Thompson Vocational High School - Owl Yearbook (Thompson, PA)

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THE OVIL mg us bette1 able to cone xx 1th the ploblem of l1fe as thex AIINQ It xx as pe1s1stent 9ffOlt that gaxe Bell the telephone and XIRILOHI the xx neless The1e bas1c sta1t xx as a xa11ed studx latel fI'1OlJ1lIl9d 111 one speclal fleld Both of these men xxo1ked ha1d to reahze xx hat seem ed an Ilttel 1mposs1b1l1tx at that tlme xxe too haxe 1n the past foul 5ea1s met p1oblems that also seem ed lIYlDOSSllJle to Us but thlouqh the tGLl'1I'1lql1Q of ou1 teachels thex haxe bcen tulncd to DOSS1bllltlQS '1he1efo1e out of the xar1ed flelds of studx that xxe hax e been thlouqh xxe ale at the po1tal of a nexx dax let us do ou1 ass1gned tasks xx1th the techmques xxh1ch xxe haxe 19 CQIN ed 1n ou1 prepa1at1on fo1 llfe R1Ch31 d SIIX er THE SPIRIT OF LEARNING Splllt of lea1n1ng IQ a term used bx manx people as the poxx 61 Ol the xx1ll to lea1n and accompl1sh But to mx estlmatlon I thlnk It I9 a poxx er boln IH on eto do OI accom thlg manx people haxe then Splllt of Lealnlng and haxe made them elxes glcat men and xxomen oi todax A pexson xx ho IS consldeled qulte b11ght 1n l1fe Ib usuallx sa1d to haxe the splllt He 1s called by t rm xx1se O1 Smalt for accompllshmg h1S duty The xxlsest klng that the eaw th has ex 91 knoxxn once sa1cl lrK1SdOI'Yl IS the p11nc1ple thmg, the1eto1e get xxlsdom The xx1s dom Solomon had ln m1nd xx as 1ot the xx1sdom of the head but the xx1s dom ot the he ut To sax that the glcat alm of edu c 1t1on ls LhdldLtLI xxoulcl be 1 c LAIIXIIIL coals to the 11exx castle and to asselt that the gxeat pm posc ot ex e1x l1Ie IN the bllllfllllj., ot lIldlX ldlldl chal 1cte1 'NOlJllltX ot chal actel IN not a mette1 of mtelhgence mo1al qual1t1es sp11ng f1om the hea1t and not tlom the head It IQ lot a mattex of ones eff1c1encx Efh CIQHCX max be moral but It max also be mechanlcal managellal Ol IJIOf9SSlOI13.l John Brlght xx as a man of gzeat 1nteg11tx and molal pu1 pose 1h1ough yeals of pox e1tx smuggle and self denlal he had 1a1sed h1m self flom the facto1x floo1 to a cot ton m1ll 1n England Aite1 th1s hc contmued to the f1ont lank as a B11t1sh statesman lNatu1allx t xx as to be expected that such a man xx ould manage the 1eal xxo1th f men by a tlue standa1d and not by money He had the Learmng Splllt f Also L1nco1n xvas not a man of xx ealth yet he touched the h1gh xx atel mark of Ame11can manhood Ex ery student should get all the scholarsh1p and culture he can but aboxe all thmgs he should st11xe to bu1ld nob1'1'tx of cha1actc1 Scholal sn1p sklll efliclencx man hood and ChdIaCteI ale gems of xx1ll pulchase them IS the coln of IH d1x1dual effolt The gleat pu1 pose of the hlgh school IS not so much to g1xc scholastlc atta1nment as to dex elop cha1acte1 and efficlencx 1n the 1nd1x1dual A1m alxx axs to seek somethlng def1n1te and xou xx1ll gene1all f1nd It The Joy of d1scox 813 OI ach1exc ment ls o11e of the 1exx a1ds of defln 119 purpose successfullx L31llQd out Salllng not d11tt1ng IN the motto of the man xx ho ealns and xx ho se1xes efliclencx 1n h1s dax and gen c1at1on Common exe1x dzx l1fc h1s bc comc mole tllglllllbll kIIlllllLl 1nd mole IDLIIGIUUS Thc h xtcs IL lexenges the scolclxn rs thc 1 ilsc ic QUISIIIOIIS spltc ancl act ot xlolcnce that noxx emblttel the l1x es ot thc 22 ' ' ' 1 n 1 ' ' I ' 1 1 1 0 . A , , ' S Q K U' l ' x' . 1 L1 K1 1 1 I A ,G ' Z 1 L1 . .-'- - 1. 1 -1 1 A 1. 1 1 1 v: N D A Y v 1 . Y 11. 1 1 1 . 1 ' . . ,' , , , , ' ', ' 1 - ' 1 1 ,- -'. 1 1 Q . A - ' v , I ' . .Y l 'lil ' A - ' v '1 c 1 I Q All ,v ' 1' 1 1 1 1 . 1 v ' 1 1 1 1 7 ' V V ' W1 1 v 11 v 1 v 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 - ' v' ' A ' ' A 1 .I 4 1 '1 I 1 1 1 1 v 1 1 a '- ' . ' ' ' T Y 1 1 U 1 1 I v A 1 J 'T 'T' 1 . 1 15 1 l - ' 1 51 L1 K1 I Y. 11 Dv 1 A ,yi c va 1 1 1 w 0 4 7 1 1 1 v T . .' . ' ' ' o , , . . . - v U l I , . . . . ' o ' ' ' ' . ' rr . A . Y 1.1. , Y 7 ,, Q . ,, . . 1 I . ., . , 1 7 y v - y ' 1 1' 1 K v . 1 ' 'V 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 'S . ' 'A' 1 1 1 1 I J1- v 1 I I . ' . 1 117 . 1 - 1. 1 v 1 , 1 1 , 1 ., . 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - . 1 1 . 1 1 1 pl1sh what he loves to do best. To f1rst water and can only COIH that 1 ' H 1 4 - ' 1' 1 1 1 1 1 , . . . 1 ' -A . '1 '. ' 1 1- H. '.' 'Y '1 .L - ' . . ' 9 , 1 JL K 5 1 8 1 ' - K ' ' 1 1' 1 V ' 'I ' A ' , ' ' ' v 'L1 1 1 7 1 ' 1 ,- 1 1 1 1 v 5 1 . ' 'v Q v I ' ' . . L K - V- ' -' ' r' ' 1 1 ..' - x 1 . .' ' ' .. y ' . 1 Q v-N vr ,',, 1 . . 1 1 . 1 V y K I L- 41 , , 99 S f ,' i 11 1 A1 4 v ' A' ' , ' ' .'- L1 1 1 L1 . .tv L1 1 tv 1 T - ' ' 'A - ' aj ' 1 2: +- ,2- K. 1 lk, . , . ','-' V - -,R .. .1-1 ,. . . L. - .. K1 . . ,., . J 2 ,sv tl J 4 11 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 . 1 '4 1 , , LL. . 1 L X r ' 1 ' fs' v 1 C - A C ' ' 1-' H' r 'n L1 f 51' K1 , 1 1 . S 1 A . ' 1 . 1 12 . .I A' ' ' 1 ' . 1 .- 1 1 ' . ' . I. ' x

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THE Olll school It has set up f01 Us stand a1ds of excellence O1 lJ6lfOlI'l'1dl1C9 tx pes of chalactev and accompllsh ments that the mlnd sets up as the goal of d.U1lJlfl0H of achlexement lt holds befo1e us dwlllllllg' x1s1ons 'md lust xx hat xxe should attam IH the 1ealm of llfe and cha1acte1 Xl e f1nd that Ame11can hmh school oc cuples a most consmcuous placc 1mong ou1 free lHStltUt1OI1S and t1at placc IS SLQUIC as long as 1 cllngs to 1ts 1deals 0 lYNlUStl les scl xlcc cfhclcncx mo1 zlltx p 1t11ot1sm and laxx lunc Anna lV1ll1ams TECHNIQUES T6QllIllQLl9S 18 a T01 m of cxcecu tlon 1n fllle a1ts Ol IH othe1 xx ov cls a1t1st1c executlon It max be e1the1 mechanlcal dlt Ol It max 1elate to sclence Ol to a IJ3lt1CL1l3.l p1ofes 111 genel al Inx dlldlllxf It leads to success a ln the case ot Thomas ECl1s0Il lll sea1ch1ng T01 a thlng hc xxant d kept exp411mcnte1s at xxo1k fOl XQAIN untll mole than nlne thous and excpeuments xx e1e made xxlth out obtalnlng the dQSll9d lesult a XlSlt0l to h1 labo1ato1x IH d1SLL1S slng h1s appa1ent fdllllle sa1d Then all those expenmcnts xxc1e plactlcallx xxasted No at all 110 at all lcplle 1 EdlsOIl knoxx nlne thousand tlllllgs not to d but Izdlson fllldllX found xxhat he xxanted h1s pelslstencx gaxe hlm the x1ctorx Each fdllule th1ough 9llmlH1lt10ll f1clll0NX6Cl the f1eld IH xxhlch success xxas fmallx to le tound I11 0ll1 leallllllg and scalch Ol educatlon xx01ks ot sclence h1s tOll6N languages and mathcmatlcs haxe been used and bes1des these xx Olks as the ma1n pa1t outslcle 1n fo1mat1on has been to broaden our fleld of lealnlng and sunplx Us xx1th bette1 ansxxe1s Vle of coulse xx1ll not all choose the same fleld ol e11 Cl6dXOl fOI ou1 llfe xxo1k but hom the fleld al1eadx outllned xxe xx1ll all D1Oflt some IH one fleld and some IH anothel and xxlll ultlmat lx ac hlexe techmoue IH the l1ne xxe choose as ou1 llfc xxo1k a 1n he case of NI1 Fdlson xxc knoxx a num ljbl ot thlnffs not to do thcretmc XOUI tcchmquc max bc ln thc tlclcl ot chem1st1x mcc11c1ne muslc 01 the anclent languages and DOsS1lJlX mlne max come flom the fleld ot elect11c1tx Ol the dlaftlng b03ld but rega1dless of xx hat llne xxe ex dentlx assume It IS an assured fact that xt the1e had been onlv one cc1 tam book fox the xx hole class ll xx oulcl haxe lald a D001 f0Ll1lCld.tlUH lOl an educatlon fo1 the mcllfllltx of us The method 1n xx hlch xxe Obtdlll Xdlk and not alxxaxs xx1ll xxc suc ceed ln ou1 chosen fleld some max not make the gldde on account of 1ll health Ol th1ough the lack ot fmances Ol xa11ous othel causcs but xx hat ex 91 the lot that befalls us xxe can at least Qllfll-3dXO1 to pe1 101m that task IH a mannel that xx1ll b11ng c1ed1t to oulselx s Vl e should all assume a schedule 0 Olll xxolk and tlx to keen as 11dg1dlx to It as posslble as In thc case of 1a1l10ads and bus c m1 pames 'I hc1e t1a1ns and buses a1e ope1ated on a 1egula1 schedule and 1nx a11ablx a1e on t1me VY e should take xx hat ex er ou1 l1fe xxork max be and opelate on t1me lVe should a11ange OUI schedule so as to co ope1ate xx 1th those alound Us the samc as the 1a1l1oads and buses do F01 th1ough commu111cat1on xxlth othexs xxe IITCIGEINQ ou1 1I1d1X1dll?1l ab1l1tx and b1oaden our x1exxs mak X v J 21 c 1 . . 1 .1 1 .1 1 ' A 1 1 ' ' t 1. .., L.-.,. . V h, t 'J .1 U 'I ' ' - c ' . 1' . . . . ' .' ' ' ' ' 1' 1' ' 1' 4 A - 1 L ' ' x ' D- 1 ' 1 , ' x ' ' 'L' ' .1 U -' , .1' .' 1 1. f '. ' Il v. 1 1 ' '1 1 . ' v 1 1 -V 1 , ' , Y 1 .-, .- a - 51 'Lx I l ' 1. I - 1 I v . 1 sr'-.9 A Y - V ' 1 .1Y 1 ' 1 1 .1 51' . ' . I ' K 'I l 1 1 '41 ' . .1 . ' . ' 1 1 ' 1, 1 , ,4 1 A I 1 y 1 . 4 U' 4 f ' ' sion, or it may be a doctrine of arts, HUF, technique, will Withflut 3. doubt ' 11 - -1 1'1, 1 v1 .Vvk1 1' 1 A K1 ,- 11 1'1 y1 ' 1 ,1 x1 . . k1k1Y 1 S ' ' ' ,' Y K' ' I' iv . .' 1 1 v I 1 A N Q ' ' 1 v 1 1 1 . ' 4 n '. ' - H C 1 Q l .1 I v I ' ' Y . 1 n 1 5 y , 1 ' . - ' L' ' 1' '1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' f W ', ' A K L Y ' Y n nn A I ' ' 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - X t r ' . .1 I '. , ' , , , V' A1 ' . . 1 . . 1 1- - 1111-. .- .H1 ,-- , .1 - ' ' Q' Q, 1 ' -1. ' A 1 11 ' L1 1 A1 A1 .- 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 v 1 1' 0 V A .I v 1 r u L1 1 11 '11 11' 1 . v 1 1 ' - V .-T Y ' - V7 ,Q 1 - ' - . L . 1, 1 ' . L1 1 1 n1k1' 1 11 ' .1 ,- f ' Q ' iv I v bv K S l - ,' 1 1 1 1 , 1 ' . 1 11 - ' . 1 1 1 ' ' 1' ' 17' , 1 1' 1 ' t', ' v vf, '

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THI' OW I H1 eat mass of h11man be1nH m1 be lalgelx ehmmated As ou1 reahfa tlon o the m1sch1ef of oul oxxn mood1ne s Is 1ecoqn17ed 1n ou1 be Ing bx the Slllllt of Lealnlng We shall become moze c11t1cal of ou1selx es and mo1e tole1ant of ctl e we shall defme Olll fun 1 mental ends xx 1th g1eatc1 clealness and IJUISLIQ thcm w1th all thc molc e tcct1xc11css and wc shall encoun tcl the I8 1stancc 1nd ODDOSIIIOH ot othe1s xx 1th less b1ttc1ness and con clemnatlon 'I o meastne omselx es affaln t ou1 fcllows and defme ou1 d1fte1ences 1 not an as ta k but the so111t Ol leaxnlng th1oug,n ps c 1olosfx blol ogy and klndled success that has gone on s1nce thls centu1x befan has bee11 a stcadx apploach to 1 class1f1cat1o11 of tempc1aments and ln e lectu l tx pcs It IS Olll U81 about these thln s The1e ls no I6 cl no to llxe IH that atmo phe1e of cloudx llluslons about ourselt xxh1ch seem to haxe been the lot of ou1 g1andpa1ents The ?p111t of Lea1n1n11 leads Us to know xx hat we can do xx ell and xx hat xxc cannot do well lt ls oul clutx to occupx ou sclx es xx 1th th lt lf we can a11cl do not w1th o e1 thlngs 'lo do xx hat one c1n do best 1 well as one can DOSSlblV do lt ls success 1n l1fe It IS bette1 to be a ,good 1nst1umental mus1c1an than an uno11g1nal composel To do what one can do best IS the xe1x Slllllt 1111 mc 111 succes ln llfe and ho1 o1s 1ewa1ds p1a1se lecoffm lon 1nd 1eco1d and me1e 1I'1L1d6Htl.l stlmulants that h 1xe no p ut ID the tln 1l1eckon1nq The Splllt of Lear mng s lf know ledge 18 not complete w 1th onlx 1eal1Lat1on of ou1 gltts Equallx 1n cumbent ls It to detme and measu1e ou1 clef1c1ences none of these thlnqs fue east none can be achlex ed bx 1 slmple p1esc11pt1on b t the Dlllt of lealnlng leads the xx ax So as xxe step fO1th thlough the gatewax tonlght classmates let Us walk out 1nto the wo1ld blaxelx xx1th a full 1eal17at1on of all that w1ll be expected ot us but lllst as t11lla1eal1fat1onot 0111 own abllltx c meet exe1x 1equ11emcnt e haxe w1th1n ou1 souls thc tull x 1luc of ex elx gnft wc could possxblx Ll 1xc out of llfe s grcat sto1chousc 'lhcre IS absolutclx nothmg to expensnc f01 Us to bux xx 1th the assets It ou1 dlsposal C lx de Potte1 WISECRAX Mlss 'Nl 1ll1 1ms Th1s 1s the th11cl t1me xou haxe lookecl 1t 50111 nelgh lol s papel X 10 a Fx 91 etts I know It aut Int mx fau He dont XXII c leg1blx N11 Fhllson Alton how old a1e xou Alton Flfteen xeazs old M1 ChllSOI'1 Vt hcn xx1ll xou bc slxtecnl Altf n Hx ncxit bnthclax F1eshman to bophomolc W hx clon t xou QIOXK h 111 on o111 hcacl Sophomole el xx hy c o thex glow g1ass on a busx stleet' F1eshman Oh' It cant get L11 thlough the conclete Teachel So xou haxe broken ott 1 tooth haxe xou' How cl1d xou do lt' Idlll 1 D 1x1 Oh shxttlng ge 11s on a lollx pop Ix 1n Nlaw that dent1st xou scnt me to that adxe1t1secl as pamless xx asn t Nlothel He xxasn t Ixan No I b1t h1s t1nge1 and hc xellccl llke anx othel dent1st 1 1 2.3 4 1 J-K1 1 ,S 211 L. K 1 B1 . 1 U S ' ,' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 'f 1- ' , . ' . ,. , ' gf ' . 1 1 1 1 V . ' ', 5:1 F 1 . A 1 - 1 1 ' v , S: 1 W ' . 1- '1' 1 1 ' - V ' , . f Q1 v H ' Y V 1 . . ' 1 , , 1 ' ' 4 .L 1 1 1 1 A l ' Q - 1 I ' ?.,.g1 1 B.. 1 dz- ,, ',,- 1 I v I 1 L. 1 1 1 , 1 . 1 1 11 t , 3 1 11 . ' , J l XY 1 -L- 5 -' 1 1 ' x 1 1 1' ' 1 A1 .1 1 ' ,z I 1.'.'1' W. ' - ' ' '+' A . 1 13 .1 1 1 1 2 ,x V ' 'L1 1 ,1 L1 . A, K1 1, ' , . A I .L1 1 l1L1 1- L1k1 . 1 - -1 1 .1 , 1 ' A, X Ag ,J ' ' . I ' L' ' 1 11 1 Z 1 ' 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1 ' 1,3 1 '1 1. X 111 ' . ' ' . , . v 7 N 'Q 1 ,,. 1-1 1 1 ' 1' If ' . . . 1 , .A .- ' . ' 1 -1 ,1 1 - .UV L A., , ' f I 1 v 1 . v1 1 ,- 1-' . '- 1 11 1 f ' 11 .D 1 ' 7' nr V' -v .' . 1 K1 1 .1 11 1 1 1 1 . Z ' 1. c 1 .1 1 1 '. . . . U ' ' ' I Y 1 I 1 -1 .1 -,11 1 1 . , 1 - . .L l A I I 1,1 4 1 1 c v 1 1 v ' ' ' t l a j , b . - 1. I , I ness, and sp1r'1t of learnlng to know' . . , J ' ' , ' , . -,,1 . -. It 2' U' ' lt. tl s e w' ' ' is ' l wv 'X S S .- 1 ' . cc 1 '. 1 K. f 1 A 1 J S .1 , 1 1 , x , ' Y on k X 1 - I I 1 1 . H , X v. V A 1 1 1 ' .1 '1 1 - 1 A - 1 V 1 , 1A ,. 1 '1 1 A - 1 1 .. 1 .- 2 1 :Q1 Q 1. ' 1 .1 . 1' 1 Y H V ' 1 . 1 2' . -V1 . ,, -13' ' 1 1 .1 1 1 Q ' ' v ' HX 1 ' v Y 1 - f Q -, Q- . N l, 1 nt 1 . 1 -11 ' ' '- 1 - V, ,, , 11 .U 1 ,i 1. ' 1 1 1 f1 . 1 Q l .' yv 11 A2 -1 J '- ss. ' H.- 2 y .1 v1 -' 1 K1 1 1 1. 1 1 1. 1 1 . t . 1 C G A c c B. , 1 c . 1 ' 1 1 1 I ' ' 1 ' 1 1 I C I 'I . 1 1 . ' ' C KV- ' I 1- 1 ' ' f ' vp I 5' 1 1 .1 1 ' .se - 1 . . ' , . N' A . '11 ' N1 1 1 1. 44 1 -1 ' 'Y .1 . k. . . , . ,