Abington Friends School - Outward Bound Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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an answer. This person who brought himgg?f to meet his friend may find that unless he tries to understand the friend,the relationshi 'L ' P cannot be all that he would desire. Kike the student he ' 'ii , needs to get to know the personf ality, the feelings, the tastes of the'other person,and just what knowledge of human nature what sympathies, he himself will need to becom a true friend. Vision, in its more abstracti sense, is a possession to be highly prized if it is the vision of keen insight, sympathy, social concern, and understanding. Anyone who can sincerely say,HI undersaandn is well on the way to victory'because he has given of all 'Une human qualities within himself, and so is Well on the way to victoryx HI came, I sawg I conqueredn. The last step is the goal, but attainable only by ' taking the first two speps. And the last may be really not a step, for it seems that 'i'e ' bringing oneself sincerely and wholly to the problem, gaining true understanding are really the major part of.conquering, But again, this whole sentence of Caesar's points to another' lesson. Behind it lay struggle, expenditure of energifsg of lives even. Yet the victory cry of the conqueror is six simple words. I find' that those people who achieve worthwhile things who are able to conduct successful lives, are, those who are modest about mentioning it, - After so much concentration and ensr. f s 83 Pent 9 why waste what is left in blowing your big Qggisthorn? The mature individual realizes rue victery lies in the first twb Stgps In taking them, he has conquered himself first, and so has conquered all the obstacles. Not by luck but by the qualities implied by Lilove, U' understanding: C' COUPBSG, and K- kindness. HQ QQ-MQ, MQ sew' Civxch 1NCL'X'u.,rOux,X! ke Qomgtlggved' 71+ 1 G

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I two clauses,before he could say,HI conquegggu, there is some guidance in steps preparatory to becoming a conqueror. ' First of all, no victony goes to him who sits down to wait for it. No student learns a lesson by just resting'in class waiting for intellec- tual dawn. HI cameu should be taken literally. Mahomet went to the mountain, thereby proving himself a wise man. To go out.to meet problems is the beginning of solution.qTo comenmeans reallyuto bring oneselfvto. In meeting any problem that arises one must bring oneself right up feee to face with it, sometimes physically, always mentally, and often in both ways. In this action one must give of oneself, being willing and courageous enough to seek out and confront the problem with all the awareness and alertness of which one is capable. If you must tackle a math problem, you must let your ..emind.come to the task. If, ou wish o b sf ht 111311521 A friend, you must ring yourself t e warm 4 of your whole personality, to that person. He ' who sits in his corner waiting for friendship often finds it a dark corner indeed. He must r bring himself out into the light of friendly ' f relations. We speak of meeting'the other fehlowf half-way. Even this half-way mark is reached pf only if one has initiative enough to come to itl The first step alone is net quite enough to gi satisfy'the requirements for victory. One more f is Vitalsn I sawn- Seeing may be just what i appens When Your eyes focus on an object int seeing has another connotation in our, y anguagez that of understandinv. The student l who sits before her math book needs clear 5 comprehension of wh t . f t - ' 5 what Skill In 8 ac ors are involved, S She V111 need to use before she gets R I LH-

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