinds are more honorable than others. Education simply prepares one for work. The better the education, the higher the class of work is the result. Men have to work. Boys should go to school. The High School is still sadly deficient in equip- (7)