Stratford Central Secondary School - Collegian Yearbook (Stratford, Ontario Canada)

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COILLBGIAN, I9 30 day-dreaming. In this useless fashion we all waste much, far too much, time and energy. By this means we create for ourselves a visionary world which at times is rudely shattered by the real world. This habit of seeing the world as it is NOT tends to damage our think- ing powers and to give us a biased view of life and thus hold back progress. If we are to be successful we must keep both body and mind in good health. I am afraid sometimes we do not value our bodily health enough. But you can easily realize that if the body is not sound very few of us would amount to anything. Then, too, we should regard the mind as an organ to be kept in condition like the body. If we do not use a muscle, that muscle will cease to exist. If we overwork it, its function becomes faulty. So with the mind, it becomes useless if we do not use it. If we use it too much, for one thing, it becomes more or less deranged and we become monomaniacs. This brings, me to an important consideration in our striving toward success. W'e must have relaxation. We all realize that this is an age of specialization. However, we should have more than one interest. I have a theory, that a man to be sane and happy and live his life to the full must have two great interests-one, the greater, he follows as his profession, the other, the one he follows as a hobby. Care should be taken that we do not confuse the two. Many people, I think, make the mistake of following what should be their hobby as a pro- fession and their profession as a hobby. The writer knows of a case where a young man was contemplating a practical profession when he should be a man of letters of some sort. He realized his mistake in time, probably, to prevent great unhappiness. Success and happiness are closely related. Much can be con- tributed to both, I think, by a contented and appreciative mind. I think many of the men who pride themselves on being practical miss much by not giving more attention to the various arts. I do not think any life can be complete without a love for poetry, music, fine paintings and beautiful things in general. It is a shame that so many students go out of school without a love for poetry and an appreciation of fine music. Both of these may be acquired 'by a little effort on the part of the individual. Yet these blessings are often missed and the student loses the inspiration of Browning and Tennyson or the pure joy that Ts-chaikowsky and Beethoven bring. Perhaps one of the chief factors in success is optimism. You will not succeed unless you have the pluck to keep on fighting. The man who is going to win is the man who can get up after a severe de- feat and fight again, determined not to be beaten. Be determined to win, have conidence to win, and you WILL win. In conclusion let me say this: I have tried to lay before you some simple, familiar rules that will help towards success. However, no matter how many rules you formulate you will never make a short cut towards success. It is the amfount of work you do that is going to cover the ground. If you are willing to work, if you are willing to do the right in all things, you will be able to say with the Alpostle Paul, as Life's sun sinks below the horizon, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faithg henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day. E. BARRETT. --5B. .-I S..

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COLLEGIAN, I 930 SOCIALISM QgOCIALISM is the name applied to a type of theory, dealing with the distribution of wealth. It is also applied to a movement international in character, the purpose of which is to sponsor political and economic reform along Socialistic lines. The common bond of all Socialists, is the belief that every citizen of a state should have approximately the same income. Socialism is not a plan to hand over the British Empire and all the other nations of the world to the Russians, but a plan to run each nation with the greatest economy and with the least internal friction. Socialism, is not a method of Wholesale robbery of the rich by the poor, but is a theoretical -system for keeping everyone within certain finan- cial limits, and for compelling every person to do his share of useful work in the state. It is a proposal t-o do away with our present system of social levels, founded on nothing but the fact that one man works for his daily bread while another has his served on a silver plate, because his grandfather happened to own a piece of land which could be used for a railroad yards. Socialism is not a crime, nor are its advocates and followers necessarily madmen, fools or rogues. You may not agree with the theories or the practices of the Socialists, but it is well to remember that about one hundred years ago, the Liberals were looked down upon, and were called the same names as the Socialists of today. ' 4 Most real Socialists want some industries of the state operated by the state. Some Socialists wish all industries to be operated by the state, others just the vital industries, and still others think it necessary to have public utilities only operated by the public. Many states are so used to this system that it is never thought of as Socialism. The Stratford Collegiate Institute is a Socialistic institution when consid- ered in this light. Our Postal System is a Socialistic enterprise, so large that no private agency could handle it. In Stratford our water, gas, and electric supply systems are owned by the people. lt is possible to cross Canada, and to sail the seas by means of a transportation sys- tem owned by the people of Canada. We are already, then, to a certain extent, Socialists. r R There are many kinds of Socialists but the two groups which are achieving results are the Fabians, who are essentially English, and the Communists who are an international organization, centering in Russia, where their theories are being put into practice as far as possible, and experiments are being conducted. The Fabians include in their num- ber some of the most learned men and women of England and also some of the wealthiest, so it is easily seen that you can be a Socialist and still po-ssess tw-o suits of clothes. They believe in almost complete state ownership of land and capital, but purpose to gain their end through legislation and public education. The Soviet Communists, on the other hand, want the whole world divided into Soviet Republics, governed by a very small Communistic Party, -supporting a dictator. They believe in the doctrines of Karl Marx the great German economist, who decided, after much study, that there were on-ly the two classes of people, those who did, and those who did not work. He advised the workers to unite and take over the factories and the government themselves, and run them for their own benefit, as they were by far the majority in the State. He urged the -17-