Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chameleon, 1924, Vol. 3 The happiest life and the life of greatest service is the one in which interests are balanced; that is, the man who has chosen the commercial world for his achieve ments should not neglect the fields of art, literature, and recreation. The acquisition of money should not be an end in itself, but a medium through which to enjoy the other good things of life. During our school years this balancing has been taken out of our hands by the necessity of fulfilling certain requirements. Now as we leave our advisors, that duty is falling on our shoulders. Let us not exclude the cultural in our pursuit Of material gains. Has the time come when a student governing body might be of use in the making and enforcing of rules pertaining to life in the Belmont High School? This body should consist of the leaders in the various branches of activities, so that our faculty may be given an idea as to the trend Of undergraduate Opinion and conduct. Ye feel that rules would be obeyed with a more understanding spirit if the student body had some recognized avenue through which to make suggestions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.