Verona High School - Shadows Yearbook (Verona, NJ)

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SHADOWS, June, 1934 25 The Education of a Democracy William Allen White The chief business of education must be the preparation of men and women capable of sustaining sane, wholesome vision, for with- out vision the people must perish. We must have a practical educa- tion that will educate a man to his serious reflection which makes good citizenship. Despite the fact that the percentage of illiteracy in Germany, Switzerland, France, and England is less than it is in America, we must have a revision of the school system in such a way that vocational work will hold boys and girls in their teens in the schools. Machines are making everything nowadays. Machines do the work that their fathers did as apprentices. Industrial life de- mands specialists - men and women who can do one thing ex- pertly. Our schools are not sup- plying the demand. They are turn- ing youths from the grades into the streets or factories, and from the high schools into the stores and offices to make what their class- conscious fellows call the poor plutes . Whatever you do or what- ever you become, young men and V women, do not be one of thosei poor plutes -afraid of losing caste by manual workg spending all their scant earnings for a false respectability, place-seeking, un- scrupulous social climbers, their humanity squeezed and soured, scrimping, fretting, covetous, jeal- ous, We are putting more money into our schools to educate you for today's ceremonies than we put into any other public institution. We are unseliish enough, heaven knows, and we mean well. But do not live, so that men may say our college graduates are throwing more than they should to the pale God of a false respectability. We need an education that teaches youth to know shams, that democ- racy may choose between the false and the true. Your problem, young men and women, is to promote social jus- tice. To do that, it is first neces- sary that you shall develop into men and women who know what social justice is, so that you can tell it to the people in any crisisg and, second, we must develop in the masses, an enthusiasm for social justice, so unselfish that they may recognize it in spite of their self-interest, and follow wise leaders at whatever temporary sac- rifice, when the general welfare demands it. We must educate great men worthy of a country, and a country worthy of great leaders. That is no trick problem for examination day, it is the big part of your life's work. No one knows the answer nowg but there is an answer. Democracy is one side of that questiong the answer is on the otherg and, to quote Cap- tain Cuttle, When found make a note of it. Ignorance causes more poverty and disease, and poverty and dis- ease reacting, create ignorance. Poor folks have poor ways-exact- lyg but you may not starve people into thrift. It has been tried for ages, and has failed. A book and a bath and a steady job will make a worthier citizen than all the laws of supply and demand freezing his fingers, breaking his wife, and starving his children. The condi- tions that make many men rich, as we all know, are partly artificial. The same artiiicial conditions make other men poor. One man gets what he does not earn from society, which takes from a thou- sand others the right to get what they earn. Practical education is the foun- dation of democracy. Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more in- herent than the right of the mi- nority to rule, and unless the ma- jority represents sane, righteous, unselfish, public sentiment, it has no inherent right. Education is the only safeguard of Democracy. As you enter, you see Monty's column on the left. Those queer thingamajigs over there are El1is's dance steps. What Would Happen If-- Louis Kocon ran the slides rlht? Charles Ellis didn't think he was important? Mr. Johnson ate peanuts? Mr. Dwyer went to the assemblies? Jean Davis took the part of an old woman? Howard Beams was not allowed in the same classroom as Dot Tobin? The White Hornet wasn't a cir- cular? Helen Feeley didn't have them all on a string? Miss Hoornbeek shut the door from the outside herself? Mrs. Prince didn't charge full admis- sion price until an affair is over? Miss Cook kept the Seniors after school as she promised? Ruth Seelick couldn't type plays? Helen Perry was not the star scholar? Everybody got on the honor roll at once? The people in Miss Esher's class really read the books they report- ed on? Eugene Feracane embezzled the school's funds? Irene Elphick didn't carry her pencil case. More- house left the team flat? The Student Council did every- thing they tried to do? Dot Tobin knew the answer? Truex didn't like to be a big boss? Jeannette Anderson knew what she was talking about when she used big words? We put something about the rest of the school here?

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24 SHADOWS, June, l934 SHADOWS Published Annually, Including Leap Years, By Whitehorne H. S., in Verona, New Jersey JUNE, 1934 SHADOWS STAFF Editor-in-Chief-Alan Truex, '35 Literary Editor-Irene Elphick, '35 Art Editor-Herbert Johnson, '35 News Ed.-Norris Bollenback, '35 Bus. Mgr.-Eugene Feracane, '35 Circulation Mgr.-Janet Oates, '35 Adv. Mgr.-Nina Palmer, '35 This publication is insured against gossip and libel. Re- print and quote at will. A. R. N. No, this isn't the Blue Eagle flying backward nor does it repre- sent any other administration or corporation from Washington, D. C. what it does mean, it simply means A which we, the Sha- sincerely hope that this type of Yearbook is. Putting the Shadows out in newspaper style enables the Staff to give to you, the student body, more news of your school life. Also, we have more pictures than in past years. In this issue of 'tSha- dows there is a Writeup about every major event and also many minor ones so that you will not for- get this year in High School. You wonder perhaps. Well, Real Novelty , dows Staff, . The Staff owes the idea of pub- lishing Shadows in this different style to its Literary Editor. We hope that you like this de- sign for our Yearbook. Board This spring the election of a new board took place. As a result, the new holders of positions are as follows: Miss Maud Conway, president, Mr. Paul Zingg, vice- presidentg Mr. Frank Moore, Dis- trict Clerk. Other members are: Mr. Harry Brown, Mr. John Culp and Mr. Frederick Purdy. Love is blind, but marriage is an eye-opener. To Any Student in V. H. S. Sir-Do you know what you're headed for? What you should do, where you should go. No book can tell you this, no, not even the most eminent vocationalist. Then, you ask me, a simple tutor, to answer it without even a glimpse of your face. Do you really want to know who can tell you so? Well, then look around and discover yourself. Some people spend years in search of this knowledge yet have not discovered themselves, have not realized their abilities, and have lost them for good! You might not need an education be- decked with the refinements of modernity to win, but you DO need cooperation from yourself. You must learn to work in harmony with your physical and your men- tal abilities, therein lies your suc- cess. Are you a, leader or a follower? Must you always be dependent on others? I am sure none of us wants to be classed as followers. No, we want to be the boss. Yet out of the tremendous population only a comparative few shine forth as leaders. Few indeed are those who have stepped ahead to lead. The task is hard, the road to suc- cess is long, and many fall by the wayside. School is not easy, it is hard. But would you sharpen an ax on a velvet grindstone? No, the grind- stone must be hard. School must be hard or our creative powers will never be sharpened. Therefore I say, stick to school as long as you can, and you will come out on top, better prepared to do the things you want to do. But if you become a leader do not let success turn your head. Do not try to let the world know you are a leader. They will find out soon enough. If you divert your attention from your work on hand. you will fail. Success depends upon absolute attention to the job on hand. So use your powers of con- centration more, and you will suc- ceed. I hope I have been able to show you where to look. You must do the rest. If you by any chance think this does not apply to you. does not matter to you, read it again and think hard, CONCEN- TRATE. Sincerely yours, Professor Wiseman, QWm. Butt, '35.J 'fYes, I know fish is brain food, but I don't care so much for fish. Hain't there some other brain food? Y Well, there's noodle soup. At the time when petroleum be- gan to be used instead of whale oil for burning in lamps, Adele Meehan was deeply perturbed by the change. What , she wanted to know, will the poor whales do now? 54:00 and Bust W i Z 1 if 'ii K l lwt issk liiillli ll lillli fi K XEGSQ WH! he I D ' . 9 ibis, '., . 'lfllu iri ff fi 'lif xis N hw, WMU lf- ll I, X Ilfjffkjf-,'l. -u H, vf' N ,. II l j l 14 , 5 ,ff .- 'll WH!! 1, . g I M I 1.4 Ill, XGVOQ ,lui X 1 if 6 ogg? llf X f Qf ,qw-lff zfiw I V ,' f -Q0 I l l X WH! ij ',lf'lI19TY-:N .iql , ll S 'If' y f M'ffi4l r!fl.l 'vf'1p 'ff'f 'lt K If ill! X '4 ' ,VI '. 'W i'fo'l1 . ,, . 1 I 11,1 N nfu'l,,f H131 ,,,,,.,,,, ,., ,,,.,,,,,

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SHADOWS, June, I934 THE ROGUES GALLERY