Roosevelt High School - Bwana Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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ix BWENE MR. MAYNARD M. HART, Principal

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BUJENE A MESSAGE FROM MR. HART 44 HAT is it all about? is a question which we hear on all sides. When we fail to have the proper perspective or really to see things in their right relations, it is perhaps natural to raise this question in reference to many matters. But when education, and this is our primary interest, is under consideration, it seems almost incredible that doubt should exist concerning its worthwhileness or its favorable results. One of the most difficult terms to define is education. Some may regard it as training for citizenship, others as proper adjustment of oneself to environment. No matter what our definition may be, we should, in all our aims, strive to train the whole person, physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. The time when mere scholarship--and, of course, we should never belittle it-was the only end in view has passed. We need something more. Characteristics and attitudes should have their place in the warp and woof of all our thought, and so all our work should look toward not merely culture or knowledge but also conduct and character. It is a dream of mine that in Roosevelt we may ever keep before us the highest ideals regarding the inherent worth of education. Through the class-room exercises and the opportunities offered for development in all the extra-curricular activities the pupils should be so trained that they may in good time take their places as successful and influential men and women in the vocations of their choice. Your friend, MAYNARD M. HART O Q1 O ' fig ' Seven