Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

Page 18 text:

Editorial. The Chat management respectfully presents the seventh vol- ume of the ‘Dixit’ to the students and patrons of the Ypsilanti High School and hopes for its favorable reception. The progress of a school is shown in the most marked degree by the character of the annual which it publishes. The past year, with us, will go down into the annals of history as one distinguished for our vic- tories in oratory and in athletics. We can only hope that these triumphs will be balanced by our efforts with the “Ypsi-Dixit.” By publishing this book we have tried in a small way to record the achievements of the past year and to make our high school life more interesting and of greater value to all. The high school is the stepping stone from the grade to the University. Times have changed and the day of the self made man is past. In the twen- tieth century the ruling man will be the one who has had the high school and university training—without the former the lat- ter would be impossible. Let the student then grasp the situation and make the most of the many advantages which are within the reach of every young person. We extend our thanks to the teachers, students and adver- tisers for the faithful support which they have given in the pub- lication of this volume, and thus assure them that we have en- deavored to reach the cherished hope of making this book a source of pleasure and a fair representative of the Ypsilanti High Schocl.

Page 17 text:

The Student Publication. N THE modern school the student publication has become a recognized important factor. In its columns is recorded the current history of the school which it represents. It even reflects, in a way, something of the spirit, the enterprise, and the social ideals of the community. Recognition of its import- ance in this way is attested, in our own case, by the fact that a recent accession to the High School Library consisted of three bound volumes of THE HicGH ScHooL CHAT. But the real purpose of the student publication, although it does duty in conserving the facts of school history, is to furnish a means of expression of all that is worthy in the life of the school. It brings the student who sees and knows but little outside the round of his own duties, into the lives and interests of his fellow-students. It fosters school pride and patriotism, and thus helps pave the way for the healthy manifestation of these sentiments and activities in after life. Again, through high ideals of scholarship, conduct, justice, honor, it is 1n its power to mold the moral tone of the school. Indeed, what the power of the daily and weekly press has become in the way of shaping public opinion, and what it may be in elevating the moral tone of the community, this the student publication may become and continue to be in the school. That the influence which has been exerted by THr HicH ScHoor CHat and Ypst-Drxir and that the principles for which they have stood have always been of the best, it is only fair to state. Kindly in criticism, discriminating in the char- acter of what has found a place on their pages, fair in their dealings and statements, loyal in their support of all that has tended to the interests of the school, they deserve the support of every student. They have set a standard which those, who, in the future, may have their management in charge, dare lower only at the risk of their usefulness and their own success. WILLIAM B. ARBAUGH. Superintendent.

Page 19 text:

WALTER A. Editor. Hoyt b] Ypsi-Dixit Management. EDWARD N. PIERCE Business Manager. ’