Reedsburg High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Reedsburg, WI)

Page 12 text:

1930 THE GLEANER 1930 Majestic mountain peaks, like the outstanding pinnacles of success in this busy world, seem to many to be mysterious and far-away, but an army of earnest seekers and persistent toilers is continually solving their mysteries and reaching their summits. Persons who do not face the hazards, experience the hard work, and master the uncertainties and difficulties of a climb to some higher goal must lose much of the spirit of achievement which this life on Earth has to offer. Choosing our trails, scaling the cliffs, and keeping to the course, like our work-a-day experiences, demand the possession of native ability combined with the exertion of constructive effort. Work, whether physical or mental— a peculiarly human and perishable thing—is the only active agent of production. Since the dawn of civilization, labor has been the theme of philosophers, sages, poets, patriots, prophets, scientists, and moralists. It has produced our present day blessings—liberty, law, art, science, domestic felicity and religion. It is the only key that will unlock the door of opportunity. We must turn to Nature to find the most consistent teacher of the value and need of toil. As the restless sea is in constant motion; as the rolling tides ebb and flow with unchanging regularity; as the uneasy winds are never idle and ever singing; as the twinkling stars perform their appointed tasks; as the scented, colorful flowers and stately, nodding trees toil to make the earth more beautiful; as the meandering rivers produce the irregularities we recognize as mountains and valleys; and as the raging storms break to appear to deflect these natural agencies out of the courses which our human ideals would have them follow—just so does this stupendous and ceaseless activity continue its system of sculpturing and decorating our homes in this life. The rewards of labor being directly proportional to our efforts and skill are happiness, the respect and esteem of fellowmen, and finally—yet least of all—a temporary claim to some earthly possessions.. Then, if we would be most appreciative— most enriched from day to day—we must not await the honor and glory of the final attainment of our goals, but rather—like Nature with the ever changing wonders in her eternal program of perfecting the landscape—find the more genuine joy as it exists in the process of achieving. U]

Page 11 text:

1930 THE GLEANER 1930 -80“ P. R. Schweke Mrs. H. L. Maxham G. C. Howland D. A. Woodson W. V. Arvold C. E. Phillips Mrs. H. B. Quimby Board of Education It is the purpose of these lines to give to the students of our school and to the citizens whom the Board of Education represents a brief outline of the election and functions of this body. The members of the Board of Education are the voice of the citizens of this community in the formation and supervision of the city educational system, and in this capacity exercise the good judgment which they believe will satisfactorily and efficiently govern the school. A clear understanding of the responsibility given to the Board would help us to realize the actual effect this body has on the efficiency of our school. The members of our School Board are elected at the annual city election, two or three at each election, and hold their office for three years, at the expiration of which they may be reelected. Annually among themselves they elect a President, Vice-President, and Secretary. The President has the power of appointing members to three committees, the Building Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Teachers Committee; the Vice-President presides in the absence of the President; and the Secretary takes the minutes of the monthly meetings and keeps the accounts. The Board as a unit determines the general policy of the school. I7|

Page 13 text:

1930 THE GLEANER 1930 SUPERINTENDENT FLOYD SMITH [9]