Viroqua High School - Pipe of Peace Yearbook (Viroqua, WI)

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l 1 I . H ' ' flf -1, 1 ,7- ,,,, f .1 finalist 'L'll',4. . , 'n7YWlf47i -' ' ' Nl M11 Svrhunl Spirit To be great, a school must have school spirit. This spirit is shown in oratory and declamatory contests as well as i11 base ball and basket ball games. Many a contest and many a game has been lost just because of lack of proper support. I A school may have good athletes and good debaters and orators, but this same school must also have plenty of school spirit. Yet school spirit is something more than rooting in the base ball games. It is something of a greater and grander nature. The school spirit brings the stu- dents closer together and makes them united. It brings the different classes together and makes more freindly relations. Petty plans and desires are forgotten in the desire to help the school. There are those students who come to the school merely for their own desires and care nothing for the honor of the school. Yet these same students may become enthusiastic school supporters if school spirit is only shown to them in the right way. The upper classmen, especially, should show their school spirit and try to bring it before others, because the lower classmen will almost always follow their example. This spirit causes the student to work together and co-oper- ate and bring the old school to the front. ln after years they may forget how the old school looks, but they will never lose their interest in it, never lose their school spirit. A school does not necessarily have to be large in order to enjoy such enthusiasm. Some of the small schools have more spirit than the large ones. Then work for the honor of the old school. Set an example for future students to follow. Do the kickers show the right spirit? I should say not. Then be a boosterg show your spiritg help out the school. E. T. nt

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.4 . gp , Q f ' G 'asv ... C , -' Q. v A f 1 .,'. f -' ,fllnif-2 !fr'lff'4,.f., w7YW1!W iii ., I ff.. Mvvklg fiurntz The following weekly events are composed mostly of Wfednesday Morn- ing Addresses by business, professional men and friends of the school. This system of lectures was instituted last year by Prof. Bishop, as an aid to the pupils in choosing their life's vocation. . First week :-Instrumental and vocal recreation by Miss Lona Slack. Second week :-Getting used to the old routine of school work. Third week :-The Fair occupied the latter part of the week. - Fourth week:-Agricultural lectures by two Wfisconsin University men, Prof. C. P. Norgord and Mr. Halpin. Sixth week:-A talk on the Panama Canal was given us by the school's , 'closest friend and neighbor, Mrs. Gott. Seventh week:--The subject, Full Development of the Body, was thor- oughly and interestingly discussed by Rev. Cooke, pastor of the M. E. Church. Eighth week:-General Rogers, another close friend of the school, enlight- ened us on the History of Mexico. Ninth week:-This being examination week, T. O. Mork changed the seat of affairs and carried us along with him in some of his past experiences and early life in Norway. Tenth week :-Mrs. Bayne told us of some of the interesting incidents of the Civil Wfar. Twelfth week :-Dr. Baldwin, a prominent dentist of Viroqua, gave us some very valuable advice on Oral Hygiene. Thirteenth week:-Thanksgiving. Fourteenth week:-Our county clerk, Berlie Moore, in a short talk gave us the duties of the county board. Fifteenth week:- The Law and the Lawyer, by H. P. Proctor. Sixteenth week :-A very interesting talk was delivered to us on Educa- tion in the Philippines by Attorney-Heinz. Eighteenth week:- Motion Picture Production, by Rev. Bayne. Nineteenth week:-Mr. Sterling, a veteran Indian fighter and scout, told us of some of his western experiences with Indians, etc. Twenty-first week :-Game Wfarden Cranston gave us a lecture on The Value of Wfild Life. Twenty-fifth week:-Recent education laws explained by Prof. A. E. Smith. Twenty-ninth week:-Harold Gulbrandson-musical entertainment. 6

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