West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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It takes a little studying, It takes a little play, It takes a lot of buddying To make a high school day. BIFROST The Value of Extra Curricular Activities of Wfest Lafayette High School American schools today are attempting to provide a training that will fit boys and girls to perform more etliciently the duties. and to solve more wisely the problems en- countered under a democratic form of government. Citizenship training is not a new task. We have evidence that from the early formative years under our na- tional constitution. our American forefa- thers realized the need of citizenship train- ing for the youth of th: land. Their ideas involved the reading of facts. But today education is no longer conceived of as a process of memorizing factsg it is a proc- ess of giving pupils experiences that shall be of value or use in later life. The cen- tral theory is that each individual engages in activities of many varieties. lt is in rec- ognition of these broader objectives that the modern school is attempting to provide pupils an opportunity to engage in many activities that have come to be called ex- tra-class or extra-curricular activities. Thus, the modern school is apparently in- complete if it does not provide in its pro- gram opportunities for pupils to engage in activities as described in this yearbook. Our school has endeavored to explore the interests and hobbies of pupils by a varied program of activities. Space will not per- mit giving the details of each of these ac- tivities, but an outline of several represent- ative activities would be as follows: Activity-Hi-Y Club, membership open to boys above the 915 grade who will subscribe to the creed. They are voted in by the club. Objective- To create. maintain, and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character. Time of meeting- livery Monday night. Proiects-Lectures on appropriate subjects: orlicers attend conferences: Father and Son meetingsg school plays: vocational guidance pro- grams: Xlother's Day program: welfare worlsg annual sportsmanship and scholar- ship award: Sponsors. Xlr. Dean and Nlr. Berlsey. Activity-Sunshine Society. member- ship open to all girls of high school. Ub- iectives-Helpfulness and usefulness in the home. school. and community: to de- velop a high standard of xvomanhood. Time of meeting: The third Thursday of each month. Projects-Play. carnival: conventionsg mothers' teai honor Senior girlsg yearly gift to school: contribution to Riley liundg equip and maintain rest room in schoolg welfare svorls: liootball llanauet. Sponsor. bliss Coulter. Thk' fllllllxhdng lxlgfb Nhilllld NCFYC Tl, C' the reader a clear idea of the activities of XY'.l.H.S. ll.P.lllitisii. SCARLET and GRAY