K^ C6 P19 ;:iVE YOURSELF ^® A FAIR START r" cllGoI wHat it is— Avky it pays BOARD o£ EDUGATLON oP Cleveland, Cfhio. ▲ LL boys and girls in Ohio, according to the law of the state, ■^*- must attend school until they are sixteen years of age. Be- tween the ages of sixteen and eighteen they must be in school unless they are regularly employed at some occupation. The law provides that children between sixteen and eighteen, desiring employ- ment, first must obtain working permits. These are issued by the Department of Attendance, Board of Education, 421 Rockwell Avenue. Visit Any of These Cleveland High Schools Cleveland at present has ten senior High Schools. Boys and girls planning a high school course and their parents are invited to visit one or more of them. The principals are glad to give counsel and advice to those who wish it. Academic Technical Central High School, East 55th St., one East Technical High School, East 55th St block south of Cedar Ave.— Burton P. at corner of Scovill Ave.— H. A. Bath- Fowler, prmcipal. . , • • i ' ^ ^ rick, principal. East High School, East 82nd St., at -wr^^t t'^«i,«:«„i m^u c„i,««i ti7«»*. q^,a Decker Ave., between Wade Park Ave. ^®^* Technical High School, West 93rd and Superior Ave.— Daniel W. Lothman, St. at corner of Willard Ave.— E. W. principal. Boshart, principal. Glenville High School, Parkwood Drive at r< ' i corner of Everton Ave.— H. H. Cully, i^ommercial principal. ,„..„.,„ ^ , West High School of Commerce, Randall Lmcoln High School, Scranton Kd. at cor- t»j „* ^^^„,,^ «* tj^m^« a„« a^i,»«,<^„ ner of Castle Ave.-James B. Smiley, ^^\^^ '°'"^'^ of Bridge Ave.-Solomon principal. Weimer, principal. South High School, Broadway at FuUerton Longwood High School of Commerce, East Ave.— Edwin L. Findley, principal. 35th St., between Scovill Ave. and West High School, Franklin Ave. at West Woodland Ave.— William L. Connor, 69th St. — David P. Simpson, principal. principal. Charles H. Lake, Asst. Supt., in Charge of High Schools "Give Yourself a Fair Start" Prepared by Clyde R. Miller, Director of Publications, Cleveland Public Schools. [Second Edition Printed May, 1922.] This book is given free of charge to pupils in the eighth and ninth grades of the Cleveland Public Schools. Persons outside of Cleveland may have the book by paying a charge of 50c to cover cost of printing and distribution of such copies as are needed to supply outside demand. The book is published by the Division of Publications, Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio. Copyright Mmy, 192t, Board of Education, Clereland, Ohio. ©CI A 6 7630 8 -lAV 19 (92? i ">! ^^ (K To Readers of This Book It is the purpose of this book to give to pupils of the eighth and ninth grades and to their parents a definite idea of what a high school education is and why- it pays to go to high school. Actual photographs of high school activities are used, so far as practicable, to tell the story of oppor- tunities offered in the high schools of Cleveland. Information is given about the many courses in the academic, technical and commercial high schools. This should help many boys and girls, undecided as to what high school to attend, to make satisfactory choices. Letters from Cleveland citizens, telling what high school education has done for them or for others and what it will do for boys and girls today, form a most important portion of this book. After reading through the book and discussing the value of high school edu- cation with their teachers, pupils are asked to take it home to their parents. It is hoped that fathers and mothers will read the book carefully and will talk over with their children this highly important factor in the success of every boy and girl. If you wish further information about the high schools of Cleveland and the many courses offered in preparation for various vocations and callings, go to the nearest high school and see the principal. The Board of Education, Cleveland. R. G. Jones, Supt. of Schools. Give Yourself a Fair Start ! Get a high school education. It is the foundation of success. Without it you will be everlastingly handicapped ; with it you will be far better prepared to make your mark. You must learn if you wish to earn. Rewards are paid for knowledge. The high school is your opportunity to get a fair start towards success. Keep this Book. Yon will want it for reference later on. What Do You Want To Be? Your choice of a trade or profession should determine your selection of a high school. Do you want to become a draftsman, an electrician, a contractor? Do you want to become a printer, a machinist or an expert in foundry or wood work? Do you want to train yourself for the technical side of manufac- turing ? Are you interested in automobile construction and airplanes ? Go to a technical high school. For girls the technical high school offers unusual facilities in cooking, home economics, lunch room management, dietetics, millinery, designing, dress-making and related subjects. Along with the strictly technical courses you will receive instruction in English, essential to success in any vocation or profession, in mathemat- ics and in your choice of courses in history, chemistry, physics, biology, stenography, type-writing, languages and other subjects calculated to make you a well-informed as well as a carefully trained worker. Do you want to follow a profession such as medicine or law ? Do you wish to become a teacher? Are you planning to take the classical or "arts" course in college or university? Do you wish to become a pharmacist or chemist? Do you want the general education which so many men and women say is desirable in any walk of life ? Are you planning to become a writer of advertising or a newspaper writer? Go to an academic high school. Here you will find a wide variety of courses in English, mathematics, ancient and modem foreign languages, history and science. If you are not certain as to exactly what you want to be you will find it en excellent plan to go to an academic high school, especially if you are inclined towards books. Do you want to know how to enter business and win promotion in it ? Do you want to learn to think intelligently in the language of business while enjoying a liberal education in science, language, history, literature, art and music? Do you wish the opportunity of combining practical ex- perience in Cleveland's banks, stores, offices and shops with your school If the Secrets of Chemistry Were Lost Modern Civilization Would Vanish Knowledge of chemistry is essential not only in medicine and pharmacy but in most of our great industries. Nearly all ores, such as iron, copper, zinc and lead, are con- verted into metals through chemical processes. Photography depends entirely on chemistry. Scarcely an industry can be named in which chemistry does not have an important part. Courses in chemistry are offered in every Cleveland high school. training? Do you wish to thoroughly prepare yourself for a business career? Go to a high school of commerce. Here you will find a highly specialized school with courses calculated to fit you for your chosen work. Also you will receive training in English and in your choice of subjects in language, science and history. You will need many of these no matter what you plan to do, for progressive business people must be well and broadly informed. While attending a high school of commerce, moreover, you have ex- ceptional opportunities for earning money by part time work in stores, banks and commercial concerns. All of Cleveland's high schools, technical, commercial and academic, offer courses to prepare you for college. What Do You Know About an Automobile? Every young man and woman who expects to drive a car some day should know how to locate trouble when "something goes wrong" and how to make ordinary repairs. In the technical high schools of Cleveland are courses in automobile repair. You can, if you desire, prepare yourself for automobile construction and repair work as a vocation. If you know auto- mobile engines you have the essentials of airplane motors, too — and air- plane construction some day may engage tens of thousands of mechanics. An Editorial from the Cleveland Press The most important thing that a youth can do during the first eighteen years of his life is to store behind his ears a lot of things worth knowing. And the best place to get that knowledge is in the schools. High school once was pretty much of an academic institution. But edu- cational theory changed. High school became more and more an in- stitution designed vocationally. It became something more than mere mental practice. Technical, com- mercial and home economic courses began to take their places in the cur- riculum. Greater Cleveland's high schools and grade schools, too, are well- equipped. Millions have been in- vested in "educational plants." Par- ents should take advantage of the opportunities aiforded their boys and girls through these institu- tions. Any Girl May be Proud of Ability to Cook a Good Meal Can she cook? That, after all, is one of the chief tests of a girl's prac- tical education. Every girl finds it pleasing and convenient to know how to cook; and every girl, because she probably will be in charge of a house- hold some day, should regard knowledge of foods and their preparation as absolutely essen- tial. The photos on this page ::.■£:'■ :-^.^ show typical scenes in home economics classes. These are con- ducted in every high school. And in the technical high schools are special ' courses for girls ex- pecting to become lunch room mana- gers or dietitians. In most of the high schools the girls in these classes, under the guidance of skilled teachers, prepare part of the food used in the high school lunch rooms. To give girls training that will prepare them to become capable and intelligent home-makers, to develop the qualities which make for the best womanhood — these are outstanding purposes in Cleveland's High Schools. Practical Instruc- tion in Electricity Think how much our com- fort and convenience and effi- ciency depend upon electricity and you at once realize why every high school in the city teaches the fundamentals of the dynamo, motor, electric lamp and other electrical de- vices. Naturally, the techni- cal high schools lay special stress on this subject. Today, more than ever before, a high school educa- tion is essential. If you lack this education you cannot compete with those who have it. You will be left hope- lessly behind. To enjoy the rewards of success you must have the knowledge and skill that make success. Are High School Girls Interested in Electricity? This picture, made in an academic high school, answers the question. Of course, they are. With vacuum cleaners, sewing machines, washers, ironers and all manner of electrically operated cooking devices in the mod- em home it behooves the girl of today to know the principles of their operation. There's just one way to regard your years spent in high school — as a safe, sound and certain investment. U. S. Government figures show that high school gradu- ates earn twice as much as those without such training. The Men Who Run Power Houses They were boys once and their places will be taken in the future by those technical high school boys of today who are studying power house equipment as the students in this photo are doing. It's Worth Big Sacrifices Does a High School education pay? It would seem that this question is entirely superfluous ; but, unfortu- nately, experience teaches that that is not the case. An education may be compared to any other structure. It is as strong and useful as its foundation. The architect in planning his building looks first to the strength of his foundation, whether it be the present intention to erect one, two or more stories in the long run. Where the structure is to be firm and stable there is arranged, first the under-pinning, which may be compared to the instruction of the kin- dergarten. Then come the footings, which must be made strong enough to hold the weight of what is coming after. This is the elementary school training. Then comes the foundation, itself, upon which shall rest the building when completed. This is the High School. If the pupil finds that the High School must be given up, it is a matter of misfortune, but it is worth making sacrifices for, as we all know from personal experience. If the High School must be the end of the education, there is at least a foundation upon which to build by practical experience thereafter, but the High School training ^^11^^ r ^ lacking, the very foundation is lost. ^R?^^ f jif t^ It seems to me there can be no ques- BS^IB^ 2-iL ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ High School education pays, ^(j^^ W ^%k Yours very truly, ^^ ^ W. F. MAURER, Member of law firm of Maurer-Bolton-Wil- son & McGiffin. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) Wholesome, heal t h - building recreation is the aim of the physical training program of the Cleveland High Schools. Every High School has its gymnasium, and every pupil takes part in "gym games" calculated to assist in that physical develop- ment which should accompany mental growth. Basket Ball Is a Favorite In- door Winter Sport in Our High Schools. "Touchdown ! Touchdown !" If You Live to be a Hundred You'll Never Forget the Exciting- Football Games of Your High School Days! Participation in high school athletics under the guidance of a trained coach is of real benefit to any normal boy. Not only do you build bodily health and strength, but you gain alertness of mind and quickness of deci- sion. More than this, you get self-control and practice in team-work. All high school pupils in Cleveland are urged to take part in school or inter- school athletics. EVERY boy or girl is better fitted for life work with a High School education. The boy with a High School education more readily grasps the problems of his trade or calling; he earns more and gets ahead faster. Not only is he more capable of solving problems of his every-day work but also those of his state and nation. The same holds for girls, too. JAMES J. HOBAN, President Cleveland Typographical Union. Graceful Carriage, Tip Top Health and Lots of Fun, Too — for Cleve- land High School Girls Healthful athletic games are not for the boys alone ; every girl student may take part in volley ball, basketball, folk dancing, baseball and other sports of the gymnasium and playground, as the pictures on this and the opposite page show. A trained mind in a healthy body, that's the com- bination that counts most in life. THE girl who has gone through High School is much easier to place in industry and office work than the girl with only an eighth grade education. Given the same ambition and initi- ative, the same inclination to form good business habits and begin at the beginning and work hard, the boy or girl with a High School education will invariably go further and faster than the boy or girl without. In the long run a High School education pays in dollars and cents. ELIZABETH ARNOLD, Women's Dept, State-City Employment Service, Cleveland City Hall. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 10 >^^^^i, - «WH - Jidte ^ No Doors Closed to This Girl Girls should go to High School because never in the world's history was the need for broad-minded, level-headed, clear- thinking women of such paramount im- portance. The girl from the grammar grades is immature in mind and body and unfitted for any position of merit. Watch the development of the girl who goes on to High School and mark the growth physically and mentally. It is, with many girls, little short of a miracle. Physically she grows into healthy wom- anhood because of the training, exercise and play which are part of her life for four years. Her mind broadens and grows even more rapidly than her body. She learns to use her grammar school education and her mind becomes powerful to grasp and to hold. She learns to become independent — to make decisions — to see that right is right. Most doors of any importance are closed to the grammar school girl but no doors are closed to the girl with the High School educa- tion. Only through education endless and constant can our girls become the women the world needs — the guardians of the future genera- tions. MRS. ALBERT F. WESTGATE, President, Cleveland Federation of Women's Clubs. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) The boy in the photo is a student who is getting selling experience in the lamp de- partment of a down town store. Both School Credit and Money Given for This Part Time Work Through the co-operation of a number of Cleveland's prominent stores, banks and other business houses with the high schools of com- merce, many of the students of these schools are enabled to receive practical experience along with their regular class room work. Provision is made for the part time employment of both boys and girls. Not only does this work count for credit on their high school course but it pays real money. This arrangement is especially conven- ient for those who must earn some- thing while they attend school. But more important than the school credit and the wages is the knowledge of fundamental business methods and practices which you get if you take advantage of this convenient arrangement. 12 Training File Clerks Iinportant business documents, including let- ters, contracts and the like, are carefully filed. Special training is required to operate a filing system. This is given in the high schools of commerce. Those who are surest of getting and holding good positions are those who have studied and prepared themselves. That's why the High School graduate almost invariably is preferred to the person with only a grammar school education. Billing and Invoicing Many operations, such as billing, invoicing and ledger entries, formerly done in longhand, are novi^ executed with specially made typev^riters. Use of these machines is taught in the high schools of commerce. 13 Intelligent, Well - educated Stenographers are Always in Demand You must know far more than stenography and typing to be an accept- able stenographer. Besides having a thorough knowledge of general busi- ness forms and methods you must have a large fund of general information and must be able to draw upon this. The successful stenographer is not a parrot but a thinker. Making Their Own Clothes Intensely practical are the home economics courses in all the high schools. Every phase of dress-making and millinery is taught. Special advanced courses are given in the technical high schools. 14 No Short Cut to the Top You can't expect to mas- ter in a few months or a year the principles that make for achievement in business and industry. Sound preparation is need- ed and that is a matter of continuous, steady growth. Four full years in high school will prove, in the long run, the quick- est way to success. Much more than ability to read stenographic notes and operate a typewriter is needed to fit one for re- sponsible business posi- tions. One must know business methods and have a broad education. At the very least, the full high school course is needed. Testimonials (What Graduates Say) "I think the course of the High School of Commerce splendid. Could not have obtained present position without it. Every subject studied has helped me some. Chances for all kinds of advance- ment." "It gave me entrance into my work." * * * "I heartily recommend thia training to anyone entering the business world." "The time I spent in High School has proved the most valuable in- vestment of my whole life-time." Printing the High School Paper This is valuable training^, not only for those who wish to become printers but for those aspiring' to be journalists and advertising writers, have print shops. 15 Many of the high schools ^ A school made radio telephone — one of the many practical demonstra- tions of the knowledge of electricity gained in the High School course Onward and Upward (An Editorial from The Cleveland Commercial) One of the saddest tragedies is the failure of the ambitious and willing person to gain recognition. Many go ahead and reap success, wealth and honor for themselves and the nation, while the majority "just manage to get along." They are barred from distin- guished progress for themselves and their fellowmen for the reason that they did not get started in work for which they were naturally fitted or were not sufficiently educated to think clearly and logically so that they could assume leadership. The American high school opens the door for every boy and girl to go onward and upward to success and happiness. The future of the pupils and in a measure of the city and nation de- pends on whether all, many or few of the young people accept the oppor- tunity properly to prepare them- selves to be leaders and succeed in life. Every effort should be put forth by parents to have every boy and girl go through "high." Chil- dren who fail to pursue their stud- ies beyond the grades will be handi- capped as long as they live. 16 r I^l^uth Hi^i Be; aeon WEEKLYJCARAB^ Jrg^^.^ STUDENTS PASS jToaimj scbml divs tbmmh the m. iv SERVICE TEST ttlmica; I'upK Makes | L«|, Saonil Mark ' \'" - 1, ii! (MiwiRT rorawss SSa« The West Tech T , "«*fffxffi/scEs en, ' -I a tier Ability to write clearly, accurately and interestingly is one of the most valuable assets you can have. The highi school newspaper or magazine offers you exceptionally fine practice in writing for publication. 17 Can You Speak in Public? Are you afraid to face an audience? Can you present your side of an argument with effective, logical force? A good command of English, ability to write it and speak it, is essential in every walk in life. That is why every high school in Cleveland lays great stress on English. School and inter-school debating teams give every boy and girl an op- portunity to learn to speak in public. This ability is not a gift; you acquire it only through hard work and con- stant practice. When you have mastered the art of standing on your own feet and speaking calmly and forcefully you have gone far towards making your mark. I DO not believe that any Cleveland boy or girl can spend four years more profitably or enjoyably than at high school. I look upon my four years at Central High School as four of the most enjoyable and profitable years of my life. The world today is a complex affair demanding specializa- tion. There is plenty of demand for trained workers but none for the worker lacking training. I believe that the youth who neglects to go to high school is cutting in half his chances for success in the world. DAVID DIETZ, Editorial Staff, The Cleveland Press, (Graduate of a Cleveland High School) 18 Knowledge of Art Pays Big Dividends If you think that at- tending art classes in the high school does no more than make you "culti- vated," you're badly mis- taken. There is enor- mous demand for well- trained commercial art- ists, for poster drawing, advertising work, gar- ment designing, decorat- ing and the like. Only persons with knowledge of proportion and perspective and with artistic ability become architects, automobile designers or designers of garments and furniture. The bed you sleep in, the clothing you wear, the dishes you use at meal time, even the door-knob you turn — all were designed by persons with knowledge of art. In addition, of course, you get from your art study a finer appreciation of beauty and better taste which greatly enlarge your capacity to enjoy life. Art classes are in every Cleveland high school. NOTHING is more important than that you go to high school. It will help you in every way, help you earn money, help you win your way among other people, and widen your circle of enjoyment for your whole life. FLORENCE E. ALLEN, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 19 High School Course is an American Child's Birthright ( From an Editorial in The Cleveland News) THERE is plenty of hard study to be done, of course, by the youth who would get on well in high school, but the pleas- ures available along the way are numerous and varied and jolly beyond the imagining of high school pupils of a generation ago. We are not taking anybody's word for this. We speak from personal observation. We have been watching a girl's enjoyment of her senior year in one of Cleveland's high schools — and we cannot write on this subject without wishing we could express adequate appreciation of the very able woman who teaches girls how to cook and make dresses, and hats, of the charming lady who shows the boys and girls how to act in public appearances, of all the friendly teachers who faithfully and tactfully devote their days and nights to making Cleveland children's school days memorable for happiness no less than for learning. We will say this to any boy or girl whose decision for or against a high school course might depend on assurance or doubt that this book tells only the truth about the good times and the extra things to be learned in high schools: Not long ago the writer attended a high school entertainment, consisting of or- chestra music by pupils trained by the music teacher and a play given by pupils coached by the oratory teacher. On the word of a man qualified to judge by many years of professional study of both subjects, the work of the school orchestra compared very favorably with that of theater orchestras and the comedy was more worthy in every respect than many of the performances given on the first-class stage, several of high school players re- vealing dramatic attainments of a high order. We wish every child in Cleveland could have a complete high school course at the very least. In every case where that is at all possible, we earnestly urge the child and the parents to be guided by the school authorities' advice — and make sure of that fair start in life. The thoroughly American family, anxious to live up to its American traditions, should see every one of its boys and girls through high school as an American duty, even though a college course cannot be managed. And every family new to American ways but desirous of following them should put a high school diploma within the reach of each son and daughter, as the MOST AMERICAN THING THAT CAN BE DONE. 20 To the Boy Who Wants to Be- come a Skilled Mechanic the Tech- nical High School Offers Splendid Training' Cleveland is one of the great industrial cities in the greatest industrial nation. Its shops and factories, increasing each year in size and impor- tance, provide means of livelihood for tens of thousands. But the best positions, remember, go to those who are trained and ready to fill them. Anybody can learn to run a lathe. It takes work and study to become a skilled mechanic. The photo shows a shop in a technical high school. Possibilities in Horticulture With the growth of the cities vegetable gardening oifers increasing possibilities for comfortable livelihood. Even as an amateur back-yard gardener you will find the prin- ciples of horticulture decidedly worth-while. It is taught in the technical high schools. 21 Some of the Best Chemists Are Women You will find girls studying chemistry in every Cleveland high school. Some of them will become professional chemists. The course has a special appeal to the girl who wants to become a trained nurse or dietitian. As for the girl who expects to manage a home — she better understands the preparation of foods if she knows something of chemistry, for practically all cooking consists of chemical action. PICK out the hardest brain-training, mind-building courses and wrestle with them. The next four years are very im- portant for you. You must learn to think straight — think for yourself — and get things done. Remember that life is service, and equip yourself now with that knowledge that will help you serve best. ALLEN BRETT, Advertising' Writer (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 22 Making History and Literature Come to Life It is quite common in all the high schools of Cleveland to "dramatize" portions of the history and litera- ture taught. Besides making strik- ingly vivid some of the most impor- tant incidents in the history of men and nations or setting forth at its best some great dramatic passage in literature, this method tends to give the student who takes part in it poise and self-confidence. History and literature cannot for a moment be regarded as "impracti- cal book education." They provide you with that background of knowl- edge which is so necessary if you are to make sound decisions in cast- ing your vote or making your stand in affairs of city, state or nation. These courses, moreover, open wide to you enjoyment of thousands of books of the best fiction, biog- raphy and poetry, the thrilling stories of nations' downfalls and ad- vances. They unfold the mighty panorama of civilization. No one is truly educated who has not been in contact, through history and literature, with the great char- acters of modem and ancient times. These subjects, as taught in Cleveland's high schools, are brim- ful of interest — and help make you ready to take your place among in- telligent men and women. 23 Here is an Example of High School Enterprise! When one girl said, "Let's get up a band !" she illustrated the enterprise and initiative which you feel the minute you get into the ''spirit" of Cleveland's high schools. You'll find all manner of students' clubs and enterprises and you'll belong to some of them. You'll be taking part and, just as important, you'll be form- ing friendships which will last your whole life through. Some of these activities, such as music or debating, may be right in your line. In every high school there is a boys' band, for example, and some of the members will grow into professional musicians. Photo to right shows a member of a boys' band. Many a coming lawyer is getting fine practice in public speaking in the debating club of his high school. Many a future writer is now serving his ap- prenticeship on his high school news- paper. 24 Musicians from the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra Give Instruction to Members of High School Orchestras Every high school has one or more orchestras. These organizations have a prominent part in the hfe of the school. Besides appearing in regu- lar concerts they participate in many of the programs and rallies held in the school auditorium and add zest and pleasure to social gatherings of the pupils. Of course, it's fun to belong to the orchestra — but more than that, you get valuable musical instruction from the special music teacher. In addi- tion to this, members of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra devote part of their time to giving individual instruction to boys and girls in the high school orchestras. The picture below shows one of the many high school orchestras in Cleveland. 25 Does She Set a Pretty Table? She does — if she has had the home economics course of any Cleveland high school. Girls learn all the outstanding points of home decoration and this includes making the dining room table invitingly attractive. You Get Big Returns A High School education most certainly does pay, and its dividends are as dependable as those from a Liberty Bond. I do not think that anywhere in this great country of ours you could find a man or a woman who, having graduated from High School, did not feel that he or she had derived great and lasting benefit from the High School course. On the other hand, you can easily find thousands of people who regret most deeply that, for some reason or other, they did not complete their High School education. And though you may encounter successful men or women who did not go to High School, you will be pretty sure to discover, if you question them, that they felt their educational deficiency to be a distinct handicap, and that they have striven in every way to make up this deficiency. I know that they would be the first to say to every American girl and boy: "By all means fit your- self for a rich and useful life, and for fine American citizenship, by a complete High School course. " AVERY HOPWOOD, New York City. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School — Noted Playwright.) 26 Learning to Run a Lathe in a Tech- nical High School Makes One Well-Balanced "I believe that the curriculum offered at technical high schools is especially well adapted to give the high school stu- dent that broadness of perspective so es- sential in guiding him into that pro- fession or occupa- tion for which he feels himself best qualified. "In a technical course the student receives the proper correlation of cul- tural study on one hand and the trades and sciences on the other, which pro- duces a well-balanc- ed individual having that self-confidence necessary to make him a success in after life. "The rank of the technical school among other high schools of the coun- try is exemplified by the fact that her graduates are ad- mitted to the largest universities." L. F. MEILANDER, (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) What High School Did For Them "Having made a success at my work in dressmaking and designing in a technical school my intentions were to continue along these lines and I found the doors of the business world open to me. "I was offered a position with one of the largest department stores in the city. I accepted the offer to take charge of the trimming in the millinery department, where I am at present located. I feel that I am climbing the ladder in a great field of work where there is a vast chance for advancement and a good chance to suc- ceed if you have the ability and deter- mination to do so." HAZEL GRIMM, (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) * * * "The training given in technical schools and the methods used in that training tend to bring the technical graduate into step with the outside world. He is able to ap- preciate manual as well as mental skill and has enough of each to make him a well-balanced individual." RUSSELL A. CORDREY, (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 27 Experience in Wood-working is Required in Many Trades Principles underlying construction of buildings as well as those utilized in the finer work of cabinet-making are acquired by the boy who takes the wood-working course given in Cleveland's technical high schools. Contractors, builders of automobile and airplane bodies, furniture makers, electricians and others find this experience in wood-working an essential. T HERE will always be a considerable proportion of parents of this city who are ambitious that their children, when they reach high school age, shall not immediately become mere apprentices to a trade or business, but shall gain a wider outlook upon life. . . . My ambition for my own boys is that they shall know the mental discipline and thorough training of a good pub- lic high school. HORATIO FORD, Attorney, (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 28 Beautiful Lamps are Among the Many Attractive Articles Made by Boys and Girls in High School Art Classes A Right and Heritage In a business world the man who suc- ceeds is the man who has mastered his work. The ability to analyze his work, to study all its phases, is increased three-fold by a High School education. A man with this education knows how to master the work before him. That knowledge gives him the advantage and gains for him a long head-start in the race for success. But above and beyond all that, this edu- cation teaches the boy and girl how to live and enjoy life, to appreciate all that the centuries of civilization have builded for us, to be a useful citizen of our country. To deny them this knowledge of the his- tory, science and literature of their an- cestors is to take from them a precious right and heritage that is theirs. It is taking from them a gift that is not ours to withhold. FRANCIS T. HAYES, Secretary, Cleveland City Club. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) Mechanical drawing is taught in the technical high schools for those who want to be architects, draftsmen or engineers. 29 Nutritious, Appetizing Lunches at Cost in Every High School These lunch rooms, con- ducted in the schools by the Board of Education, are not operated for profit. The one purpose is to provide whole- some food — the varieties that build bone and muscle and provide energy — and to sell it at the lowest possible price. You're Handicapped for Life if You Lack High School Education Unless a man has had at least a High School training, it has been our experience that he is handi- capped all through life. It is usually- difficult for him to analyze and study in an efficient way the prob- lems of organization and business. His mind usually seems incapable of creative thinking, possibly be- cause the majority, who have never attended High School, did not apply themselves to a course of reading or study to help develop their minds during that period of young man- hood and womanhood when the mind is so receptive to development. Later in life when they realize their error and attempt to apply them- have selves, they find that they waited too long to come back. Then, too, it seems to me that boys or girls just out of grammar school are not ready to decide their life's work, and their ambitions are perhaps of a lower standard, whereas the four years in High School brings out qualities and ideals which set new and higher standards and prepares them for a higher and more successful plane in taking up their life's work. There are many other advantages, but these two come to the writer's mind on first impression. L. G. FAIRBANK, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 30 1 When Caesar Wrote His Story He Never Expected This Here you see Cleveland boys and girls expressing in a play of their own making one of Caesar's famous chap- ters. Costumes, made at the school, are historically correct. The pupils patterned them after old Roman gar- ments on display at the Art Museum. In the picture below you see a high school Mark Antony. Thus Latin, a so-called "dead language," is made very much alive. But Latin lives in a larger sense. Much of our modem English is rooted in it and to really know our own language it is necessary to know Latin. Those who hope to become doctors, nurses, pharmacists, law- yers, teachers, writers, ministers or scientists should study Latin. If you are among this number you should include at least one modern foreign language in addition — for often these are needed in such pro- fessions. Latin and modem foreign lan- guages have special emphasis in the academic high schools. 31 stylish Dresses and Hats Are Designed, Made and Worn by Girls in the Art Classes Wide-awake girls in all Cleveland high schools soon learn to profit by their training in art and home eco- nomics. Many de- sign and make all their own clothes. Such girls, after graduation, often are employed as garment designers and fashion artists. Read What This Graduate Says ! It is fifty years since I graduated from the "West High School (then in the old building on Clinton Street) and I have carried away a very warm feeling for that school and for my schoolmates, together with a strong belief in the value of a High School education. The prime advantage is that it makes the world bigger for the boy and girl. It is not so much the particular things that one learns in the High School — though ideas learned in the High School course last a life-time; it is the knowledge that the world is bigger than one's own city, that there are things to think about out- side the round of ordinary life. Another great advantage is the friend- ships formed when young people like each other. That comes from a body of boys and girls who have a common purpose, common tasks, spending many years to- gether, and coming to know each other in class work and through the social life of the school. Good friends, intelligent friends, are worth more than dollars and cents! A High School education puts most boys and girls higher up on the scale of intelli- gence and learning so that they are more likely to find in the world employment and success in things that they enjoy. I think most of the boys that I knew in the West High School have done their part and taken a good place in the world. The High School is also a stepping stone for thousands of boys and girls who want to go further. The colleges are on the road to the professions and to other im- portant employments. The High School is a part of that road. The Cleveland schools have always been successful in preparing boys and girls for high purposes. After all, however, the main purpose and advantage of the High School is to take boys and girls of limited opportuni- ties, most of whom never expect to go to college, and help to make them men and women. There is the advantage of per- sonal contact with teachers of power and leadership. It helps to create the feeling that schools do not undertake to teach things, so much as to train men and women. It is a very great privilege to me to ex- press my gratitude to the Cleveland High Schools for what they have done for me, and for what I feel sure they have done and are doing for thousands. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, Professor of Government, Harvard University. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 32 If You Could Taste the Fruits, Jams and Jellies the High School Girls Put Up!— You would agree that practical education for girls is all right. Instruction in the best methods in canning and preserving is open to girls in all the city's high schools. Girls are permitted to bring fruits and vegetables to school, can them in the school kitchens and take them home for family use. Did you ever stop to think that good cooks are the best-liked people in all the world? It's a fortunate family in which the wife and mother is a first-class cook. What Does It Cost? Cleveland's High Schools are free. No tuition is charged for any boy or girl who resides in the city. These schools belong to the people. Every person in Cleveland who pays taxes helps to provide the funds for em- ploying the teachers and maintain- ing the High School buildings. The dividends from this investment come in the development of mind and character as well as in the de- velopment of ability to command an earning power. If you assume every parent in the city is a tax-payer, the cost of pro- viding High School education for the boys and girls of the city would average about $1.60 per parent per year. Less than the price of admis- sion to one theater performance! But because some persons own little or no property while others are wealthy, some pay very much less than others in taxes. But the children of all parents have the right to go to High School. There is no distinction between rich or poor — all have the same splendid opportunity in this great, demo- cratic institution. 33 They're Learning One of the Many Uses for Higher Mathematics This picture shows a class applying mathematics to the task of survey- ing the site of the High School building. Everybody has some use for mathematics ; but to architects, builders, structural steel makers, mechan- ical and civil and electrical engineers and persons in like professions, abil- ity to use advanced mathematics is a prime necessity. Courses in arith- metic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry are given in every Cleveland High School. FATHERS and mothers who want their children to have a fair start towards successful accomplishment in life want them to have a High School education. 34 What Makes a Gas Engine Go? What's in a Storage Battery? These and hundreds of similar questions which every well-informed person should be able to answer are treated in the courses in physics in all Cleveland High Schools. Proficiency in physics is demanded of those who expect to take up any of the various engineering lines. And the subject enters so closely into our modern life that to be ignorant of the physical principles of the motor, dynamo, electric light, telephone, telegraph, wireless, airplane. X-ray, loco- motive, gas engine and the scores of other familiar inventions is to lack an essential part of modem education. In physics, as in chemistry, it is only through practical work with essential apparatus and materials that one can learn the fundamentals of the science. A well equipped laboratory is necessary and every Cleveland High School has one. Learning to Operate Calculating Machines In business offices nowadays figures are added, divided, multiplied and subtracted at lightning speed. Wonderful machines do the work. If you plan to seek an office position you must know how to operate these machines. You are taught how in the high schools of commerce. 35 The History Makers ( An Editorial from the Cleveland Plain Dealer ) Stay in school. If you are graduating from the elementary schools plan to enter high school. The world wants trained minds. This is the time of graduation and of decision. Thousands of graduates are facing the future confidently with diplomas in their hands. Other thousands will drop out of school, without graduating. What the future holds for them personally in each case depends almost wholly on how well they have fitted them- selves for useful service. More ought to enter high school and of those who enter more ought to stay through for graduation. More would do so if they appreciated what a tremendous asset for life lies in adequate educational preparation. There is no short cut to success, no unfailing recipe for worth-while achievement, but the experience of years proves beyond question that the man or woman who starts life with mind well trained starts with a tremendous advantage. The modem high school teaches practical things. It fits one for common-place, workaday activities. The day long since passed when education was considered merely ornamental or the possession of the highly born. The world is run by common- place men and women prepared for their tasks by education. Be one of them. Stay in school. Make sacrifices if necessary, forego pleasures if finances are short, work your way through school if the money problem presses ; whatever the apparent handicaps there is a way some- where and the years spent in study now will be the most valuable investment you will ever make. Parents who encourage their sons and daughters to keep on in school are doing a favor to the next generation of Americans as well as to themselves. Let there be no mistake about it. The world wants educated men and women. The educated citizens will make the history of the next decades as they are making the history of this one and have been making the history of past ones. Be one of the history makers. 36 What the Camera Cannot See This picture shows a definite High School ac- tivity that can be easily photographed. It must be remembered, however, that much goes on which cannot be photographed. The camera cannot see the growth in mental strength and versatility that marks the high school life of every earnest boy and girl. It cannot picture for you the remark- able development of personality. It cannot reveal the strengthening of character that comes with hard, honest effort. It / cannot show the lasting friendships one forms in high school nor the increasing value of the daily association with teachers who have your interests at heart. Only your own mind can photograph those things which really are most fundamen- tal of all. Handbags, Sashes, Belts and Many Dress Accessories Are Made A BUSINESS career, either industrial or professional, calls for more than specialized information and training. Any man who cannot reach out beyond his particular line of effort is badly handicapped. I look back upon my course at Central High School with a great deal of satisfaction. JAMES R. GLOYD, General Construction Co. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) Z7 "For the Sake of the Homes the Girls are Going to Make" In the thirteen years in which I have been engaged in work among girls and young women, over and over again girls have come to me who had stopped school in the gram- mar grades and then after a few years realized what a mistake they had made. Of course, in some instances, it is an absolute necessity for girls to go to work as soon as they have fin- ished the eighth grade, but so many times the difficulty is that the girl really does not appreciate what this High School education is going to mean to her. I know so many girls who are now making a supreme effort to secure a High School education by going to night school and who find it really much harder than if they had made more of an effort at the time when they might have entered High School from the eighth grade. In summing up I would say that, for the sake of the homes that the girls are going to make, for the sake of their business success and for the sake of their civic usefulness, we should urge every one to continue her education just as long as she possibly can. MARIE R. WING, General Secretary, Y. W. C. A. Work in Pottery, Given in AJI the High Schools, Stresses Principles of Value to Those Who Wish Artistic Homes. "What use is a vase, any- you may ask. If you have unusual talent you can, of course, make money a-plenty by pro- ducing artistic pieces of pottery or in decorating china. This is not the chief aim, how- ever, of such courses. The aim is to make you fa- miliar with taste- fuleffects in shape, design, color and work- manship so that when you have a home of your own you can apply ar- t i s t i c principles in making it beau- tiful and attrac- tive. Preparing to Break a Swimming Record Every high school has its swimmers and teams compete in water con- tests in available pools of the city. No boy or girl should go through high school without learning to swim. The Better the Position the More Certain this Question You ask me "Does a High School Education Pay?" The first question put by the County Auditor to an applicant for a position is "What is your educa- tion?" Why engage young people for employment who can neither ex- press themselves nor understand you, to whom your dictation is Greek and your letters Chinese hieroglyphics ? To express it otherwise, why en- gage people to build a second story who have not built and do not know how to build the basement or first story ? The structure of civilization is getting higher and higher. We may not all learn to build the top story but unfortunate is he who has not learned to build the first story. JOHN A. ZANGERLE, County Auditor, (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 39 students' Council Takes a Hand in Running School Enterprises To a large extent the conduct of every Cleveland High School is in the control of the pupils. In High School you have much more liberty than you knew in the grades. You acquire a school citizenship, so to speak, and rarely indeed do students abuse the privileges this brings. Nearly every school has a students' council which, with the guidance of faculty ad- visors, plays a large part in pupils' self-government. Railway Brotherhood President Sorry He Missed High School Like many other boys, I knew more than my parents who wanted me to have a good education. I wanted to earn my own money and quit school to do it. I worked as a brakeman at the age of 17 years and worked as a conductor before I was 21. I have served as Vice President and President of The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for 25 years, and it always has been a matter of regret that I did not have foresight sufficient to take advantage of the education offered me by my parents. I realize very often the disad- vantages that must be met because of limited education. I know that regardless of what one's business may be, he cannot know too much. I urge every boy and girl to take advantage of the opportunity to finish High School. I regard our schools as the safety valve of the nation, our scholars as the practical managers of its welfare, and I be- lieve that it is a duty every pupil owes to himself or herself to become an efficient manager. The High School offers the opportunity. I urge every boy and girl to accept it. W. G. LEE, President, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. 40 This Operetta Scene is Typical of Many Pleasures That Await You Sometimes one feels that if a high school has a heart that heart is in the school auditorium where, upon occasion, all pupils gather together for a treat in entertainment, for an athletic rally, for a motion picture show, a debate, an orchestra or glee club concert, or a lecture by some noted man or woman. Upon the school's auditorium stage are presented the plays and pageants of the dramatic and literary clubs. Here, too, the commence- ment exercises are held. In your four years of high school life you will spend scores of happy hours in the auditorium; and here you'll listen to intensely interesting talks by representative men and women of the city, state and nation. THE importance of High School and College education is forced upon me every day in my experience with young people who wish to become professional musicians. We need education — all we can acquire — to make our lives worth while. In order to fill our especial place in this good world efficiently, we must know how to think independently and work intelligently. This means education, education and more edu- cation. LILA EOBESON, Formerly of Metropolitan Opera Co. (Graduate of a Cleveland High School.) 41 Brotherhood Chief is Firm Believer in High School Education You ask me to give some reasons why every boy and girl should re- ceive a High School education. In reply I will say, First: From fourteen to eighteen is the age of High School students. These are the formative years and in my opin- ion they can not be used to better advantage than in the High School. Second: Many business and pro- fessional men have found them- selves badly handicapped through their failure to lay a solid founda- tion in the High School. Third : If a young man or young woman intends to take up stenog- raphy or other clerical work, a High School education is absolutely neces- sary. We often read of stenog- raphers who have reached high po- sitions. Mr. George B. Cortelyou is a case in point. He started as a stenographer with a High School education and through his excellent work he was finally called to fill one of the highest positions in the country. Fourth: Young people leaving school at fourteen or fifteen miss the splendid associations that High School affords. W. S. STONE, Grand Chief, Executive Dept., Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers. Working in Molten Metal In the technical high schools you may obtain highly practical experience in foundry methods. 42 If You Can Use These Tools Your Success Is Assured Books are tools. You use them in law, engineering, medicine, nurs- ing, teaching, business, manufacturing — in short, in every vocation and calling. All the knowledge and experience that man has acquired through the ages is awaiting you in books, but to be of any good this must be translated into action. Your high school courses will enable you to understand what is in books and will teach you to use this knowledge. Every high school has a library, in charge of a trained librarian, with the immense resources of the Public Library at its command. In learning how to select books to help you in many lines of work, you are getting one of the most valuable aids to successful accomplishment. Holding a Candy Sale These high school girls made the candy in the school kitchens the sale go to some student enterprise- The profits from perhaps to buy instruments for the orchestra. 43 Squads Right! March! Body erect, quick of step, keen of eye, ready to meet any emergency — this can be said of many a boy in the miUtary regiments of Cleveland's High Schools. Can it be said of you? Every High School has its regiment. Every boy gets military instruc- tion from officers and non-commissioned officers of the United States Army. Every boy has the use of a complete uniform outfit — shoes, suit, cap, etc. — without cost. Emphasis is placed on developing physical fitness — alertness. You have a chance to qualify for the big summer encampment conducted by the United States Army. Every summer scores of Cleveland boys take part in the summer training and maneuvers — a fine vacation with all expenses, including railroad fare, paid. The military course is required for two years and may be elected for a longer period. You are listed as a member of the Junior Officers' Re- serve Corps of the United States Army if you become an officer in your high school regiment. 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