Thomaston High School - Owl Yearbook (Thomaston, CT)

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R. N. BROWN Superintendent of Schools [15]

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DISCOVERIES Many years ago men discovered the value of the microscope to study plant and animal life, and the telescope to study the stars and planets. Every calling has some specialized tools to further its own work. But no one has yet discovered any mechanical device that will reveal man’s mind to his fellow man or to himself. Yet the greatest discovery that the average minded man can make is definite knowledge of his own capacity, his mental and spiritual force. The greatest work education can do is to help the student find himself. It does so by showing him his own capacities and how to develop them. The aim of education is to put each student on the right task. Then progress is assured. Education is aimed not only to show each student that he possesses both good and bad qualities, but also to show him how to eliminate the bad qualities and develop the good. The difference between the successful and the unsuccessful student lies in the fact that the successful student has developed more of the good qualities than his unsuccessful friend. The good qualities are the student’s capital in school life. The higher they are developed, the greater the success. Every student carries within himself the ability for a splendid, noble, successful life. Let every student take education as his guide in the discovery of his own abilities, cultivate the good, be in dead earnest and life will hold forth ample reward in service to his fellow man and to himself. Some discoveries of the abilities of our high school students have been made through “The Owl.” Future “Owls” will watch each successive year to discover progress of each and all. What will you have to offer? R. N. BROWN. [14]

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To Our Good Friend Gordon Newton Christopher A Scholar, a Cultured Gentleman To Whom We Are Much Indebted This Volume Is Respectfully Dedicated by the Students of Thomaston High School [16]