East Night High School - Rostrum Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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T0 the Faculty Five years of ihdustry have gained for us our diplomas. During this time you did not try to settle our minds, reform us, amuse us,or give us social prestige. You simply endeavored to show us the way of wise thinking, the way to discuss and understand the arts of Reading, Writing, and Reckoning. You inspired us with a liking for good books, fine friends, and a high ambition. A goodly amount of intellectual eeed has been planted by you,and.we hope that the soil is nottoostony to produce a satis- factory harvest. We have the assurance that our lives will betim richer because of our time spent with you. May you remember the '41 Class as one leaving you with deep regrets, but full of a desire to accomplish great and noble tasks. And it is mnichief duty and joy to try to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. Louise R. Cornn rm -

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A vast change has occurred in the of view taken by schools and teachers during the last century. excerpt will be amusing to most of us. We have had difficulty in creating a love of study for the sake of mental drill alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It is necessary to arouse and stimulate mental activity, mental athletics for their own sake . . . . . . . . . . . . N13121: Higg School Regort UBQM F

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'l'lw From the Faculty In an essay, which one of the English classes read this year, a certain mil- lionaire told a farmer friend of his that instead of wasting his time on a farm.he ought to be in the city getting ahead . Getting ahead.ofwhom? asked thefarmer. This philosophy of life, as expressed by the man of millions, is a rather univer- sally accepted one in the generation of which we are a part. The farmer not only exposed the selfishness and short- sightedness of such a life ambition, but gave to his friend a glimpse of a well rounded and seul satisfying existence entirely apart from the greed and crush- ing competition of the mart. Many of you East Night graduates of 1941 will find it interesting to be fitted to take part in the world of affairs. All, we hope, will hold positions of respon- sibility and trust. But also, we hOpe that the five strenuous years spent in achieving a high school education will fit you to enjoy the greater and more lasting satisfactions of life. Among these may we include a desire to qmreci- ate the fineness in personalities about you, an ability to discriminate between pursuits of value and those of little worth. These qualities will give you the key to a happiness which makes life well rounded and worth living. Dorothy C. Godley