Altamont Community High School - Altois Yearbook (Altamont, IL)

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.. ..... BUILD FOR CHARAACTER NOT FOR FAME Character is that something of which we are all possessors. A good character is something that can not be easily attained that is, by mere turn.- ing of the hand. We are known by our character, and it is through it that the world points us with its huge brush. Uharacter is that engraving which we leave cn the minds of other individuals. We alone are responsible for it. No other person can mold our own lives. Character is that which has to be built. lt has to be built on solid founda- tion, so t.hat it can not be swept away by the sands of time. We are adding to our character each day as we travel slowly down the avenue of life. ln. building we must not forget that the greatest of men were those who built. with care, and not in a slip-shod manner in order to become famous. Build l'or tame and you become proud and vain. 'l'o become famous you must first possess a good character-a character that is not stained and blotted with mire, but one that is clean and' nnmarred by the sears of this life. To build a good character we must work diligently and not seek fame. lf we have built a character that will stand the test, eventually we will be- come famous. But after all what can be achieved of becoming famous, it we have no good character to back it.'l Let us then start building with a mighty aim seeking that which cannot be taken. from us-Character. -Martha Schroeder. WHY DO WE GO T0 SCHOOL! To please the teachers -Pets. To have fun -Jack heitzell. To reduce -Mary C. Vondenboseh. To learn to Cook -Elnora Harsch. To pass time -Hugh Tipsword. To play basketball -Warren Dunn. ' ' 'l'o learn' '-Earl Tappendorf. ll create excitement ' '-Helen Rockwell. To None of your business -Cyril Patterson. l wozider' A-Oscar Schroeder. To see Marthagene -Linder Devore. To learn standards of life -Martha Scliroeder. Get out of work -Edwin Tappan. Get over my bashfulness -Ruth Zimmerman. ' -rm iv ff-l':f-a --Rosalie Zimmerman.. lo ,mlf 1 in. Search me -Melvin Slone. V7 To kid the teachers -Alvin Ferchow. To exercise',--Marian Fmfrock. 4 lYlil, see girls -Harry Fischer. Why do you reckon -Doris Frazer. To work fMiriam Ehlers. To giggle -Margaret Seyferth. To type -Cleta Hites. '?'o be brilliant -Marjorie Ehlers. Because I have to -Ella Mae Beccue. To act. intelligent -Elwood Hasemeier. To make friends -Pauline Mills. KCYPO love Juniors and Sophomoresn-Harold Zander.

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