Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-01-05
philokalean Editorial Staff


Gossip Ethel Crawford
Alumni Editor Paul Kelbaugh I'll
Are You a Student or Good Student?
wonder how many of us ask our
selves this question and think serious
ly of the answer. wonder how many
of us fully realize the full value of our
time in school. Very few do, l am
sure, or why do some of us sit list
lessly drawing geometrical figures on
our text books or desks while a teach
er is doing his best to explain hard
problem in algebra or some rules that
must be observed in Latin?
One may say that it is a very harm
less thing to sit idle during recita-
ton or study period, yet there is
great deal of harm done that the
student has never thought of or he
wouldn't so extravagantly waste his
time.
If we do not value our own time we
should at least refrain from wasting
the time of our schoolmates. When
a boy or girl goes into class room
and begins to do all sorts of things to
amuse his classmates, he will most
likely take their minds off their work,
and before they realize it, part of
the period is wasted that should have
been spent profitably. One person
can easily waste the time of a number
of students, if he is so inclined. Now,
boys and girls, do you think that the
student who does this is a good stu
dent? He is not, yet, unfortunately
we have such students in the Thur
mont High School.
wonder if the student who wastes
his time in being poor student real
ICES that he is wasting not only time
but dollars, hard earned dollars that
were paid by our fathers in their taxes
to keep up the schools. Now if we
are not going to get any benefit from
our school, if we are not going to be
any better off for our education, what
is the use of our fathers paying taxes
with which to maintain the schools
They might just as well invest it in
something else from which they will
receive absolutely nothing in return.
1t all amounts to the same, namely,
a great loss in dollars and cents. But
boys, and girls, it is up to US to see
that this does not occur. 1t is up to
us to see that the money which is
spent on our education is not lost.
The better education we receive in
school, the better able we are to cope
with the world. Therefore do not
waste a minute of your school time.
Another reason for being good
student is that the supporting public
judges us by our accomplishments. If
we accomplish nothing the pa
irons will lose interest in our school,
and what would school amount to
if nobody was interested in it, not even
the patrons and students?
think that another reason we
should not waste time is the discour-
agement it must give to the teacher in
charge to look back over group of
indolent students, some of which are
stretching and yawning, while others
are trying to amuse their classmates.
Teachers are human, boys and girls,
just the same as we are. They be-
come interested in our welfare; they
are encouraged by our efforts to rise
in the world; they are discouraged by
our Indifferent attitudes towards our
school work. Do you not think they
should be considered always? Do you
not think that this is big reason why
we should do our best to be good stu
dents?
Quite true, most of the students of
Thurmont High School are not vast
ing their time in useless employmnt.
Most of them realize that there is an
extreme difference between being a
mere ordinary student and a really
good one; that the "mere" student
helps to degrade the standard of his
school while the good student is
benefit to it. Most of our students
are trying to make their school worth
while, most of them never refuse to
take part in the Literary Society pro-
gram, most of them make the best
possible use of the athletic period.
Let US all do our best to make the
students of Thurmont High School 100
per cent good students; let us make
our High School one of the best in the
State; and above all, let us keep in
mind the motto of Theodore Roosevelt:
"When you play, play hard;
When you work, don't play at ALL"
Geraldine Fitez, '25
Out of the Snow
In the summer of 1915. the Black