Bryan High School - Zeta Cordia Yearbook (Bryan, OH)

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vvwameafq at Regan utah wwae Personality-so real, so untouchable, and yet so desired for a happy living. Hnhat is this possession that all young people seek and most schools try to develop? According to a dictionary, Personality is the quality or state of being a per- son which has character and distinctive traits, among which reason, self-conscious- ness, and self-activity are considered essential. Your happiness and place in the world is determined by the value others place upon you. They either like you or do not care for your companyg lind you easy or hard to get along with, e1nploy you or pass you by. raise your salary or fail to pro- mote you, seek you or snub you. In the long run the estimates people place upon you depends upon you, your inheritance. your cultivation of your inheritance. and your ability to make something of yourself. You live in a group not alone so cul- tivate those habits which tend to enable you to get on with others. It is upon these ideals that we base our contention that the building of a per- sonality is an essential, not accidental, function of the school. The school must teach us not only to make a living but also how to live.

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Ylefufallning, 60 72eM,o-naiifg, l-low can one develop a pleasing personality? No sum of mone , no collcffe di Jlonia, no Jretense of uosition no instruction . . P . ' . . . ' . . can yield the traits necessary. Personality results from one s living habits, a hfe that he leads in his school. OUR IUIVISICJNS OF PERS! JNALl'.l'Y l. Pf'I'.S'0lHl-Ilfjl of Bl'-Will' High Sclmol. l I. Pvr.vn11al1'ty by Glllidllllff. lll. l'v1'.vunal1fty by Mfvllul flcwclrijwwifvlzl. IV. f7Cl'.l'l7IlUllif.V in Sfmrls. V. l w'.s'0nc11if,v in Selected Acfiz'itic's. ln accordance with this, the 1941 Zeta Cordia is attempt- ing to incorporate some of the many different personalities of Bryan Hi into her book. There are Eve divisions of our book, each a distinct fea- ture in itself and each por- traying a different phase of school life. Come along with us through this year's life at Bryan Hi.

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'High school over, what then? Four short years of struggling with dates, verbs, and unpredictable football weather. XVhat practical use will they be from now on? lflow will they answer the big problem for all of us, the future? Per- haps a l'l'IOIllClllQ,!-2 hesitation will reveal a solution. We students of today are not taught reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic to the tune of a hickory stick. Modern educational methods have completely revised the old regime. Instead teachers strive to understand our immediate problems and 'help us master them. 'llo our faculty we seniors owe a debt of gratitude, for their in- valuable guidance and combined efforts have prepared us to meet the inevitable obstacles of the future. However it is highly possible that the foremost memory of high school days will be the part that we as individuals played in extra-curricular activities. W'hen we were undergraduates we were eager to become a part of the active student bodyg and consequently we enrolled in one or more of the many activities ranging from social societies to vocational groups, from dramatics to publications. When we become alumni we can reminisce and recall the many friendships made through working side by side with fellow students. Perhaps we shall also realize that in the held of competitive sports, success was not measured in the score of the game but in the way it was played. ln future years our conclusions' will probably be that activities were as much a part of high school education as were scholastic studies. Ifor through those medii we learned the spirit of cooperation and asso- ciation with other pcople, those factors which are so very essential towards a suc- cessful life. Undoubtedly the class ten years from now will be sturdier than ours. Wfe have only aspired to emulate the 'high standards of our predecessors, and we feel certain that we have succeeded. ln a few days this year will be a memory. After graduation the winds of heaven will scatter us far and wide, and it will be then that each one of us shall really begin to make what will stand as the history of the class of 1941. llut wherever destiny leads, may our years spent here at Bryan High be a guiding star in the pursuance of our chosen careers.