1918 Cedrus Yearbook

19 Vieg 18 THE AIM OF THE SCHOOL INCE Cedarville Township has such a magnificent building as shown in the above cut, the teachers and the pupils have a much stronger incentive for doing the things which a school should do. The old building was so dingy and worn that it was impossible to teach many things to children which should be taught with satisfactory results. The overcrowded condition led to a laxness in requiring those not desirous of an education to attend regularly. The aim of any public school should be to produce the best possible citizens. This requires the best that any school can give, working under most favorable conditions, in spiritual, intellectual, moral, and physical training. Any school that fails to do this is not doing its full duty. The aim of every teacher in the school is to make it equal to the best. This can be done only by getting every pupil who should be in school to attend regularly, and then to get each one to do his or her best in every respect. This goal is not beyond the reach of any school, but there is a great amount to be done before we can reach it. The teachers alone cannot bring this to pass,butthey must not only have the hearty co-operation of every parent who has a child in school, but also of every individual within the school district. The teachers feel that they have the cooperation of the majority of the people. We trust that we may be able to arouse their interest and thus make conditions such that the best possible results may be obtained. • L. D. PARKER, Principal. 62