Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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ECHOES Valedlctory THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS School IS what the communlty makes It It can e1the1 be a school w1th only a small number of subjects to choose from hnnted equlpment to vyork wlth and the attltude of not caung yyhether or not thue IS a school Ol lt can have a numerous dlX9lS1f'l6d amount of subJects sufh Clellt materlalg wlth whlch to vyork and the attltude of wantmg to make the best better The C'OI1dltl0I1 of a school hes entlrely vylth the wlshes of the communlty as a whole There are txmes when the faculty and students yyho attend school ey ery day see the need for changes addltlonal mater lals and subjects but w1thout the help of the people supportlng and financlng the schools they are absolutely powexless The future mamtenance and CO1ld1UOl1 of a nat1on IS largely deter mlned by the progress of 1tS schools When th1s country was first founded the goyernmental leadels foresaw that 6dLlC2:Lt1Ol1 would play an lmport ant part ln helpxng to make our country successful Therefore they helped support a program furtherlng the need for educatxon Today there seems to be a tendency to belleve that the schools need no further lmproyement Th1s IS not true that schools need no mole lmprovements for each year not only makes l1fe a llttle more comphcated than lt was the year before but also br1ngs forth new ldeas and methods to help meet these comph CHUOIIS There are many schools Wh1Ch have a large number of needs Un fortunately Spencelyllle IS lncluded vylth these schools A sufliclent amount of books encyclopedlas dlctlonarles and other 1eference materlal IS essentlal for the good of the student In classes questlons HFISQ that cannot always be answered by the teacher because teachers no longer are tramed m general subjects but SDGCIHIIZS m only one or two fields They of course are unable to answer many of the ques tlons because of the newness of thens Invarlably the textbooks do not conta1n the necessary knovsledge e1the1 Th1s IS only one of the many ln stances vyhere further reference mateual would be profitable Physlcal educatlon equlpment IS cons1dered one of the most 1mport ant needs OI an educatlonal lHSt1tl.1t1011 Large substantlal basketball floors faClllt1GS for showers and prlvate lockels 1n whlch the proper clothmg for physlcal culture classes can be kept are some of the thmgs vyh1ch are sorely needed 1n many of our schools These lockers would be apart from the regular ones wh1ch contam books and street clothmg The shops Wh1Ch are qulte beneficlal 1n furthermg manual arts are sometxmes almost V01d of the 1nach1ne1v needed to tram the students and to help them carry on thelr yyork Whlfll Illlghf, enable them to earn a l1v mg after they graduate Page 20 r1o1o1o1o14 101011 1o1o1n1o1oc bo101o1o1o1o1o1o1 14 101 11: 1 n . . . . 1 , ' s , v' ' .' , . 1 1 1 . I . Y Y . . . - s s x I. . . . Y Y . Y . Y 1 . . . . Y. . . . 5 Y Y Y . . - a A 1 s , . . Y . Y . Y Y Y 1 Y . . . . Y i Y . ' s , v ' ' v . . Y . Y ,, r Y Y Y. . . Y. Y . s ' ' . Y Y . . . . y '. ' 1 ' 1 x ' 1 - Q 1 - . Y - Y . . Y . - 7 'l - 1 s x 1 ' s Y . . v 9 . Y . U . . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 11191. l1n1::1::1 1 1:1:1:x1n1::1::1 1 14

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ECHOES VALEDICTORY Contlnued An eastern college once had a professor who each year told h1s grad uatlng class that he hoped nothlng he had taught them would ever enable them to earn a slngle penny We of late years have gone to the other extreme conslderlng educatlon of no value unless lt does enable us to earn a l1v1ng Educatlon IS a very definlte and worthwh1le factor 1n help mg us to take our place rn acceptlng our respons1b1l1ty 1n the world Yet that IS not the end and all of learnmg knowledge should contrlbute a deeper finer character a keener appreclatlon of the worthwhlle thlngs of l1fe should make us more conslderate of the hopes and asplratlons of others Appreclatlon support and promotlon of the finer arts are several of the thlngs that are lackmg ln the attrtude of many of the communltles towards the1r schools Lrfe would become rather dull 1f prctures to behold no sculpturlng to admlre no poetry n1us1c to hear Thus the fine arts have a deflnlte place ln Even though our schools are much better than the people IH thls audlence attended there lS st1ll room, for ments The students themselves are almost useless when to put an rdea or plan across for the betterment of the there were no to read or no our schools ones the older many lmprove It comes to try school We of course can talk about lt but lt IS you who can take the necessarv actlon One of the more modern advantages offered the schools IS vrsual educatlon Plctures form a more lastlng and lmpresslve 1mpr1nt upon the mmd than does readmg talkmg or wr1t1ng These plctures could com pare the l1ves of other people wlth ours could show the contrast of our envlronment to that of other v1c1n1t1es and could brlng to us lndustrles and the1r functlons that many people would never be able to see or un derstand wlthout the use of Hlms I am sure that 1f we could see a one room School ID actlon we would more fully apprec1ate the pr1v1leges that our school llfe presents to us The onlv way we could see a one room school perform would be by the use of p1CtLlI'QS It IS not only for the good of the student that he should have all of the advantages posslble but also for the good of the comn1un1tv After a person graduates from school everythlng he has learned 1S contrlbuted to the communltv 1n whlch he llves to help to ralse the standard of that communlty To those who are graduatmg I wlsh to say that we should set for our selves h1gher standards and pledge ourselves to greater efforts for the contlnuance and betterment of educatlon We w1ll 1n good t1me reach our goal Page 21 1 P101 li i i0i0l 710201 Dl0i010C ffilfbifilillillill Dlftltritbl iivltfl ' 3 ! ' 7 ! 7 7 ! 5 7 7 S ,, to see that your children do have more advantages. 7 ' 5 ' - ! y . , . - . Q 7 1 . 1 X X ' 7 S D1 1 bl I D1 I1 101 itil i 1010i bltli 51010 010111 Pl Pliblibl l 1