Shields High School - Patriot Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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rv PATRIOT WE DEDICATE THE . . OF 937

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TO THE MAN WHO LAIO OUT SEYMOUR, WHO BROUGHT THE M TO SEYMOUR, AND FOR THE YOUTH OF SEYMOUR IN- TRODUGEO THE SCHOOLS ANO FOSTER- ED MANY FINE IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO THEM ... TO THE SPIRIT OF MEEDY WHITE SHIELDS, KEYSTONE AND CORNERSTONE OF SHIELDS HIGH SCHOOL.

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One of the principal industries of Seymour, a to of 8,500 people, is the education of her youth. Shields High School ' s strong faculty of thirty-two men and women, who have been granted degrees from some of the leading colleges and universities in the United States, are well qualified to instruct in their chosen fields. Few towns the size of Seymour can boast of a better or larger school library. It is well equipped with refer- ence and supplementary reading books and in addition, many current magazines and three newspapers are re- ceived. It contains 4,312 volumes, 224 of which were added this year. A trained librarian is available at all times to assist the students. The great consulting room of a wi:e man is a library. The strength of a nation, especial- ly a republican nation is in the intelli- gent and well-ordered homes of its people. He that gives of a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth will come to all other questions with a decided advan- tage. History is a great painter, with the world for a canvas, and life for a Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattain- able; however, they who aim at it and persevere will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.