Weedsport High School - Sparks Yearbook (Weedsport, NY)

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30 Sparks, Weedsport High School .F Harmta Shnltlh hr Zlntrrratrh in Iihgairal tzhuratinn In the old tlmes when ylolent ex erclse was consldered unlady llke and helplessness was more admlred than health physlcal educatlon yyas looked upon as a darlng lnnovatlon especlally where glrls were con cerned and pale cheeks and stoop lng shoulders were normal sylllp toms of lntellectual development For nothlng should yye be nlore thankful than for the new gospel whlch IS so old that lt IS publlslled agaln as a noyeltv that a sound nllnd FGQUITES a sound body for lts successful denlonstratlon 'Never be fore has there been greater need for thls teachlng for the stlmulatlng effects of the nlodern rapld pace of llvlng yylll be dlsastrous to the mlnds of our young people unless the physlcal motor they are drlylng at such a furlous rate of speed IS fitted to meet all emergencles as well as all ordlnary demands VVe are sufferlng today frolll an excess of lnlpresslons and the con sequent hlgh pressure wlll result ln total wreckage unless a safety yalye b proylded therefore the tlllnk lng parellt welcomes pllyslcal edu catlon as a potent ald to the solu tlon of the major problem of the day the rlght guldance of the lnltl atlye energy and lntelllgence of the tw entleth century bov or glrl Vle yyorry oyer what yye term bad hablts and try to check them forgettlng or lgnorlng the fact that llablts cannot stop they can only be changed by the substltutlon of a good one for a bad or the transfer of the HCIIVIIY wrongly employed oyer to a llne of actlon yyhlch yylll be beneflclal A clllld can neyer dont lt must alyyays do llllffkllll pllyslcal educatlon plo yldcs the cllanllcl for Ihls trlnster thlougll whlch the super yltlllty whlch ls characterlstlt of thls gen QIAIIOII may pour ltself ln yyllole SOIIIQ EADFQSSIOII lllstead of flndlng lts way through the seyyers yyhlch llIltl9I'llL our llloderll llfe By' H. 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Oliver, Physical Director But physlcal educatlon llke char acter tralnlng must begln yylth the parents The products of the XIC torlan era wlll find the process a palnful one Those who for years haye cuddled a headache haye been exhausted after a mornlng of shopplng or an afternoon of brldge who have really enyoyed poor health wlll rind lt hard to present to the yy orld the plcture ofa person un lnterestlnglv well to answer Flne to the conventlonal lnqulry about thelr health Instead of yleldlllg to the temptatlon to launch lnto the detalls of my cold or my opera tlon The average person who has passed a certaln age usually takes refuge ln the anclent excuse you cant teach an old dog new trlcks but that defense has been cleyerlv punctured by he yyho remarked that therelll lles Just the dlfference between a nlan and a dog lt may be too late to do llluch wlth our muscles but yye can do a vast deal yylth our attltude of mlnd The yyolllan yyho undertakes to prepare a good meal make a yyear able garment or brlllg up a normal chlld lllust know somethmg about her buslness and It IS very enlphat lcally the buslness of a mother or father to know what klnd of an educatlon mental moral or DIIQSI cal hls or her chlld IS lecelylng yes .lohll takes pllyslcal tralnlng at school and concerns herself or hlmself no further ln the matter 15 as culpable as one who yyould say Oh yes ylary learns health at school and feels no re sponsllllllty for lts teachlng ln the home Fortunately the number of Dhbbl c llly educated DIFIIIIS lSlllLli-'dSll11., lnd the efllclent mother IS lnyestl gatlng condltlons dlld ls KIISLOY Qflllg yy hether 'ylary lb playlng basket ball yyltll boys rules or on a team tllat has ye y llelyy COIIIIIPUIHG schcdulc whether she ls slttlng on the fence around the school yard shoutlng for the team or lS belng really tralned ln the care and de- yelopment of that nlarvelous ma chlne by means of whlch she nlust express herself not only through her own llfetlme but even through the generatlons to come Just as what we usually refer to as educatlon ln general does not conslst solely of Latln or lllathe lnatlcs or geography or Engllsh so plly slcal educatlon IS not restrlcted to glllllldhlulll work or teanl play or even school room QVQFCISES ln breathlng or relaxatlon The lnter est of nlothers ln thls subject Illlght, be thus outllned to brlng lnto the yyorld and develop through the pre school years perfect llttle anlmals wlth firmly CSl3bllSh9Kl llablts of sleep cleanllness rlght eatlng and all automatlc craylng for fresh alr to nlalntaln these hablts through out the grade and hlgh scllool years Qafter whlch they should take care of tllemselyesy to study her busl ness sufficlently to keep pace yylth the groyylng demands of groyylng boys and glrls dlld be ready to meet thenl to recognlze play and later recreatlon as definlte brallches of EKIIICHIIOII both mental and pllyslcal and supply each as and to the de gree IH whlch lt 15 needed to es tabllsll yylth the physlcal educator frlendly and cooperatlye lllld9l' standlng to lnslst flflllly alld lntel llgcntly that the health of the ln dlyldual boy or glrl lS of lll0l9 ac tual llllIJ0l'tdDL9 than the success of the school tealll and cannot be sic rlhced to ll dlld finally to assure to her clllldre ll 1 lth and cyerv one the m the qullltlty lllll quallty plly su ll uluc lllflll yy hlfll lS htted to tllelr needs IS lllKllylllUdlS DIOXHI lng the posslblllty of lLlll8YQlll9llI alla thc clll for dllllJlIl0Il at each tllrll of the load 1 7 . 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32 Sparks, II'eedsp0rf High School . -an-sq ll hs. Y LL-XSS Ol' 1931 Elsie Front Roxx Berntce Coxle Louesa vxhllllldll 'xlartha St John Audrex Oltxer Marx Vxaldron Icreda I-ollett Vx eeks Sxlxta xalkenler Grace Case Nelhe Tmterson Second Roxx Qlatre Stotte Florence Halstead Agnes Louckarn Laxonne Kelsey Rachael Nlcllullen Lucx Tyler Ptances Sloan Xelora 'xllller Iantce Hoffman Thtrcl Roxx Ltverne 'xlanroxx Iester Stone Aldo ktnolesto Paul Halbert Paul Ofonnor Sttnlex Stoxxc C arr Jane Iohn Paul Back Roxx Allen VS alkel Iax ernc Lush I-Iarold Haxxlex Getalcl Dean Vxalhs Manroxx Rtchard -Xtntuexutan Manroxx Q Qtainrg nf freshmen 0112155 ACT I Scene I Place In the hall Tune Ftrst dax ot school XX heres the hngltsh IOUIIIA7 XX here do xxe go toutth pertot xlherc do xxe take Iattu xl here s -Xl1.,ehra xx hen s Bugs T I S ct tc Sttue pltcc Tum rcc ouths lt ll xx i ull II r Nl 1 N IQ 1 tt st nu ttnpltv' I 1 e fl st group ot mttuu 1 thettc expresstons xx: uld ltxxf hun heard the first xx eek of school the ltst group anx ttnte aftet Bttt xxe dtd nnd ourselxes long enough to haxe a class tneettng We elected Iester Stone president and 'xltss ltnton iclxtsor At tltts ntecttng xxe tt 4 dl xc e e tutttatcd I-rtdtx tn assemblx ttll ottr tlttttertng, he trts' e I' 0 1 tuttttttcn took p 1 ' e goose s 1 Het tt c me tn Some o tts o tlt and xx tt clothcs' hxc thtup., trout corsets to uuthre las' tt r tt tn t 1 o e t I st tn o nt s ut te Q cs 4 1 I 1 un I tc ktc s a e uutn hl ptt ce Ol Q XM xx ott our bthx clothes to classes and then xxe xxere entttled to the dtsttngutshed tttle of Icreshtes Stnce then xxe haxe led a qutet peaceful extstence So tht1s endeth our lttstorx S he tt' THRU FRESHMAN SPECTACLES he sophomores thtnlx thcx rt rltg ntftcd tt s c fut txx her reallx tutt The sophs tre sontttunes tltg.,nthc1l ttth f ttnlx tlet te I IH tntett 1 o 1.11 ' A Irc htuan -Xudrex Oltxer ' V: i A 1' J L. ' A rl S' ' . . Y , I x Q NZ .V A ',' Q . - -Z F '. .Y 4. - , . ' . . . bf' 1 .1 . ' '. - A . V, ' . . A . . . 9 0 ' IN t 1 ' A . . .' A ' , , . -A ' , . . J. - qt- o . V I . ' we ' 1 toll th' we x' at' to I1 v . ' . - - -, I s - Z., - 4 I, .,' HB6 Af ' 'Wm H' W l . u' ' ' 'z ': ' lace. T 3 -' ' ' 'X' ' ' - V12 'Pi-'Z 2 'H Aul lIoxx'. W1 3 -.'t111 I i ' - ' .ST11 .. 1,1 1- 1 1,43 aul then it I ga . ' 1' .' Ilut I gt tl1ey'rt- mlx' 1iu'. .umlcher English domls GW. I went traveling tclothes supplied hy My Sister 1, 3 SUI,hmm,,.,,. and c-at' do it! 5. I FV I- i 'hi ' 1' IVY 1 Sl V . b. . nm.. Ho ' co vu do that Latin? I , ' ' . H - F : t 9 - ' .- 'f thi , , K QH V., Utl 1 s vntt-' at ed ts xx'1th x'oc'al1'?l ' ' ' s 1-rtne. . ,, .. -. .- ..U.x I ,B , I I qu selwtt us, lher xx'-r- ztlsx any ul All 15 Pl' - SHU- '- tzvf u'.' as 1 tw. , . . ,. 1 A lm ul 1 tl 4' stunts. A I tl tt the Ir-slr Bu u itll you oft. my tru-ntl, 1' 1 ' ' 1 A 'J . rf X - u v H 5' D5 H Vt Um' ll ' I 1 took Iver the Jrc g'z , XX 1 yy, '1-981 111, -1 5 , -len- exz atnt got any ot -mi we- 1111 drf-IS5ed up as H .ml Th r' ' 12' t' l. Ju- spok cu ' ' W t G le! '1 'S 4 '