Weatherwax High School - Quinault Yearbook (Aberdeen, WA)

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Foreword t All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. School may be considered a huge stage upon which the students enact a play entitled Life at Wearherwax. There are three acts in the play—classes, activities, and sports—with the climax coming at the end of the senior year with graduation. In the following pages of this book we are bringing you, in words and pictures, a review of the play. We hope that pleasant memories will be revived herein and that serving as an inspiration, this book will bring about greater interest in our school. If our book achieves this aim, we shall consider it a success.

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Dedication In grateful appreciation of his sincere service, we dedicate the 1948 edition of The Quinault to our principal, Richard R. Balkema. With the closing of this school year, Mr. Balkema completes twenty-five years of active leadership as principal of Weatherwax. However, success is not measured by years, but by actual achievement, and it is here that we recognize the value of his untiring activity on behalf of our school. In advance of most educational thought, Mr. Balkema has given practical demonstration of a philosophy which embodies responsible student government—freedom with responsibility. The keynote has long been, Democratic training for democratic living. Weatherwax high school may well serve as a model for other schools which are pointing toward the modern plan of student self-government. Serving for many years as chairman of the Southwest Washington Principals Music Committee, Mr. Balkema pioneered the progressive music program which each year features divisional contests and festivals. This year our own music department has attained its highest point of development. In recognition of his qualification, the State Department of Education has appointed Mr. Balkema to the State Curriculum Committee and the Teachers Training Committee. He has served as the president of the Southwest Washington Principals Association, and locally, as president of the Rotary Club. Firm in the belief that the individual student is the vital element of group success, Mr. Balkema has planned our present guidance program. Working closely with the corps of faculty advisors, he sees that no individual student problem is overlooked. It is because of his sympathetic understanding interest in students and student affairs, that we, the staff, dedicate this publication to our friend, Mr. Balkema.

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