Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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VALEDICTORY loitering in the doorways, or dawdling on the corner, we know that such a person is not receiving much culture, simply because the street is not a center of rehnement. The school, of course, has no control over one except in school hours, as a result, the little polish acquired daily in the school- room is tarnished by the vulgar atmosphere of the street. In the same way, home cul- ture is destroyed. It is very evident that when the street has a warm room in the heart, culture has an icy corner in the mind. An attack of extreme athleticism is not so diflicult to treat, it is simply an over- indulgence in sport. lt is a lesser evil than loahng, yet will do much harm if left un- watched. It is a well-known fact that the language of the athletic world is not ele- gant, that the manners are not polished, that the conduct there is not refined. Then, on the part of some athletes, there is a striving for newspaper fame that is very apt to drive cultivation away. Oftentimes a per- son in such a case will throw everything else, culture included, aside, for the sake of newspaper notoriety. It is surely a great price to pay for such a returns The worst effect of both these evils is obvious: they shut out the taste for relined companions and instructive reading, and lead clearly to a loss of gentility, which, to- gether with knowledge, sho-uld be an aid to I ' Q progress. A rough path may be shaped by blindly smashing through life with the pon- derous, blunt sledge-hammer of practicality, but a smooth highway may be constructed with that same hammer, augmented by the keen edge of culture. Reiinement always aids its possessor. Culture may be acquired in various ways, one of the best of which is by direct contact with the best minds among men, a means not so universal as reading, but more broad- ening in its effect. In our dealings with such men, we hear the best language, find the best manners, receive the best ideas, brieiiy, we see culture pictured before us on canvas of the same general weave as our own, but painted much more delicately and harmonically: the impression received, too, is far clearer than that of any book, deeper than that of a printed page, far more edu- cational than that of mere words. Conse- quently, in our contact with these master- pieces, the paint, the culture, rubs off, as it were, without harming the original, and contributes toward the betterment of our own portrayal of refinement. Culture, knowledge, knowledge, culture, they work best side by side, let us remem- ber then, as we pass on, that knowledge and culture are also truth, and that truth con- quers! lx! 1 X Q36 wht!-fqagoo ? Yfkfgopg, 'Vow K-J L. Q Q is J Q' i it 342' I ' . v A . ' ' 5 1 ,J x 1 x,,P 1' 'N 4 w

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