West Chester High School - Garnet and White Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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The Garnet and White Staff—1926-27

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TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL Our High School stands on terrace high. A hall of learning true. Around it wave the tree tops high. Above hangs skv of blue. The Green and White of our dear class, Will stand for all that's right. And every loyal lad and lass Shall for its honor fight. Alas, we ll tread those halls no more. Our school days now grow less. We know not what Fate has in store If grief, or kindliness. We wish best luck to our dear school. As we turn from its portals. We pray we ll live by Golden Rule. And do good to all mortals. —Helen Rigg, ’27.

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4 THE GARNET AND WHITE Up in Montreal. Canada, there is a beautiful, white, broad highway, known as the “Highway of Remembrance”. For two miles along each side of this road at every fifteen feet is planted a maple tree, protected by a fence, on which is written on a plate the name of a soldier who gave his life in the late war. with the date and the name of the battle in which he fell. A wonderful thing, this High- way of Remembrance”! And how ap- propriate the name. That war is over now and. generally speaking, the world is at peace. But. as we tjhink about it more and more, do we not feel that we. too. are building a High- way of Remembrance .'’ Each one of us is such a bulider. The things we say and the deeds we do are the maple trees being planted along our broad roadway. May they be of the best and have long life. The Class of '27 has about completed its highway in the W. C. H. S. Now each member of that illustrious group is going on in life—some to higher schools, others into positions in the business world. No matter where, they are continuing their highways, and. with the beginning already made, they will be inspired to make the last part as broad and as fine as the first part has been. None the less are the other classes build- ing highways. It is to them that we now turn over the implements for planting their trees as far as High School is concerned. It is up to them now to carry on the work of the various clubs, and to make up the athletic and other scholastic teams. It is for them to “see that worthy support is given by each member of the school to any- thing which his Alma Mater undertakes. It is for them to “hold high the torch we throw them. Before they begin the continuance of this work, however, there comes a short period of two months of vacation. Every- one of us is concerned about this question, What shall I do this summer? What we all need is a change of envir- onment and of work. For nine or ten months we have been laboring with school studies. The best thing we can do for ourselves is to do something other than lessons during the summer vacation—that is. unless we are among the unfortunates who must attend summer school for some reason or other. We need the change for our physical, mental, moral, and spiritual well-being. Everybody does. We are human beings, not mechanical machinery, and as such we require variety, the spice of life. . . . Some of us are planning to go to camps. A splendid thing! Others perhaps, will work to help defray expenses which the coming year will bring. This is a good idea, too. and. since it is a dif- ferent from what the student has been do- ing all term, will be almost as beneficial as the camps, as far as the change is con- cerned. The same age-worn illustration still holds good. The boy from the country would have a wonderful time in the rush and whirl and noise of the city: while the city boy would have just as en- joyable a time in the country during his vacation. Why? Because it is different for each person. The change is the thing. Our word to you. fellow students, is simply this: Regardless of what you do this summer, seek a change. If we keep working at the same thing day in and day out. month after month and year after year, without a change in surroundings and actions, we shall, to use the slang ex- pression. go stale . What we try to do will fail. Our work will not be done right. Above all we shall be the losers in the end. We owe it to ourselves and to our school or business to return next year with renewed vigor, fresh and keen, ready to carry on to victory. A person who has gone stale is more of a hindrance than a help to humanity. This kind of person cannot be successful as a builder of a beautiful, broad, white Highway of Remembrance”. Which kind shall we be.? May the sturdy maples already planted inspire us to continue the planting. May we always leave behind us a Highway of Remembrance that will be a credit to us and to our Alma Mater.