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It is school spirit that
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0 (J\]\{ school s\])irit is our most pi-iceless possession, and one to
wliieh we shoidd ^’ive earnest thought.
makes for progress in academic affairs, and for prowess in
athleiies. Without it we can have no whole-hearted organization, and we ean achieve no \})erfect vietories. It is because we l)elieve in our­
selves and believe in our own integrity as a school, that we are able to get together and decide matters pertaining to our eommon good. It is our spirit which holds ns back from fault-finding, and helps ns to overeome onr defects and to cham\])ion our merits as a body. In our inter-seholastic basket-ball, it is school s\])irit which makes onr team
fight to the finish with everv honorable means, and win or lose with ecpial grace.
Also, it is akin to patriotism, this loyalty to the body of which we are a j)art; now, when \]jatriotism eonnts as never before, ought we not to square debts with onr school? Onr debt is one of simple support,
and that we pay it is a trust. We have the best that a sehool can offer —a trained faculty, eager to inspire high standards. Shall not we, too, do our part?
IVe are all citizens of America, and we respond eheerfully to om- countrv’s call. But is there not another call to answer? Is there not another bugle note to draw us on? We that stand for personal honor and for American honor, let us stand for the honor of our school!
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IF no benefit excei)t physical well-being resulted from athletic train­ ing, it would still be worth while. Persons who have built up a sound constitution by regulated exercise are apt to be more effieient
and more vigorous mentally than those less well-equipped. Prolonged intellectual labor is not so great a drain on their vitality, and conse-
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