Seth Low Junior High School - Spectator Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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was marble. Some pupils have it the opposite way, marble to receive and wax to retain. After hours and hours of drilling the pupil finally gets iti and after another hour, the information is lost again, for the wax was too soft to keep the information in the head. He must be hungry for knowledge and not only study because he has to, but do it because he really wants to progress. 3. He must have an excellent character. He can be the strongest, healthiest man, he can be the most intelligent and he can use these advantages to becom- ing an outlaw. By character, courage, consideration, handiness, and various other likewise things are meant. 4. He must use the school to its fullest ad- vantages. He must use the library, join clubs, join some athletic team, and do similar things. 5. He must be of service to the school, in the various ways such as watching exits, errand-boy in the ohice, post the bulletins, help the school paper, do tirst aid service, be usher at baseball or football games, cafeteria monitor, attendance monitor or help in the auditorium. These five points make an ideal high school student? After asking Dr. Mason several other questions, I thanked him and went on my way, happy that I had had such a successful interview. Donald Keene, RBI 0 . O MUSIC QUESTION BOX How Smart Are You? Who wrote the melody of ccMy I I. In what opera is the ttAnvil Cho- Country ,Tis of Theesi? rusi' sung? Who wrote the words of ciThe 12. Who wrote the tiMoonlight So- Star-Spangled Bannerd? natat? What are the two wood-wind 13. Who wrote the opera iiWilliam instruments that have no reeds? TelPi? What opera is the character Aida 14. Where is Carnegie Hall? in? 15. What range voice has Lawrence Who wrote the opera, itLohen- Tibbett? grint? 16. What is ctThe Lost Chordtt? . What is the highness or lowness 17. What instrument does Yehudi of tone called? Menuhim play? Name another Operetta by the 18. How would you conduct a waltz, writers of iiPinaforef, . . . Wlth an orchestra or band? Tr Wthh of Verdfs operas was it i i y named after its chief character, H , who is a hunchback? . ave you tuned in to the finest How long does it take to play the music you want to hearaevery tiMinute Waltzsa? Sunday nlght, at 8 to 9 otclock? N ame one famous song of Stephen Stations WEAF: WJZ: WABC- Fosteris? tAnswers on Page 4w Page Thi'rty-ez'ght T H E S P E C T A T 0 R

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stuff knowledge into onels head, they want to develop the persons character, physically, socially and spiritually. As an example, a teacher here, once taught in a school of 400 pupils in the country, 260 were in primary school, 160 being in high school, all packed in one small school, how could anyone get as good an education in one of those schools as in one of our fine schools? But there are two advantages of a country school, the first being that since it is smaller more individual attention can be shown throughout the school, although in this school we try to overcome the fact that we have 7,000 pupils by pick- ing out the individual who needs help and suggesting that he join one of our clubs, that will help him. Secondly, the location. With all the beautiful scenery about-one, one cannot but help become a nature lover. Climbing orchards, feeding chickens, riding a horse through the country all help to build the persons body. But on the whole, the city schoolboy has a better time of it than the country boy. YAw gee? say many boys and girls, ffwhy do I have to leave Seth Low? Why canit there be a high school attached to it? I hate to leave, itill be so strange in my new high? Hereis why, as told by Dr. Mason. ffThe adjust- ment isn,t so terrible as pictured, for, didnlt you all change from grammar school to junior high? True, the first few days everything seemed strange, but after that did you mind it? Do you think of your old school anymore except on a few occasions? When you graduate from Seth Low to some other high, you continue, your work getting more diHicult as you go along, but still the same idea. Besides, in life you'must adjust yourselves many times, first when you go to grammar school, to junior high, to high school, to college, and perhaps to a special school for your profession. If you had no Changes up to the end of high school, you would have a terrible time when you left home for college. It has been tried in the cases of Seward, Franklin K. Lane and Walton that a junior high be followed by a senior high in the same building. It was a terrible failure, the junior high students saying, fI wish those big pests would get out, and the seniors saying II wish those little runts would get out; and the teachers were jealous of each other, and there was never any harmony. In all due fairness, the plan was not worked out as well as it could, for the buildings were small, old and had no facilities. Everything was too crowded, and no one was actually ready for this experiment. These unions have been broken up within the last few years, and considering all sides, I don,t think boys and girls are so badly off, and they must get used to adjustments? Lastly, many say, ffWhat am I supposed to do, in order to be an ideal high school student? I donit know what they want of me. I asked Dr. Mason and this is what he told me: cc1. You must be healthy. You cannot stay away from school every few days and expect to be clever, and you must be able to withstand cold, heat and rain, and snow, so that you can get your full benefit of school. 2. You must be intelligent, by that I mean you must understand information-wax to receive and marble to retain. That is, in- formation must penetrate your head as if it was wax, but must stay in as if it T H E S P E C T A T O R Page Thirty-seven

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FOREWORD FOR THE BIOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS To me, biology is an important subject, not only in school, but also in our daily routine, as it deals with the most precious thing we possess-1ife. Complex studies, the perilous work of legions of men down through the centuries, and the gradual annihilation of disease form an appealing background. Many a Seth Low studerit has felt its magnetic inspiration for either a favorite hobe' or a life work. Every nook and corner in our laboratories is occupied with living and preserved specimens, most of which have been furnished by past or present pupils as an expression of' their active interest. This study has many branches, each with unlimited possibilities. The one which capti-i vates me most is microscopy, the study of those invisible beings, which have harassedeall. humanity. This phase is most outstanding in recent achievements. Leeuwenhok, the first. man ever to see microbes through the single lens, perfected a compound microscope. Follow- ing closely upon this invention, such men as Pasteur, Koch, and Reed blazed the trail for mod-e ern methods in the cure and prevention of infectious diseases. At present only a few of the more elusive microbes have evaded the ever watchful eyes of the bacteriologists. If we add to this highly specialized study of the unseen world about us, a knowledge of the structure and function of all living things, we have formed a strong enough background to appreciate in every sense of the word that biology is indeed the science of life. RICHARD LASSER jnicrogwpic Ratbelg LEEUHENHOEK mm: M AMOEBA mum OF THE moscopg A comic? Sagzilgsh ONE-cELLED FORM OF PRQTQIOR VORTICELLR ' ' ' :' A VERY NE m w '3, BREAD MOLD Tsumme FORM OF ' A COMMON IFORM 0F PROTOIOAN LIFE if 7 FUNGOUS PLHNT A MODERN MICROSCOPE SUCH AS IS USED m scuoma AND LRBORATORIES STYL CHONIA GOOD ILLUSTRATIONS ONE OF E m .' R OZQRNS THE HNE OF THE bTRUCTURE ' PFOLTHGELLA 1 OF PLANTS SPiRlLLA THE SPIRlLLUM m: or aacwzmn 7' H E S P E C T A T O R Page Thitrty-nine