Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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Board of Education - A' '5 ' , 4 ll is isa.. mszszrra.. . 1132255151 , - F Bitber, C. E. Brockway, W. S. lackson, G. P. Anderson, P. E. Tamplin, S. Bycroft, M. W1llllHlS G. E. Heiges, W. D. Gamble, E. H. Lang. To decide school policies and manage all school funds are the purposes of the Sharon School Board headed by Mr. Iohn S. Bycroft. Mr. Bycroft will have served twelve years when his term expires in 1945, longer than anyone else on the present board. Serving with him are Mr. P. E. Tamplin, Vice-President, Dr. G. P. Anderson, Treasurerg Mi'. E. I-l. Lang, Mi'. E. Bieberg Mr. G. E. I-leigcs and lVIr. W. S. Iackson. Although not members of the board, lVlr. lVIartin Williams is secretary and lVIiss Ruth Clepper is assistant secretary. The Hrst Nlonday of every month the members meet in lVlr. Williams, office in Sharon High School to settle the issues that arise. Numerous special meetings are also necessary during thc course of the month. At these meetings, they hire all the personnel of the Sharon School System from superintendent to janitors, and decide on the salaries. All improvements and repairs to school buildings are also supcrintended by the board. Besides this they must go over all the records of incoming money and expenditures, and see that all hills are paid. The Superintendent of Sharon Schools, Mi'. Gamble, also meets with them and Mi'. C. E. Brockway, School Solicitor, attends the meetings to interpret school laws, and to see that the board complies with the state laws. The members of the Sharon School Board are elected by the townspeople to serve for terms of either two years or six years and may come up for re-election as many times as they desire.

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l' Books The greatest invention ever made is that of the art of printing. Coming in the midst of the Renaissance it acted as a powerful stimulus to the literary geniuses of that period and paved the way for universal knowledge. The richest storehouse in the world is not that where a large part of the world's gold is stored in the hills of Kentucky. It is in the accumulated wisdom of the world stored in books. The treasures of poetry and philosophy, of art and music, of science and history, of fiction and biography made available to every one sur passes by far in real worth all of the wealth of the ages. If there were not a high school, college or university in the land there would be little excuse for ignorance. Books are available, free from our libraries or pur- chaseable at small cost, the reading and mastery of which constitute a liberal education. I have been reading Elbert Hubbard's Little Iourneys to the Homes of the Great . Hubbard, himself, had little schooling but a fine education secured through his love of books. He makes great men of the past live in our minds through his artistry, vividness and masterly word painting. One hundred seventy of the great of the world pass before one in review and fascinate and enthrall. This is but one example of many of the enduring values of books. As the world's best books are our recious herita c and add to our culture, P 3 knowledge and enjoyment, inspiring us and clearing our moral and spiritual atmos- phere, unfortunately it is also true that literary ability has been prostituted in pro- ducing books that degrade and demoralize. These should be avoided as we avoid oisonous lants and disease erms. The are festerin sores and cancerous rowths P P S Y S S and minds polluted by their infection can never again be normal. Let us thank God for the riches of knowledge that come to us through good books. W. D. GAMBLE