The Pittsburgh Academy - Eagle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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N X. THE EAGLE Q9ur Zllumni Here are all the jolly useniorsu Who departed long ago. Ah, we see their happy faces Brightened by the ruddy glow Of the lamplight where at party's In full swing, composed of those NVho are now the pride of Pittsburgh In the fields that, here, they chose. We extend a hearty greeting To alumni members all Who have gathered here together, Faithful to the old sehool's call, Doctors, lawyers, painters, poets Hold aloft the torch of hope To the thoughtful, sturdy students, Who in dark despair might grope. Thus it is our seniors leave us, Those we love and those who've shared All our sorrows, joys, ambitions, When we have, at times, despaired. But they follow in the footsteps Gf alumni who :ire proud Of our dear old sehoolg and cherish All the gifts that she endowed. -F. J. JA Cxsozv. THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY Fifty-two N I 1? ., f l A 1 41

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gun: I THE EAGLE Physical education, necessary as it is, must not be overdone. Man should not develop brawn at the expense of brain. Prize fighters are the least useful members of society. But everyone should have an elementary knowledge of his own body, all its organs, and their functions in a state of health. 'iKnow thyself was the saying Of the Greeks, and it is equally important today. Health is our greatest National asset or, as Emerson has said, Health is the greatest wealth . The intellect is that which has to do with the thinking powers of the mind. Intelligence creates, intelligence produces knowledge. Knowledge is a necessary element in all human life. The great men of the world are its thinkers and doers. They have made civil' ization and created history. Intellectually considered, they represent the mountain peaks in the world of thought and human endeavor. The common mind must ever keep to the valley below. Intellectual education gives a man a perfect command of all his powers. lt enables him to garner the wealth of the fields, to gather stored up treasures of the earth, to build great and flourishing cities, to harness the powers of Niagara, and to make all the mighty forces of nature subservient to his will. lntellectual education multiplies man's wants. ln the ignorant state, the man is content to know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, and consequently be nothingg but the man whose every faculty has been developed longs to know all things of God and the universe, longs to own something, is restless when idle, longs to act well his part in all the affairs of life. As the result of these longings we owe the progress, prosperity, and grandeur of the centuries. It is a significant fact that those who, in the past, have solved and those who are now solving great problems in the scientific, the mechanical, and the social worlds have been so disciplined by intellectual education as to prepare them for those tasks. Therefore no argument is needed to prove that intellectual education is a necessary element of life. Moral education has to do with the training of the heart and the soul. To whatever extent the other faculties are developed, however strong, wealthy, and learned the man may be, if his heart and soul have not been stirred and moved to noble actions, and the appreciation of the things of God and the Spirit, then That Man is as sounding brass or the tinkling cymbals. When the heart and soul are fully educated the person will recognize his moral obligation to all his fellow men, will render to all men, what is justly due them, and will respect their rights, even as he insists that they respect his own. Cut of this ideal education of the heart and soul will come a new order of things, a more perfect state of society, a fuller conception of life, and a knowledge and wisdom passing our present understanding. Now, even with our best and fullest knowledge, we can but see through a glass darkly. Much remains to be revealed in the fullness of the years to come, and, it is to the future of bright promise with years of effort and achievement that we must look forward with a fuller understand' ing, and a richer development of mind, heart, and soul. Then may we say with Browning in the words of Rabbi Ben Ezra- Grow old along with mel The best is yet to be, The LAST of life, for which the FIRST was madej Our times are in His handg Who saith A WHOLE I planned, Youth shows but halfg trust Godg see all nor be atraid! lGiven hy R. Stanley Smith at the commencem nt it raises held at Carnegie lvlusic Hall on XVedn-csday, June 23, 1926.5 THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY Fifty one N I

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f' THE EAGLE ,ar ' ---..Nh 1 'lf' I n i V N- . ,. col T -. ' Q I l. T ,'.'7j.- ' T ygjN 9 S 1 , .. ,V '. A-1 QA -UQLI 5.11:-H Y ' ...... WE WONDER How Mother Lytle would look without her smile? If hald-headed men wash their heads or il' they have them Simonized? If Mr. Koch will ever cut a class? How Mr. Lytle would look without his moustache? If Miss Lesnett ever loses her temper? Vi7hen P, A, girls will wear their skirts above their knees and paint their ears red? If McGee will ever he serious? How Mr. Kirsch would look if he were a foot taller? If Dot and her Soulmate will ever he separated? Good impressions are made hy the type- writer. but it's the adding machine that counts. George: That scar on your head must he very annoying. Billy: Oh, no. it's next to nothing. Donlt worry if your joh is small, And your rewards are few: Remember that the mighty oak Was once a nut like you. Can you imagine thisgl-Iuehner wearing spats. or Stan. Miller singing bass? Geometry students. get this: No eat has nine tails, One cat has one more tail than no cat, One cat has ten tails. WANTED Someone to tell a onefarmed man how tu scratch himself when he is standing on the lop of a tall ladder putting wall paper on the ceiling. 'Twas the night before payfday, and all through our jeans, We hunted in vain for the price of some heans: Not a quarter was stirring, not even a jit, The kale was oil duty, milled edges had quit: Forward, turn forward, OH TIME. in thy flight. Make it tomorrow, just for tonight. WANTED Man with one front tooth, to hite holes in sweitzer cheese. You don't have to be crazy to do the Charleston, but it helps a lot. Who loses all the fault the hoss Ends? jean Tucker: Mr. Beiswenger, where is there a good place to eat in the evening. I get so tired of eating in one place all the time, Mr. B.: Well. MeCann's is a good place. and the Y. M. C. A. has a cafeteria open to the public. they have very good food, Miss T.: 'lBut they don't allow girls to eat in the Y. M. cafeteria any more. Mr. B.: Why certainly they do, I ate there myself this evening. Teacher in Ethics: I will lecture today on liars. How many have read Chapter ZS? Nearly all the class raised their hands, Teacher: l'That's hne. You're the very group to whom I wish to speak. There is no Chapter ZS. fMiss Plummer in Grammarl Leonard, what does the First Person represent? fLeonard Skidmorej The Speaker' ' IMISS PJ Fine! Now, what does the Sec' ond Person represent? CL. 5.1 uThe Spoken Mr. De Ambrosie, to the Spanish class: We will have something more concrete before we take up the suhjunctivef' Mr. Hollman fin a stage whisperj: VJe would like to get rid of the concrete we have now, Our editor has received an oller from the Undertakers' journal. hut would not accept on account of this heing a dead husiness. Mr. McCarthy4 NVhat kind of a change is there from water to ice? Hopeful Student-'lChange of price, Miss Lesnett fin history cl:issl7 Whe1'e was Caesar killed? Pupil fabsentmindedlyJ4l'On page ESS. THE PITTSBURGH ACADEMY Fifty three