North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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The Tamarack January, 1933 Tamarack Staff Puhlislu-d semi-annually by a staff selected from the senior class KICKNIA PKKHY KDWAKD OA VIS MAC K K X)X HAKOLD ANDERSON KDITOUIAI, SI ' AKK EDITOR IN CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR MIRIAM BERG ART EDITOR MISS MARJORIE FREAKES EDITORIAL ADVISER ERNEST E. (JREEN FACUiyrV ADVISER Claire Harris Girls ' Sports Florence Sloanaker Organizations Fred Winkler Organizations John Kingsland • Debate Evelyn Edson Music and Drama John Mallow Music and Drama James Robertson Humor Cilda Pace Calendar Lois Smith : Calendar BUSINESS STAFF ADVERTISIN(j — .lean King, Roy English, Eleanor Woods, Lou Williams CIRCl ' LATION -Don Deeter, Roln-rta Thornton, Audrey Sinuuons, Hodgt r Uosaeker, Boh Calvert, Claire Harris, Paul (iregory, Frances Jorgenson and Celia Minskv JANUARY, 1!);W STUDENT CJOVKHNMF.N 1 AT NORTH CENTRAL North Central is very fortunate In having the lyjie of school governnu-nt that it has. In many other high schools no such form of student government as this exists. Flverything that takes place is ))lanned before hand by the faculty. With the present system the faculty is the audience, in the most part, and they watcli the results of the students ' labor. Many letters have been received from all over the state with the questions of how to manage Hiis or that boa rd. In tills method, as In nearly all good methods, there is a hasic i)rlncl))le. Here it is coopera- tion, not only among the officers but also amcmg the students. The finest officers of the world would l)e a complete failure if those gov- erned would not coo])erate. There are different ways in which to secure this much needetl cooi)eration and one of these is to have those In charge serve as models for the new ones coming In. To create a bad im- pression upon a heginner is one of the habits to be avoided. There has been some talk of North Central losing some of her stu lent body jMiwer. We can ' t let that hapi en. If all the system needs is a little more cooperation on the part of everylxKly — let ' s give it. We are all going to have to learn how to cwperale in life, so let ' s learn how to do it in high scho il. SUCCF:SS, VICTORY, AMBITION AND ACC(i M PLISH -M ENT Success, victory, ambition and accomplish- ment. They are things one does not think ab nit much during the four years of work and play at high school, but toward the end when com- mencement and baccalaureate sermons take one ' s attention they come up again and again in reference to the seniors and what they have done at school and what they will do after school. How intangible those four w-ords are, and yet how tangible the means by which they may be ai)proached. So tangible they seem simple are such things as doing a Latin assign- ment every night or going out for a sport for other reasons than being awarded a letter. When things are simjile they lack interest for some, but what one of those four words ever applied to an uninterested person? Nearly everyone can remember some incl- Page ttucttty-six

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The Tamarack January I 933 licnt that hajjpened at high school that fired his aniliition or assured him of victory along a particuhir line. Of course people do not say when they see certain students, There ' s an ambitious boy, or That girl has been suc- cessful, but somehow, a i)erson who does things, whetlier he be scholastic, executive or along the line of sports, is marked for a certain length of time by those about him. How long this i eriod of time is rests upon his will to work and desire for accomplishment. Four years is a long time. The rest of one ' s life is longer still. If high sch ool years are the best years of a person ' s life, they should be a fair indication of w ' hat sort of a success he will be later on. That does not necessarily mean that because one is popular in his own school clique he will proceed smoothly through a business life with the same success. It means that if one has done one thing well, no matter how snifill, lie will, in all events, do something well again. And so, during these last few weeks, when we hear the words success, victory, ambition and accomplishment, we look back four long or short years, as the case may be, and wonder if they can be a| | lied to any action of ours while at North Central. Fortunate indeed are those whose records bear evidence of achieve- ments not only in their own minds but in the thoughts of others, for after all, it is our rela tions with the rest of the world that deter- mine the course of our lives. UNEMPLOYMKNT AND GRADUATION Undoubtedly there are many seniors who are going to attend some college or university in the fall. On the other hand, there are un- doubtedly just as many who have no inten- tion or means with which to obtain further schooling. For those who are obliged to wait a year or tw(» before going on, the problem of what to do with oneself in the meantime is important. A job in other times would have been the aj)- parent answer, but under present circumstan- ces, only a very few will be able to get posi- tions. Persons with time on their hands might come back to high school for a post-graduate course or take a business college course, which will always prove u.seful in whatever line of education they inteml to pursue later. If neither of these ap] eal, there are extension classes from the state college in night scIkmiI. College credits may be earne l there which can be ap- plied to one ' s freshman standing when he goes to college. If none of these methods of obtaining higher learning at a small cost are practicable, there arc always public libraries where one can spend hours absorbing the best literature of the ages. At any rate, whether one goes to business of the world, even if he is not doing what he keeping his mind active and open to progress of the world, even f he is not doing what he had lu j)ed to do. .Ml over the country there are hundreds of high school graduates leaving school this win- ter, and civic authorities are taking steps to provide some means of occupation, whether I)bysical or mental, to keep bodies fit and minds alert. The seriousness of this i)robletn has been recognized by jiarents and leaders in i)ol- itics. It is now for us, the .senior classes of thousands of cities in the United States, also to .see the necessity for coojierating with them hy not merely drifting idly after being cut loose from our moorings of the last four years. CHOOSE REAL FRIENDS One who has been here at school for a few .semesters can readily notice the variims bunches, mobs, or in more polite language, cliques, that are i)art of the sc1hk)1 life. An incoming freshie or .sophomore would do well to consider carefully the lyiK- of peo))le he would like to run around with before he finds himself making a blunder and losing some friends he has. The oldsters might stoj) and analyze themselves — see what g H)d their present a.s.sociates are doing and the advisa- bility of a change. S ime are in .such a dee)) rut with their social obligations that studies are II queer activity to be feared and bated. If one gets into activities that do what he likes to do and that contain the people he wants to associate with, he enjoys life here and learns a little about group behavior. So get in with the right crowd and prepare for contacts you will liave to make with i)eople in later life. (joing with a crowd that is out of one ' s class one way or the other is just t K) ba l. It makes misfits. Join a wortlUess group and you ' re sure to ab.sorb some of its habits. Look around school and notice people frequently slijjping be- cause of their assiK ' iaf ions with a cheap crowd. The moral to it all is this: If you ' re going to meet i)eople all your life, get some experience now. When you are about to join something, .see if you get training and character from it. Page twcuty-scz ' t ' n