Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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1 1213 and 15l£T Freeman foto Thomas Parrel. . Robert Alrkkson Vail Murchison. CLASS OFFICERS 12-B ...........................................President ......................................Vice-President .................................Secretary-Treasurer The classes, moving on ro a higher standing, have all left behind them a record of work accomplished. From the Seniors to the Freshmen the students have followed the lead of their class officers in carrying out the various duties that have fallen upon them, and in expressing a high quality of class spirit. They have responded to the call for workers in carrying out the Betterment Committee projects; interclass com- petition has been unusually keen; social activities have lilletl a calendar of enjoyment; the Carnival was made successful by an unusually large number of class concessions, and every phase of school activity was entered by the classes and carried out with enthusiasm and success [27]

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THE EDITOR S CORNER SCHOLARSHIP A scholar to the average individual is one who devotes all of his time and energy to study, and lets all other things sink into oblivion. Hut the scholar of today must content himself not with a mere browsing over books, lie must be alive, alert, applying the principles, the ideas, and ambitions that make for a broader scholarship and a broader citizenship. Scholarship is an ideal towards which all of us should be striving. Any person, no matter how small his achievements, who attempts to improve himself and those about him is traveling the path of the scholar. 11 is knowledge is of no avail, however, unless he utilizes it and imparts it to his fellowmen. If a person’s education, like a miser’s gold, is hoarded and not made to do its part in the world’s work, it were better he were not educated at all. As Bishop Hall says, “ I lie grace of this rich jewel is too often lost in concealment.” We too often notice that the “book worm forgets his responsibility of citizenship, and fails to do his share in school activities. On the other hand we sometimes find those of us who are bearing the burden of school activities forget the scholar’s responsi- bility. Our leaders of the future will be those who realize their responsibility of citizenship through the fulfillment of their responsibility in maintaining a high standard of scholarship. Let us not then be content with an education of mere facts and information, but let us learn to labor and think independently. This seems to be the tendency toward which modern education is striving. When one has learned to think for himself he has attained much toward the ideal for which he should be striving, namely an ideal of democracy—high citizenship as a result of high scholarship. SHELTER Society is now face to face with the enormous and perplexing problem of how to house itself within its means. Why are rents so high? Because building is so expen- sive. And why is building so expensive? Because the laborer wants to do the least work for the most pay and is in turn forced to buy the high cost of shelter. Every- one is trying to out do the other fellow and thus it seems an endless circle. The great difficulty is the gross ignorance of facts by the public. This problem is of vital importance because shelter bulks so large in human affairs. We must have homes in which to live, offices for business, churches for worship, school for education, theaters for amusement and hospitals for the sick. Even trains and ships are traveling shelter. Factories, stores, stations, docks, barns, jails, and asylums all are shelter of one kind or another. Half of human existence is concerned with obtaining the necessary shelter. Society would cease to exist without it. Today there is an imperative need that the increasing demands of shelter he met intelligently and economically. There is the continual cry against the high cost and poor quality of shelter; and this cry must be answered. Conditions must be brought about so that a reasonable means of shelter will be in reach of all. What does this mean to high school students? It means that with our educational advantages we must take responsibility and leadership in overcoming this evil. We must get at the fundamental facts which are so little understood. We must learn to- apply them to the practical and vital question, and must help to bring about intelligent public opinion. We from Paly Hi ought to have a part in this movement. At least let us think about it and some day—perhaps—who knows. 126]

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Freeman foto CLASS OFFICERS 1I-A 11-B Boi.ton White . . . Marian Smith . President Donald Ai ukn ... Ivan Crawford Will Bi tler IV 1A RCi A R I.T 1M M KK U . Secretary-Treasurer 1281