Russell High School - Pointer Yearbook (East Point, GA)

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“In the rural schools, for example, I found agricul- tural instruction, shop instruction, forest projects, nursery projects, canning plants—evidence everywhere of a delib- erate purpose to make each school serve the interests of the community, “Tt is an integrated system, utterly lacking in that bane of educational systems—a superfluity of needless officials, You have one board, one superintendent and a responsible, professional staff. But you have retained all the democratic ideals, and have even increased the ereat local interest in the system.”

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°.. “THEME The theme of Volume 17 of our Pointer is “Democracy and Education.” In the 1941 Pointer the Seniors said: “The safety of democracy will not be assured merely by making education universal 22 Now we say, the safety of Democracy is at stake, and its salvation lies in the hands of young people who recognize how 4 necessary it is that we be “one for all and all for one.’’ Democracy means giving every person all the chance he can use to do the best he can, Dr, Harry Emerson Fosdick puts it like this: “Demo- cracy is based on the bel ief that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.’ These extraordinary possibilities are the things we are counting on to win the war—and to win the difficult peace that will follow. And we don’t have an expression of these extraordinary possibilities until the chance to unearth them is there. At Russell we feel we have made a start in this direction, The pictures of our activities are one indi- cation. Observations of qualified persons confirm it. Take the statement of Dr. Howard A. Dawson, director of rural service of the National Educa- tion Association, who visited the Fulton County system last fall. “Both in respect to location and housing,” he asserted, “Fulton’s schools ahe admirably arranged, while the curriculum and campus activities of each school are closely integrated with the activities of the particular community served,

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D ED 1 Cia} To those members of the Football Team of 1941-42 who have given so unselfishly and so unsparingly of their time, their energy, and their loyalty to win the coveted N. G. I. C. cham- pionship; AND To Head Coach R. L. Bowen whose inexhaustible patience and excellent leadership, and to Assistant Coach Hoyt T. Griffin whose efficiency and devotion have been responsible for the or- ganization and guidance of this victorious team, this, the Seven. teenth Edition of the Pointer is dedicated.