Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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,1 Q1 Q s x as J o aw S-. , 61 Uhr Qlollege nf the Olitg nf New Burk ' I. CARLETON BELL. Ph,D. Q '- Q a ass X . if e -. 5 ' Nu If ?l E R 0 W T5 i 44 EQ Page Sixty-Two D Ulu Frrparsmrp iigh Brhnnl: Zilnmmxrnh Eurrls Hull LEON H- CANFIELD- Ph D Amstrrham Anmur anh 138th Sturt Annum D g April 9th, 1929, To the Students of Townsend Harris Hall: Three or more of the best years of your life are being devoted to your high school course. Your aim should be to get as much as possible out of this period. Observation over a long period of time of students who enter Townsend Harris Hall as Lower C's and leave three years later as seniors has convinced the writer that many students do get a great deal out of these three years. Others, however, apparently fall far short of the ideal of using this time to the best advantage. Your primary purpose should be to prepare for college. So far as admission to the College of the City of New York is concerned, you are in a favored position. But large numbers of students desire to go elsewhere, and seniors are somewhat surprised to find that mere passing marks in their high school work are insufficient for entrance. Colleges today are insisting upon a high grade of scholastic work for entrance. Furthermore, no matter what college you attend, your success will depend largely upon the foundation which you have laid in high school. Right now, you have the opportunity of doing your best to secure a high grade of scholastic attain ment. If you do not take advantage of the opportunity it will be forever lost. Scholarship, however, is but a part of your high school course. There are many other ways in which you can improve your time. Look carefully after your physical well- being. Do not be afraid of a little exercise. Take part in those extra-curricular activities that enable you to develop your own particular talents. Avoid habits or associates that are not constructive. Above all, do a little thinking about the following question: nAm I getting the most out of my high school course?n Sincerely yours, K ...M HL. C...a.s,q, LHC:S Leon H. Canfield.

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country that boxing is a wonderful thing to develop the growing boy, both mentally and physically. The essentials of boxing are fairness, courage, honesty and sportsmanship. Don't you think that anything that inculcates these attributes in a youth growing into manhood must be a good thing? In my own case, for example, I know positively that I am a better man for my experience and .training in boxing than I would have grown to be without this experience. The ability to grasp opportunities and take advantage of openings or mistakes by opponents in my old ring days has stood me in good stead since I have taken up other business. The knack of thinking quickly, of strik- ing with speed and precision at exactly the proper moment which my boxing days developed has enabled me to recognize and seize opportunities to act quickly and decisively in my business ventures. The knocks that I took also benefited me be- cause they taught me not to allow myself to be discouraged by reverses in later life. I could go on words more, but I think I conclusion I would like to assistance to you or your extolling boxing in a thousand have answered your questions. In say that if ever I can be of any schoolmates, either by instructing or advising them, I shall be very glad to do so. In fact, when your gymnasium is completed, if the boys have a boxing team, I sall be only too glad to teach them anything that I know about the game. With best wishes for your success and the success of the Townsend Harris Hall organization, I remain, Your loving Uncle, BL:CL M-Si -fha 10. up U ,K a a n 1' LGI sh' ,f' 1 M7 5 ui 4 '- T w iayf -A E I 'x. gr . mi 5 fi 5 w If It wi' :ga l We t Page Sixty-One

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THE BENEFITS OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION DUCATION has been defined as a gradual adjustment to the spiritual possession of the race, a vestibule of the highest and richest type of fgfg' i What are these intellectual possessions which are the rightful -'W 'U heritage of every young man? Dr. Nicholas Butler says that they are fivefold. The youth is entitled to his scientific inheritance, to his literary inheritance, to his esthetic inheritance, to his institutional inheritance, and to his religious inheritance. He is entitled to know nature, the accomplishments of modern science, and the facts brought to light by modern research, to know the thoughts of the world's great souls' and to recognize their worth, to be taught to understand and appreciate the magnificent, the picturesque, and the sublime, to know the history and evolution of the theories of government and human organization, and lastly, to know the influence of religion in the devel- opment of all civilizations, especially our present civilization. living. wr Q ffl .. 2' These comprise the intellectual or spiritual heritage-will he turn it into a salable commodity and abuse its true value, or will he labor to attain a proper use and conception of it, and in its acquisition get life more abundantly? A college course represents the most efficacious and, in expenditure of time, money, and energy, the most economical method of entering into youth's rightful inheritance. In the world of today, it is absolutely indispensable to social position and to efficient work in mechanical or professional occupations. The most perfect democracy in the world today is the college. In this institution, to a degree which prevails nowhere else, brains, character, and effort are the only qualities which count. The son of the United States Con- gressman and the youth from the farm, sit side by side, and the country-bred lad is even more likely than the statesman's to obtain prizes and distinction. There are formed the associations and friendships which endure throughout our lives. A college education makes the student's mind more vigorous, his faculties for learning and understanding larger, his opinion of his fellow-men and the greater political and social acts of society more acute and discriminating. It will build him up and make him a more powerful man mentally, enabling him to serve and better the community of which he is an integral part. It incul- cates into the student's mind a new set of ideals, broader, saner and sounder. What prospect, then, do the benefits of a liberal education at college hold forth for us who are only preparatory school students, and as such, are experi- encing the most significant period of our lives-the period of Youth-when we build castles in the air and soar up to them on the wings of our imagination? The outlook is most satisfactory. Youth, in this age, has all lands and all history for its demesne, every discovery, every invention, every dsiclosure since the world began, as its birthright. In a word, Youth can, by the acquisi- tion of a liberal college education, partake of the realities of human achieve- ment and human experience, and by the application of this learning, live a larger, richer, and more beautiful life, one that is more beneficial both to him- self and to humanity. W . '1 0. illg Kei 2? .V I, QD f: .I - N 7a . . 'Q 'iw' . G i nl. w. .. e - 5 f x s N A fi lfi ,, Page Sixty-Three i 1 iii my