Tower Hill School - Evergreen Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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The 'Tower CDi:-11 munity spirit-not merely helping, which is of course also valuable, but taking a real in- terest in the how and the why and then applying that knowledge to the best of one's ability and opportunity. There are many more phases of commun- ity spirit, but I speak of giving in connection with Christmas, the season when more than at any other time, the joy of giving is mani- fested. Merry Christmas-and may all our readers feel that pleasure as a first step on the road to community spirit. E. A. R., '34 SP'

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The person who has poor health is less likely to have this mental determination because he hasn't the physical energy to back it up. The healthy person is active. He usually takes part in all sorts of activities around the school, outdoors or indoors. He or she can play a better game of football or hockey, can serve more efficiently on committees, and can'y a more active part in class discussions and studies than one who often feels worn- out. The healthy person is dependable. If a project is to be carried out, we would much rather entrust it to a person who, we know, will be able to further it. Although one should certainly emphasize that luck is a great factor, the individual who can look upon his life and say, I have Tower J fill School hardly had a sick day, is justified in being proud. It is a fine record which has meant happiness in all that he or she did, therefore adding to someone else's pleasure, too. Right here, in Tower Hill School, we have seventeen boys and girls who were never ab- sent from the school last year. As the people with such a record should be proud, so should we be proud of them. These seventeen were in all the grades, from the fourth to the twelfth, age making no difference. Health is wealth-the kind that we can achieve for ourselves, by ourselves. It is a valuable investment paying a high dividend, having a long guarantee, and requiring com- paratively little from you in return. Is this not worth striving for? E. A. R., '34 COMMUNITY SPIRIT E HEAR a good deal about school spirit, about feeling one's self a part of this unit which is our school, and about partaking in its diverse activities in order to promote the growth and welfare of the whole. But our school and we ourselves are a part of a yet larger unit, the city of Wilmington, and is it not therefore our duty and privilege to consider ourselves members of it? I say privilege, because that is what it is to be able to take a part in some activity here and to carry it out well, no matter if it be great or small. Let me try to give you some examples of what I mean by community spirit. Many people freely give money to charities and other philanthropic organizations, but how many of them go personally to the unfortu- nates who have to live off the bounty of an- other, and try to encourage them or speak a +6-I7 few words of good cheer? Often a friendly smile or shake of the hand will do quite a lot towards helping these people re-assert them- selves. How many of us who do give financial aid know where it goes, or how it is utilized? I think it highly worth while to inform one's self on so important a branch of our city government. Which charities should be sup- ported, which need re-organizing and why? Is reliable time and money wasted in ineffi- cient management? These are important questionsg they cannot be answered in a short space of time, but are deserving of long consideration. Perhaps we are powerless to do anything important, at least now, but we will not always be. It is our schoolg we do in it certain things one deems necessaryg it is our communityg we should try to bring about similar changes. Giving thought to these questions above is one essence of com-

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Tower will School Q --I----.:: i l 7 ,,,,,, i If 11-lik AI 1 Q ' Il 'Nu- vcf , 'is 1::r--'- i i as Q.. LITERARY C 4 ELL, the other two pupils in Latin class may be keen about Virgil, I groaned one evening, but I'm beginning to wonder if I can ever wade through this mass of description. A low growl answered me from a dark corner of the study. Ordinarily petrified of unusual sounds in the dark, I should have died on the spot, but instead I went on grumbling about the Latin Classics, and faintly wondered if the dog was having bad dreams again. Why does Juno insist on be- ing such a shrew? Her jealousy is abnormal, besides being hard to translate. What's the matter, Jack? Did you eat too many dog biscuits ? There was no answer, but instinctively I felt the presence of an additional person in the room. Hearing a soft swish, and a deep voice preparing to speak with an impressive 419 rumble, I turned to see a tall figure glaring down at me from under beady black brows. He was not the ordinary type of massive giant one sees at a major football game, or up in the lumber camps pushing logs down- stream. Here was no mere gridiron star nor Jacques Leblanc! Instead one gazed up at the majesty of a man eight feet high. With an impressive gesture he folded his arms and began to thunder down from the heights. Young woman, what do you mean by taking my name in vain! Feel flattered that you are now in the presence of Jupiter the All-Powerful, the Almighty, king of gods and mankindg Lord of the Universe, the earth, sky and seag Ruler of all nations, Manager of the Heavenly Council which meets every eclipse. That's what our old time gods would say. Seriously speaking, I am Virgil, whom you have been so violently denouncing, he