North Shore Country Day School - Mirror Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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19— MIRROR 3 TO MR. JOSEPH B. RIDDLE We, the Senior Class, dedicate this year book with sincere appreciation for his inestimable influence in building the traditions and ideals of North Shore ; and for the desire for Social Justice he has inspired in us through the medium of his History classes.

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19— MIRROR 30 FOREWORD As the years roll on, the Mirror hecomes a more stable part of the school. After the novelty of publish- ing the Mirror had disappeared its material became forced. It has been the aim of the Mirror Board to in- spire, not compel students to write. We wish to ex- press a word of appreciation to those who have will- ingly taken a share of the responsibility in publishing this year book.

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19— MIRROR — 30 OPENING OF SCHOOL The beginning of school this year held a significance ■which many of us missed. It meant the beginning of the second chapter in our history. Heretofore all has been development ; now comes the test. At first, when student government, universal athletics, and other items of progressive education were just being formulated , everyone was ready to pitch in and help things along. Now that ive have definite traditions and established institutions it remains to be seen whether these traditions are self-operative ; whether they ' will continue to exist after those who built them arc gone. In view of the fact that our coming years are the test of tradition, it may appear incongruous that in Mr. Smith ' s opening speech he reiterated the word change so emphatically. That was not as strange as you would think. A definite attitude of progress is necessary to prevent stagnation. The spirit of our traditions must remain the same but the body must be altered with further development and construction. One excellent example of this is the American Constitution. Although its fundamental principles of life, liberty, and the pur- suit of happiness should always be sustained, never- theless many of its feel that much is faulty and out- worn in this document. Thus Mr. Smith did not wish us to fall into dependency upon the work of our alumni. The president of the Senior Class also insisted on a policy of progress and also one of carrying on the good work. Whether these plans have been fulfilled or have been so much talk we cannot say for a while vet. Per- haps we have built and carried on! Perhaps we have only hung motionless. Mr. Smith will tell us, maybe, three months from now in our next opening.