Evening journal., 1914-01-05
''WORK" AGAIN
THE SLOGAN IN
CITY SCHOOLS
Scholars Back to Studies After
Vacation, Are EnthuSed by
Class Address
PROFESSOR BERLIN
LENDS ENCOURAGEMENT

Following the enjoyment and free
dom OF the Christmas and New Years
holidays, roll call in the various city
schools this morning was answered
by a host of boys, girls, young men
and young women, who assembled at
the re-opening ready for the duties
and opportunities Of the new year Of
1914.
The holiday just past is the last
one of any length before the summer
vacation days, and fun now over for
the time being, the school slogan is
Work"
At the assembly exercises of The
Wilmington High School this morn
ing that slogan was emphasized in a
practical talk on the subject, by j.
Franklin Jones, head of the English
department of the High School
''rhe Subject of Work said Mr.
Jones, as he took his place on the
platform and amid applause, sis one
that is fascinating to us all anG one
tnat has engaged our time and at
tentiOn for a good many years"
Quoting from Ruskin, Mr.. Jones
spoke of the several kinds of work
that OF the head and the hand, that
done primarily for pleasure, and the
work done primarily to gain an end.
In the accomplishment of results
from the several kinds, all work is
done principally, the speaker said, be-
cause one sees a definite end behind
it, Mr.. Jones compared the work OF
the mind to that of the hands, leaving
the question with the students as 20
which was the worthier He said he
agreed with Ruskin that the work of
the mind was the worthier, because
II called into play a more complicated
set OF organism than did the work OF
the hand.
Mr.. Jones spoke of the present op-
portunities in life and said there were
few more serious. more noble or
worth while than were before the
High School students. The men and
women of the world who are doing its
work now. he said, would I'm time be
supplanted bv young men aud women
and many of them undoubtedly from
the High School, and the students
who are now striving to forge ahead
will be the ones who will supplant
the older people. And the students
who fall down on their present work
will fall down I'm the school work
later.
In closing, Mr.. Jones said now was
the time TO make resolutions, and that
while it made no difference whether
he or the students made them. it did
make a difference whether one plan
ned ahead and adjusted the work and
ideals of life to a bigger and higher
and nobler standard or kept them at a
low level. Those only would profit.
he said. who elevated their ideal and
strived to reach them.
Mr.. Jones said the list Of things
which should be done during the year
included a literary society with a
membership which should accentuate
the spirit Of culture lying dormant
within all, a school paper which
would contain the social athletic and
scholarship records of the week and
an alma Mater" the music for
which has been written by two Of the
senior studets. He suggested that
those in the school who have literary
talent, submit lists of appropriate
words for the music.
Professor Berlin spoke of the great
Onward" movement which is notice
able in every kind of work today, and
in closing, said
III the business men and manu-