New Britain herald., 1917-06-28

quainted with each other. The meet ings are held every two weeks after school hours. A social entertainment is provided for each meeting and the majority of the members arc given an opportunity to help in the social activities at some time during tho year.
 These social clubs are invaluable to school life. They form basis ofs acquaintanceship for all pupils in the High school. Through friendly rela- tions with individuals they are thus brought into contact with the social problems challenging the moral re- sources of our contemporary school life.
 The unsoqial school acts like frost on tender vegetation. The social type of school ia like the genial spring sun developing the buds." The clubs dis cover many of those lonely people of whom every High school contains not few. There is real danger to the individual who fails to establish some sort of genuine relation with the peo- pie who surround him. Later in life his lack of early companionship will cripple his power to make friends.
 
 ems out in ones mind to an instru- ment of companionship through which many may be led from sense of isolation to one of social responsi-s bility.
 WHAT TT MEANS TO STUDY.
 (Miss Alma Helena wagner).
 The social life of a school and the athletic contests in which school engages are very important and bene- fcial, but the real purpose of the school is to afford to the public an opportunity for study. A person may enter high school with the ob- ject of becoming a business man or woman, he may take up a household arts course, he may prepare himself for college or normal school train- ing,-but no matter what course he follows. his success, as student and as 8 member of society, depends upon the amount and the kind of studying which. he does.
 ITO study in the most efficient manner, attention must be paid to the physical condition This state- ment. one of the suggestions for study which are posted in the rooms of our high school, is especially true in regard to the high school student He has much of his time to himself to spend as he pleases. If he uses all his spare time indulging in pleas ures which will harm his physical well-being or consume his energies it is natural that his studies will suffer. If, on the other hand, he i regulates his hours outside of school so that his pleasures will not inter fere with his progress at school the results will be both pleasing and
 beneficial. 1 To aid the students of the New ; Britain High school in this matter, 2 , plan of supervised study has been ir i use there for the past year. Accord. ]! ing to this plan, the assignment of z I subject for the next day is studied 1 just after 1t has been given, while | the days recitation and suggestion' 1 of the teacher are still fresh in the 1 minds of the pupils. Some people I may think 1t useless to attend schoo l all day, when one might Just as wei have a halliday session. It has beer 1 proved, however, that the additions hours spent in school are much mor' | profitable than the same number Q hours used for studying outside Q ! school. The supervised study periot ] following each recitation is helpful t both pupil and teacher.
 But study as such, no matter hoy 1 thoroughly 1t Is done, does not brint success. There are many other fac i tors to be considered. For example l to be successful student, persol 1 must have the right attitude toward
 his work, He should be self-re liant and confident of success. Tht noted Roman historian, Livy, says
 "A person under the firm persuasion 1! that he can command resources vir I tually has them" To be sure. over l confidence Is no better than an entir.