Riverside High School - Mercury Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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% most part on the teachers. That they rea- lize that they are not merely machines teaching stupid children how to master certain things, but rather that they are verj important factors in teaching self expres- sion and in revealing the latent abilities of every pupil is to the great advantage of the school. Unlike many of the modern youths, we still cling to our ideals and the individual- ism that we so proudly possess is of prime importance in the shaping of these ideals. Our athletic traditions are so glorious and have been recounted so many times that it seems needless to develop them thoroughly again. For the last twenty-five years, they have signified unbounded achievement. It

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Sfc4 . of democratic organization. Our school is composed of many classes ranging from wealth to poverty. This condition only proves more conclusively that democracy prevails at Riverside, for this mingling tends to strengthen the principles of equality. It is to be expected that a family of such sturdy foundation the individual will be in no way hampered. In fact, the pupil is even helped to express his individualism, for Riverside strives in every way possible to prevent her students from being formed in a common mold. The problem is to find a means to bring out the differences and abilities of every student to his own best advantage. This heavy burden falls for the

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has made no difference whether we have won or lost as long as we have attained what we have set up as our goal, hard mus- cles, honor, sportsmanship, and good fel- lowship. Glorious as our athletic tradi- tions are, our traditions of scholastic achievement are of greater significance. While the former show that we have suc- ceeded in the extra curricular activities, the latter indicate that we are justified in our verv existence as a school. Thus Riverside, by its own splendid ex- ample, has laid the foundation in our hearts for an ideal organization of human relationship, which, after all, is the purpose of education. Let us hope that we will prove worthy of the training and care which Riverside has given us.