Macomber Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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P R I N C I P A L MR. F. M. DANNENFELSER ABUN DANCE Every healthy active-minded individual wants abundanceg an abundance not only of material things such as all of the necessities, some of the conveniences, and a few of the luxuries which affect his physical well being and comfort, but an abundance of health, an abundance of ideas, an abundance of friends, and an abundance of faith in himself, in the or- ganizations of which he is a part, in his fellowman, and, most important, an unlimited abundance of faith in God. If anyone does not want an abundance, there is something radically wrong with himg he is either sick, or he lacks im- agination or ambition. The question is how can this abundance be obtained by you 1938 graduates of the Vocational High School who are about to go out into the business world of commerce and industry? You have received, in this school, a solid foundation upon which to build for the future. You have been given a well- rounded program of education in the vocation you have chosen as your life work. Half of your time was spent in practical shop work. You studied the required related technical subjects necessary to make you a highly skilled craftsman, and you have also studied a group of social science subjects which will be of value to you in your social contacts with your fellow workers. If you are to have an abundance of the good things in life, your education, or your time spent in self improvement must never stop. As you know, education is a continuous process starting at the cradle and lasting until life ceases. Every kind of work is progressing so rapidly and so many new methods are being discovered daily that unless you continually read and study for advancement and keep up to date, you will soon find yourself far behind the times. If you want an abundance of friends, be friendlyg like attracts like, - do things for others - think of other people and their likes and interests and not only of yourself or your feelings and interests. An abundance of ideas can be acquired by your contacts with the external worldgfrom the many good books which you read, from your imaginative powers, and from the great creative force in the universe. If you want an abundance of faith, you must first have belief. Belief is the starting pointg faith, the straight line which leads you to your objective. You must have faith that all things are p issible or else how can you expect to accomplish anything and to attain an abundance of the good things in life, to which you are entitled only after you have earned them? You can't have an abundance of anything without effort, without sacriticeg without paying the pricey without the ability to imagine or to visualize what you wantg without the ability to plan, to organize, to put your ideas into operationg to follow through to completion that which you have startedg and, last but not least, an abundance of endurance -the ability to hold ony to keep going: to overcome obstacles, in the face ofopposition, after the others have given up the quest and quit the race! And so, my wish for each one of you is that you have an unsatiable desire for further knowledge, that you become an outstanding craftsman in your vocation, that you be capable of doing some one kind of work superlatively well, that you receive the good will and respect of your fellow workers, and that you become an outstanding leader in your chosen field of work. li KW. Dannffyfrlfrr Principal