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Show School in War . . . War is ever forcing itself into our lives, and now j that it has become such a prominent force it is greatly determining the trend our schools are taking. It is showing itself in all activities. Dances at night i have discontinued and matinee dances are substituted. We are not allowed to travel with either football or basketball teams. Cut the greatest change of all is, students are leaving all or half the day to work on war jobs or to take a course that will farther advance their place on the assembly lines. Then there are all the boys who are in the services and those that are being called out of school right now. These people are losing out on an education that under normal conditions would mean 4 years of high school. Three-fourths of the students who go to college expect a job and a chance to settle down in life after graduation. This might not be so bad but it seems that a lot of students are trying to make school a horrid place to be in rather than make the best of the situation. During our matinee dances people are lined up against the walls rather than trying to make it an hour or so of full enjoyment before settling dowTi to the daily grind again. No school, no matter how big, can go on work and serious thought alone. "All work and no play makes a dull boy," so the saying goes. We need more than ever to have school spirit m abundance. And that means in every thing we do. Cooperation Co-operation between students and their officers is important. im-portant. Our student officers can plan things but they'll all fall through if we go around with the air . of uninterested outsiders. . Join in on work and play with all you've got with all the vim. vigor and vitality you possess to make school outstanding in spite of the war. ' Kuth Galbraith. -The Norcachian - |
