Sonora Union High School - Green and Gold Yearbook (Sonora, CA)

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Progressive County The progress of Tuolumne county has been largely due to the Board of Supervisors who, with keen judgment, supervise the civic activities of the county. That they are the promoters of the higher educational ideas in this county is shown by their generous sup- port of the elementary school and by their advocating the erection of a high school which was completed in 1906. Not long ago they promoted the idea of an institution for the relief of those affected with tuberculosis. With this idea in mind, ten other counties joined with Tuolumne county in the building of Weimar Sanitorium, and a new wing was recently added to the county hospital. Progressiveness is further revealed by the rebuilding of the court house at Sonora to replace the old wooden structure. The new building of brick and concrete was com- pleted in the spring of 1900. Other improvements may be enumerated as follows: the highways, which have brought in many transients and which are in great contrast to the old dirt roads we at one time had to endureg paved streets in unincorporated townsg concrete bridges which take the places of the old unsafe wooden bridges and ferries. Tuolumne county as a whole has been advanced and freely advertised through the efforts of these men who have helped in the development of natural resources. For all these modern improvements and conveniences we owe our thanks to the successive boards of supervisors. The present board is composed of: Robert T. Simmons, chairmang Frank J. Dondero, John C. Davis, Ernest H. Hodge, Frank J. Ralph. E21

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Edu cation For Efhciency The purpose of secondary schools is not primarily to train students for colleges, but to train the major portion, who do not expect to go to college, to live efficient lives. One author says: To live socially efficient one must be able to earn, to maintain happy domestic relations, to participate in civic affairs. This very nearly gives the true pur- pose of secondary schools. The elementary schools teach the use of tools of education, it is our business to master knowledge both cultural and technical-that the student may have a knowledge of the arts and literature as well as of the special line that he cares to follow. We are constantly striving to make our schools more efficient, but we sometimes forget that the best way to accomplish this is to work to make each individual effi- cient. Parents could do much by cooperating in placing students in proper courses, by looking after their physical welfare, by giving moral training, by holding more heart to heart talks with their children about the future. Too many times it is left to the school entirely. There should be a planning for a life and not a year's course. The school is frequently asked to recommend to an employer certain young people. We must base this recommendation on habits formed during the adolescent years. If the habits of industry and good attitude toward his fellows have been developed, the boy cr girl usually gets the position. Frequently this has been neglected with the opposite result. Good habits make for good character. Young people are imitators of those they admire. For that reason a vital element cf success and efficient living is good friendship and social environment. Right ideals of successful living can thus be instilled. Reading of good books give the same effect. Pupils are prone to accept moral precepts as a matter of course and they do not absorb them. There must be true character if the plan of life is to be efficient. Theodore Roosevelt said: In the long run, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against that assemblage of virtues, which we call character. The parents must direct the way. The adolescent youth is sure he understands. The parent must be in constant touch with the schools if the life intrusted to us is to be efficient. If one fails, neither can undo the harm. Let us cooperate for efficiency in lite planning. V. A. DUNLAVY, Principal. T41