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Page 384 - Their purpose is that of giving our youth an awareness of what it means to live together in organized society, an appreciation of how we do live together, and an understanding of the conditions precedent to living together well, to the end that our youth may develop those ideals, abilities, and tendencies to act which are essential to effective participation in our society.
Page 106 - Let me live in a house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by — The men who are good and the men who are bad, As good and as bad as I.
Page 182 - ... fool who directs the shafts of his ridicule at any other sight but that of folly and vice, or seriously inclines to weigh the beautiful by any other standard but that of the good.
Page 182 - Yet having begun we must go forward to the rough places of the law ; at the same time begging of these gentlemen for once in their life to be serious. Not long ago, as we shall remind them, the Hellenes were of the opinion, which is still generally received among the barbarians, that the sight of a naked man was ridiculous and improper ; and when first the Cretans and then the Lacedaemonians introduced the custom, the wits of that day might equally have ridiculed the innovation.
Page 33 - Employment Offices. 10B. The counselor shall meet all 10B pupils in regularly scheduled groups when special emphasis shall be laid on Pittsburgh industrial life and the kind of opportunities offered young people trained and untrained. 10A. The counselor shall meet all 10A pupils in regularly scheduled classes or groups where he shall undertake to show the value of the last two years of high school.
Page 327 - BLACKBERRYING 1. It was Saturday morning and the sun was shining. John's mother gave him a pail and sent him into the woods to pick berries. The music will tell you how John felt about going. Listen to the selection and underline the words which best express how the music says John felt.
Page 187 - The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-colored glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.
Page 246 - Therefore be sure you look to that. And, in the next place, look to your health: and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy; and therefore value it, and be thankful for it.
Page 29 - The hours of leisure cause more criminals and loafers than do the hours of labor. Shall the hours of leisure promote enlightenment, culture, and progress, or promote degeneracy, depravity, and decay ? The one encourages the beautiful in music, art, and literature; the other seeks satisfaction in prize fights and the common vices. The cultural subjects become extremely utilitarian for the leisure hours.
Page 182 - But when experience showed that to let all things be uncovered was far better than to cover them up, and the ludicrous effect to the outward eye vanished before the...