Anderson High School - Afterthought Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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EAW? ,U your The ability to decide - to make up your mind - to quit straddling - to choose wisely and courageously under any circumstances - is unquestionably one of the earmarks of greatness in men and women. lt means the ability to choose between the wise and the foolish, between wasting time and using it wisely, between the safe and unsafe, the sound and the unsound, the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly, the virtues and the vulgarities of life. It is in a large measure the only true test of whether a man is educated, regard- less of how many years he may have spent in school. What choices does he make of books, of friends, of ways of recreation? It is the only assurance that parents have relative to the conduct of their children when they cannot watch over them personally. Let them be certain that a son or daughter will choose wisely - will make the best decisions - and serenity comes to them in mind and heart. Every minute and every hour of the day we are confronted by choices. What will you do now to improve and use your talents? How will you use your time today - tonight - tomorrow and tomorrow night and so through the weeks, months and years? Of course you will make intelligent decisions when it is easy, but, honestly, have you the courage to do the intelligent thing when it is not popular, or when it is inconvenient and possibly embarrassing? Will you decide to read some great literary work every week? Will you decide to take a constructive part in building up the community where you live? lt is easier, you and I know, to let some one else do it and then criticize. Many times decisions are not easy. For some men they have meant life itself. Small minds, lazy minds, weak minds always take the easiest way - always make the easiest decision. In life, the line of least resistance is al- ways the busiest boulevard. ln the last analysis, life is going to be the sum total of the decisions we have made. Nothing more - nothing less. We can make our lives blind experiences or great adventures. A man was on a road once that was almost impassable. He comments that at one crossroad he saw this sign: Take care which rut you choose, you will be in it for the next fifty miles. One would like to say that to every young man and woman. Take care of the kind oi life you choose. You will be in it for the next fifty years. Choose to live without vision, without courage, without depth and breadth, and height to your life and it will be simply a blind experience. But make your decisions daily that give direction, that give meaning, and character to life and they will -be great ADVENTURES. - Herbert V. Prochnow

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BENNY I-IAWKINS ELNA MAE FENNER Kpreszknf Qsecrefazy The great hope of society is indi- Speak good of everyoneg evil of no vidual character. one. Homeroom President 1g Mixed National Honor Society 3g Band 3g Chorus 2g Dramatic Club 3g Hi -'Y Junior Red Cross lg Texas Readers Club 2g Explorer Troop 2g Capezio Club 2g Y-Teen 29 Monitor l, Club 2. DUDLEY GILES MONROE, JR. Uwe jjreszkzzf Seek and ye shall find. l Mixed Chorus 2g Glee Club 2g Stu- dent Council lg Vocational Agricul- ture Club lg Explorer Troop 2. 5 ezzzor GQJS OECQFS ASL JOHNNY V. COLVIN ELEANOR FAYE DAVIS jsszsfanf Qgecrefary ji uszness yrfcznczyer As long as there is life, there is Good things come to those who hope. wait. Student Council lg Baseball 3g Foot- President Student Council lg Presi- ball 1. dent junior Classg Mixed Chorus 3g A Cappella Choir 2g Dramatic Club 2g Homeroorn Treasurer. l HOWARD ALDRIDGE ' 7Z'QdSZII QI To thine own self be true. 4 Student Council lg Vice President Horneroorn lg B Football lg Var- sity Football 2g Varsity Baseball 3.