Poland Seminary High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Poland, OH)

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THE PIONEER 21 approaching car meant for a position in a telegraph oflice which enabled him to support himself and still carry on his experiments. As in the realm of nature, it is the moment that tells, so also is it true in the realm of science. In chemistry we are taught that nature spends many years in preparation for the formation of a crystal but only an in- stant of time is required for the inorganic substances to be changed to crystal form. The world of nature and the world of mind are one long record of the hidden, the mysterious and the unexpected. Most of us consider life a fog of monotonous, uninteresting duties: duties which we do perhaps because we consider them assential for living. We forget there is a sun which, for a time, may be invisible and to some may be invisible forever because they have forgotten to put a soul into the commonplace. General Pershing has said, My one big happiness is to do whatever I do with all there is in me no matter what the circumstance. If someone should ask me for advice I would say something like this, Whatever your job is, put your whole soul into it. Don't do it halfway. That particular chance will never come again. That is not only the best way to be happy but the only way to prepare yourself for your next step forward.' All my life I have tried to live up to that rule. What does Pershing's rule for happiness and success mean to you, mothers and housewives? Is the daily cooking, washing and cleaning just a monotonous grind or have you put a soul into your work and made it an art? What does Pershing's rule for happiness and success mean to us, the students? Is high school just grind, toil, getting by with merely passing grades or are we getting the fundamentals, the basis for higher education and finally life? O God, help us, no matter how responsible or how humble and homely our task may be, help us to put a soul into our work that we may see the sun appearing, ready to pierce those dense fog clouds. -Lucille Paulin, '30, Winner, Essay Contest. HONOR BANQUET Poland High School held its honor banquet at the Poland Methodist Church, Friday evening, March twenty-first. The honors of the banquet were divided between four groups, the boys and girls basketball teams, the literary team, and the cheer leaders. 'The decorations of the dining room showed that this was a banquet held to celebrate not only basketball victories but also other honors which the school received during the year. The table was adorned with blue and white, the school colors. and the basketball trophy was used as a centerpiece. On the wall was hung the literary pennant. Music from a radio furnished by V. B. Lee added to the enjoyment of the evening. After a delicious chicken dinner served by the ladies of the church a fine program of speeches by representatives of each group followed with Lester Smith as toastmaster. Letters were awarded to the girls and boys of the basketball teams by Mr. Heed, to the cheer leaders by Mrs. Mc- Bride, and to the literary contestants by Mr. Barton. After the festivities everyone went home well pleased with the achievements of 1929-30.

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20 THE PIONEER ' K SIXTH GKAVEA A - OUT OF THE FOG fffanlinued Hom CPage 151 flood, where thousands were drowned, Clara Barton was eighty but she was there, a living embodiment of the Red Cross which she founded. In the World War it seemed she was omnipresent, especially where bullets were thickest and blood flowed freest. It has ever been so. Just out of the fog unexpected and unannounced comes a turning point in men s affairs which leads to greatness. Was not her care at the bedside of her brother a Whispering Voice to her? Might not Kipling have said of her as he said of the explorerg Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges. Something ,lost behind the ranges: Lost and waiting there f,or you. The world of science is a similar record of the sun appearing behind the fog of the commonplace, everyday duties. In this manner Nature spoke to Kepler when she told him the three laws concerning the move- ments of the solar system. It was thus she spoke to Newton when the apple fell: likewise to Watt when he watched the tea-kettle boil. To Thomas Edison the saving of a child from the wheels of an

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22 T H E P 1 o N E E R HISTORY OF POLAND HIGH SCHOOL Poland owes the fame which the educational institutions earned for her to the well educated, public spirited men and women who lirst settled the town and at once established schools that have always been doing noble work. When we students daily attend school in our beautiful Dutch colonial building, little do we realize the many changes wrought to occasion its being built. The first schoolhouse stood on the spot where the Presbyterian Church now stands. ln 1830 the Poland Seminary began with Reverend Bradley in charge. This caused other seminaries to spring up rapidly. The Lee Academy, which later became the Union Seminary and lasted until 1909, was founded twenty-five years after the Poland Seminary. The Poland Law School opened in the same year but it lasted but a few years andwas later moved to Cleveland. From this account can we realize that Poland was long an intellectual center. Of great significance is the list of great citizens who taught or at- tended school in Poland. Foremost among these were William McKinley, our twenty-fifth president, whose father moved from Niles to Poland because of its advantage of better schools. Among the teachers we recall that Ida M. Tarbell, the famous writer and biographer who is especially well known for her works on Lincoln, once taught in Poland. The list need not especially end here for there are other prominent persons whose education was received in Poland, but whose fame may not have been so widely spread. ln the future we anticipate that many other names will be added to our hall of fame. -Helen Olson, '31, THE CALENDAR April 4 . High School Plays: The Valiant and the Minstrel. April 26' . ................. Track Meet at Geneva College May 2 ...... Track Meet with Springfield Township and North Lima High Schools. May 10 ,... ...,.....,.......,,.......... C ounty Track Meet May 14 . , . ........,,....................... Senior Play May 15 .... ..........,............. J unior-Senior Banquet May 18 . , . . . . Baccalaureate Sermon at the Presbyterian Church by Rev. Millikan. May 22 . . . ,..,... Commencement. Rev. Sayers, Speaker. May 23 . . . .........,..........,. Last Day of School. Alumni Banquet NEW PICTURES An addition has been made to Poland High School this year: not in buildings but in things useful to our minds. It is a fine collection of pic- tures which we found on the walls when we returned to school after the Christmas vacation. These pictures have certainly added to the cheer- fulness of the school rooms.