George E Westinghouse High School - Sketch Book Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Sayings of GEORGE WASHINGTON ir CHARACTER Characters and habits are not easily taken up or suddenly laid aside. A good moral character is the first essential in a man. I t is, therefore, highly important to endeavor not only to be learned but to be virtuous. Error is the portion of humanity, and to censure it, whether committed by this or that public character, is the prerogative of freemenf' I never wish to promise more than I have a moral certainty of performing. Discourage vice in every shape. Dk Pk Pk HUMAN NATURE I We must bear up and make the best of mankind as they are, since we cannot have them as we wish. The best means of forming a manly, virtuous and happy peo- ple will .be found in the right education of youth-without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail. Let your hand give in proportion to your purse. Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence, and the higher in Rank the officer is, who sets it, the more striking it is. We should never despair. I t is our duty to make the best of our misfortune. Every hour misspent is lost forever, and . . . future years can- not compensate for lost days at this period of your life. This reflection must show the necessity of unremitting application to your studies. I t is a maxim with me not to ask what, under similar circum- stances, I would not grant. Six

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SKETCH BOOK STAFF Editor ..........,.........., A...,,..., ,....,.........A......,... Helen Yoder Assistant Editor .....,.. ,,.,,,Y,Y,,,,.......,w.,,,. H owarcl Criswell Photography ....,.,,.,,,.A...,..,,.......,,. ,YY,,,,........ F rances Crane SENIOR SECTION Deborah .Xyppleman Charles Singer Phoebe Treser ATHLETICS Edna Haber Robert Dorsey ART .Xlfred Boechicchio .-Xlfred Crissman Virginia Coscia Ada Spinelli Dorothy Johnson Helen Tyler BUS l NES S Samuel Fraser ..,.l............... Business Manager Anthony Pasquerelli .,,,,,..... X ssistant Manager -lohn Gaughan Jessie blames Fred Nicholas Carmen Rossi Carolyn Thomas Dorothy l.emmon Jack Houlihan Katheryn Kline XVilliam O'Leary Frank Scarlino XVilliam XVyld TYPING Mary XYindisch Yirginia Coyne l l B Five

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RELIGION The determinations of Providence are always wise, often in- scrutable, and, though its decrees appear to bear hard upon us at times, is nevertheless meant for gracious purposes. I shall always strive to prove a faithful and impartial patron of genuine, vital religion. It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. True religion affords government its surest support. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial Ere called Conscience. PK PK P14 FRIENDSHIP True friendship is a plant of slow growth g to be sincere, there must be a Congeniality of temper and pursuits. The company, in which you will improve most, will be least expensive to you. Speak not evil of the absent, it is unjust. I t is better to be alone than in bad company. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few 5 and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. Pk :ac it PUBLIC SPIRIT The due administration of justice is the Hrmest pillar of good government. The tumultous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded. it Pk Pk LOVE OF COUNTRY Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties and properties shall be secured. Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one. To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness, that no rational creature can be insensible of. While we do not underrate difficulties on one hand, we should not overrate them on the other 1 nor discourage ourselves from a very important undertaking by obstacles, which are to be surmountedf' Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry, and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy people. The welfare of the country is the great object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed. The love of my country will be the ruling influence of my conduct. Seven