Toulon Township High School - Tolo Yearbook (Toulon, IL)

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G + ■ Spring, Nineteen Thirty-two all your tight places but aren’t quite good enough to join your friends when they come to spend the evening ? Can you get good grades and still be grateful to the teacher who took pains to clearly point out details and explain difficulties. Or do you say, “She’s getting paid for it?” Do you give honor in athletics and forget the coach who made that honor possible ? Could you be president of our country and still treat with grace and gratitude some poor old fellow, who cast his one vote for you ? Can you as a student of Toulon High School pass these tests ? -------------- —I. Geach. GOOD HEALTH. Good health, which is the most essential thing in life, means the state of being hale and sound in body, mind, and soul. Without good health one cannot get and enjoy all the things life offers to him. He is not interested in anything, and often gives up easily. It is for this reason that many people quit school. First of all, in school work, one must have good health in order to enjoy his lessons. In enjoying them, he gets their full value and can put what he learns to better use later on. If a person is in poor health it is so much harder to study and this large amount of study may cause him to lose out on more school. Secondly, if a person wants to get any enjoyment in the extracurricular activities he must be healthy in body and mentally alert. One’s health is a great asset, not only in school, but in business— especially in this time of depression. A great number of people have lost their jobs, but the few who have kept them certainly have to have good health, as each one now has to do the work of two or three people. Also, when a person goes to apply for a position he must be bright and alert. These are the results of good health. A tired, sickly person is never wanted to fill any position—especially a responsible one. When one thinks of health he usually thinks of health in the physical sense. It can also be applied to the mind. There is a very pronounced distinction between the person whose mind is “healthy” and the person whose mind is dull and sluggish. The easiest way to keep one’s mind healthy is by having and keeping regular habits. A person who goes to bed one night at nine o’clock and the next at two o’clock cannot be ex.-pected to possess as keen and alert a mind as the one who gets approximately the same amount of sleep each night. A clean, healthy mind also requires abstinence from all alcoholic liquors and harmful drugs. There are very few people who are not fully convinced that health is superior to wealth. Of course, health, in addition to wealth is desired. As everyone knows, wealth cannot buy health. Many people have spent their entire fortunes trying to regain their health and have failed. On the whole, I think that good health is essential to every living being whether he is in school, working at his profession, or living a life of leisure. —Elizabeth Newton.

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Spring, Nineteen Thirty-two 5 'DX Testt: The test of character is power. The test of honesty is temptation. The test of patience is endurance. The test of love is sacrifice. The test of courage is honor. The test of honor is gratitude. The first: The test of character is power. Where could we find a better example for this than in history? We all recall the story of Alexander the Great. Determined to conquer the world, he started in Asia, the poorly organized Orient, where he met with little resistance because of poorly constructed governments, instead of one well organized where one general could have defeated him. Alexander easily overcame these many minor powers and his head took on new proportions. He went to Egypt and was declared the son of the sun god. Under this pretense he became all powerful. Did he use this power for the benefit of mankind? Alexander’s power trod on his character. He became a drunkard and an unwise ruler. His power increased and his character decreased. After his fall what had he accomplished ? Nothing; his kingdom was divided and each division in turn fell from power. The circumstances are humanly significant, are they not? The test of honesty is temptation. How well we all know that. Will it be a good grade for our report card and a weak spot in our character or vice versa ? It’s a question we all have to decide sometime, although often veiled under a different cloak. The test of patience is endurance: Have you added and balanced your bookkeeping and found it unbalanced ? Does it ever seem the figures juggle themselves into hapless sums? Sometimes if you’ll just try again, just once more the figures become straight and your last effort of patience is rewarded. You have a real feeling inside and another check goes down on the strength of your character. The test of love is sacrifice: Do we have to go very far for that example? We all know the immortal verse in the Bible, beginning, “For God so loved the world—.” Can we find a better example of love and sacrifice? Think it over. The test of courage is honor: Did “Lindy” use his courage for honor?” He used it for a worthy cause; the promotion of a struggling industry and a future world project. Do you have courage to stand up for your convictions in the face of ridicule? That certainly isn’t honor for you in the sight of humans, but isn’t there a higher judge of honor? The test of honor is gratitude. Have you ever seen the “under-dog,” who had received kind help turn “high hat?” We all have! Can you take honor and still be grateful to your parents who helped you through

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Spring, Nineteen Thirty-two 7 •+ PngiDnH Dil ©mill P©ir Y o GJir§ dw§ -----------------------------------------------------------------.+ As the sun was sinking beneath the horizon, all was still in the little town of Hampton near the river “Green.” Suddenly Jane Miller, a blonde of twenty years, came down the station platform. Jane was very light complexioned, with rosy cheeks, and bright blue eyes shining between long dark eyelashes. She was the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Hampton, and her clothes showed it. On this particular day, she wore a white silk dress with a very becoming tight-fitting hat. In a few minutes the train came down the track which was to take her to Eureka College. Jane was to meet her roommate at the station. Bob Manning, Jane’s boy friend, did not want her to go to college, but nevertheless, she went. She had made the remark before she left that she had started on her journey to see the world. When Jane arrived, she found her roommate, Alice Doughan, waiting for her. In a few weeks, the two girls were beginning to understand one another better, and were beginning to get acquainted with other people and students. Alice had a boy friend who was sending her flowers and all kinds of nice presents. It must have been love at first sight. This made Jane a bit jealous, but it didn’t affect the friendship of the two girls any, for they would do anything for one another. Jane said to Alice one morning, “Alice, would you do me a favor?” “Surely, what do you want done?” was the reply. Jane answered, “Will you write and tell my boy friend, Bob Manning, back in Hampton, that I am ill?” Alice was a girl who didn’t pry into anyone’s business, so she did the favor without much hesitancy. In a few days Jane began to receive flowers, fruits, and presents of all kinds. This was a fine idea of Jane’s to get presents. In the meanwhile Jane met a nice boy named Billy Black. She was certainly having a fine time going to parties and dances with Billy. There was a ball scheduled for the next week. Jane knew she wanted some orchids for that ball. She asked Alice to write and tell Bob she had overdone and had a relapse. When Bob received this letter he thought it his duty to go in person and see his sweetheart. Of course he sent the flowers on ahead of him. The night came for the big ball and Jane looked adorable. Bob Manning went to the Information Bureau to look up Jane’s living quarters. They politely told him to wait in the waiting room until they found what he wanted. When Bob went into the room there was one other person waiting. Rather than be so distant they made themselves acquainted. “My name is Billy Black. What is yours ?”