Anaheim Union High School - Colonist Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Blue and Golcl GOODTHMBER F YOU CHANCED to take a thorough inventory of your character, would the finding be all that it should be? Of course, everyone knows that there are none of us perfectg if we were, We would not be residing on this planet. But we can find room for improvement, and no one but our- selves knows just how badly it is needed. There are ever so many small things that seem of no account but which count up rapidly and become large factors in our lives. Are you good timber or are you composed of a poor grade of wood? Can you stand the buffeting and hard knocks of life, or are you a weakling? The world is in little need of those creatures that have to be coaxed and coddled. GOOD TIMBER The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, That stood out in the open plain, And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king But lived and died a scrubby thing. The man who never had to toil, Who never had to win his share Of sun and sky and light and air, Never became a manly man But lived and died as he began. Good timber does not grow in easeg The stronger wind, the tougher treesg The farther sky, the greater lengthg The more the storm, the more the strengthg By sun and cold, by rain and snows In tree or man good timber grows. Where thickest stands the forest growth We find the patriarchs of both, And they hold converse with the stars Whose broken branches show the scars Of many winds and much of strife ---- This is the common law of life. . ffl 3- X fa x Q LQ., 79x ' cv , HXEZJQ Q' X ia I t3l ----Selected. SPEECH Speech is the gift that lifts man above the level of the beast. That gift is often misused. When a thought is spoken it should carry force and meaning. Meaningless chatter seldom gains a speaker anything but the title of chatterbox or 'fgossip . Actions and speech communicate to others the trend of our thought and character. By too hastily speaking, with no forethought, opportunities are sometimes lost forever. Speech is silver, but silence is golden -an old maxim, and as usual, a true one. ln special conferences and sessions it is a well-known fact that the man who speaks last carries the most authority. Humans are swayed by strong impulses of wonder, fear, love, hate, and many other emotionsg so it does not pay to heed impulses. Moments of carelessness may cause a lifetime of regret, a fact not to be overlooked. Sixteen