The dedicated principal created a column in the school bulletin as a way to get her students to understand how the everyday actions of people add up to their ultimate success in life. Slowe prods further in the June 1922 edition by turning her attention to herself and her fellow faculty, whom she refers to as "builders."

"If those of you who have worked under the supervision of the teachers for these three years have shown no improvement in work and worth, we have builded poorly," writes the educator. In this way, she reaffirms to her students that they are not the only ones who must adhere to her standard of excellence; her faculty must as well.