Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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Henry Waller, Evelyn Snowberger, Mildred McNett, Lucille Haywood, Edward Willis, Harvey Allion. The Four-Year Honor Students are Seniors whose grades up to the last semester average ninety or above. To be included in this group is one of the most significant honors in high school.

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 SALUTATORY In behalf of the class of '2b, I wish to extend to yon, our parents, teachers, classmates and friends, our heartiest greetings and to express our appreciation for the interest which you have shown toward us during the last four years. We have looked forward to this day with great eagerness and now that it has come, we look back over our high school days with no little regret that we must leave them. Although there is rather a sad note of feeling in each of our hearts that we must be separated, still we are happy with the anticipation of future success in some field of work. The question arises, “What is success?” There is success in every occupation. If a surgeon saves a patient in some critical operation, it is success for him; in a battle, to defeat an enemy is success. The scientist who makes an important discovery, the politician who obtains his office, the lawyer who wins his case and the musician who completes bis composition win success, each in bis own sphere. True success is measured by the amount of good that we do. It is only in an age that the occasion to do a great deed comes and we must be ready for it when it appears. True greatness is not reached by being great in public places where it will be conspicuous, but in our own homes and those of others where little deeds may be manifested which will be stepping stones to our success. If we would be successful, we must have one and only one aim, for complex aims artj apt to lead us in too many directions. First of all we must choose the occupation which will be best suited to our ability. Having chosen it, we, of course, wish to succeed as best we can. In what way should we proceed ? The only answer is, by concentration upon a single aim. Many people who are engaged in business try to spread their energy over too wide a field, with the result that, they not only weaken their abilities but also lose their capital and oftentimes in the end fail to reach the hoped-for success. The reason for this is that they did not spend enough time on any one thing to secure success in it. It takes innumerable hours of hard work, and a persistent determination to accomplish anything worth while. No difference how hard the battles along the road may be and even if the temptation to give tip enters our minds, we must struggle on with that determination to compter; then the success will inevitably come. Many changes have been wrought since our forefathers came to this country. In the colonial times, when the nation first began to develop, there was no division of labor. Each family was dependent upon itself for the necessities of its household. Today there is a greater need for skilled labor in single occupations. Factories engage workers to perform a certain function in the construction of some one product. There is a tendency to force people more and more into special lines of work. That is why we, as young people just beginning our careers, should decide upon one profession and train ourselves with precision to the highest efficiency. Thomas DeWitt Talmadge has written a poem which may well express what our aim should be. “Courage, brother, do not stumble. Though thy path be dark as night; There’s a star to guide the humble; Trust in God and do the right. Some will love thee, some will hate thee, Some will flatter, seme will slight; Cease from man and look above thee. Trust in God and do the right. Let us, the graduating class of ’26, strive today to make ourselves fit for the noble and honorable things in life. —EVELYN SXOWBERGEK.